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That being justified by His grace — Justification; faith; works: —

I. THE MORAL RECTIFICATION OF THE SOUL.

1. All souls in their unrenewed state are unrighteous.

2. Restoration to righteousness is the merciful work of God.

3. In this moral rectification of soul there is the heirship of eternal good.

II. THE ESSENTIAL FOUNDATION OF ALL TRUE FAITH. To believe in God implies —

1. To believe in what He is in Himself — the only absolute existence, without beginning, without succession, without end, who is in all and through all, the All-Mighty, the All-Wise, the All-Good Creator and Sustainer of the universe.

2. To believe in what He is to us — the Father, the Proprietor, and the Life.

III. THE SUPREME PURPOSE OF MORAL EXISTENCE IS TO MAINTAIN GOOD WORKS.

1. Good works are —

(1)  Works that have right motives.

(2)  Works that have a right standard.

2. The maintenance of these works requires strenuous and constant effort.

3. The great work of the Christian ministry is to stimulate this effort.

(D. Thomas, D. D.)

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KJV: But after that the kindness and love of God our Saviour toward man appeared,

WEB: But when the kindness of God our Savior and his love toward mankind appeared,