"The first and possibly most fundamental characteristic of divine grace is that it presupposes sin and guilt. Grace has meaning only when men are seen as fallen, unworthy of salvation, and liable to eternal wrath...Grace does not contemplate sinners merely as undeserving but as ill-deserving...It is not simply that we do not deserve grace; we do deserve hell."
"Grace ceases to be grace if God is compelled to bestow it in the presence of human merit. Grace ceases to be grace if God is compelled to withdraw it in the presence of human demerit. Grace is treating a person without the slightest reference to desert whatsoever, but solely according to the infinite goodness and sovereign purpose of God."
Both quotes by C. Samuel Storms, The Grandeur of God
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