It is of interest to observe how the apostle Paul closes all his Epistles with this desire of his heart_"Grace be with you." And indeed, what can be more in keeping with the "grace and truth" that came by Jesus Christ, whose followers we are, that we should desire such grace for ourselves and others in a world like this?

It is not standing on our rights, for what rights have we? If our due deserts are rendered to us, what can the result be but the lake of fire? But sovereign, unmerited grace to those who deserved it not in the least has been manifested, and from first to last we are debtors to mercy. Where there is the due sense of this in the soul, we shall not be exactors but benefactors. We shall not demand, but be glad to serve, even as "the Son of man came not to be ministered unto, but to minister, and to give His life a ransom for many" (Matt. 20:28).

(From The Bible Treasury, Volume 6, New Series.)