The Book of Titus: Hit by the Grace Train

October 4, 2026

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ermon Title: Hit by the Grace Train: Full Effort, Countercultural Humility & Gospel Remembrance
Key Scriptures: Titus 3:1-8; Philippians 3:13-14; Romans 12:1; 1 Corinthians 11:26; 1 John 3:1

Salvation is completely anti-earning, but it is never anti-effort. You cannot earn God's love, achieve your own rescue, or make Him love you any more than He already does. Yet, when the power of God's lavish grace truly takes hold of your life, it changes everything about how you live, speak, work, and treat others.

Continuing through Titus chapter 3, Pastor Jason unpacks what it means to be urged (parakaleo) into action. Using the memorable "death crawl" scene from Facing the Giants, this message challenges believers to stop settling at the 50-yard line of casual Christianity. We are called to leave everything on the field, extending every nerve and muscle for King Jesus because of the immense price He paid on the cross.

Key Takeaways:

  • Get in the Trenches (Parakaleo): Urging is not yelling criticism from the grandstands. It is a commander stepping into the dirt beside his team, calling older believers to walk shoulder to shoulder with the younger generation to disciple them in everyday life.
  • You Are the Influencer: Just like Brock Kelly on the football field, people in your home, workplace, and neighborhood are watching how you carry the weight of life, especially when it burns, strains, and gets difficult.
  • The Indicative and the Imperative: Because we have received the good news (indicative), our lives must display godly conduct (imperative): speaking evil of no one, avoiding quarreling, choosing gentleness, and showing perfect courtesy to all people.
  • Curing Gospel Amnesia: We must never forget what we were saved from. We were once foolish, disobedient, and enslaved, but God saved us according to His own mercy, not our righteous deeds.
  • The Grace Train: Grace that does not change you will not save you. Experiencing God's regenerating mercy shatters religious games and compels us to devote ourselves to good works that are profitable to everyone around us.

Service Timestamps:

  • 00:00 - Opening Prayer & Offering
  • 00:52 - Facing the Giants Illustration: The 100-Yard Death Crawl
  • 07:05 - Parakaleo: Urging and Standing Beside One Another
  • 10:14 - Discipleship in the Trenches: Older Mentoring Younger
  • 11:32 - You Are the Influencer in Your World
  • 12:33 - Titus 3:1-2: Anti-Earning, But Not Anti-Effort
  • 15:10 - Gospel Amnesia: Remembering Where You Came From
  • 18:05 - Submitting to Authority and Honoring Others in a Broken Culture
  • 21:05 - Indicatives Before Imperatives: Living Out the Truth
  • 22:00 - Speak Evil of No One & Avoid Quarreling
  • 23:42 - Gentleness: Strength Under Control for the Good of Others
  • 26:00 - Perfect Courtesy: Treating People with High Regard
  • 28:35 - Titus 3:3: We Ourselves Were Once Foolish
  • 31:05 - Titus 3:4-7: But When the Goodness and Loving Kindness Appeared
  • 36:50 - The Severity of Sin and God's Righteous Justice
  • 40:10 - Lavished Love: The Overflow of God's Mercy
  • 45:20 - Hit by the Grace Train: True Grace Always Produces Fruit
  • 48:25 - Philippians 3:13-14: Straining Forward to Give Your Absolute Best
  • 51:00 - Romans 12:1 & Preparing for the Lord's Table
  • 54:48 - Communion: Remembering the Broken Body and Shed Blood
  • 56:48 - Closing Worship: "Shout to the Lord"

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