Most of us have heard of God’s grace and of his mercy, but did you know that God is rich in his mercy?
“But God, who is rich in mercy, for his great love wherewith he loved us, even when we were dead in sins, hath quickened us (made us alive) together with Christ, (by grace ye are (have been) saved); and hath raised us up together, and made us sit together in heavenly places in Christ Jesus: that in the ages to come he might show the exceeding riches of his grace in his kindness toward us through Christ Jesus. For by grace are ye (you have been) saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: not of works, lest any man should boast.” (Ephesians 2:4-9).
Because of his great love for us, God showed his mercy towards us. When we were still sinners, dead through our own offences, God showed great compassion for us by giving us our lives back when he raised Christ from the dead. Because of his grace, his unearned, unmerited favor, we have been saved, raised up together with Christ from the grave and into glory, where we sit with him in the heavenly places because of all that Jesus did. Now with all that he has done for us through Christ, God can forever point to us as examples of just how rich his mercy truly is. It is by God’s grace that we have been saved through our faith in what Christ has done, which was not something that we were able to do for ourselves. Our salvation is not our reward for the good works we have done or for us being good. No, our salvation is truly a gift from God, given to us by the grace of God. It is not something that we were able to earn; therefore, none of us can take any credit for it.
