In the Bible are many references to the grace of God. One dictionary meaning of the word "grace" includes, "the divine influence acting within the heart, to regenerate, sanctify, and keep it." New Testament writers make frequent use of the word "grace," as though to stress the effect of the divine influence on the understanding and life. God's grace, the revelation of the everlasting perfection of all that He has made, is ever unfolding itself to human consciousness, thereby dispelling the false evidence of the so-called material senses.
In Luke's Gospel it is recorded that when Jesus was a child, "the grace of God was upon him," Luke 2:40 while John tells us that "grace and truth came by Jesus Christ."John 1:17 Was not this quality that Jesus so fully felt and expressed to suffering humanity related to his understanding of God's great love for man? This understanding governed Jesus' every thought and deed. Assured of God's love, he could prove his understanding in active, compassionate love toward the multitudes who flocked to him. His life was a symphony of love in action, based on his understanding of the true, spiritual nature of God and man.
When Paul struggled with his thorn in the flesh, he was reminded by God, "My grace is sufficient for thee." II Cor. 12:9 The revelation of the present perfection of all that God has made and the understanding of God's infinite goodness, power, and ever-presence are always sufficient to act as a law of obliteration to everything unlike God.
