God’s Grace
“And if by grace, then it is no longer by works; if it were, grace would no longer be grace.” — Romans 11:6
Martin Luther was a German priest, theologian, author, composer, former Augustinian friar, and is best remembered as a seminal figure in the Protestant Reformation. What swayed Luther was God’s Word, and what convinced him was God’s Word concerning grace. He said the following about God’s grace: “Although out of pure grace God does not impute our sins to us, He nonetheless did not want to do this until complete and ample satisfaction of His law and His righteousness had been made. Since this was impossible for us, God ordained for us, in our place, One who took upon Himself all the punishment we deserve. He fulfilled the law for us. He averted the judgment of God from us and appeased God’s wrath. Grace, therefore, costs us nothing, but is cost Another much to get it for us. Grace was purchased with an incalculable, infinite treasure, the Son of God Himself.”
Grace is the unmerited favor of God. We did not earn it. We don’t deserve it. We can just receive it as a loving gift from God who will judge all mankind. Today in prayer, praise Christ for His gift of grace.
“Grace is what God gives us when we don’t deserve and mercy is when God doesn’t give us what we do deserve” — Reinhold Niebuhr
God’s Word: “For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith — and this not from yourselves, it is the gift of God — not by works, so that no one can boast.” — Ephesians 2:8–9
By Peter Kennedy, Copyright 2022, Devotional E-Mail
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