Titus chapter three, let's read verse 15. All that are with me salute thee. Greet them that love us in the faith. Grace be with you all, amen. I mentioned to you a moment ago in the Bible study that I was going to divide this verse between our Bible study and morning message. And we just looked at the subject of them that love us in the faith.

Now the title of this message is grace be with you all. Grace be with you all. Verse 15, all that are with me salute thee, greet them that love us in the faith. Grace be with you all. Amen. The Apostle Paul desired grace for God's people so deeply. It is what he ended every single letter that he wrote to the saints. Every single one of Paul's epistles end with grace. My desire for you is grace. I thought about showing it. I was going to take the time to just one after the other. I don't have time. But do it sometimes. Look at the last verse in every one of Paul's epistles, and you will see that he closed by saying, I desire grace for you. And the reason he said that is because he was under the inspiration of the Spirit of God. That's why he said that. That was not just Paul's desire for God's people. That was God's desire for God's people.

Turn over to 2 Peter 1. You can hold your place here and just turn over to 2 Peter 1. 2 Peter 1. Verse 19 says, we also have a more sure word of prophecy, and that's the scripture. He's saying even more so than seeing a vision. We have a more sure word of prophecy where unto you do well that you take heed as unto a light that shineth in a dark place, until the day dawn and the day star arise in your hearts, knowing this first, that no prophecy of the scripture is of any private interpretation. For the prophecy came not in old time by the will of man, But holy men of God, and that means sanctified, set apart, chosen men of God, spake as they were moved by the Holy Ghost. No man wrote of his own conviction. Every man whose hand was involved in penning these words, every one of them was moved by God's Holy Spirit, inspired by God's Holy Spirit.

So if Paul said to God's people, my deepest desire for you is that grace would be unto you. That's not just Paul saying that. That was God saying that. That is God saying that. And that's what our God is saying to us right now. Grace be with you. Grace be with you. If we are his people, If we are among his elect people, then his word to us is grace be with you all. All of his saints, all of his chosen people.

Now, let's study the word grace a little bit and see if we can really get an understanding of what he is saying. Let's see if God's word will tell us something about grace. See if we can really learn something about grace. We have studied the word grace like this before and I want to do it again because I believe that this is the best way to really understand what God's grace is. The truth concerning God's grace. And I want to start with some things about grace. some truths concerning grace. Look at 1 Peter 5. 1 Peter 5. I told you to hold Titus. You don't have to hold it. I thought we were coming right back. We're not. 1 Peter 5, verse 10. It says, but the God of all grace The God of all grace, who hath called us unto his eternal glory by Christ Jesus, after that you have suffered a while, make you perfect, establish, strengthen, settle you. The God of all grace. Grace is of God. This is where we're gonna start. Grace is of God. This is what it means. Grace is in God's hand. He is the origination point of grace, all grace, all grace that will ever be given. If we're going to talk about grace, we're going to have to begin by turning our eyes to the Lord our God. That's where we have to start. Because He is the God of all grace. And if He is the God of all grace, then that means that this truth right here is so.

Turn with me over to Hebrews 4. If He is the God of all grace, then this right here is so. Hebrews 4, verse 12. For the word of God is quick, and that means alive, living, and powerful and sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart. Neither is there any creature that is not manifest in his sight, But all things are naked and opened unto the eyes of him with whom we have to do, seeing then that we have a great high priest that is passed into the heavens. Jesus, the Son of God, let us hold fast our profession. For we have not an high priest which cannot be touched with the feeling of our infirmities, but was in all points tempted like as we are, yet without sin. Let us therefore come boldly unto the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy and find grace to help in time of need.

The grace of God is sovereign grace. It is sovereign grace. That means it comes from the throne. That's what it means. It comes from the throne. It comes directly from God, our King, who sits on the throne. And who is God, our King, seated on the throne? Jesus Christ, King Jesus Christ, the King of kings. He is our sovereign Lord and our sovereign God who sovereignly holds all sovereign grace in His sovereign hand. And He has declared from His sovereign throne, I will be gracious. To whom I will be gracious. Sovereign. Sovereign. It's up God. And it comes straight out of His throne. It's His to give to whoever He's pleased to give it to. And to whoever He is pleased to give it to, let this glorious truth be known concerning it.

Turn with me to Ephesians 2. Ephesians 2 verse 8 says, For by grace are you saved through faith and that not of yourselves, it is the gift of God. This sovereign grace from the God of all grace is saving grace. Let that be known, it is saving grace.

And Paul declared the truth right here of how that's so. Look at verse one, Ephesians two, verse one. You hath he quickened who were dead in trespasses and sin. You were living life dead. You were dead to God, alive to your job and alive to your family and alive to your, you know, whatever you enjoyed, your hobbies, alive to your hobbies, but dead to God.

