Unlimited Grace

And from His fullness we have all received, grace upon grace.  For the law was given through Moses; grace and truth came through Jesus Christ.

John 1:16-17

All you can eat buffets, unlimited cell-phone minutes, unlimited internet data usage, Olive Garden’s never-ending pasta bowl…we live in a society that loves things that are boundless and inexhaustible.  We don’t like to have limits put on us.

The first chapter of John gives us great reasons to rejoice.  The greatest unlimited thing we have to celebrate is the grace of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ.  Martin Luther writes, “Jesus is an interminable well, the chief source of all grace, truth, righteousness, wisdom, and life, without limit, measure, or end.”

We give thanks to God that the grace of Christ is without end.  Consider the humbling and comforting reality of the gifts that God gives us.  Daily we fail to live up the righteous standard of God’s Law.  The Law of God calls us to repent as we consider our sins in its light, and it leads us to Christ, who is the giver of all grace and the source of all truth.  There is no greater joy than the joy found in reflecting upon the measureless and endless grace that Christ gives us!

Despite our numerous failings – God is faithful to us.  Through Christ we receive unlimited grace.  His grace never runs out!  Christ has taken our sin and the eternal effects of that sin and He has in return given us the free gift of grace – unlimited grace!