Grace is defined as undeserved, unearned favor from God. The Greek word means: that which affords joy, pleasure, and delight. God’s grace brings the believer joy, pleasure, and delight because God’s grace is not something we earned, but is the free gift of God, and because God’s grace is sufficient in every situation.

God’s grace is sufficient to save from sin. We have the forgiveness of sin according to the riches of God’s grace (Eph 1:7). It is God’s grace that brings salvation to God’s elect (Titus 2:11). And thankfully, God’s grace is sufficient to save even the worst sinners: where sin abounded, grace did much more abound (Rom 5:20).

God’s grace is sufficient to call God’s elect to Himself. I am so very thankful that I am not required to effectually call God’s people to Christ. God WILL call all of His people to Himself through the preaching of the gospel. God WILL call all He has saved according to His own purpose and grace in our Lord Jesus Christ (II Tim 1:9). And when God’s purpose for us on this earth is finished, God will call all of His people to eternal glory with Him (I Peter 5:10).

God’s grace is sufficient to make His elect new creatures in Christ. No believer is born of the will of the flesh. The new birth is an act of God’s grace. Saul of Tarsus could only be made into the apostle Paul by the all sufficient grace of God (I Cor 15:10). If you or I are ever used of God for His glory and the good of His people, it will be by the same grace of our God.

God’s grace is sufficient for every trial the Lord sends our way (II Cor 12:9). Every child of God has access to the throne of grace where we find grace to help in time of need (Heb 4:16). The grace that comes from the throne of God is so sufficient that not only will a believer be enabled to endure the trial, but God given grace will cause us to rejoice, not in the pain of the trial, but in the grace of God given to us during the trial

(II Cor 12:10)

God’s grace is sufficient to give a sinner a good hope of salvation and eternal glory (II Thes 2:16). The only way a sinner can have a sure hope of being cleansed from every sin and expect to spend eternity in the presence of our Savior is through the sovereign grace of God.