What is meant by salvation by grace?
Almost all professing Christians profess to believe that salvation is by grace. The Bible states the fact of salvation by grace alone so often and so clearly that it is difficult to find any who claim to be Christians who openly deny it. The trouble is that the vast majority of men and women, and the vast majority of preachers, talk about grace in such a way that they frustrate the grace of God. The grace they talk about is not grace at all, but works and freewillism. It is therefore needful that constant, clear instruction be given about the grace of God. Grace belongs to and comes from God, the sovereign Monarch of all things, whose lofty throne is a “throne of grace”. Be sure you understand these things about grace: Grace, as it is defined, described, and illustrated in the bible, has four distinct characteristics. Grace is not a passion or desire, in the heart of God to save sinners. Grace is an attribute of God and the work of God by which he accomplishes the salvation of his peop
