By Grace

The compilation of the sermons in this book was prompted by a desire to help God's people grasp a better understanding of the riches of God's grace. Many believers are spiritual paupers because they do not realize that through the provision of God's grace the abundance of heaven's storehouse is at their disposal. The Apostle Paul, God's minister to the Church, speaks freely of "the unsearchable riches of Christ" (Eph. 3:8), the riches of God's "goodness and forbearance and longsuffering" (Rom. 2:4), and tells us that God grants "the forgiveness of sins according to the riches of his grace" (Eph. 1:7). Then in Philippians 4:19 he tells us, "My God shall supply all your need according to his riches in glory by Christ Jesus!" We can never fully understand the grace of God nor the scope of his great love for a sinful world. But it is the prayer of the author that through the reading of these pages Christians may be enriched in the knowledge of the riches we possess in Christ, and that unbelievers may come to see the beauty and worth of surrendering all to him. - Foreword.