The Grace of God is the Whole Counsel of God

God is all about Grace.

We see that God wanted to bless, bless, and bless again in the very beginning.

"In the Beginning, God created the heaven and the earth."

"created" is the word "Bara". In Hebrew, "Barack" is the word "to bless".

Creation, blessing, all of it is wrapped up together.

God provided everything before He had even created man.

Now, let's fastforward to the Book of Acts.

Before Paul would leave for Jerusalem, he told the elders of Ephesus that he would never see them again.

He outlined for them what was the principal issue to preach and teach when it comes to Jesus:

"24But none of these things move me, neither count I my life dear unto myself, so that I might finish my course with joy, and the ministry, which I have received of the Lord Jesus, to testify the gospel of the grace of God." (Acts 20:24)

Notice that the Gospel is all about Grace.

A few verses before this statement, Paul says:

"Testifying both to the Jews, and also to the Greeks, repentance toward God, and faith toward our Lord Jesus Christ" (Acts 20:21)

The Gospel is for Jews and Greeks. There is no partiality with God, for He desires that all be saved (1 Timothy 2:4).

Repentance is all about believing in Jesus Christ. Notice that repentance is not about screaming and yelling, saying a bunch of "I'm sorry" and "Please forgive me"s. We need to change our minds (the literal meaning of the original Greek word "metanoia) about God, we need to realize that God is no longer mad at us for our sins because His Son became sin, that we would be made the righteousness of God in Christ (2 Corinthians 5:21).

Paul mentions the grace of God once again before departing:

"And now, brethren, I commend you to God, and to the word of his grace, which is able to build you up, and to give you an inheritance among all them which are sanctified." (Acts 20:32)

The whole counsel of God is wrapped up in God's Grace.

From the outside, God provided and inclined for man to receive all things from Him.

And then at the very end, we read from John the Beloved Apostle:

"21The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all. Amen." (Acts 22:21)