Saved by Grace

“For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God… (Ephesians 2:8)

Grace has been defined as God’s Riches At Christ’s Expense. It has been said that “Mercy” is God not giving us what we do deserve, and “Grace” is God giving us what we don’t deserve.

When we look at the spiritual poverty of mankind without salvation: dead in sin, a sinful walk, led by Satan, behavior in the lusts of the flesh, fulfilling the desires of the flesh and of the mind, and by nature the children of wrath, plus we had no hope and were without God. (Ephesians 2:1-3, 12) We did not deserve mercy and desperately needed grace. He gave us both mercy and grace.

An old song says, “Mercy there was great and grace was free, pardon there was multiplied to me, there my burdened soul found liberty, at Calvary.

Here is something you should remember: “Salvation is by grace alone, through faith alone in Christ alone.”