ALL IS GRACE ~ Watchman Nee
Brennan Manning reflected well on the growth of grace ... I have learned in my heart that grace often gestates, like an unborn child.
... it is by grace you have been saved. (Ephesians 2:5b)
Grace means that God does something for me; law means that I must do something for God.
God has certain righteous and holy demands which He places upon me; for their fulfillment - then deliverance from law no longer requires that from me, but Himself provides it. ~ Watchmen Nee
Mankind is not measured by the law he keeps. It is only Divine grace that draws them forward to ... show the incomparable riches of His grace, expressed in His kindness to us in Christ Jesus ... for we are created in Him to do good works ... (Ephesians 2:7b, 8b))
Grace is God's ever growing redemptive mechanism. It is also His equipping tool to be paid forward.