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OUR DAILY BREAD                   Tuesday, October 31, 1994
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READ: Titus 3:1-8

                 "A COMPLETE SALVATION"

          According to his mercy He saved us, ...
             that  having  been justified by
             His grace we should become heirs.

                     - Titus 3:5,7

John Newton, author of the well known hymn Amazing Grace,
was a miserable man of the age of 23. He had been involved
in an immortal lifestyle and was engaged in the heartlessly
cruel African slave trade. But he was fed up with his sinful
way of life.

A crises came on March 10, 1748, on board a ship that was
caught in a violent storm. Thinking all was lost, Newton
cried out in terror, "Lord, have mercy on us!" Suddenly the
word mercy struck him with great force. If anybody needed
it, he did. At that moment he believed on Jesus Christ as
his savior. God forgave his sins and broke the power of his
wicked lifestyle. The apostle Paul referred to both the mer-
cy and the grace of God in salvation. he declared that it is
by God's grace we are justified and delivered from the guilt
of our sins (Ti.3:7). But he also said that it is God's mer-
cy that delivers us from a lifestyle which he described as
"foolish, disobedient, deceived, serving various lusts and
pleasures, living in malice and envy, hateful and hating one
another"(V.3). Let's thank God daily for his grace and his
mercy.

Author: Herbert Vander Lugt

The fullness of God's matchless love
Shines forth from blessed Calvary;
What grace and mercy came too us
When Jesus died on that tree!

      - Dennis J. De Haan

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY
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Grace and mercy are unearned blessings
given to unworthy sinners.

The Bible in One Year: Luke 10-13

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