Grace, and Jesus Christ

Grace is demonstrated pre-eminently in Jesus Christ and the work he came to do.

God's promise of grace has been fulfilled in Jesus Christ

John 1:14, John 1:16–17; 2 Timothy 1:8–10 See also John 3:16–17; Acts 13:38; Romans 1:1–5, Romans 5:8, Romans 5:16–17; Ephesians 1:3–8; Titus 2:11–14, Titus 3:4–5; 1 Peter 1:3–5

The Word became flesh and made His dwelling among us. We have seen His glory, the glory of the one and only Son from the Father, full of grace and truth.

From His fullness we have all received grace upon grace. For the law was given through Moses; grace and truth came through Jesus Christ.

So do not be ashamed of the testimony of our Lord, or of me, His prisoner. Instead, join me in suffering for the gospel by the power of God. He has saved us and called us to a holy calling, not because of our works, but by His own purpose and by the grace He granted us in Christ Jesus before time began. And now He has revealed this grace through the appearing of our Savior, Christ Jesus, who has abolished death and illuminated the way to life and immortality through the gospel,

Grace was expressed in Jesus Christ's life and ministry

Matthew 9:36 parallel Mark 6:342 Corinthians 8:9 See also Matthew 9:10–13 parallels Mark 2:15–17, Luke 5:27–32; Matthew 11:4–5, Matthew 19:13–15 parallels Mark 10:13–16, Luke 18:15–17; Luke 2:40, Luke 4:22, Luke 19:9–10, Luke 23:34; John 10:11; Acts 10:37–38; Hebrews 2:9; 1 John 3:16

When He saw the crowds, He was moved with compassion for them, because they were harassed and helpless, like sheep without a shepherd.

For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that though He was rich, yet for your sake He became poor, so that you through His poverty might become rich.

Grace is demonstrated in Jesus Christ's atoning death on the cross

John 1:16–17; Ephesians 2:4–5; 1 Peter 2:10 See also John 3:16; Romans 3:22–24, Romans 5:1–2, Romans 8:32; 1 Corinthians 1:4–6; 2 Corinthians 5:18–19; Galatians 2:21; Ephesians 4:7; 2 Thessalonians 2:16–17; 1 Timothy 1:13–14; 1 Peter 1:3–5; 1 John 4:10

From His fullness we have all received grace upon grace. For the law was given through Moses; grace and truth came through Jesus Christ.

But because of His great love for us, God, who is rich in mercy, made us alive with Christ even when we were dead in our trespasses. It is by grace you have been saved!

Once you were not a people, but now you are the people of God; once you had not received mercy, but now you have received mercy.