What is grace, actually?

Hello!

Grace means so many different things to so many different people. It is sometimes hard to wrap one's head around it all...

Bible Gateway mentions grace 159 times in the King James Version of the bible: thirty seven times in the Old Testament, and 122 times in the New Testament...

Spiritually speaking, the English Oxford Living Dictionaries describe grace as...

*The free and unmerited favour of God, as manifested in the salvation of sinners and the bestowal of blessings

*A divinely given talent or blessing

*The condition or fact of being favoured by someone

The Bible Researcher goes on and examines grace as that and more. In other words, grace is seen as an attitude and an action. It originates from the Greek word charis. It is the power behind what we believe. It is the justification for what we believe. We could not come into salvation but by His grace, and we can not go forth but by His grace. He is grace!

"For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life [John 3:16 KJV]" is grace!

"Now concerning spiritual gifts et al [1 Corinthians 12 KJV]" is grace!

"But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, meekness, temperance: against such there is no law [Galatians 5:22-23]" is grace!  

"Behold, I give unto you power to tread on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy: and nothing shall by any means hurt you [Luke 10:19 KJV]" is grace!

"But ye shall receive power, after that the Holy Ghost is come upon you: and ye shall be witnesses unto me both in Jerusalem, and in all Judaea, and in Samaria, and unto the uttermost part of the earth [Acts 1:8 KJV]" is grace!

To wrap it up, grace is His love from the very beginning and what He has done for us!

Grace is what He so graciously gives to, and unto us!

Grace is His empowerment to be, to go, and to do!

Grace is the personification of whom, and what He is to us!   

But for grace!!!

God bless 'ya!

Happy Memorial Day Weekend!

Shalom!

Angela
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