Notes of Faith March 3, 2025
Marvelous, Infinite, Matchless
In Him we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of His grace.
Ephesians 1:7
The word grace occurs more than 150 times in the Bible, and most of them come from the pen of the apostle Paul. He’s the apostle of grace, and grace is the keynote of his teachings. In Ephesians 2:7, he talked about “the exceeding riches of His grace.” In 1 Timothy 1:14, he said, “The grace of our Lord was exceedingly abundant.” In Romans 5:20, he said, “Grace abounded.”
It’s this exceedingly rich, exceedingly abundant, abounding grace that meets every need in your life, that sends every blessing, that hears every prayer, that heals every hurt, that calms every fear, that forgives every sin, and that makes goodness and mercy follow you every day of your life. John 1:16 says, “Out of the fullness of his grace he has blessed us all, giving us one blessing after another” (GNT).
The hymnist called it “marvelous, infinite, matchless grace.” Grace is God’s gift to us. And Jesus is the embodiment of grace. He is God’s gift to us—our Savior. If you want to draw a picture of grace, simply draw Jesus. Give thanks today for God’s abundant grace.
The meaning of life. The wasted years of life. The poor choices of life. God answers the mess of life with one word: grace.
Max Lucado
Eph 2:4-9
4 But God, being rich in mercy, because of His great love with which He loved us, 5 even when we were dead in our transgressions, made us alive together with Christ (by grace you have been saved), 6 and raised us up with Him, and seated us with Him in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus, 7 so that in the ages to come He might show the surpassing riches of His grace in kindness toward us in Christ Jesus. 8 For by grace you have been saved through faith; and that not of yourselves, it is the gift of God; 9 not as a result of works, so that no one may boast.
We cannot be justified by any work to enter the glory of God’s heaven. His grace is a gift as is faith to believe in the Lord Jesus Christ and therefore receive salvation. It is all of God and His grace. Praise God every day for His grace upon you and strive to live a life pleasing to Him!
Pastor Dale