The Meaning of Grace
Hoeksema provides a comprehensive theological analysis of the word "grace" in Scripture, identifying five distinct meanings ranging from God's attribute of beauty to the transformative power of salvation. This foundational doctrinal treatment explains how grace functions both as God's gracious disposition toward sinners and as the effectual means by which believers are regenerated, sanctified, and made pleasing to God. Essential reading for understanding the Reformed conception of divine grace in both its objective and subjective dimensions.
Herman Hoeksema The word grace in Scripture has a variety of meanings: 1. Grace as an attribute of God has the fundamental meaning of pleasantness, attractiveness, and gracefulness. God is the perfection of all beauty and attractiveness and gracefulness, because He is the implication of all infinite perfection of goodness in the ethical sense. God is perfectly lovely and beautiful. 2. Grace in Scripture denotes the attitude of graciousness or pleasantness, the gracious disposition of God to...