Amazing Grace

Titus 3:3-7 "For we ourselves were once foolish, disobedient, deluded and slaves to various desires and pleasures.... But when the kindness and generous love of God our Savior appeared, not because of any righteous deeds we had done but because of His mercy, He saved us through the bath of rebirth and renewal by the Holy Spirit, Whom He richly poured out on us through Jesus Christ our Savior, so that we might be justified by His Grace and become heirs in hope of eternal life."

What does the spiritual term "Born again" mean? Jesus told the Pharisee, Nicodemus, in Chapter 3 of John's Gospel that, "no one can see the kingdom of God without being born from above." When Nicodemus asked, 'how can a person grown old be born again?', Jesus responded, 'no one can enter the kingdom of God without being born of water and Spirit,' and then criticized Nicodemus, a teacher of Israel, for not understanding.

Paul, reflecting on his life, humbly gives us a clear description in his letter to Titus, one of his co-workers, of what it means to be born again, to have once been lost but now saved. "Amazing Grace, How Sweet The Sound..." comes to mind!

Reminding ourselves of this truth each and every day enables us to bear any pain, any cost, any challenge and any obstacle that life inevitably gives us. Never too old to learn this; and for the younger folks who have the wisdom to "see the light" and respond, God bless them. Praying for a spiritual renewal (revival) to spread throughout the world and especially here in the USA!