The phrase “great grace” is used
only once in the Bible: Acts 4:33 And with great power gave the apostles witness of the
resurrection of the Lord Jesus: and great grace was upon them all. The Bible speaks often of grace, but we notice here that for great grace to be used is a very
special thing. The word grace is used
122 times in the New Testament and 37 times in the Old Testament, so that
wonderful word is used a total of 159 times in the Bible. That is an average of
2 1/2 times for each book of the Bible.
Grace is a wonderful word, because
it expresses a work that God does for us that we cannot do for ourselves. To
express great grace in our language, we
use words such as amazing and
wonderful. Some very precious songs
have been written with grace in mind:
Amazing Grace, Wonderful Grace of Jesus, and Grace Greater Than All Our
Sin, et al.
How to express this great grace is actually impossible for
humans to accomplish. Grace is a mystery, and we are the recipients of it by
God’s own will. How wonderful it is that God would extend his grace to us! We
are undeserving of any grace from God, but he saved us by his grace. Ephesians
2:8 For by grace are ye saved through faith; and
that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: I would call this
Great Grace.
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