God’s Attribute of Grace

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Welcome to The Rapid Pull, daily edition, where we provide a quick biblical interpretations and applications.

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This is a ministry of striving for eternity. Looking at the attribute of God's love, we see the first expression of it as grace.

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Now, grace can be defined as God's love expressed in giving to man what he does not deserve, often referred to as unmerited favor.

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So, God's love being expressed in giving to man what he does not deserve is the greatest expression can be seen in the fact that God pardons our sin.

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We see this in Ephesians 2, 4 -9, where he says, But God, being rich in mercy, because of the great love with which he loved us, even when we were dead in our transgressions, made us alive together with Christ.

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By grace you have been saved, for by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not of your own doing, it is a gift of God, not a result of works lest any man should boast.

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Titus 3, 4 -7 says similar things, where it says, He saved us not because of the works done by our righteousness, but according to his own mercy, by the washing and regeneration and renewal of the

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Holy Spirit, whom he poured out richly through Jesus Christ our Savior, so being justified by his grace we might become heirs according to the hope of eternal life.

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When we don't get what we deserve, which is that eternal punishment, that is God showing his grace.

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Grace is giving good things from God to man when man has no way of deserving it or meriting it.

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Grace is often referred to as a gift in scripture. This podcast is part of the Striving for Eternity ministry. For more content, or to request a speaker or seminar to your church, go to strivingforeternity .org