Week nine: Titus 3.4-7 THE SALVATION

By Rev. Stanley L. Derickson Ph.D.

I have used a number of theological terms in this study. I will include a glossary at the end in case you find any of them unfamiliar.

4 But after that the kindness and love of God our Saviour toward man appeared,

5 Not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to his mercy he saved us, by the washing of regeneration, and renewing of the Holy Ghost;

6 Which he shed on us abundantly through Jesus Christ our Saviour;

7 That being justified by his grace, we should be made heirs according to the hope of eternal life.

Major Doctrines listed in this text:

God

kindness of God

love of God

God the Saviour of all will come

salvation is not by works

salvation is by mercy of God

mercy of God

regeneration

renewing

Holy Ghost

abundance of God

Jesus Christ

Christ the Saviour

justification

grace of God

co-heirs with Christ

eternal life

We see the Trinity, the promise of eternal life, the great doctrines of justification, regeneration, - we see some of the attributes of God, and we see the basis upon which we have eternal life - the grace and mercy of God, not works.

Some theology course!

Now to those that condemn the teaching of theology in the church as being too heavy for the believers, we might suggest this text. Paul taught theology in his everyday letters to believers. He felt that theology was to be an integrated part of our daily life.

If we know the theology, we will know how to live the Christian life. That is one of the problems of this day’s church. We have not been teaching theology, so the believer does not know why he is to live as he should, thus he doesn't.

Theology is the basis for the Christian life. I trust that when people begin to talk of theology, you will listen rather than turn up your nose.

We must take some time to BRIEFLY look at these great doctrines so that we understand Paul's comments.

I would like to take these in a logical order for our brief look.

I. God (includes the trinity)

His attributes:

1. kindness

2. love

3. mercy

4. abundance

5. grace

These are only a portion of His great attributes. Consider these as you wonder about God. How do you relate to each of these? These are theological points, not just words, but truths to build your life on.

II. Holy Ghost

The third person in the trinity. He is our comforter, guide and intercessor when we don't know how to pray.

III. Jesus Christ -- Christ the Saviour

Christ came to earth to do everything that was needed to bring man back to God, and that work was accomplished most perfectly.

IIII. Salvation

A. Basis of salvation

1. Salvation is open to all that will come - this is not a false invitation, but a genuine call for ALL to come. All that was needed for all to come to God for salvation has been made available to everyone.

2. Salvation is not by works - nothing you can do will bring any benefit to you toward salvation. It is all of God and nothing from you. Some suggest that man cannot even accept Christ without God doing it, but this is false piety. Christ calls us to make a mental decision about Him, either for or against. He will not make it for us, nor will He force you either way.

3. Salvation is brought to us by the mercy of God - it was God's idea to bring salvation to man, not man's. He planned it; He executed the plan, and now awaits man to respond.

B. Method of salvation

1. Regeneration - is that process by which we are transformed into a new creation. It is not that infusing of something that allows us to make a decision; it is the result of our decision for Christ. It is the new birth, the salvation experience given by God to the responsive man.

2. Renewing - is that process by which we are transformed from a sinful creature to a new creation ready and able to please God.

3. Justification - is that process by which we are made ready for fellowship with God. He makes all the changes required to allow us to approach him in prayer and supplication. We are made just as we need to be for Him.

C. Result of salvation

1. Co-heirs with Christ - we are brothers/sisters with Christ, thus heir to all that He is heir to.

2. Eternal life - the ultimate benefit of salvation is that we will spend eternity with Him rather than with the Devil in the torment of eternity.

Theology isn't a dirty word, it is the stuff of life, it is that which gives us insight into the

God that we serve. Indeed, as we understand better who He is, then our attitude of service might be corrected to that attitude that we ought to have toward Him.

4 But after that the kindness and love of God our Saviour toward man appeared,

The kindness is just a goodness or kindness, but can have the aspect of moral goodness and integrity. Thus we may have a little more than just the kindness of God, but the total moral goodness of God, which is perfect goodness in reality.

Romans 2.4 “Or despisest thou the riches of his goodness and forbearance and longsuffering; not knowing that the goodness of God leadeth thee to repentance?"

The word "goodness" is used three times in Romans 11.22 "Behold therefore the goodness and severity of God: on them which fell, severity; but toward thee, goodness, if thou continue in [his] goodness: otherwise thou also shalt be cut off."

