IV. What Grace Sought.
What did God’s grace seek? What was the real objective of the incarnation ? The answer is in verse 14:in three words,” a peculiar people.” This may seem strange language to us. It means ” a set apart “,a different people,of His own. This is marvelous – that the Lord should seek us because He wanted us for Himself! This is why Jesus died. First,that He might redeem us from all iniquity,and then,that He might purify us unto Himself a peculiar,zealous of all good works. Here,then,we have a description of the kind of people that grace seeks.
- A Redeemed people – a saved people.
- A Cleansed people – a sanctified people.
- A Zealous people – a serving people.
In case we have emphasised grace to the exclusion of works,Paul paragraph closes on the note of good works. We do not work in order to be saved,but when,by the grace of God,we are saved,then we work with great zeal for the glory of God.
I will not wok my soul to save,
For that my Lord has done;
But I will work like any slave,
For love of God’s dear son.
Next week we shall look at ” The Christian’s Blessed Hope. (Titus 2:13)