There is not a word in the whole vocabulary, of richer import than the word grace. It expresses the beginning, the middle, and the end of man's salvation. It was grace, that is, undeserved love or favour which moved the eternal mind to devise the plan of redemption. It was grace which designated the persons who should be made partakers of salvation. It was grace which induced the Son of God to condescend to become man, and to become "obedient unto death"—thus offering himself an expiatory sacrifice for our sins. "Ye know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that though he was rich, yet for our sakes he became poor, that we through his poverty might be made rich." It was grace which caused the church to be founded, means of salvation to be established, and the gospel to be preached.
Archibald Alexander — Sermon XXXV, "God's Grace Sufficient," on 2 Corinthians 12:9, in Practical Sermons: To Be Read in Families and Social Meetings (Philadelphia: Presbyterian Board of Publication, 1850), p. 535
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