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Truths to Live By - One Day at a Time
“The God of all grace, who hath called us unto his eternal glory by Christ Jesus…”
The grace of God is His favor and acceptance to those who do not deserve it; who, in fact, deserve the very opposite; but who trust Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior.
Four of the better known verses on grace are these! “The law was given by Moses, but grace and truth came by Jesus Christ”. “Being justified freely by his grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus”. “For ye know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that, though he was rich, yet for your sakes he became poor, that ye through his poverty might be rich”. “For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: not of works, lest any man should boast”.
Some extol God’s grace as the chief of all His virtues. Samuel Davies, for instance, wrote:
Great God of wonders! all Thy ways
Display Thine attributes divine;
But the bright glories of Thy grace
Above Thine other wonders shine:
Who is a pard’ning God like Thee?
Or who has grace so rich and free?
But who can say that one of God’s attributes is greater than another?
God has always been a God of grace-in the Old Testament as well as in the New. But that aspect of His character was revealed in a new and arresting way with the coming of Christ.
Once we come to understand something of the grace of God, we become worshipers forever. We ask ourselves, “Why should He have chosen me? Why should the Lord Jesus have shed His life’s blood for one so unworthy? Why should God not only save me from hell, but bless me with all spiritual blessings in the heavenlies now, and destine me to spend eternity with Him in heaven?” No wonder we sing of the amazing grace that saved such wretches!
Then, too, God wants His grace to be reproduced in our own lives and to flow through us to others. He wants us to be gracious in our dealings with others. Our speech should be always with grace, seasoned with salt. We should impoverish ourselves that others might be enriched. We should grant favor and acceptance to the unworthy and the unlovely.
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