Grace Quote by John Calvin

But the blessing Christ promised, the blessing of great reward, is a reward of grace. The blessing is promised even though it is not…

— R. C. Sproul

“0 true and heavenly grace, without which our own merits are nothing, and our natural gifts of no account! Neither arts nor riches, beauty…

— Thomas à Kempis

Augustine does not disagree with this when he teaches that it is a faculty of the reason and the will to choose good with…

— John Calvin

“Augustine wrote that humility is the source of all virtue, and pride the root of all evil.”

— Mel Starr

So saving grace, converting grace, for Augustine, is God's giving us a sovereign joy in God that triumphs over all other joys and therefore…

— John Piper

Grace is the very opposite of merit... Grace is not only undeserved favor, but it is favor, shown to the one who has deserved…

— Henry Allen Ironside

[Grace] is given not to make us something other than ourselves but to make us radically ourselves. Grace is given not to implant in…

— John Philip Newell

“Grace is a free sacred gift from God.”

— Lailah Gifty Akita

“Grace is a free gift from God.”

— Lailah Gifty Akita

"Otherwise grace is no more grace," since it is bestowed on us, not because we have done good works, but that we may be…

— Saint Augustine

“Grace knocks us flat, preventing any form of self-congratulation. All the good we achieve is to be attributed to God rather than to ourselves.…

— Kathryn Tanner

“God's grace is twofold, Both unmerited favor and divine enablement. While one makes you worthy to be, the other makes you able to do.”

— Hope D. Blackwell