Titus 2:11 “For the grace of God that bringeth salvation hath appeared to all men,”
Oh! If salvation were as most believe it would be such a strain on mankind. Most believe that salvation is in the hands of mankind but they are so wrong. Salvation is in totality of God, it is His precious gift to those who truly believe. If it were left up to man he would never come to the knowledge of Jesus Christ as Saviour. It is “grace that bringeth salvation” It is grace that has delivered salvation to all who have believed. One that has been truly saved by God knows that they were saved by a source other than themselves. I believe the most provable scripture that salvation is totally of God and not of man is Ephesians 2:8 - 9 "For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God...Not of works, lest any man should boast." I do not know how anyone could be confused on these scriptures. These scriptures are two of the most irrefutable scriptures in the bible. I believe they are as sound in teaching as Genesis 1:1 "In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth." and then ask “who created the heavens and the earth.” God warned mankind that they would seek to create their own salvation and they did, He warned they would change the Truth of God into a lie and they have. Romans 1:25 "Who changed the truth of God into a lie, and worshipped and served the creature more than the Creator, who is blessed for ever. Amen." I must ask here; doesn’t salvation as most of the world see’s it involve worshiping the creature? This also reminds me of “serving two master” if a person is the master and creators of their own salvation, if they worship themselves more than God in salvation, aren’t they attempting to serve two masters. God said in Matthew 6:24 “No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.” Doesn’t serving yourself in salvation eliminate God, which is removing God mathematical from the results? If one has done the deeds to bring salvation to themselves than were does God fit? But, if one is saved by grace and through faith then where does man fit? This is the same thought in church membership; 1 Corinthians 12:18 "But now hath God set the members every one of them in the body, as it hath pleased him." As it is of wisdom; James 1:5 "If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that giveth to all men liberally...", The same as it is in knowledge; 1 Corinthians 1:5 "That in every thing ye are enriched by him, in all utterance, and in all knowledge;" the truth is we only need one master and that is God who giveth all things we need by grace. Grace hath delivered all things to the Christian. What master do you serve? From whom did your salvations come from? Whom do you serve God or yourself? How can one say salvation is of grace, if salvation is of man? How can one stand in church and sing “Amazing Grace, how sweet the sound, That saved a wretch like me....” if they are their own saviour?
Paul went on to write “…hath appeared to all men,” This does not mean that this grace is available to all men but that it can be seen of all men. The word “appeared” means - to shine upon; or to be visible – to all men. Man can see it in a saved person; they can see it in what a saved person believes about their Sovereign God. In how God receives all credit for everything not in word only but also in deed. They can see, but they will reject what they see. They will turn the truth of God into a lie just as God said, worshiping the creature over the creator because they are not saved and reject God in reality. Rejecting
