Ephesians 2:8-9. For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith—and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God— 9 not by works, so that no one can boast.
Grace is the goodness or kindness of God towards us. Grace is Gods free and undeserved gift to mankind and all he expects from us is to recieve it with gratitude. Salvation by grace thus is Gods free gift of sanctification and justification for us. He sacrificed his son JESUS on the cross so that we may be saved from our sins and have eternal life. Salvation is purely by grace through faith in Jesus Christ. We do nothing to earn it, and nothing to keep it.
We are all concieved in sin which we inherited from our forefathers ADAM and EVE. Until Jesus’s sacrifice on the cross, sin ruled mankind. In the old testament, God gave the law so that sinners may become aware of their sins and change. Back then the worshippers of God sacrificed bulls, goats and other animals, to make atonement for their sins,but they were still not made pure and were contineously bound by sin. The law brought conciousness of sin but grace brings conciousness of righteousness. Grace is taking off the burden of self and accepting the free gift of the father with gratitude.
Christ death on the cross is God’s saving grace, Grace is the reward that we dont deserve. Grace is the cross and until you rest in the finality of the cross, you will never experience the reality of the cross. Jesus laid down his life for me, so he could give his life to me, so he could live his life through me. John 5:24
We grow in grace by knowing the lord Jesus better. 2Peter 3:18 But grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. To him be glory both now and forever! Amen. Grace displays the love of God for us and the more we learn about His abundant grace , we don’t wanna sin and grief the Holy Spirit. SOME people confuse grace with mercy. Mercy is not giving me the punishment I deserve.
Lamentations 3:22-23 —
22 Because of the Lord’s great love we are not consumed,
for his compassions never fail.
23 They are new every morning;
great is your faithfulness.
GRACE on the otherhand is giving me the reward which I do not deserve. Romans 5:.20 The law was brought in so that the trespass might increase. But where sin increased, grace increased all the more, . THUS in conclusion, Grace is the cross and we cannot know the truth or WORD before grace. We know grace first, then the truth about JESUS.
John 1:14–The Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us. We have seen his glory, the glory of the one and only Son, who came from the Father, full of grace and truth.
Malik The Preacher 