One should note that His goodness is closely related to the severity of God. We will look at this later.

On the other hand "goodness" can mean just the opposite, it can mean the lack of moral goodness as seen in Romans 3.12 "They are all gone out of the way, they are together become unprofitable; there is none that doeth good, no, not one."

It seems the context determines at which end of the spectrum the definition lies.

At any rate, the passage says that after that God's goodness was forthcoming. After what, might come to mind. The previous verse talks of our unsaved condition - that which we were before the goodness appeared. We were once depraved, but now that the goodness has come, we are the opposite - or at least we should be.

It is of note that the term "love" is not the strong word for love, but the lesser term that is used of brotherly love. It can mean as little as "kindness" and it is the love one has for mankind. I think a good study of the terms translated love in relation to God and man and salvation would be of interest. Does he love all mankind with a brotherly love, but believers with the true and deep love? Someone study that for me and send me a copy.

"But after that the kindness and love of God our Saviour toward man appeared,” After our lostness, the kindness and love of God our Savior appeared. Of note, is the fact that the term for God is the normal term, but He is listed as our Savior - this designation is usually referring to Christ, but here we see it of God in general - it was the overall plan of God to save mankind, it was Christ that carried out that mission.

The appearing should not be taken too far in the area of interpretation. It simply indicates that salvation appeared to us - it was something that came along in our lives. It isn't that salvation suddenly appeared on the world scene, as in the cross. The cross solidified the salvation of all the ages past.

5 Not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to his mercy he saved us, by the washing of regeneration, and renewing of the Holy Ghost;

This passage is important, in that the reform camp feel that it allows them their belief that regeneration is separate from salvation itself. They see regeneration as separate from the renewing of the Spirit. The regeneration is what they call born again and that this is the quickening that allows totally depraved man, which is unable to respond to God, to after regeneration respond positively to God's election and calling.

The word "and" is translated "and" over eight thousand times and "also" only about five hundred times. We will see what some commentators say later.

The American Standard Version puts it this way, "but according to his mercy he saved us, through the washing of regeneration and renewing of the Holy Spirit," To me, the "saved" is the result of the regeneration and renewing. I'd guess they would admit to this, still thinking that the two occur at different times.

We need to look at the terms "regeneration" and "renewing" as they are used in Scripture. Regeneration simply means "again born." It is made up of two terms "paling" or again, and "genesia" or genesis - birth. It has the thought of being made over or born again. It relates to reformation not a simple “changed a little” to get a person going in a proper spiritual direction. It seems better to see it as that complete reformation of the corrupt soul into a completely new life.

Renew has the same thought of complete reformation. It is a complete renovation, a "complete change for the better." This seems to be consistent with regeneration - two words describing the same whole process of rebirth in salvation.

Matthew 19.28 is the only other usage of the term translated regeneration. "And Jesus said unto them, Verily I say unto you, That ye which have followed me, in the regeneration when the Son of man shall sit in the throne of his glory, ye also shall sit upon twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel." No matter what you see regeneration as meaning, it clearly indicates a complete work of salvation in this passage - to me at least.

Renewing appears only here and in Romans 12.2 "And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what [is] that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God." Again this seems to me that this is a complete change from what the mind once was to something completely different.

To me, it seems both words relate to the same event - salvation, not two different processes which both are needed to move one to salvation.

Matthew Henry seems to relate the renewing to the daily renewing of the person in holiness. Jamieson, Fausset and Brown seem to relate the whole thing to be signifying baptism. This is quite a stretch to me, yes there might be some application there but they seem to gloss over the real meaning of the text.

Barnes agrees with me, or vice versa, that the two terms mean basically the same thing, and that they both refer to being born again. Gill, a reformed man of yester year also seems to agree that the terms relate to the whole of salvation, "Now it is in this way God saves his people, namely, by regenerating and renewing them;" He also relates the renewing to the progression of holiness. I'd guess he would agree if I said that regeneration is that which brings new birth, and the renewing is that cleansing of the old and the replacement of the new - again seems like one act of changing one from lost to alive in Christ.

Keathley presents the same line of thought that I have presented. "Since both phrases are introduced by one preposition, are both connected by "and," and since the Holy Spirit is the agent of renewal, the great probability is that we have here two parallel subjective genitives with the second as a further explanation of the first. Thus, the passage very likely means, "the washing (spiritual cleansing) produced by regeneration, even the making new accomplished by the Holy Spirit."

