The Grace of God

The God of all grace, who hath called us unto his eternal glory by Christ Jesus, after that ye have suffered a while, make you perfect, stablished, strengthen, settled you. 1 Peter 5:10
What a great statement, “God is of all grace.” Peter is explaining in chapter 5 the Christian service in view of the second coming of Christ. Here we are shown the first and primary example of the grace of God when we are called unto his eternal glory by Christ Jesus. As we all know salvation is by grace and not of works. It is not something we have to buy or earn or deserve. Salvation is freely given by a loving God and is proven by Him sending His son to die in our stead. In Romans 3:24 Paul tells us we are justified freely by this grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus.
Let’s face it none of us deserve salvation. For all have sinned and come short of the glory of God. Yet God still loves us no matter how we act or what we do. Paul goes on to show us a picture of salvation in Romans 5:20, “Moreover the law entered, that the offence might abound. But where sin abounded, grace did much more abound.”
“But God commended his love toward us, it that while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us. Much more then, being now justified by his blood, we shall be saved from wrath through him.” Romans 5:8-9.
God’s grace not only was sent for our salvation but also to carry us to heaven in the future, to train and mature and strengthen us in the everyday challenges sorrows and pains that will come our way.
God’s grace is a here-and-now grace that also matures, establishes, strengthens, and settles us through the suffering we experience in this world. God’s grace is sufficient for us and His strength is made perfect in our weakness.
We can’t earn, buy or pretend to have salvation. You are either saved or you are not by their fruits ye shall know them Jesus said. God freely gave salvation to all who ask and trust in the name that is above every name, Jesus. God is a loving God and He does not want any to perish. Yet many will! To know the grace of God you must first know His son. Have you met Jesus?