Sermon Title: "What Are You Saved For, Not From?”

The message challenges Christians to think beyond what salvation has rescued them from and consider what God has saved them for. Believers are saved from sin, judgment, condemnation, and hell, but God's grace also gives them a new life to live, a definite hope to anticipate, and a devoted work to accomplish for Christ.

The sermon explains that grace brings salvation, teaches believers, changes their lives, gives them hope, and makes them useful. God's grace is not only what saves a person initially. Grace continues working in the believer's life, teaching and shaping them for God's purposes.

Titus 2:11 says that “the grace of God that bringeth salvation hath appeared to all men.” The message emphasizes that God loves people and offers salvation to those who will call upon Him. Anyone who does not know Christ is urged to look to Calvary and trust Jesus Christ as Savior.

The sermon teaches that Christians are saved for a different life, saved for a definite hope, and saved for a devoted work. These three truths show that salvation changes how believers live now, what they anticipate in the future, and how they serve Christ while they wait for His return.

Titus 2:12 teaches believers to deny ungodliness and worldly lusts and to “live soberly, righteously, and godly, in this present world.” Salvation should produce genuine change. God's grace teaches Christians to say no to sin, practice spiritual discipline, and live in a way that reflects their relationship with Christ.

The Christian life requires denying ungodliness and worldly lusts. The message explains that believers must sometimes simply say no to temptations, influences, habits, and relationships that pull them away from God. Grace gives Christians the ability to live differently in the present world.

The sermon explains sobriety as living with a clear and disciplined mind. While the message specifically warns about alcohol and drugs because they cloud judgment and can destroy lives, the broader application is self-control. Christians should avoid anything that controls them or prevents them from thinking clearly and serving God faithfully.

Yes. The message emphasizes that God's grace does more than save a person from judgment. Grace teaches and changes the believer. Christians should continue growing in God's grace, mercy, and love rather than remaining spiritually unchanged after professing faith in Christ.

Christians have a certain hope because they are “looking for that blessed hope, and the glorious appearing of the great God and our Saviour Jesus Christ.” Their ultimate hope is not in circumstances, entertainment, government, possessions, or anything else in this world. Their hope is in Jesus Christ and His promised return.

The blessed hope is the promised return of the Lord Jesus Christ. The sermon connects Titus 2 with Acts 1, where the disciples watched Jesus ascend into heaven and were told that the same Jesus would come again. Christians therefore have Someone to anticipate as they look forward to Christ's return.

Acts 1 records Jesus ascending into heaven while His disciples watched. The angels then told them that “this same Jesus” would come again in like manner. The sermon uses this passage to emphasize that Christ's return is not speculation or science fiction, but a promise found in the Word of God.

No. The message teaches that Christians have something to accomplish while they wait. The Christian life is not a spectator sport. Believers should anticipate Christ's return while actively serving Him, sharing the Gospel, growing spiritually, and doing the work God has given them to do.

Titus 2:14 says that Christ redeemed and purified “a peculiar people, zealous of good works.” The sermon teaches that God has a purpose for every believer. Christians are not saved by good works, but once they are saved, they should desire to serve Christ and use their lives, talents, and abilities for Him.

No. The sermon clearly teaches salvation by grace through faith. Good works do not earn salvation or add to the finished work of Christ. Instead, good works are something believers are called to pursue after salvation because Christ has redeemed them and given them a purpose.

In the message, “peculiar” does not mean strange or weird. It refers to a people who belong especially to God and have been called out for His purposes. Christ redeemed believers for Himself so that they could live for Him and become zealous about doing His work.

To be zealous of good works means being eager and excited to serve the Lord. The sermon challenges Christians not to treat service as a burden or something that someone else should do. Because Christ has saved and redeemed them, believers should be thankful for opportunities to serve Him.

Yes. The message emphasizes that God wants to use every believer, whether young, old, or somewhere in between. Christians should humbly offer their talents and abilities to God and ask Him to strengthen those gifts and make their lives useful for His work.

The practical challenge is to recognize that Christians have been saved for more than escaping hell. Believers should allow God's grace to teach, discipline, change, clean, and refine them. They should live differently, look expectantly for Christ's return, and become zealous about serving the Lord with the life He has redeemed.