He also presents the same line of thought that most others in relation to the thought of "washing" being baptism. All reject this as a figment of the Baptismal Regenerationists imagination. Water is not mentioned nor to be seen in the context, thus it must be added to the thought of the text to relate this to baptism.

Thus we have two false teachings from this one verse, that you need to beware of - that rebirth can occur prior to salvation, and that rebirth comes from water baptism. Wow, again, all this doctrine and theology!

Just to emphasize it one more time, Keathley rightly states, "While some see this as a reference to the ongoing sanctifying work of the Spirit, it seems best, as explained previously, to see regeneration and renewing as one concept."

Even if the two are slightly different, they are part and parcel of one action at one point in time - that of salvation. Indeed, one might be the act while the following the action.

Now, let us consider the rest of the verse. "Not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to his mercy he saved us,” Salvation is not of works that we might do, even though they are righteous works; it is His mercy that allows the work of salvation.

"Righteousness" has to do with one that is right before God, or one that does all that God requires. Good works - not even the most righteous of good works can assist with our movement toward salvation. Not even a mountain sized pile of good works will assist us in salvation, only the FREE mercy of God allows us to have access to such a grand gift.

Mercy is listed in the lexicon as kindness, or “good will towards the miserable and the afflicted, joined with a desire to help them." Kind of describes us as Paul pictures us in verse three "For we ourselves also were sometimes foolish, disobedient, deceived, serving divers lusts and pleasures, living in malice and envy, hateful, [and] hating one another."

God desired to assist us out of the mire and he acted on that desire extending his mercy to us through Christ. This is one reason I would question the thought of limited atonement, that teaching that says Christ died for only the elect. This word almost pictures, in my mind the desire of God to help all of mankind out of their predicament - there is nothing to show differently. To desire to help all He would have to provide for all or He would be showing partiality.

At any rate it is His mercy that makes the difference in our lives, not what we can do in this life. I don't know how much more plainly it could be said that works are not part of salvation, yet many still teach a works Christianity. The Roman church requires certain works for grace to be extended to the person. Other religions require works for their salvation, yet Paul says, NOT BY WORKS.

6 Which he shed on us abundantly through Jesus Christ our Saviour;

Again, we see that God is the overall provider of salvation, but the action came via Christ and His work on the cross.

The term "shed" means "to pour" or "gush forth." When at home our daughter was quite effective at pouring juice and milk. It always panicked her parents as she would almost attack the glass and the liquid would gush forth into the glass. Never a drop would spill, but we often wondered at the methodology. It also amused us recently to see her teenage daughter pour some milk the same way.

God gushed forth our salvation abundantly through Christ.

We have here that completion of the idea of God the trinity being our savior, while accomplishing this through Christ and his work on the cross.

7 That being justified by his grace, we should be made heirs according to the hope of eternal life.

Another one of those terrible theological terms. Justified, is that act of justification. Because of His mercy we are justified by His grace - indeed we are made heirs in eternal life.

It is of interest, that the mercy or desiring to assist and doing so, is similar to grace in that grace means, "lovingkindness" or "good will" among other things. This desire to help and this help are rather abundantly clear in this passage. He REALLY wants to help the poor lost sinner out of his mess.

Justification is simply God making us what we ought to be, making us right or just. He restores us to what we would have been if we hadn't been born in sin. We are as Adam was before he sinned. We are made like we were created to be - good.

Justification is not so much the work of changing, because this is done by regeneration, but it is more the declaration by God that all is well between the person and God.

APPLICATION:

1. We saw that God's goodness was closely related to his severity. Let us think along that line for a little bit. Romans 11.22 "Behold therefore the goodness and severity of God: on them which fell, severity; but toward thee, goodness, if thou continue in [his] goodness: otherwise thou also shalt be cut off."

God can function with goodness and severity without getting them mixed up. The text mentions that to some He is severe while with others He is good. Not an uncommon theme in the Word - that he is good to the believer, and severe with the lost. At the Great White Throne we will see this goodness/severity in action. He will already have been quite good to the righteous, but will be dealing out judgment upon the lost at the throne. What a contrast, He is blessing some beyond measure in the heavenlies, while sending others to a terrible eternity apart from Him.

