New Year’s Eve
Titus 2:11-14 NLT
For the grace of God has been revealed, bringing salvation to all people. Â And we are instructed to turn from godless living and sinful pleasures. We should live in this evil world with wisdom, righteousness, and devotion to God while we look forward with hope to that wonderful day when the glory of our great God and Savior, Jesus Christ, will be revealed. He gave his life to free us from every kind of sin, to cleanse us, and to make us his very own people, totally committed to doing good deeds.
John Chrysostom
“That he might purify to himself a people of his own.” Considering the desperate condition of human nature and the ineffably tender solicitude of Christ, in what he delivered us from and what he freely gave us, and kindled by the yearning of affection toward him, this is a remarkably tender expression. Thus the prophets often appropriate to themselves him who is God over all, as in the words, “O God, you are my God, early will I seek you.” Moreover, this language teaches that each individual justly owes a great debt of gratitude to Christ, as if he had come for that person’s sake alone. For he would not have grudged this his condescension even if it were only for one person. The measure of his love to each is as great as to the whole world.
O God, in whom is the well of living waters; O God, in whose light we see light, increase in us the brightness of your knowledge, illuminating the path to your flowing fountain – there impart to our thirsting souls the water of life, and restore to our darkened minds the light from heaven.
(Prayers Ancient and Modern, 1900)
O Come, All Ye Faithful
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If you have found this meditation helpful, take a moment and give thanks to God. Then share what you learned with a friend. This is how the grace of God spreads (2 Corinthians 4.15).
