The Word of His Grace, Word of Truth, Faith and Righteousness

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The Word of His Grace, Word of Truth, Faith and Righteousness
A. W. Pink

The Word of His Grace

Various reasons may be suggested why the Scriptures should be so designated: Acts 20:32. Among them the following. First, it is most in accord with His gracious character that their Author should communicate with His people. In view of all that we know of His perfections it is inconceivable that God should hold Himself aloof in unbroken silence: a dumb Deity would be no more winsome than the inarticulate idols of the heathen. If a human parent writes to his sons and daughters when they are absent from home, shall our heavenly Father withhold a like proof of His love for His dear children? We are told that “it became Him [the Father], for whom are all things and by whom are all things, in bringing many sons unto glory to make the Captain of their salvation perfect through sufferings” (Heb. 2:10): that is to say, it accorded with His perfections and redounded to His glory that the whole plan of redemption should be as He designed it. Then may it not be said, reverently, it became the Triune God to give us a written revelation, that since He is in Himself “the God of all grace” (1 Peter 5:10) He should bestow upon us the Word of His grace? To make such a communication graces or adorns His character. The Psalmist declares of God “Thou hast magnified Thy Word above all Thy name” (Psalm 138:2), that is, above every other revelation of himself.
Second, yet the gift of His Word is an act of pure benignity on His part. There was nothing whatever outside of God which required Him to grant His creatures a written revelation. No indeed: the great I AM finds within Himself the springs of all His actions. He takes counsel with none (Rom. 11:34) and gives not account of any of His matters (Job 33:13). God is exalted high above all, fulfilling His own sovereign pleasure, working …