Not only is the believer said to be saved by grace, but he is said to “stand” in grace. The word stand, as used in the New Testament, gives expression to the thought of continuing and enduring, and to “stand” in grace is to abide unchanged, to endure, and to continue in grace. We read: “We have access by faith into this grace wherein we stand” (Rom. 5:2), and, “This is the true grace of God wherein ye stand” (1 Pet. 5:12). The continued exercise of divine grace toward the Christian is the one and only basis upon which he may hope to endure; for, as certainly as grace is the one and only basis upon which God can save a meritless sinner, so certainly grace alone is the basis upon which God can righteously keep him saved.

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