{"date":"2026-07-21","ref":"Titus 3:5 · NKJV","title":"Not by Works","verse":"“Not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to His mercy He saved us, through the washing of regeneration and renewing of the Holy Spirit.”","line":"He saved you according to His mercy, not your record.","body":["Paul could not be more direct about what did not save you: not by works of righteousness which we have done. He shuts the door on the whole project of earning. Then he names what did save you: according to His mercy. The basis was His mercy, not your merit.","This matters on the days you feel you have nothing to show. If your salvation rested on your works, a bad stretch would put it at risk. But it never rested there. It rested on His mercy, which is not moved by your performance. Mercy, by definition, is unearned.","So you can stop auditing your works to see whether you still qualify. You never qualified by works in the first place. He saved you according to His mercy, washed and renewed you, and mercy does not change its mind."],"carry":"You were not saved by your works and you are not kept by them. His mercy did it. His mercy holds it.","go_deeper":{"label":"Browse the Grace Answers articles","url":"https://www.graceanswers.com/articles"},"share_image_url":null,"permalink":"https://daily.graceanswers.com/?mode=page&date=2026-07-21"}