Grace is not something you grab, seize, claim, capture, invite, or demand.
Grace is something you are given.
It is not something you give God permission to give you.
It is something you say “thank you” for getting.
If you are talking about grace and using an active verb, the word “God” should be the subject of the sentence.
If you are talking about grace and a human is the subject of the sentence, the verb had better be passive.
Grace is a gift – and not one of those you go out and buy for yourself, wrap in a box, and pretend you are surprised when you open it.
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I am a part-time local pastor serving 
The doctrine of original sin is surely more humbling to man than the opposite: And I know not what honour we can pay to God, if we think man came out of His hands in the condition wherein he is now.
