Titus 2:13 - 14 “Looking for that blessed hope, and the glorious appearing of the great God and our Saviour Jesus Christ; (14) Who gave himself for us, that he might redeem us from all iniquity, and purify unto himself a peculiar people, zealous of good works.”
God’s Love, what a blessing to everyone who has or will be
saved. Because of Love, look what God did, He elected us to be redeemed, He adopted
us to be His children, He sent His very own Son to be the Redeemer, and through
His Son, He purified us. God has “cleansed” us through the blood of the Lamb. 1
Peter 1:18 - 20 “Forasmuch as ye know that ye were not redeemed with
corruptible things, as silver and gold, from your vain conversation
received by tradition from your fathers; (19) But with the precious blood of
Christ, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot: (20) Who
verily was foreordained before the foundation of the world, but was
manifest in these last times for you,” Then our adoption, “According as he
hath chosen us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should
be holy and without blame before him in love: (5) Having predestinated
us unto the adoption of children by Jesus Christ to himself, according to
the good pleasure of his will,” Ephesians 1:4 – 5 Making us heirs of
God, “The Spirit itself beareth witness with our spirit, that we
are the children of God: (17) And if children, then heirs; heirs of God,
and joint-heirs with Christ; if so be that we suffer with him, that we may
be also glorified together.” Romans 8:16 – 17. This is our blessed hope
beloved, this is what every believer should be looking for, “…the glorious
appearing of the great God and our Saviour Jesus Christ”. Because we will
forever be with our Lord and Saviour Jesus. What a day that will be when all of
God’s chosen are at home together. God said, “…purify unto himself a
peculiar people…” To be purified means we are sanctified or made holy
through the blood of our Saviour Jesus Christ. Romans 8:29 says we are “…conformed
to the image of his Son…” which means we are jointly formed or fashioned
like unto His own Son. Now, if that thought does not excite you then you’re not
saved! God, with His mercy and grace has elected to redeem a remnant of souls
and to form them to be fashioned like His own Son Jesus and what it will be to
be like His Son some glorious day! Since God has purified us, we ought to walk
with God, walk in the Holy Spirit which is to walk in His word. While we cannot
purify ourselves, we are to purify ourselves as we can, by living for the Lord,
using the grace of God to live for the Lord and steadily look for Jesus. “Having
therefore these promises, dearly beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from all
filthiness of the flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God.”
2 Corinthians 7:1 This means to live like Christians and to walk like God’s
Children. People that are not living for the Lord are missing the blessing of
looking for Jesus. Christian, we have been purified by God through the blood of
Jesus, let us live like it! “The fear of the LORD is to hate evil:
pride, and arrogancy, and the evil way, and the froward mouth, do I hate.” Proverbs
8:13 John Gill said it like this, “All evil in general, evil thoughts, evil
words, evil actions, evil company, evil worship, and evil doctrines; and by
"the fear of the Lord", which shows itself in an hatred of evil,
because of the loathsome nature of it, and being contrary to God and his will…”
Evil in any form is of Satan and not of God. The Psalmist wrote, “Ye that
love the LORD, hate evil: he preserveth the souls of his saints; he delivereth
them out of the hand of the wicked. Light is sown for the righteous, and
gladness for the upright in heart. Rejoice in the LORD, ye righteous; and give
thanks at the remembrance of his holiness.” Psalms 97:10 – 12 God sent His
Son in love, He died in love, we were saved because of love, made righteous because
of love, no child of God should have evil in their heart, or anything in their
hearts that makes them contrary to what God has made us. Jesus made us redeemed,
purified, sanctified, because God made us a “peculiar people” and
because of that we ought to be “…zealous of good works.” and “Looking
for that blessed hope, and the glorious appearing of the great God and our
Saviour Jesus Christ;”
