Grace Produces Humility

    Believers have been distinguished from unbelievers, but that can never lead to pride in the believer.  Everything that we are and everything that we have is the result of God’s sovereign, distinguishing grace.  We cannot boast of our election because our election is of grace, not because God found anything good in us. “Even so then at this present time also there is a remnant according to the election of grace” (Rom. 11:5).  We cannot boast of our salvation, because salvation is of grace, not because we did anything to please God “For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: not of works, lest any man should boast.” (Eph. 2:8-9).  We cannot boast of our faith because it is the gracious gift of God “For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God” (Eph. 2:8).  We cannot boast of our will to come to Christ, believing Him. “For it is God which worketh in you both to will and to do of his good pleasure” (Phil. 2:13).  We cannot boast of any work we may have done in the service of the Lord “But by the grace of God I am what I am: and his grace which was bestowed upon me was not in vain; but I laboured more abundantly than they all: yet not I, but the grace of God which was with me.” (I Cor. 15:10).

    Where there is humility, there must also be grace.  Where there is no humility, there is no grace.