"To Timothy, my beloved son: Grace, mercy, and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord." 2 Timothy 1:2

As we continue our look into the Scriptures concerning grace, let us look to the Holy Spirit to open the Word to us. Let us also understand that it will take eternity to know the fullness of God's grace though even now we live in the fullness of it as we live out from Christ Jesus in trust and obedience.

Today we start with a song that we often sing in our Fellowship, perhaps you do as well.
"Into Thy presence we come
Not by the works we have done;
But by Thy grace and Thy grace alone.
Into Thy presence we come."

GRACE: unmerited favor!
It is descriptive of God's forgiving mercy:
"But if it is by grace, it is no longer on the basis of works, otherwise grace is no longer grace." Romans 11:6

It is descriptive of the gospel:
"For the Law was given through Moses, BUT grace and truth came though Jesus Christ." John 1:17 (My emphasis, notice the pivotal 'but')

It is the source of salvation:
"For by grace you have been saved through faith; and that not of yourselves, it is a gift of God." Ephesians 2:8

It is the source of the call of God:
In Galatians 1:15-16 the Apostle Paul is explaining to the Galatians, "... He who had set me apart, even from my mother's womb, and called me through His grace, was pleased to reveal His Son in me..."

It is the source of justification:
"[All are justified and made upright and in right standing with God, freely and gratuitously by His grace...through the redemption which is [provided] in Christ Jesus." Romans 3:24 The Amplified Bible

It is the source of forgiveness:
"In Him we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of His grace." Ephesians 1:7

It is the source of comfort:
"Now may our Lord Jesus Christ Himself and God our Father, who has loved us and given us eternal comfort and good hope by grace, comfort and strengthen your hearts in every good work and word." 2 Thessalonians 2:16-17

It is as all sufficient:
In 2 Corinthians 12:9, the Lord speaking to Paul (and to us), "And He said to me, 'My grace is sufficient for you, for power is perfected in weakness.'"

Of Believers --
We are under grace:
"For sin shall not be master over you, for you are not under law, but under grace." Romans 6:14

We have received grace upon grace:
"For of His fullness we have all received, and grace upon grace." John 1:16

We stand in grace:
"Therefore having been justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom also we have obtained our introduction by faith into this grace in which we stand; and we exult in hope of the glory of God." Romans 5:1-2

We abound in grace:
"And God is able to make all grace abound to you, that always having all sufficiency in everything, you may have an abundance for every good deed."
2 Corinthians 9:8

We are to grow in grace:
After a warning to be on guard against the error of unprincipled men,
2 Peter 3:18 tells us,
"But grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.
To Him be the glory, both now and to the day of eternity. Amen."

It is God's amazing grace that saved and is saving all who are lost, by and through the redeeming work of our precious Lord Jesus Christ.
"But God, being rich in mercy, because of His great love with which He loved us, even when we were dead in our transgressions, made us alive together with Christ (by grace your have been saved)." Ephesians 2:4-5

With grateful hearts we bow down and worship You most gracious God, Father, Son and Holy Spirit! Amen