Observations on Grace

1. God is gracious (Exodus 34:6).
2. His throne is a throne of grace (Hebrews 4:16).
3. God’s people in the Old Testament were under grace (Psalm 84:11; Proverbs 3:34).
4. Noah (Genesis 6:8), Lot (Genesis 19:18, 19), Moses (Exodus 33:13; 34:9), and Gideon (Judges 6:17) were all under grace.
5. The Israelites in the wilderness were under grace (Jeremiah 31:2).
6. The post-exilic Jews were under grace (Ezra 9:6-8).
7. Grace has been offered to all men (Titus 2:11).
8. Salvation comes only by grace through faith (Ephesians 2:8).
9. There is no difference between Jew and Gentile; all must be justified by grace (Romans 3:22-24, 29, 30).
10. We are justified by grace, not by works (Titus 3:5-7).
11. Some, however, turn God’s grace into lasciviousness (Jude 4).
12. Grace does not give us license to sin (Romans 6:15).
13. Grace teaches us to deny ungodliness, to live righteously, and to be zealous of good works (Titus 2:11-14).
14. Grace is the power of Christ (2 Corinthians 12:9).
15. Grace looses us from sin’s dominion (Romans 6:14).
16. It is dangerous to despise the Spirit of grace (Hebrews 10:29).