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A Christmas Carol: Not by Works but by Mercy (Titus 3:5)

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In Scrooge (A Christmas Carol), Ebenezer Scrooge wakes on Christmas morning transformed. He has not merely resolved to be better—he has been remade. He buys the biggest turkey, gives Bob Cratchit a raise, becomes a second father to Tiny Tim. He saved us, not because of righteous things we had done, but because of his mercy. He saved us through the washing of rebirth. Scrooge did not save himself; he was visited, confronted, shown truth, and changed by something beyond himself. He wakes reborn. That is grace—transformation we receive, not achieve.

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Scripture References

Titus 3:5Ephesians 2:4-5Titus 3:4-7

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