“And of His fullness we have all received, and grace for grace. For the law was given through Moses, but grace and truth came through Jesus Christ.” John 1:16-17
All of us who trust in Jesus Christ as our Savior have received of His fullness, grace upon grace.
What the law, which was given through Moses, could not do because of our sinfulness, Jesus Christ, God’s Son, has done for us! He fulfilled the righteous demands of the law in our place; and He paid in full for all our sins – and for the sins of the whole world – by His innocent sufferings and death upon the cross (cf. 1 John 2:1, 2).
In Jesus Christ, and by His holy life and innocent sufferings and death in our stead, we have received God’s abundant grace and mercy. Our sins, which were like scarlet, have been washed away; and we are made as white as snow (cf. Isaiah 1:18). And when we confess our sins, He continues to cleanse us with His own blood (1 John 1:7, 9).
In Jesus Christ, God’s grace and truth have come to us sinners. It is by grace that we are forgiven of God, and it is by grace that we know and believe in Jesus as our Savior.
“Amazing grace! how sweet the sound – that saved a wretch like me! I once was lost but now am found, was blind but now I see” (John Newton).
O dearest Jesus, thank you for coming into this world to bear my sins on the tree of the cross and thus to grant me grace upon grace that I might be forgiven for all my sins and have a place in your eternal kingdom. Amen.