The Goodness of God

Titus 3:4 But when the goodness and loving kindness of God our Savior appeared, 5 he saved us, not because of works done by us in righteousness, but according to his own mercy, by the washing of regeneration and renewal of the Holy Spirit, 6 whom he poured out on us richly through Jesus Christ our Savior, 7 so that being justified by his grace we might become heirs according to the hope of eternal life. 

We have seen earlier that when Christ came, at the incarnation, He came at just the right time. He also showed up in just the right way. He came as the Goodness of God that we need. It is not our righteousness but His that we need. It is not something we do on our own, but something He has done in His goodness, grace, and mercy.  Once again, as we saw in John 1, we can become heirs, children of God, and thereby receive the eternal life we lacked.  The Incarnation, the appearance of God the Son is exactly what we needed.