No one was ever saved because his sins were small; no one was ever rejected on account of the greatness of his sins. Where sin abounded, grace shall much more abound.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
No sinner is ever saved after the first twenty minutes of a sermon.
The word 'grace' means after we must have done everything humanly possible, we must leave the issue with God. That is grace.
Sin does not stop God's grace from flowing, but God's grace will stop sin.
Grace is a much more accurate word to use when dealing with the state of human existence. God gives us unmerited favor through Jesus Christ, and since Adam and Eve, our lives have depended on it.
Such sins, even if they do not kill all grace in us, do harm, nevertheless; and though they are only venial in themselves, they make us apt, ready, and inclined to lose grace and to fall into mortal sin.
Even those of us who have tasted the radical saving grace of God find it intuitively difficult not to put conditions on grace.
The grace thou hast will soon be less, if thou addest not more to it.
Grace is everywhere as an active orientation of all created reality toward God.
Remove grace, and you have nothing whereby to be saved. Remove free will and you have nothing that could be saved.
No one can be saved - in virtue of what he can do. Everyone can be saved - in virtue of what God can do.