a. But when the kindness and the love of God our Savior toward man appeared: When we were in the place described by Titus 3:3, we didn’t rescue ourselves. We were rescued by the kindness and the love of God. He reached out to us long before we reached out to Him. b. Not by works of righteousness which we have done: Our salvation isn’t based on any works of righteousness which we have done. In and of itself, response to an altar call does not save. Saying
Titus 3:4–8