Listen up, little ones
Listen for the words grace and works.
Reading
Titus 2:11-14—Grace That Works
Optional Reading
Hebrews 6:8-12
Keys for kids
- God’s grace saves us.
- God’s grace helps us grow in Christ.
- As we try to live faithfully, we look forward to heaven.
Questions
- What does grace teach us?
- When will we see the glory of our God and Savior?
- How should we live in the meantime?
Notes
(See Saturday for authors.)
Hebrews calls on us to demonstrate diligence in maturing and living the faithful Christian life. How do we do that? Do we find the strength within ourselves? Absolutely not! We are saved by grace and we live by grace. Paul reminds Titus that this grace, God’s kindness when we deserve His punishment, has appeared. And this grace teaches us. It teaches us how to say, No and how to say, Yes. No to ungodliness and the world’s passion for pleasure. Instead, grace teaches us to say Yes to self-control and godliness and living the right way—that way which God has commanded. Has this grace saved you? Is it teaching you how to live the right way in this life? Can others see it?
Learning how to live in this life (v12,14) is connected to preparing us for the life to come. We live now, hoping for something even better—the appearance of our Savior! When our divine Savior, who is God Himself, appears, our hope of glory will be made complete. When He appears to take us to Himself, our hope of comfort, no more tears, no more sickness, no more death, will be made complete.
And yet, we live in the meantime. And in this meantime, we live understanding why He saved us—so that we would eagerly do the good that He calls us to do.
Swedish Method questions
Praise
Psalm 98b, 111a
Prayer
- Pray that, in God's grace, you keep maturing in doing good.
- Give thanks for something from last Lord’s Day’s sermons.
- Pray for a member of our church, for your family, and for a non-Christian friend/family member.