We see in His judgment that most drastic of contrasts between total good and total lack of good - not that God is not good, but that he can shed no good upon the lost due to their total and unequivocal rejection of His Son's work on the cross.

We see that judgment is not due to God nor his plan, but due to the lost's rejection of Him and His. He made His grace, His mercy, and His Son's work available to them, yet they rejected all His overtures. How much more could He do to draw them unto Himself, yet they thumb their nose at Him and all that he desires to do for them. Again, can we see this as a false offer to the lost - I don't think so. It is as honest and as genuine as God Himself - to all of mankind, not just to the elect that accept it.

2. Being a little ungifted in the area of grammar, there are phrases that give me some trouble at times. Like the last phrase of verse seven which states "we should be made heirs according to the hope of eternal life." The Net Bible translates it this way "we become heirs with the confident expectation of eternal life." while giving the King James translation as the Greek meaning in their note.

Just what is the thought of "according to the hope of eternal life? We all have that hope, that assuredness of eternal life. We all know we are heirs with Christ, but how does the heir-ship, which is ours now, have to do with a future existence? What does "according" mean in the context?

"According” can also be translated "after" so let’s substitute that. We should be made heirs after the hope of eternal life. That could relate - we are to be heirs hoping for the eternal life - hope in the idea of that it is coming and we are looking forward to it - our expectation.

"Should be made" can be translated "come to pass" or "become," thus indicating something future. So, if this is true, are we really heirs now as many of us have been taught? Are we heirs with Him now at this instant? In God's mind, yes we are, we will be just as surely heirs just as we will have eternal life, and in declaration we are both, but in reality we are neither.

Now, if we see the verse going along this line - being justified by his grace, we should become heirs as we hope in eternal life. Both are future, both are hoped for, but both are also secured by the work of Christ on our behalf. It is a sure hope that we look for - that of eternal life as heirs with Christ.

This really is a continuation of another doctrine that we can see in Revelation 1.5 "And from Jesus Christ, [who is] the faithful witness, [and] the first begotten of the dead, and the prince of the kings of the earth. Unto him that loved us, and washed us from our sins in his own blood," as well as Acts 26.23 "And from Jesus Christ, [who is] the faithful witness, [and] the first begotten of the dead, and the prince of the kings of the earth. Unto him that loved us, and washed us from our sins in his own blood," See also Rom. 8.11 "But if the Spirit of him that raised up Jesus from the dead dwell in you, he that raised up Christ from the dead shall also quicken your mortal bodies by his Spirit that dwelleth in you."

As Christ was raised from the grave, so also shall we - we are part and parcel with Christ's own resurrection - a sure thing. I Cor. 6.14 as well. "And God hath both raised up the Lord, and will also raise up us by his own power." Also II Cor. 4.14 "And God hath both raised up the Lord, and will also raise up us by his own power." And Eph. 2.5-6 "Even when we were dead in sins, hath quickened us together with Christ, (by grace ye are saved;) 6 And hath raised [us] up together, and made [us] sit together in heavenly [places] in Christ Jesus:"

It is planned and will occur as God has planned it in His own good time. We have only to wait upon Him and His pleasure. (Rom. 6.5, 9; Heb.2.9-11, 9.15-17 relate as well if you want further study.) Just for your own study, take a quick look at James 5.7-8 as you consider what we have been looking at. See also I Cor. 15.55.

3. Contemplate this picture for a moment. An all powerful, all knowing, all loving God creates for His own good pleasure. The creation thumbs their nose at this loving God and turns their backs on Him and refuse to acknowledge that He exists. In fact some say that the created popped out of the creation, that God is not in the mix what so ever - If, indeed, He exists, He went on vacation and left the creation to do its own thing. Now imagine that same God that has been maligned and mistreated loving His creation so much that He is willing to allow His Son to die a terrible death to bring the created back to Him. That is one grand and moving love for those that have rejected Him, yet this is what God has done for mankind.

We thumbed our nose at Him and He sent His Son to redeem us from our own polluted mess. He has a great interest in each and every one of us and He acts on that interest for our benefit. And what have you done for Him lately?

4. Barnes makes an interesting point. “It is a great and fundamental principle of the gospel that the good works of men come in for no share in the justification of the soul. They are in no sense a consideration on account of which God pardons a man, and receives him to favour. The only basis of justification is the merit of the Lord Jesus Christ; and in the matter of justification before God, all the race is on a level."

