Love

God offers his love to every person on the planet. What makes this so distinctive is not grace but the extent of His grace. Jesus declared that God “causes his sun to rise on the evil and the good, and sends rain on the righteous and the unrighteous”, citing this as evidence that God acts with favor to those who return his love and those who do not (Matthew 5:43-48). 

The sufficiency of God's grace is abundantly available to not only those who have received Jesus as Lord but to those who have not, as of yet, come to Christ. We are saved "by grace, through faith" (Ephesians 2:8). There's nothing we did - no "bragging rights" here! 

There are no conditions, no prerequisites, no contracts, no fine print. It is simply... Know Jesus, Know grace NEVER no Jesus, no grace because "God so loved the world" (John 3:16). 

I think we find it difficult to grasp the concept of grace because that’s not how we operate. "Sometimes" if a person does something to offend us or hurt us, they automatically take a place on the “ruler”. Those who have done "good" to us are usually on the “good standing” end of the ruler, while those who have wronged us tend to be on the “bad standing” side. Of course, there are those who fall into the middle of the ruler as well. This ruler is then used to measure how we relate to those placed on it. 

Thankfully, God doesn't have a ruler, rather, He sent His Son. Truth is, we are to love all people, good, bad and yes, even ugly. We can do that because, as Christians, the love of God resides in us. We can love just as God loves. We just have to choose to love. 

Think about this...The greatest attribute of God is love. Love describes the very essence of God’s nature. He displayed His nature when He sent Jesus to die for us. “God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us? (Romans 5:8). God’s love gives without preconditions. God didn't wait until we deserved salvation. He sent Jesus when we were helpless sinners, totally undeserving of His mercy and grace. Every believer has God’s love within. This means that we (Christians) have the ability to walk in God’s love and manifest to the world what that love is really like. That's exciting! Thankfully, God loves both saint and sinner, because if He hadn't, we'd all remain lost and without hope. God's unmerited favor, just so awesome!