We have a tendency to think of GOD being glorified only in the manifestation of his mercy----- He is just as glorified by His justice.

If grace is obligated it is no longer grace. The very essence of grace is that it is undeserved.

Grace and mercy are never deserved.

Christ exposed Himself not only to the unbridled hostility of angry men, but, more significantly, to the unmitigated wrath of God.

In His tender mercies, God has an incredible capacity to love the unlovely.

Perhaps the most difficult task for us to perform is to rely on God’s grace and God’s grace alone for our celebration. It is difficult for our pride to rest on grace. Grace is for other people—for beggars. We don’t want to live by a heavenly welfare system. We want to earn our own way and atone for our own sins. We like to think that we will go to heaven because we deserve to be there.

We live in what may be the most anti-intellectual period in the history of Western civilization.