All mankind is on a level playing field. No racial profiling, no economic factor, no basis of good looks or build - nothing at all can ever affect our standing with God except Jesus Christ - He is the great leveling of all that have, do and will exist - none is preferred, none is discriminated against and none will come up short due to God's provision - only his/her own personal decision about God.

This does not relieve us from the duty to pronounce God's great love and provision to everyone we meet, so missions and evangelism are God's method of spreading the Word - He has committed that work to those that He has saved.

While we are at it, the salvation is by His mercy, not our status, our importance, or our own worth, it is by His mercy. Let Barnes put it a little more eloquently. "It is not because our deeds deserve it; it is not because we have by repentance and faith wrought ourselves into such a state of mind that we can claim it; but, after all our tears, and sighs, and prayers, and good deeds, it is a mere favour. Even then God might justly withhold it if he chose, and no blame would be attached to him if he should suffer us to sink down to ruin."

5. Keathley rightly states that our present moral change mentality in America is incorrect. We are trying to reach the people with the ways of the world, rather than with the gospel of Christ. We seek to change the moral direction of our country by trying to change its morals - not possible, they are lost, they are depraved and they are morally corrupt. You can't change something that is morally corrupt into someone that is moral, only Jesus Christ can rebirth that immoral person.

Only salvation and a changed moral core can change our country - one person at a time, one day at a time, not by some sweeping moral outrage that will convince them that they are going the wrong direction.

Just today my son sent me the link to an article in the Denver Post. It was about a church that was basically Anglo located in a 60 percent Hispanic neighborhood. The church leaders have decided to change the church to make the lost folks feel comfortable, and to bring about growth. They have hired a $150,000 "church-planter" consultant to head up their advertising campaign and to set up billboards in the neighborhood to let the Hispanics know they were now Hispanic friendly.

Is there something wrong with that concept? I trust you see a lot wrong. God wins the lost by the believers being in the community witnessing to them. It is not the lost’s responsibility to make it into the church Sunday morning to feel comfortable and to hear the gospel; it is the comfortable Christian’s place to get out and win those people to the Lord.

$150,000 to change the church when a couple good sermons on witnessing would probably bring about much better results.

May God forgive the pastor that makes a change from Biblical worship to seeker friendly programs and other ploys to draw the lost into his sanctuary. May God forgive the pastor and leaders that spend money on outsiders to come into their church to advertise, to use the works of the world to draw people to the services. May God forgive those pastors and teachers that may have taught these people to rely on the world system to do God's work.

Only a man and his church that is founded squarely on the Bible with their worship and method can be truly blessed by God. Yes, there may be some number improvements in churches that use such programs and procedures, but are they really Biblical improvements or "works of righteousness" that are really wood, hay and stubble? Yes, some great things may come in the area of evangelism, but what damage might be done to the believers that have no place to properly worship their Maker? What damage are we causing to the next generation of believers that are sitting through all these seeker friendly services as children? Are we properly training our youth for their future as the leaders of our churches?

Can the church survive such actions? Oh, yes it can survive, but at what cost to the Believers of America, and of the world when they seek to imitate our actions as they often do? The question is more to the point, will Christ's church survive? Yes, even in spite of the attempts and mal-conceived groaning of His brothers, He will be careful not to let the gates of Hell prevail against His church, it is just to bad that there may be believers pounding on the church door in an attempt to tear it down.

Strong you say, well I trust that it is for I personally believe that the church is in a very sickly condition due to its leadership and their acceptance of worldly methods to do God's work.

6. Keathley also continues to conclude that even though some may be out there witnessing, that the lost person does not really give a good hearing to the Gospel because they see the believing world as unloving, judgmental and aloof. He continues to suggest that this impression leads to the lost person not regarding God as much different.

I agree with his estimation of many believers, and many lost peoples view of those believers, but this philosophy seems to leave out the ministry of the Holy Spirit in moving the lost person toward Christ. If the Spirit is not moving in the persons life there is nothing we can do to bring them to Christ, nor is there anything that we can do about their impression of us or our God. On the other hand if the Spirit is there working the lost person’s impressions of Christians and/or our God is rather moot - salvation will come to pass if the person is being drawn by the Spirit to their appointed salvation.

