Quotes About Grace

He may be angry at our rebellion, but he is never angry at our return.

There is a natural human inclination to take advantage of grace in order to excuse sin.

Grace does not preclude holiness, but makes it possible. Holiness springs from the fountain of grace.

Grace does not annul God's concern for holiness, nor should it ours.

Grace is not a universal solvent to wash away God's standards.

When we grasp the wonder of how conduct can flow from love rather than secure it, then the gospel has the power profoundly to affect every relationship in our lives.

God does not let our failures to keep his imperatives erase the indicative of his love for us.

Grace not only rescues individuals from their personal sin; it also creates a new community where the barriers of pretense and pride have been razed because of our mutual dependence on Christ.

Dios nos transforma de adentro hacia afuera, dándonos corazones dispuestos y capaces de vivir para Él. Él no nos ama por lo que hacemos. Hacemos lo que Él ama porque amamos a Aquel que nos ama a pesar de nuestro comportamiento. Ya que nunca nos dejará, ni siquiera cuando le fallemos, nunca desearemos fallarle (Ro 5:10; Heb 13:5).

We also use the name of Jesus in our prayers to acknowledge what he is doing now. Not only does Christ give us his holy status

Guilt should drive us to the cross, but grace must lead us from it.

Lasting service comes when we serve God from his acceptance, not for his acceptance.

Our works are made worthy of eternity by virtue of the mercy in him, rather than on the basis of the merit in them.

By preserving a person named Daniel, God was preserving a nation called Israel in order to send a Savior named Jesus to save persons like us and ten thousand times ten thousand more of the same. Daniel's willingness to risk everything to make that redeeming God powerfully known expresses how great and precious is the incomparable grace of God toward those who will trust in him.

Our dependence on Christ's justifying work to forgive our sins does not cease when we become Christians.

Grace becomes not only the means by which God once justified us, it is also the means by which we are continually encouraged and enabled to serve him with undiminished delight.

All that we require for growing in godliness, our God provides.

There is no incentive to climb closer to God unless we are sure his love will not let us go. His Word assures us we will not fall, because his affection for us is fixed.

Our efforts before God will never earn us entry into his kingdom, or obligate him to love us.

Jesus does not love any child (young or old) because the child is good. Jesus loves his children because he is good.

His mercy, not our merits, make[s] us his.

Because I am united to Christ, God's love for me is not as variable as my loyalty to him…. God will not love me more because I do better. He will not love me less because I stumble. His love is based not on my behavior but on my union with his Son – a union built on trust in his grace, not my goodness.

Grace unfolds on every page [of Scripture]: God's long march through the history of human rebellion and ruin to reach us with the love of his Son; the Savior's humble service, sinless life, sacrificial death, victorious resurrection, and promised return; the Holy Spirit's indwelling witness, power, and advocacy—all unswerving despite our wayward ways and hard hearts.

God has given his law so that we will experience, not earn, the good he intends for our lives.