After Justice Has Been Fully Satisfied, Sovereign Grace Flows Forth.

Grace levels all distinctions!
(Arthur Pink)

"By the grace of GOD I am 
what I am!" 1 Corinthians 15:10

The very expression the grace of GOD 

implies and denotes that the sinner's 

condition is desperate to the last degree, 

and that GOD may justly leave him to perish; 

yes, it is a wonder of wonders that he is not 

already in Hell!

GOD is sovereign in the exercise 

of HIS grace. This of necessity, 

for grace is favor shown 

to the undeserving, yes, 

to the Hell-deserving. 

Grace is the antithesis of justice.
Justice demands the impartial 

  enforcement of law.
Justice requires that each shall receive 

  his legitimate due, neither more nor less.

Justice bestows no favors and is no 

  respecter of persons.
Justice, as such, shows no pity and 

  knows no mercy.
But after justice has been fully satisfied,

 sovereign grace flows forth.

Grace has been defined as the unmerited 

 favor of GOD.
If unmerited, then none can claim it 

 as their inalienable right.
If grace is unearned and undeserved, 

 then none are entitled to it.
If grace is a gift, then none can demand it.
Therefore, as salvation is by grace, 

the free gift of GOD--

then HE bestows it on whom HE pleases.
Because salvation is by grace, 

the very chief of sinners is not beyond 

the reach of Divine mercy.
Because salvation is by grace, 

boasting is excluded, and GOD 

gets all the glory.

Grace is a divine provision for those who are . . .
  so depraved, that they cannot change their own nature;
  so averse from GOD, that they will not turn to HIM;
  so blind, that they can neither see their malady nor the remedy;
  so dead spiritually, that GOD must grant spiritual life.

Grace is the sinner's last and only hope; 

if he is not saved by grace, he will 

never be saved at all.

Grace levels all distinctions, and regards . . .
  the most zealous religionist--

   on the same plane as the most heinous criminal;
  the chaste virgin--

   on the same plane as the foul prostitute.
Therefore GOD is perfectly free to save 

the chief of sinners, and bestow HIS 

mercy on the vilest of the vile!

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GraceGems has published J.R. Miller's very insightful article, 
"Manly Men!"