Eph. 1:6

Eph 1:6 ..to the praise of his glorious grace, which he has freely given us in the One he loves.

Once again, with emphasis! LOVE. The source of all grace is nothing less than the love of God. God loves. God is love. God always loves. There is not one wit of unlove in God. It is that compelling love that bound the Father and Son in absolute unity.

In the One he loves. I find it interesting that Paul does not begin with God’s love for us, he begins by reminding us of God’s love for his Son, Jesus Christ. We receive the marvelous flow of grace from God because of his love for Jesus. All other loves follow. God loves me because he loves Jesus. I love God because he loves Jesus. We can trace every love-bond between mankind and God to the love-bond between the Father and the Son. That love is not only the source of all grace but is the love that we have, through the new birth, as we relate not only to God but to one another.

Grace – freely given us. These are key truths. Everything of God comes because of his dynamic love. That is what we call grace. What comes from God to us is not what earn but is a gift of God’s grace. This is marvelous good news to everyone. Every religion believes you must give something to God in order to get something from him. The Gospel shows a better way, God gives to us so that we can give everything back to him! This is the liberating power of the grace of God. There is no bondage in grace, only true freedom to return to God what is his, it is the basis of all spiritual worship.