Geoffrey R. Kirkland
Pastor, Christ Fellowship Bible Church
Scripture speaks of God as the “God of all grace” (1 Peter 5.10). The grace of God is the kind benevolence of God. God’s grace is unearned, undeserved, unmerited. It is the favor, the kind and perfect kindness of God given to the ill-deserving. Amazingly, the grace of God biblically goes beyond just divine benevolence. It even includes the kindness and benevolence of God given toward those who deserve the exact opposite: infinite wrath.
The grace of God cannot be earned by a good life or deserved by good actions. It does not come to one in response to his religiosity. Grace flows from God’s sheer and infinite love. Grace pours forth from the kind hand of God to the wrath-deserving. God’s grace is not some passive thing that sort of ‘happens’. It proves to be an active force, a most glorious action from the Almighty God who lavishes undeserved blessings upon hellbent sinners.
Grace pardons. Grace forgives. Grace reconciles. Grace saves. Grace empowers. And Grace equips the child of God to serve God in a way that God is well-pleased. The divine grace not only includes pardon from sin but it also brings power to live for His glory.
Perhaps the thread that weaves the Bible together from beginning to end is preeminently seen in the grace of God. It has been well-said: the Law exposes our ruin, but grace reveals our Redeemer! It is the Lord who gives grace and glory (Psalm 84:11). Grace and truth become clear through the beauty of Christ’s person (John 1:17).
Salvation can only happen through the grace of God alone. The Apostles preached: “We are saved through the grace of the Lord Jesus” (Acts 15.11). For by grace you are saved through faith (Ephesians 2.8). Sinners are justified and counted righteous by grace and made heirs of the hope of eternal life (Titus 3.7). The surpassing riches of God’s grace find expression as the kindness toward us in Christ Jesus (Ephesians 2.7). We shall forever praise our mighty God for His immeasurable, undeserved and lavish grace upon us in Christ!
Thank God for His grace given to you! Don’t let a day go by where you forget what you deserve and what God has most graciously bestowed upon you in Christ! It is all to the praise of the glory of His grace (Ephesians 1.6). Christian, run to God again in heartfelt worship and humble wonder that God would not repay you for your evil deeds but bestow infinite eternities of undeserved love upon you! Never forget what you deserve because of your merits, and never forget what you enjoy because of God’s grace! And pause, ponder, praise and proclaim the saving grace of Jesus Christ!
