The dictionary defines grace as “the freely given, unmerited favor and love of God.” It is unmerited because man is guilty. Moreover, God’s grace is promised to Christians throughout their lives. Almost all the epistles begin and end with grace desired for those written to. Grace magnifies the person extending it to others. The grace of God is shown in His favor and acceptance of those who do not deserve it. Rather, they deserve the very opposite, but they obtain grace because they trust in Jesus Christ as Lord and Saviour. God has always been a God of grace, even in Old Testament times, but especially so now that Christ has entered in the world and finished the work He came to accomplish.
Understanding the grace of God makes us worshippers. “Why should He have chosen me?” “Why should the Lord Jesus have shed His blood for one so unworthy?” “Why should God not only save me from hell, but bless me with all spiritual blessings in the heavenlies and destine me to spend eternity with Him in heaven?” Little wonder that we sing of the amazing grace that saved a wretch like me!
Now that we are saved, God wants His grace to be reproduced in our lives so that it can flow out to others. He wants us to be gracious in our dealings and in our speech (Col. 4:66Let your speech be alway with grace, seasoned with salt, that ye may know how ye ought to answer every man. (Colossians 4:6)). The grace of God is often mentioned in our Bibles. Let’s find a few such references.
1. The law was given by Moses, but what came by Jesus Christ? John 1:___
2. How are we justified? Romans 3:___
3. What do we know by the Lord Jesus Christ becoming poor for our sakes?
2 Corinthians 8:___
4. Write out the verse that ends with these words: “It is the gift of God.”
Ephesians 2:___
5. What did the Apostle desire would be with all the Corinthians from the Lord Jesus Christ? 2 Corinthians 13:___