Grace

Grace is a greeting in the Greek. In the morning, I might tell my wife, Sarah, to have a good day at work. In Greece, they would say “Charis” or grace. We tell each other to “have a good day,” but do we contribute in making the day good? Christ says grace, “Have a good eternity” (Thru the Bible Commentary, p. 290).

Grace is unmerited favor. There is nothing we can do to gain God’s grace. In the front of my Bible, I have written the acronym GRACE: God’s Riches At Christ's Expense. I don’t know where I got it from, but it is true.

“Therefore as by the offence of one judgment came upon all men to condemnation; even so by the righteousness of one the free gift came upon all men unto justification of life. For as by one man's disobedience many were made sinners, so by the obedience of one shall many be made righteous. Moreover the law entered, that the offence might abound. But where sin abounded, grace did much more abound: That as sin hath reigned unto death, even so might grace reign through righteousness unto eternal life by Jesus Christ our Lord.” (Romans 5:18-21)

We have salvation because of Jesus Christ. Because of Adam’s sin we became sinners, but because of Christ’s obedience, we have eternal life. Jesus was sinless and obedient unto death. Jesus had grace on us and now says, “Have a good eternity.”