The God of All Grace

Have you ever heard someone talk about the grace of God? Have you wondered what grace is, and if it is for you?

The AI generated definition of "grace" (according to copilot) is, "(In Christian belief) the free and unmerited favor of God, as manifested in the salvation of sinners and the bestowal of blessings."

Grace is not earned through good works of our own, it is freely given to us by God. Ephesians 2:8 says, "For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God." Ephesians 4:7 asserts, "But unto every one of us is given grace according to the measure of the gift of Christ." Romans 5:15 reads, "But not as the offence, so also is the free gift. For if through the offence of one many be dead, much more the grace of God, and the gift by grace, which is by one man, Jesus Christ, hath abounded unto many."

2 Timothy 1:9 says, "Who hath saved us, and called us with an holy calling, not according to our works, but according to His own purpose and grace, which was given us in Christ Jesus before the world began."

God has made a way for all of us to have access to grace. This grace comes to us by Jesus Christ and His death on the cross. Hebrews 2:9 states, "But we see Jesus, who was made a little lower than the angels for the suffering of death, crowned with glory and honor; that He by the grace of God should taste death for every man." Ephesians 1:7 says, "In Whom we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of His grace." Ephesians 2:5 declares, "Even when we were dead in sins, hath quickened us together with Christ, (by grace ye are saved)." Romans 3:24 reads, "Being justified freely by His grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus." John 1:14, 17 says, "And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld His glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth. For the law was given by Moses, but grace and truth came by Jesus Christ." Acts 15:11 states, "But we believe that through the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ we shall be saved, even as they."

The gift of grace through the sacrifice of Jesus Christ enables us to have eternal life. Titus 3:7 says, "That being justified by His grace, we should be made heirs according to the hope of eternal life." Romans 5:21 states, "That as sin hath reigned unto death, even so might grace reign through righteousness unto eternal life by Jesus Christ our Lord."

2 Thessalonians 2:16 asserts, "Now our Lord Jesus Christ Himself, and God, even our Father, which hath loved us, and hath given us everlasting consolation and good hope through grace."

God's grace is sufficient. In 2 Corinthians 12:9 it says, "And He said unto me, My grace is sufficient for thee: for My strength is made perfect in weakness. Most gladly therefore will I rather glory in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me." 2 Corinthians 9:8 reads, "And God is able to make all grace abound toward you; that ye, always having all sufficiency in all things, may abound to every good work." Psalm 84:11 encourages, "For the Lord God is a sun and shield: the Lord will give grace and glory: no good thing will He withhold from them that walk uprightly." God's grace will give us everything that we have need of.

When you are battling and worrying about your trials, take a moment to remember what God's grace has done for you. In 1 Peter 5:10 we read, "But the God of all grace, Who hath called us unto His eternal glory by Christ Jesus, after that ye have suffered a while, make you perfect, stablish, strengthen, settle you." Rest in God's grace!