And all of a sudden, He said, I am, and you said, He is. You hath he made alive, you hath he quickened, who were dead in trespasses and sins, wherein in time past you walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the adversary who has everybody lulled into a happy sleep. How's everything going? Oh, we're blessed. Job's going great, family's going great, health is good, money's good, life is good. That's the lull of the prince of the power of the air. You need Christ? No, everything's good.

You walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that now worketh in the children of disobedience, among whom also we all had our conversation. We all come from the same lump. Nobody's better than anybody else. We all had our conversation in times past in the lust of our flesh. Just everything, you know, just living in whatever we want, we get it, you know, just fulfilling the desires of the flesh and of the mind and we're by nature the children of wrath even as others, but God.

who is rich in mercy for his great love wherewith he loved us even when we were spiritually dead in sins. He quickened us together with Christ.

Verse five says, by grace you are saved. And hath raised us up together and made us sit together in heavenly places. All of this was sovereignly by the, it was sovereign grace. It was a sovereign work. He didn't say, but now God is waiting on you to make your decision. And hopefully if you'll get your act cleaned up by grace, you're saved. He raised us up together and made us sit together in heavenly places in Christ Jesus. that in the ages to come he might show the exceeding riches of his grace. That's what he's going to show. In his kindness toward us through Christ Jesus, for by grace are you saved, through faith and that not of yourselves, it's the gift of God, not of works, lest any man should boast, for we are his workmanship. created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them for all of eternity in glory with him.

God's sovereign grace is saving grace. And this is why, let me give you four reasons why it's saving grace, all right?

Reason number one, turn with me to 2 Corinthians 12. 2 Corinthians 12 verse 7. Paul said, and lest I should be exalted above measure, through the abundance of the revelations, there was given to me a thorn in the flesh, the messenger of Satan to buffet me, lest I should be exalted above measure. For this thing I besought the Lord thrice, three times, that it might depart from me. And he said unto me, My grace is sufficient for thee. For my strength is made perfect in weakness, your weakness. Paul said, Most gladly, therefore, will I rather glory in my infirmities that the power of Christ may rest upon me. Therefore, I take pleasure in infirmities and reproaches and necessities and persecutions and distresses for Christ's sake, for when I am weak, then am I strong.

God's sovereign grace is saving grace because it's sufficient grace. It is sufficient grace. It's all that we need. The grace of God is all that we need to be saved. That's what sufficient means. It means you don't have to add anything to it. It's sufficient. It is sufficient. Everything that God has supplied in his grace to us, all of his sinful people, that's all we need. Everything he has supplied, that's all we need. God's grace is all we need. You know, God's grace is a person. He's all we need. The saved soul can cry, I am what I am, solely by the grace of God. We just read in Ephesians 2, not of works, lest any man should boast. God's people are saved by God's sovereign grace alone. It's sufficient. It's sufficient.

Not only is it sufficient, but look at 2 Corinthians 9. This is the second reason, it's saving grace. 2 Corinthians 9 verse 8 says, and God is able to make all grace abound toward you, that you always having all sufficiency in all things may abound to every good work." God's sovereign grace is saving grace because it's abounding grace. It's abundant. It's abundantly abounding. Do you remember that old coffee commercial, fill it to the rim with brim? Anybody remember that? Fill it to the rim with brim. Well, our God doesn't stop at the rim. You know what David said? My cup runneth over. It just runs over. It's exceeding abundantly above.

I've told you before about Isabella when she was just getting old enough to start talking and reaching for things and, you know, we would sit down at the table to eat, and she would quickly start reaching for all the spoons in the food dishes, wanting to get her own food on her own plate. And we were constantly stopping her, saying, whoa, whoa, whoa, that's too much, that's too much. That's too much. No, put it back, that's too much.

Well, she finally learned that that tactic was not working for her. So we sat down one time and she just took her plate and held it up next to the dish she wanted and said, I want too much. Like if I can't get it myself, you get it for me. But I want too much. That's how God's grace is. That's how God's grace is.

Thank God it's too much. It's just too much. Where our sin has abounded, do you think your sin is too much? Anybody ever think that? Oh, my sin is too much. It's just piling up too much. The old ones won't go away and I'm adding new on top of it and I can't fathom what's to come. Where our sin has abounded, God's grace has much more. It's just too much. You talk about lay a load of grace. It's too much. Infinitely more abounded. And I'm going to tell you, that's why we're saved.

I'm the Lord. I change not. That's why you sons of Jacob are not consumed. It's because I give more grace. Lord, I need more. I've messed up again. God's sovereign grace has saved us because His grace is sufficient grace. His grace is abundant, abounding grace.

And here's the third reason. We already touched on it, but let's make it official. Go to Romans 11. Romans 11. Romans 11 verse 5, excuse me. Even so then at this present time also there is a remnant according to the election of grace, electing grace, God's sovereign grace, being gracious to whom he will be gracious. And verse 6 says, if by grace then it is no more of works. Otherwise, grace is no more grace.

