Romans 5:15
‘The grace of God’
Read Psalms 85:1-13
The grace of God is in Christ. It comes to us through him. The grace of God is eternal. The grace of God is irresistible. The grace of God is effectual. The grace of God is everlasting. The grace of God is immutable. When we get to glory all of God’s elect will gladly sing the sweet song of sovereign grace. The grace of God is sovereign, selective, saving, securing and satisfying. But what does it mean to be saved by grace?
To be saved by grace is to be saved according to the purpose of God. All who are saved in time were saved in God’s eternal purpose of grace before the world began. Do you want the chapter and verse? 2 Timothy 1:9: God ‘hath saved us, and called us with an holy calling, not according to our works, but according to his own purpose and grace, which was given us in Christ Jesus before the world began’. Are you a believer? Are you saved by the grace of God? Then give all praise to God. He loved you, chose you and determined to save you before the world was made!
To be saved by grace is to be saved by the purchase of God. Yes, God the Son came into this world as a man. By his righteous life of obedience to God’s law, Christ merited salvation for all his people. By his sin-atoning sacrifice, pouring out his life’s blood unto death, the Son of God cancelled the debt of our sins, redeemed us from the curse of the law and purchased peace, pardon and eternal glory for us.
To be saved by grace is to be saved by the power of God. We were dead, helplessly lost sinners. But God the Holy Spirit came to us in sovereign mercy and he gave us life! This life-giving power of the Holy Spirit is the irresistible grace of God by which the new birth is accomplished. We are born again by the power of God. To be saved by grace is to be saved for the praise of God. Why has God saved such worthless worms as we are? The only answer that can be found is this: ‘To the praise of the glory of his grace’ (Ephesians 1:6).