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October 17, 2007 by craig.
Do you remember your eighth-grade grammar? That might be going back quite a way for some of us! Personally, I HATED English class and opted for the objectivity of a good ol’ math class! [I know, I know, nerd alert!]
Do you remember the difference between a first-person pronoun and a third-person pronoun? First-person shows one’s own action or perspective, with words like “I,” “My,” and “Me.” Third-person shows the action or perspective of someone else, with words like “He,” “His,” and “Him.” They are two very different kinds of words.
Nowhere are the differences greater than when we deal with the issue of salvation. Look at all the third-Person pronouns in this passage from the book of Titus:
But when the kindness and love of God our Savior appeared, He saved us,
not because of righteous things we had done, but because of His mercy.
He saved us through the washing of rebirth and renewal by the Holy Spirit,
whom He poured out on us generously through Jesus Christ our Savior.
- Titus 3:4-6
And also notice what few first-person pronouns there are.
So, just what exactly is the point? A brush-up on our grammar? Hardly. It’s more about getting a grasp of the salvation God has provided and made available to us, and our part in the process. Clearly, no matter how you slice it, God is the Initiator and Agent in salvation. And our part? We simply receive.
When you think about it, that’s really all that’s left to do.
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