{"id":7198,"date":"2026-08-19T10:59:19","date_gmt":"2026-08-19T10:59:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.shoalhavengospelchurch.org.au\/?p=7198"},"modified":"2026-08-19T10:59:19","modified_gmt":"2026-08-19T10:59:19","slug":"the-glory-of-gods-grace","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shoalhavengospelchurch.org.au\/?p=7198","title":{"rendered":"THE GLORY OF GOD\u2019S GRACE"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>THE GLORY OF GOD\u2019S GRACE<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Ephesians 2: 8: For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves:&nbsp;<em>it is<\/em>&nbsp;the gift of God: 9: Not of works, lest any man should boast.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Salvation\u2014beginning to end\u2014is by God\u2019s grace. God elected a people unto salvation by grace, the very opposite of works. (Rom 11: 5-6)&nbsp; It was grace that abounded over sin and reigns through righteousness unto eternal life by Jesus Christ our Lord. (Rom 5: 20-21) The stewardship of every God-sent preacher is a \u201cdispensation of the grace of God.\u201d (Eph 3: 2-8)&nbsp; The gospel we preach is \u201cthe gospel of the grace of God.\u201d (Acts 20: 24)&nbsp; We are \u201cjustified freely by his grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus.\u201d (Rom 3: 24)&nbsp; We are called by God\u2019s grace. (Gal 1: 15)&nbsp; It is \u201cgrace wherein we stand\u201d (Rom 5: 2) Believers are what we are by the grace of God. (I Cor 15: 10)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;So what is grace? Let me have your undivided attention. Grace is God\u2019s glory! When Moses asked to see God\u2019s glory, first, God said, \u201cI will make all my goodness pass before thee\u201d\u2014God\u2019s goodness is his glory. Then, God said, \u201cI will proclaim the name of the LORD before thee;\u201d\u2014God\u2019s name is his glory.Lastly, God said, \u201cand will be gracious to whom I will be gracious, and will shew mercy on whom I will shew mercy.\u201d\u2014God\u2019s grace is his glory. (Ex 33: 19)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; All who add their wisdom, will or works attempt to rob God of his glory. God says, \u201cMy glory will I not give to another, neither my praise to graven images.\u201d (Is 42: 8) But those saved apart from any merit in us glory that salvation is of the Lord, \u201cto the praise of the glory of his grace,\u2026\u201d (Eph 1: 6)&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Clay Curtis<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>THE GLORY OF GOD\u2019S GRACE Ephesians 2: 8: For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves:&nbsp;it is&nbsp;the gift of God: 9: Not of works, lest any man should boast. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Salvation\u2014beginning to end\u2014is by God\u2019s grace. God elected a people unto salvation by grace, the very opposite of works. (Rom 11: [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13,141],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7198","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-author-clay-curtis","category-grace-of-god"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shoalhavengospelchurch.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7198","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shoalhavengospelchurch.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shoalhavengospelchurch.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shoalhavengospelchurch.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shoalhavengospelchurch.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=7198"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.shoalhavengospelchurch.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7198\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7199,"href":"https:\/\/www.shoalhavengospelchurch.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7198\/revisions\/7199"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shoalhavengospelchurch.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7198"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shoalhavengospelchurch.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7198"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shoalhavengospelchurch.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7198"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}