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The free and unmerited favor of God, as manifested in the salvation of sinners and the bestowal of blessings (in Christian belief).
God’s Riches At Christ’s Expense.
The GRACE of God is best defined by the Apostle Paul in this verse:
Ephesians 2:8-9 For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: Not of works, lest any man should boast.
Paul used the word GRACE many, many times in his writings, as evidenced in his epistle to the believers in Rome:
Romans 1:5, 1:7, 3:24 Being justified freely by his grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus:
Romans 4:4,16, 5:2,15,17,20–21, 6:1,14–15, 11:5–6, 12:3,6, 15:15, 16:20,
Romans 16:24 The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all. Amen.
To the Church in Corinth, Paul wrote:
1 Corinthians 1:3–4, 3:10, 10:30, 15:10, 16:23 The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you.
2 Corinthians 1:2,12, 4:15, 6:1 , 8:1,6–7,9, 8:19, 9:8,14, 12:9
2 Corinthians 13:14 The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the communion of the Holy Ghost, be with you all. Amen.
Writing to the Galatian Church, Paul wrote:
Galatians 1:3,6,15, 2:9,21, 5:4, 6:18 Brethren, the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit. Amen.
Writing to the Church at Ephesus, Paul wrote:
Ephesians 1:2,6–7, 2:5,7–8, 3:2,7–8, 4:7,29, 6:24 Grace be with all them that love our Lord Jesus Christ in sincerity. Amen.
Writing to the Church at Philippi, Paul wrote:
Philippians 1:2,7, 4:23 The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all. Amen.
And to the Colossians, Paul reminded them of God’s Grace:
Colossians 1:2,6, 3:16, 4:6,18 … Remember my bonds. Grace be with you. Amen.
To Thessalonica, Paul wrote of God’s Grace:
1 Thessalonians 1:1, 5:28 The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you. Amen.
2 Thessalonians 1:2,12,16, 3:18 The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all.
And even in his personal letters he writes of God’s Grace:
1 Timothy 1:2,14, 6:21, 2 Timothy 1:2,9, 2:1, 4:22 The Lord Jesus Christ be with thy spirit. Grace be with you. Amen.
Titus 1:4, 2:11, 3:7,15,
Philemon 1:3,25 The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit. Amen.
In the Gospels it speaks of the source of grace:
Luke 2:40 And the child grew, and waxed strong in spirit, filled with wisdom: and the grace of God was upon him.
John 1:14 And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth.
John 1:16 And of his fulness have all we received, and grace for grace.
John 1:17 For the law was given by Moses, but grace and truth came by Jesus Christ.
In Acts, only by the grace of God, through the Lord Jesus Christ:
Acts 4:33 And with great power gave the apostles witness of the resurrection of the Lord Jesus: and great grace was upon them all.
Acts 11:23, 13:43, 14:3,26, 15:11,40, 18:27, 20:24, 20:32
Apostle Paul reminds Jewish Believers:
Hebrews 2:9, 4:16, 10:29, 12:15, 12:28, 13:9
Hebrews 13:25 Grace be with you all. Amen.
Epistles to Jewish Believers are reminded of God’s Grace:
James 1:11, 4:6, 1 Peter 1:2,10,13, 3:7, 4:10, 5:5,10,12, 2 Peter 1:2, 3:18,
2 John 1:3, Jude 1:4
Revelation 1:4 John to the seven churches which are in Asia: Grace be unto you, and peace, from him which is, and which was, and which is to come; and from the seven Spirits which are before his throne;
And the final word in Scripture:
Revelation 22:21 The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all. Amen
G R A C E
God’s Riches At Christ’s Expense
Without God’s GRACE all would be LOST:
Ephesians 2:8-9 For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: Not of works, lest any man should boast.
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