Revelation Series #586: Becoming As Children To Receive Christ

“not out of~the works in with~righteousness, of~which [works], we, we had done,
but according-to the mercy of~Same;

to~us He had saved through
a~renascence of~bathing,
and a~renewal of~sanctified spirit;” (~Robin)

Take a look at this verse from Titus; I agree, totally, with the opening statement …not our works of righteousness, but rather His mercy; however, the second half of this verse sounds a bit off …

That is, we are saved through “a bathing” …
true, our trust in His death, our immersion into His death,
might be described as this so-called “bathing,” …
but it’s a rather lame and confusing Figure of speech.

That is, “bathing” conveys more the thought of ritualized cleansing,
something we do, rather than what Christ did …

And then, there’s the second have of this statement … “a renewal of sanctified spirit” …
Again, something sounds just a little off about this, in that it seems to be indicating,
that our existing sanctified spirit needs some sort of renewal …
as if, something needs to be done again?
Christ died once, and for all … there’s no “do-over” involved in any of this!

Maybe I’m being too literal, maybe I’m reading this totally wrong …
but something down deep, tells me this is odd, and not spiritually correct,
for the Body of Christ?

***

3:5* not out of~the works in with~righteousness, of~which [works], we, we had done, but according-to the mercy of~Same; to~us He had saved through a~renascence of~bathing, and a~renewal of~sanctified spirit;

οὐκ ἐξ ἔργων τῶν ἐν δικαιοσύνῃ ὧν ἐποιήσαμεν ἡμεῖς, ἀλλὰ κατὰ τὸν αὐτοῦ ἔλεον ἔσωσεν ἡμᾶς, διὰ λουτροῦ παλιγγενεσίας καὶ ἀνακαινώσεως πνεύματος ἁγίου,

ouk ex ergOn tOn en dikaiosunE hOn epoiEsamen hEmeis alla kata ton autou eleon esOsen hEmas dia loutrou paliggenesias kai anakainOseOs pneumatos hagiou

not {3756 PRT-N} out {1537 PREP} of~works {2041 N-GPN} of~the [things] {3588 T-GPN} in {1722 PREP} unto~a~righteousness {1343 N-DSF} of~which [things] {3739 R-GPN} we had done {4160 V-AAI-1P} we {1473 P-1NP} but {0235 CONJ} according-to {2596 PREP} to~the [one] {3588 T-ASM} of~same [One] {0846 P-GSM} to~a~mercy {1656 N-ASM} He had saved {4982 V-AAI-3S} to~us {1473 P-1AP} through {1223 PREP} of~a~bathing {3067 N-GSN} of~a~renascence {3824 N-GSF} end {2532 CONJ} of~a~renewal {0342 N-GSF} of~a~spirit {4151 N-GSN} of~a~sanctified [thing] {0040 A-GSN}

Log in to Reply