Grace, grace, and more grace – sola gratia – grace alone. That’s what God’s putting on display here.
As the chosen one, conceived by the Holy Spirit, born of a virgin – there is no one else who’s qualified to save you from your sins, and to bring you close to God.
For you know the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, that though he was rich, yet for our sake, he became poor, so that you, by his poverty, might become rich.
The right attitude of the Christian should never be “God shows me grace, so I can keep sinning!” Instead, the right attitude that we see here is “God shows me grace, so I can keep obeying!”
The only people who will sincerely engage in praying against temptation and evil are those who desire the kingdom of God, and depend on the power of God, and who delight in the glory of God.
When we trust in our great King – when we believe in Jesus – he saves us, not because of any virtue or strength in us, but because of the virtue and strength that’s in him.
The resurrection of Jesus is incredibly good news, and it always will be.
God will keep his promise. Because Jesus has suffered, we will be saved. Our pain will be turned into praise.