"...all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, and are justified by his grace as a gift, through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus..." (Rom. 3:23-24)
"And from his fulness we have all received, grace upon grace." (John 1:16)
"...we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ. Through him we have also obtained access by faith into this grace in which we stand, and we rejoice..." (Romans 5:1-2)
"For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that though he was rich, yet for your sake he became poor, so that you by his poverty might become rich." (2 Cor. 8:9)
"For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God, not a result of works, so that no one may boast." (Eph. 2:8-9)
"...our Lord Jesus Christ himself, and God our Father, who loved us and gave us eternal comfort and good hope through grace..." (2 Thess. 2:16)
"For the grace of God has appeared, bringing salvation for all people..." (Titus 2:11)
"...set your hope fully on the grace that will be brought to you at the revelation of Jesus Christ." (1 Peter 1:13)
"But we see him who for a little while was made lower than the angels, namely Jesus, crowned with glory and honor because of the suffering of death, so that by the grace of God he might taste death for everyone." (Heb. 2:9)
(All Scripture quotations are from the English Standard Version, emphasis mine)
God's grace is unfathomably amazing. No words can adequately describe it. Today I thought a bit about what life would be like without grace. I would be doomed. Seriously. Life would be far worse than "terrible, horrible, awful, no good, very bad." I talk to God all day long, but without grace I would be under His wrath and unable to approach Him. I am blessed in more ways than I may ever know, but that is only because of God's grace.
I don't think it's possible to fully comprehend life without God's grace. But, praise Him, I don't have to! What an undeserved gift has been given to me. 2 Thessalonians (see above) says that God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ loved me and gave me eternal security and good hope through grace. 2 Corinthians says " that though he was rich, yet for your sake he became poor, so that you by his poverty might become rich." All because of grace!
God's grace is the reason I live. My life is fairly ordinary, but I pray that God would give me the eyes to see each day through the lens of His extraordinary grace.
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I like it! His grace is everything.
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