The wonders of conviction of sin, forgiveness, and holiness are so interwoven that it is only the forgiven person who is truly holy. He proves he is forgiven by being the opposite of what he was previously, by the grace of God. Repentance always brings a person to the point of saying, "I have sinned." The surest sign that God is at work in his life is when he says that and means it.

Good parenting lives at the intersection of a humble admission of personal powerlessness and a confident rest in the power and grace of God.

I've already written in this book, rules don't have the power to deliver your children from this condition, but the powerful, transforming grace of God does.

So if God gave them the same gift He gave us who believed in the Lord Jesus Christ, who was I to hinder the work of God?”

When he arrived and saw the grace of God, he rejoiced and encouraged them all to abide in the Lord with all their hearts.

After the synagogue was dismissed, many of the Jews and devout converts to Judaism followed Paul and Barnabas, who spoke to them and urged them to continue in the grace of God.

From Attalia they sailed to Antioch, where they had been commended to the grace of God for the work they had just completed.

By the grace God has given me, I laid a foundation as an expert builder, and someone else is building on it. But each one must be careful how he builds.

But by the grace of God I am what I am, and His grace to me was not in vain. No, I worked harder than all of them—yet not I, but the grace of God that was with me.

Now, brothers, we want you to know about the grace that God has given the churches of Macedonia.

I do not set aside the grace of God. For if righteousness comes through the law, Christ died for nothing.

You are all sons of God through faith in Christ Jesus.