"If (God) were obliged to be gracious, grace would no longer be grace and salvation would be based on human merit rather than being sola gratia" - James Montgomery Boice

"If (God) were obliged to be gracious, grace would no longer be grace and salvation would be based on human merit rather than being sola gratia"

 James Montgomery Boice
(Boice, Whatever Happened to the Gospel of Grace?, 121).