Titus has got to be one of the “unsung hero” books of the Bible. Don’t recall hearing it preached on very often. Don’t really remember ever entering into a deep discussion about the gems contained in this part of God’s treasure chest. Maybe it’s because it falls in the shadow of what are perhaps the better known letters of the “Pastoral Epistles”, 1 & 2 Timothy . . . if the letters to Timothy are Seattle, then Titus is kind of Tacoma. The fact is, Paul’s letter to Titus is packed with good stuff but, all too often, I think I kind of forget it’s there. But there is something I do recall about Titus . . . a “claim to fame” that was put on my radar years and years ago . . . a great truth to remember . . . a wonder to behold . . . a catalyst to awe. Embedded within Titus is a uniquely presented answer to the question, “Who’s my Savior?”

“Paul, a servant of God and an apostle of Jesus Christ, for the sake of the faith of God’s elect and their knowledge of the truth, which accords with godliness, in hope of eternal life, which God, who never lies, promised before the ages began and at the proper time manifested in His word through the preaching with which I have been entrusted by the command of God our Savior; To Titus, my true child in a common faith: Grace and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Savior.” (Titus 1:1-3 ESV)

” . . . not pilfering, but showing all good faith, so that in everything they may adorn the doctrine of God our Savior. For the grace of God has appeared, bringing salvation for all people, training us to renounce ungodliness and worldly passions, and to live self-controlled, upright, and godly lives in the present age, waiting for our blessed hope, the appearing of the glory of our great God and Savior Jesus Christ . . . ” (Titus 2:10-13 ESV)

“But when the goodness and loving kindness of God our Savior appeared, He saved us, not because of works done by us in righteousness, but according to His own mercy, by the washing of regeneration and renewal of the Holy Spirit, whom He poured out on us richly through Jesus Christ our Savior . . . ” (Titus 3:4-6)

So who’s my Savior? God! So who’s my Savior? Christ Jesus! I have two Savior’s? Nope! I have one Savior . . . the glorious, incomprehensible, Triune God. One God . . . made known to us through three equal and personal representations . . . Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.

God is my Savior . . . Jesus is my Savior. The Father sent the Son . . . the Son delighted to do the Father’s will. The Father offered His Son . . . the Son freely gave of His spotless life as the once-for-all sacrifice of sin. The Father is God . . . the Son is “the radiance of the glory of God and the exact imprint of His nature” (Heb. 1:3). They are both my Savior for they are both One.

Do I fully get it? Can I precisely explain it? Not really. Is it taught in Scripture? I’m thinkin’ . . . check out Titus. Do I believe it? Absolutely!

And this morning, as I am reminded afresh . . . and consider afresh . . . the mind-stretching reality of the nature of my Savior, I quiet myself in the presence of a God beyond my full comprehension. I humbly worship the God of Creation . . . who entered that Creation through the Son, becoming flesh and eventually dying on a cross that my sin might be atoned for. I bow before the God of heaven . . . the God who has taken up residence within me through the Spirit, undertaking a work of regeneration and renewal within me for His glory.

Hallelujah! What a Savior!