Threefold
“Grace be with you, mercy, and peace, from God the Father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ” (2 John 3).
Mercy……………………….. saves us from hell.
Grace……. gives us heaven and takes us there.
Peace………………………………… is the result.
“To Timothy, my dearly beloved son: Grace, mercy, and peace, from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord” (2 Timothy 1:2).
“To Titus, mine own son after the common faith: Grace, mercy, and peace, from God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ our Saviour” (Titus 1:4).
What a wonderful, threefold resource of strength we have for our Christian life. It makes me think of the words of Solomon, “A threefold cord is not quickly broken” (Ecclesiastes 4:12). If we avail ourselves of these three things, we will be preserved in the path of faith and service.
