For out of His fullness
[the superabundance of His grace and truth]
we have all received grace upon grace
[spiritual blessing upon spiritual blessing, favor upon favor, and gift heaped upon gift].
John 1:16
Throne of Grace · Soul'd Out Quartet
Definition of grace
: unmerited divine assistance given to humans for their regeneration or sanctification: a virtue coming from God: a state of sanctification enjoyed through divine assistance
2a : approval, favor
stayed in his good graces
b archaic : mercy, pardon
c : a special favor : privilege
each in his place, by right, not grace, shall rule his heritage
—Rudyard Kipling
: disposition to or an act or instance of kindness, courtesy, or clemency
e : a temporary exemption : reprieve
Hebrews 4:16 Let us then with confidence draw near to the throne of grace, that we may receive mercy and find grace to help in time of need.
Acts 6:8 And Stephen, full of grace and power, was doing great wonders and signs among the people.
Acts 20:32 And now I commend you to God and to the word of his grace, which is able to build you up and to give you the inheritance among all those who are sanctified.
Hebrews 12:15 See to it that no one fails to obtain the grace of God; that no “root of bitterness” springs up and causes trouble, and by it many become defiled
Ephesians 2:4-9 But God, being rich in mercy, because of the great love with which he loved us, even when we were dead in our trespasses, made us alive together with Christ— by grace you have been saved—and raised us up with him and seated us with him in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus, so that in the coming ages he might show the immeasurable riches of his grace in kindness toward us in Christ Jesus. For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God, not a result of works, so that no one may boast.
: unmerited divine assistance given to humans for their regeneration or sanctification: a virtue coming from God: a state of sanctification enjoyed through divine assistance
2a : approval, favor
stayed in his good graces
b archaic : mercy, pardon
c : a special favor : privilege
each in his place, by right, not grace, shall rule his heritage
—Rudyard Kipling
: disposition to or an act or instance of kindness, courtesy, or clemency
e : a temporary exemption : reprieve
Grace To Grace Lyric Video - Hillsong Worship
Grace Upon Grace lyric video | Brooke and Boggs
Hebrews 12:15 See to it that no one fails to obtain the grace of God; that no “root of bitterness” springs up and causes trouble, and by it many become defiled
Ephesians 2:4-9 But God, being rich in mercy, because of the great love with which he loved us, even when we were dead in our trespasses, made us alive together with Christ— by grace you have been saved—and raised us up with him and seated us with him in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus, so that in the coming ages he might show the immeasurable riches of his grace in kindness toward us in Christ Jesus. For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God, not a result of works, so that no one may boast.
“Do you find life too difficult for you? So did we, but not now, with the amplitudes of grace there are for us in Jesus Christ, it grows satisfying and successful and exciting beyond measure, becomes another and a richer thing.” ~ A. J. Gossip
“Just as the sinner’s despair of any hope from himself is the first prerequisite of a sound conversion, so the loss of all confidence in himself is the first essential in the believer’s growth in grace.” ~ A. W. Pink
“The cross is the lightning rod of grace that short-circuits God’s wrath to Christ so that only the light of His love remains for believers.” ~ A. W. Tozer
“Grace, then, is grace,–that is to say, it is sovereign, it is free, it is sure, it is unconditional, and it is everlasting.” ~ Alexander Whyte
“Intoxicated with unbroken success, we have become too self sufficient to feel the necessity of redeeming and preserving grace, too proud to pray to the God that made us.” ~ Abraham Lincoln
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