Jephthah: Unmerited Mercy From God

Titus 3:3-7 | For we also once were foolish ourselves, disobedient, deceived, enslaved to various lusts and pleasures, spending our life in malice and envy, hateful, hating one another. But when the kindness of God our Savior and His love for mankind appeared, He saved us, not on the basis of deeds which we have done in righteousness, but according to His mercy, by the washing of regeneration and renewing by the Holy Spirit, whom He poured out upon us richly through Jesus Christ our Savior, so that being justified by His grace we would be made heirs according to the hope of eternal life. 

• Titus 3:3 begins with who God’s followers used to be. How would you describe who you were before following Jesus?

• Apart from Jesus, what did you (and do all people) deserve because of your sin and disobedience to God?

• How did God show you mercy?

• God didn’t just stop at removing the punishment you deserved. Instead, Titus 3:7 says He even made us heirs. What does this mean? Why is this so special?

• What can we learn from Jesus’ example of mercy?