(Tit 3:4) “But after that the kindness and love of God our Saviour toward man appeared, (5)  Not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to his mercy he saved us, by the washing of regeneration,…”  Is salvation a spiritual impartation of everlasting life, or a physical? Obviously it is spirit. Why then do some insert physical baptism for “washing”? The washing of the blood of Christ cleanses us from our sins: (Psa_51:7) “Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean: wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow.”  

(Tit 3:4) “But after that the kindness and love of God our Saviour toward man appeared, (5)  Not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to his mercy he saved us, by the washing of regeneration,….”  Regeneration: rebirth, restoration. Every lost person’s spirit is dead. God is Spirit (Jn 4:24) To go to heaven a spiritual place, your spirit needs to be born, made alive.  

(Tit 3:4) “But after that the kindness and love of God our Saviour toward man appeared, (5)  Not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to his mercy he saved us,…”  “Mercy”: to be pardoned from the punishment of one’s offense. Only the guilty need mercy. How can God, Who is holy, simply pardon one’s sin? He cannot and does not. Jesus was paying for that sin on Calvary’s cross to that we might receive mercy!  

(Tit 3:4) “But after that the kindness and love of God our Saviour toward man appeared,  (5)  Not by works of righteousness which we have done,…..”  No person deserves to be saved! I have heard it said that “all men deserve a hearing of the gospel”. No, not true. All men should hear the gospel since each of us was commanded to tell, but no one deserves it. Not you; not me. We deserve to be sent to hell. Praise God for Jesus our Savior!

(Tit 3:4) “But after that the kindness and love of God our Saviour toward man appeared,”  Toward man – not some – but all, mankind. The truth of the cross is not understood by all, but it is known by all. They are, to our shame, unaware of the details, the Divine reasons, but they know it took place. Ponder, meditate, pray for guidance of how to properly and fully share the gospel with others.

(Tit 3:4) “But after that the….love of God our Saviour toward man appeared, (5) ….He saved us,…”  Before Jesus, man had to discern God’s love in the fact that judgment had not fallen upon his sinful soul and daily good was experienced. That love was not manifest till it was revealed that God paid for his sin through the sufferings and death of His Son! Oh that each person could come face to face with this truth!

(Tit 3:4) “But after that the kindness…of God our Saviour toward man appeared, (5) ….he saved us,…”  That kindness is toward we who were, (v.3) “….sometimes foolish, disobedient, deceived, serving divers lusts and pleasures, living in malice and envy, hateful, and hating one another.” The sufferings of the cross as the result, “kindness” seems a very inadequate word!

(Tit 3:1) “Put them in mind to….” (Obey the godly conduct set forth) (Tit 3:3) “For we ourselves also were sometimes foolish, disobedient, deceived, serving divers lusts and pleasures, living in malice and envy, hateful, and hating one another.”  The point? The saved were freed by the impartation of a new nature and guidance of the Spirit to conduct ourselves differently from the lost. Observing these, why would a child of God desire to be such?!