Saved by God's grace!

Grace has been defined several ways.  Two of which are:

 

1) God giving us what we don't deserve and

2) God's Riches At Christ's Expense. 

 

I like these.  Everyone has experienced God's grace to some degree .  The flip side of this coin is mercy, that is, God not giving us what we do deserve.  I immediately think of Jonathan Edward's famous sermon, "Sinners in the hands of an angry God".  Edwards describes the mercy of God towards us.  The reality is that, if God would choose to do so, He could punish and condemn us immediately when we sin.  The fact that He mercifully allows us to live another day astounds me.  We (all mankind) deserve utter immediate destruction, yet he shows mercy and lets us live another day.  He then shows even greater mercy (and grace) by redeeming His elect through the redemptive work of Christ on the cross!

 

Praise God from Whom all blessings flow!

 

BTW, I read Ephesians this morning which prompted my thoughts towards God grace.