Grace

What is Grace?
Grace is God's unmerited favor.  It is kindness from God we do not deserve.  There is nothing we have done, nor can ever do to earn this favor.  It is a gift from God.  Grace is divine assistance given to humans for their regeneration (rebirth) or sanctification; a virtue coming from God; a state of sanctification enjoyed through divine favor.  -  Mary FairChild

A preacher once explained grace to me with this aconym:
God's
Riches
At
Christ's
Expenses

Grace is internal.  It works from within, not from without.  It is written on the heart, not on tablets of stone.  It is written there only by the Holy Spirit.  No other agent can write the grace of God in our hearts but the Holy Spirit.  Grace is received only through faith.  The very essence of grace is that it cannot be earned.

Grace is not license to sin, because grace produces in us a passion for purity in Christ.

Contrasts between law and grace.

Law came through Moses But Grace comes only through Jesus Christ.

Grace is made available only through the cross and what Jesus did on the cross.  From the cross, grace has been released and made available to the human race.

Everything is of grace in the Christian life from the beginning to the very end - D. Martyn Lloyd James

Grace is getting what we do not deserve, Mercy is not receiving what we do deserve.

God's grace is not a license to continue in sin, but a call to live right with God since Christ has made us right with God.

恩

因  +  心

[yin]         [xin]

reason        heart