Salvation by Grace Grace is, therefore, God's unmerited favor - His goodness toward those who have no claim on, nor reason to expect, divine favor. The principal manifestation of God's grace has heen in the form of a gift. Salvation is not our achievement, but it is a gift from God. That truth is made stronger by contrast. Salvation is indeed the most extraordinary expression of God's grace.
Salvation is of divine origin.
But it is not anything that God was bound to arrange by the necessity of His nature. It is the result of His gracious will. Had it not been for His good pleasure, salvation would never have come. By grace are ye saved. The Greek grammar denotes not the act of being saved, but the fact of having been saved.