Titus 3:4-7 But after that the kindness and love of God our Savior toward man appeared,… A poor man was very anxious about his soul. Though he knew the Bible well, yet he could not get over one difficulty, which was that he wanted to do something to save himself; it was too easy a way to be saved by Christ without doing anything to merit salvation himself; at least so he thought. One day an evangelist called at his workshop, and saw a gate all painted and varnished, ready to be hung in its place. "John," he said, "is this gate complete?" "Yes, sir; it is quite finished; it has got the last coat of varnish." "You are perfectly certain?" "Yes, quite." The evangelist took up a plane, and in a moment had taken a shaving off the top bar. "Stop, stop, sir!" cried John, "you are spoiling the gate." "Ah, John, that is what you want to do with Christ's work; He has completed the work of your salvation, yet you want to spoil it by doing something — you don't know what — to improve upon it!" This practical hint was just what John needed, and there and then he gave up trying to improve upon the work of Christ, and gave himself up to be saved at once, just as he was, in the workshop. Parallel Verses KJV: But after that the kindness and love of God our Saviour toward man appeared,WEB: But when the kindness of God our Savior and his love toward mankind appeared, |
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