By His Grace

By His Grace

THE GRACE OF GOD

When we were dead in sins, [God] hath quickened us together with Christ (by grace ye are saved). Ephesians 2:5

If you are saved, how were you saved? Why were you saved? Was it because you were more spiritually sensitive, morally disciplined, or personally worthy than your unsaved neighbor?

Paul reminds us here that it was God who gave life to us, when we were still spiritually dead in our sins. It was not we who loved God, but God who first loved us. It was not we who reached out for God, but God who reached out for us. It was not we who took hold of God, but God who took hold of us.

But Why did He do it? What was His motivation for saving us when we were still enemies of Him and of His Son? Paul  gives us that answer: by grace you are saved.

Not by works, not by wisdom, not by worth, it’s by grace you are saved. The use of the word “grace” tells us that the motivation for salvation was not in us, but in God himself. Grace is unmerited favour.

Not only do we not deserve salvation, we deserve hell because of our sins. But God dealt graciously with us, reached out to us, gave life to our dead souls, and saved us from the powerful prison of sin.

The question you have to ask yourself is, “What can I do to deserve salvation?” but rather “What response does this free and gracious salvation deserve?”

Prayer: Thank You Father for Your grace and mercy that has brought me such a great salvation.

Scriptural Reading: Ephesians 2:1-10

1 And you He made alive, who were dead in trespasses and sins,

2 in which you once walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit who now works in the sons of disobedience,

3 among whom also we all once conducted ourselves in the lusts of our flesh, fulfilling the desires of the flesh and of the mind, and were by nature children of wrath, just as the others.

4 But God, who is rich in mercy, because of His great love with which He loved us,

5 even when we were dead in trespasses, made us alive together with Christ (by grace you have been saved),

6 and raised us up together, and made us sit together in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus,

7 that in the ages to come He might show the exceeding riches of His grace in His kindness toward us in Christ Jesus.

8 For by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God,

9 not of works, lest anyone should boast.

10 For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand that we should walk in them.

NKJV

By His Grace