1351A: Agape Grace (Part 1)
Love. What an unusual word. It is the essence of God's being. God, remember, does not simply possess love. God is love. That means that everything God does issues forth from what He is, and He is love, so everything He does and says is a reflection of His love. We have already looked at the two-fold expression of that love to man; His mercy which withholds from man the punishment he deserves, and His grace which gives to man the blessings he does not deserve.