“God gives us more grace ...” James 4:6. “Out of Jesus’ fullness we have all received grace in place of grace already given” (John 1:16). “The manifold—multi-colored, variegated (Gk. ποικίλος) grace of God…” (1Pet. 4:10). “There is no more disgrace for you” (Isa. 54:4).
Lord Jesus, it seems too good to be true, too lofty to be ours, too far above our “pay grade”—too beyond our deserving, getting, and keeping. And to a certain extent, all that is true … if it weren’t for you.
Because of you, Jesus, and what you have done for us, we are no longer subject to no-grace, disgrace, faux-grace, semi-grace, insufficient-grace, or disappearing-grace. There’s just grace for us—which is shorthand for, there’s “just” you, Jesus. Because grace isn’t primarily a “something” but a “Someone.” Hallelujah, on Gospel-steroids!
You are the incarnation of “the God of all grace” (1Pet.5:10)—the meaning, full measure, and means by which we are given all the riches of heaven. When you were born, as Paul stated, “the grace of God has appeared, bringing salvation for all people” (Titus 2:11). Not abstract grace, but the God of all grace lay in a manger and died on a cross.
Indeed, Jesus, you are the Gospel. “You know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ—though he was rich, yet for your sake he became poor, so that you by his poverty might become rich” (2Cor.8:9). Hallelujah, you exhausted our unpayable debt to God, and gave us the incalculable riches of your righteousness.
Grace is sufficient because you are sufficient, Jesus. So much so you get the very last verse in the entire Bible. “The grace of the Lord Jesus be with God’s people. Amen” (Rev. 22:21). To which we offer our, So VERY Amen.