Common Grace

The doctrine of Common Grace says that God gives great blessings to all people, whether they are believers or unbelievers (Genesis 8:21-22, Matthew 5:44-45, Acts 14:16-17, Romans 13:1-7). These blessings include the gift of physical life to all human beings, food and water, shelter, governments to rule and protect the people, and gifts of intelligence and scientific discovery. God’s common grace restrains sin from its fullest extent but it does not stretch as far as saving all people. Only God’s special act of grace in sending Jesus Christ to die on the cross as a substitute for our sin can achieve that. All people in the world receive God’s common grace, but only those who trust in Jesus Christ receive His salvation from their sin and eternal life (Ephesians 2:1-10).