That was the comment made a while back in a Facebook thread, in a 
discussion concerning what “grace” actually accomplishes.
The brother with whom I was interacting was taking issue with the Reformed view that there is a such a thing as “Common Grace” in addition to “Saving Grace.” His point was that “grace” that did not save – “Common Grace” – is actually no grace at all, as opposed to the non-Reformed view, which he states in his follow-up to the title of this post:
God’s whole plan and purpose through the incarnation and the gift of salvation offered by Jesus through His sacrifice on our behalf was to make available the gift of life and relationship with God. What grace is available to the person who is not saved? The only grace that I see is the wonderful opportunity to have my past redeemed through the blood of Jesus so that I can be rightly related to God as His child and move on from that beginning into all God has for me.
Elsewhere, he said:
Jesus blood and sacrifice are enough to save ALL (emphasis his) people from their sins. (Then, he in effect objects to his own statement and supplies the answer to his own objection to the Reformed view in this sentence:) The grace is poured out and the salvation is freely available, but that grace is ineffective if it is not combined with repentance – changed heart that is contrite and submitted to God. (emphasis mine)
By his own admission in the paragraph above, he admits that the “grace” he is referring to does not effect salvation – in the same way “common grace” does not do so, either. His “grace” must have something added to it – the cooperation of the sinner – in order for that grace to actually accomplish salvation. That grace is the same grace that those who are condemned to Hell are “offered” and is a grace that does not DO anything to actually bring one to salvation. Is that grace “saving” grace – as referenced in the title above
The biblical question is then this: is that grace biblical grace?
