It cannot enable us to do the right and refuse the wrong which it has made known to us. But grace is power. Only God s grace, which is almighty power, can do that. This is the first idea which is conveyed by the word grace, when we are told that it is by grace that we have been saved. The second idea conveyed by it is the idea of love.
Grace is power.
It is power directed by love. That is the fundamental meaning of the word grace favor, love, yearning desire. And that is what grace always means, when it is spoken of in the New Testament with reference to God. It always expresses the idea of good will, kindness, favor, love. Power, in itself considered, may blast as well as bless.