Yes, live out lives so that we might be able to speak with them, but we need not groan and strain within our own efforts to get them to understand the Gospel. If they listen to what we have to say, the Spirit will fill in the gaps in one way or another.

7. Keathley observes correctly that if man could work his way to heaven there would have been no need for Christ to come to earth, or die on the cross - we could have done it on our own. Now, that is a logical argument that might be of use when talking to someone that is working their way there.

What a tremendous observation. We can't do if folks. We need to communicate that to others!

I'm told by the Greek experts that "but" is a conjunction that gives the idea of the strongest contrast. Not by works "but" by the mercy of God. The strongest emphasis Paul could give to this contrast must be the standard of our Gospel. It is not Christ plus a little works, it is God's mercy and nothing else - Christ or nothing. Read Galatians if you want to see where adding a little works will get you.

8. It is of no small importance that when Paul speaks of our salvation here it is in the aorist tense - a one time act of Christ which by the way is in the past. It is a done deal, it is finished and it is on its way to full completion in our death or rapture from this life.

9. There is a beautiful picture in this passage. We see God the Father as our Savior, the planner of that salvation, we see God the Son as the medium through which we are provided that salvation and we see God the Holy Spirit as the operating force behind the salvation coming to pass in our lives. Nothing left to chance with the Trinity on our side!

There is a further aspect in which the Father is involved. He is the forgiver when we come to Him through Christ seeking our personal relationship to Him.

A SIMPLE GLOSSARY

(Copyright Rev. Stanley L. Derickson Ph.D. 1992 (One file from my systematic theology))

ACCEPTANCE RECEIVING

ADOPTION BEING MADE SONS

ATONEMENT MAKE RIGHT

BEGOTTEN BORN OF

BELIEF KNOWLEDGE ACCEPTED

BODY MATERIAL MAN

CALLING INVITATION

CHOSEN SELECTED

CONFESSION AGREEING WITH GOD

CONSCIENCE MAN JUDGING

DECREES GOD'S PLAN

ELECTION CHOICE

FAITH TRUST IN THE UNSEEN

FALL FROM INNOCENCE TO SIN

FOREKNOWLEDGE KNOWING BEFORE

FORGIVENESS PUTTING AWAY

GLORIFICATION FINAL STEP TO ETERNAL JOY

GOD'S WILL HIS DESIRE

GRACE GIVING WHAT ISN'T DESERVED

HEIRS RIGHT OF BEING A SON

HOLINESS SET APART

IMPUTED SIN OURS IN ADAM

INTELLECT MAN KNOWING

JUSTIFICATION DECLARED RIGHTEOUS

LORDSHIP BELIEVERS RELATION TO CHRIST

MEDIATION GOING BETWEEN

NEW NATURE BENT TOWARD GODLINESS

OBEDIENCE MINDING THE FATHER

OLD NATURE BENT TOWARD SIN

PERFECTION FUTURE HOLINESS

PERSONAL SIN DISOBEYING GOD

PREDESTINATION SETTING THE END RESULT

PROPITIATION SATISFACTION

PUNISHMENT JUST DESSERTS

OUICKENED RENEWED

RECONCILIATION BRINGING TOGETHER (CHANGE)

REDEMPTION PURCHASE

REGENERATION MAKE ALIVE

REPENTANCE CHANGE OF MIND

RENEWING OF THE HOLY SPIRIT REBIRTH

RESURRECTION NEW ETERNAL LIFE

RIGHTEOUSNESS HOLY LIFE

SACRIFICE OF CHRIST/HEAVEN ATONEMENT

SACRIFICE OF CHRIST/THE CROSS SUBSTITUTIONARY SACRIFICE

SALVATION SAVED FROM

SANCTIFICATION SET APART

SECURITY IMMORTALITY

SENSIBILITY MAN FEELING

SEPARATION WALKING GODLY

SIN MISSING THE MARK

SIN NATURE BENT TOWARD SIN

SOUL MIND AND INTELLECT OF MAN

SPIRIT ETERNAL PART OF MAN

STANDING HOW GOD VIEWS US

STATE OUR WALK

SUBSTITUTION IN PLACE OF

TEMPTATION DESIRE TO SIN

UNDERSTANDING GRASPING KNOWLEDGE

WILL MAN DECIDING