Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, and which according to His great mercy, he has caused us to be born again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead. 1 Peter 1:3 God’s mercy is wonderful. It is much-needed for our salvation. Because of his mercy, he has caused us to be born again. Born again is a spiritual birth – regeneration. Regeneration is God bringing Christians to new life or born again from a previous state of separation from God. His mercy for us, while we are ignorance and guilt, depravity and weakness, shows up in His love and goodness. It’s the…
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God’s Plan Out of Love For Us
But when the goodness and loving kindness of God our savior appeared, he saved us, not because of works done s in righteousness, but according to his own mercy, by the washing of regeneration and renewal of the Holy Spirit. Titus 3: 4-5 God’s love flows through Christ. We are delivered out of our misery only by God’s grace and mercy. The Holy Spirit flows through God to teach, regenerate, and save us sinners through God’s love, grace, and mercy; we have a changed life. Through this we will want to do works for God’s kingdom. We are not saved by works, but by God’s love for us that…