Over
the years, I’ve received some gifts that haven’t been easy to accept,
maybe for my birthday, or perhaps for Christmas. The gifts may have
been exceptionally generous, or undoubtedly pricey, or incredibly
lavish. I’d feel tremendously appreciative and thankful, but lovely
gifts such as these seemed too extravagant for someone to give to me!
That’s
sort of how I think of God’s grace. I certainly don’t deserve this
gift that God offers so freely, and I definitely haven’t done anything
to earn it. I became a Christian because I have accepted this
incredibly amazing gift of God’s grace. By faith, I received His grace
and His salvation and His love and His mercy. It’s thru these gifts
that I have a personal relationship with Jesus Christ. Yes, thru faith,
I’m saved by grace!
It’s wonderful - God’s grace is exceptionally, undoubtedly, incredibly, tremendously the best gift of all!
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 NIV
Who has saved us and called us
to a holy life--not because of anything we have done but because of His
own purpose and grace. This grace was given us in Christ Jesus before
the beginning of time,
2 Timothy 1:9 NIV
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