Quotes about Grace

In the school of Christ, men are not merely taught about justification; they are made just by what he has done for them.

Where God thus clearly displays free mercy, have done with that empty imagination of merit.

Let us know, therefore, that when we have departed from Christ, nothing remains for us but death.

We do not become righteous by doing righteous deeds but, having been made righteous, we do righteous deeds.

The Jews were continually warned not to look for the reason for their adoption elsewhere than in God's free favor. He had seen fit to choose them; this alone was the source of their security.

If at any time, then we are troubled at the small number of those who believe, let us, on the other hand, call to mind, that none comprehend the mysteries of God save those to whom it is given.

God (says he), who created all things very good, foreknew that evil would arise out of that good; and He also knew that His glorious and omnipotent goodness would be the more highly exalted by His producing good out of evil, than by His not permitting evil to be at all. He ordained the life of angels and of men, that He might first of all make it manifest by that life what free will could do, and then afterwards show what the blessing of His grace and the judgment of His justice could do.

For, the counsel of God confronts us with the truth that the Righteous One was delivered to death for our sins, and his blood was our ransom from death.

The faith of the gospel is called the knowledge of God's grace; for no one has ever tasted of the gospel but the man that knew himself to be reconciled to God, and took hold of the salvation that is held forth in Christ.

The apostle teaches us that nothing from us will please God, unless we are purged by the blood of Christ.

But Scripture praises everywhere his pure and unmixed mercy, which does away with all merit.

Likewise, what grounds He gives us to consider His mercy! When He does not stop showing His mercy to miserable sinners, leading them back to Him by His more than paternal mercy until their obstinacy is broken down by His benefits.