"That in the ages to come he might shew the exceeding riches of his
grace, in his kindness towards us through Christ Jesus." - Ephesians 2:7
Pause, my soul, and gather in all the powers of arithmetic, and try if
thou art able to count what the exceeding riches of God's grace amount
to. Think how great, how free, how sovereign, how inexhaustible, how
everlasting! All that a poor sinner hath in time, all that we can enjoy
to all eternity, all is of grace. And what a title hath thy God chosen
to be known by among his people, when, to make himself known more fully
in Jesus, he styles himself "the God of all grace!" All grace? Yes, all
grace, and all sorts and degrees of grace: pardoning grace, renewing
grace, quickening grace, strengthening grace, comforting grace; in
short, all grace. And is all this treasured up in Jesus? Oh then, my
soul, see that Jesus be thine, and all is thine. And mark this down as
a sure unerring rule-as grace hath no source but in the Father's love,
so the exalting that grace, in Jesus is the Father's design in
salvation. The brightest pearl in the Redeemer's crown is that which
shines with this inscription: "To the praise of the glory of his grace,
wherein he hath made us accepted in the beloved. "Here, my soul, seek
thy daily grace more earnestly than thy daily bread.
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