us to repentance (Rom. 2:4). He said further that it is because of God’s kindness that the gospel is preached to all nations (Rom. 11:22). But perhaps the fullest expression of God’s kindness comes in Paul’s letter to Titus: 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