Author: Gary Witcher

Gary Witcher

Heirs According to the Hope
Titus 3:4-7
Focus:	By His mercy, God saved us by the washing of regeneration and renewing by the Holy Spirit.
Function: To encourage my audience to experience the kindness of God.
The mood of the passage is one of appreciation for God’s gift.
	The movement follows a progression from God’s kindness, to His salvation by His grace, consisting of washing of regeneration, renewing by the Holy Spirit, justification by grace, heirs according to the hope.  This prepares the Christian to engage in good deeds.
(introduction) - My mother used to sing “When The Role is Called Up Yonder.”  My sister heard it sung so many times that she thought the correct way for her to sing it was, “When the roll is called up yonder, Mamma will be there.”
(body) – How do we picture heaven?  Who do we see as being there?  Are we as sure of our place there as we are of the destiny of others?  What impact should the security of a home in heaven have on our lives here?
1) We were all sinners.
2) Because of kindness motivated by His love, God intervened.
3) We did not earn our salvation.
4) By His mercy, He saved us through
		washing of regeneration
		renewing by the Holy Spirit poured out through Jesus
5) So we became heirs according to hope.
6) As a result, we must be careful to engage in good deeds.
(close) - Before we moved to Italy, we had a “going-away” picnic.  They sang “Follow Me.”  The third verse begins, “Oh, Jesus if I die upon A foreign field some day, ‘Twould be no more than love demands, No less could I repay.”
	What have we done to earn our salvation?  What has God done to extend it to us?  What should we do in response?