You know what falling from grace means? People think falling from grace is not doing good works anymore. Well, you were doing good, but you fell off the bandwagon and you're not doing good works anymore. Doing good works is falling from grace. Going back to works is falling from grace. Verse 6 says, if it's by grace, it is no more of works. Otherwise, grace is not grace. Happy birthday. Here's the gift I got you. Now you owe me $27.12. Well, it's not a gift anymore. But if it be of works, It's no more grace, otherwise work is no more work. It's one or the other. It just can't be both.

This sovereign electing grace where God says he will give it to whoever he's pleased to give it to. Finished grace. It's resting grace. There's no more work that can be done. The grace of God in the person and work of Christ has saved His people so completely, there is not a possibility that any more work in salvation can be done. It's not a possibility.

I've used the illustration of a puzzle before. You know, you think about work sometimes and you know, maybe, I don't know, you dig a ditch and you think, well, maybe I could scrape out a little more dirt right there. Well, think about putting a puzzle together. Once the last piece is put in, you can't, once it's finished, you can't be any more finished than that. It's as finished as it can get. There's no more pieces. There's no, It can't, you can't. Verse six, if it's by grace, then it's no more of works. Otherwise grace is no more grace.

Everybody is, is naturally wrongly trying to figure out what must I do to be saved? Just tell me what it is. What do I have to do to be saved? What work do I need to add to Christ's work? Christ's work of earning this perfect righteousness for his people and paying the sin debt for his people, taking all of their sins into himself and sending all of his righteousness into them.

Christ standing before the judgment of God in the guilt of his people so they could stand before God in the innocence of him. God seeing all the sin of His people in Christ and seeing all of the righteousness of Christ in His people. Christ being condemned in that sin and dying so they could be rewarded and honored in that righteousness and live.

With that work being finished, with that grace being finished, completely finished, There is no more work that can be done. If God said it's finished, there is no more work that can be done. God's sufficient, abundant grace is successfully finished. It finished the work. Christ finished the work. His grace finished the work. We can rest. We can rest.

Turn over to Romans 3. Here's the fourth reason why God's grace is saving grace. Romans 3, verse 19. Romans 3, 19. Now we know that what things soever the law saith, it saith to them who are under the law, that every mouth may be stopped and all the world may become guilty before God. Therefore, by the deeds of the law, there shall no flesh be justified in his sight, for by the law is the knowledge of sin.

But now the righteousness of God without the law is manifested, being witnessed by the law and the prophets, even the righteousness of God, which is by faith of Jesus Christ unto all and upon all them that believe. For there is no difference. For all have sinned and come short of the glory of God.

Verse 24 says, being justified freely by his grace through the redemption that is in Christ. God's grace is saving grace because it's justifying grace. The word justified means without sin. That's what it means. The transaction of the cross of Christ. Verse 24 says, the redemption. The transaction of the cross of Christ. It made us to be righteous, innocent, without sin. Without sin. How? Christ took it from us. He took it from us. The grace of Christ dealt with it, paid for it, put it away forever.

And I love this. The end of Hebrews chapter nine says that when Christ comes back to get his redeemed people and gather them to himself, it says he's coming back without sin. That means it's gone. That means he put it away forever. In Him, in His grace, there is no sin. And to every soul that He gives it to, there's no price for receiving it. It costs us nothing to receive it, nothing. Verse 24 right here says, being justified freely, freely by His grace. is free. Mercy there at the cross at Calvary was free. Mercy there was great. Grace was free. That's what the song says.

Romans 5, I close with this. Romans 5 verse 15 says, Just notice, grace, gift, free. Pay attention to those words right here, okay? Romans 5 verse 15, but not as the offense, so also is the free gift. For if through the offense of one many be dead, much more the grace of God and the gift by grace, which is by one man, Jesus Christ, hath abounded unto many. You'll see come the end of this, we could have just come to this one portion of scripture and it would have given all the reasons we just listed.

Verse 16. And not as it was by one that sinned, so is the gift. For the judgment was by one to condemnation. One, what that means is it only took one sin to condemn every man and woman into hell.

Verse 16, not as it was by one that sin, so is the gift, for the judgment was by one to condemnation, but the free gift is of many offenses unto justification, all the sins. For if by one man's offense death reigned by one, much more they which receive abundance of grace and of the gift of righteousness shall reign in life by one. You see all this? Sovereign, abundant, free, justified.

Therefore, as by the offense of one, judgment came upon all men to condemnation, even so, by the righteousness of one, the free gift came upon all men unto justification of life.

For as by one man's disobedience many were made sinners, so by the obedience of one shall many be made righteous.

Moreover, the law entered that the offense might abound, but where sin abounded, grace did much more abound.

that as sin hath reigned unto death, even so might grace reign through righteousness unto eternal life by Jesus Christ our Lord.

Grace, grace, God's grace, the grace of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ be with you all. Amen.