What is the Grace of God?
What is Grace?
What is grace? Grace is to receive something that you don’t deserve. Therefore the grace of God is when God gives us what we don’t deserve.
The Greek word for grace is [Charis] meaning favour; kindness.
Therefore the grace of God is God’s unmerited favour or unmerited kindness towards humanity. When God shows us grace, it’s not because we deserve it – but God gives us grace because grace is part of His core nature – God is a gracious God.
Difference Between Grace & Mercy
Mercy is when God does NOT give us what we deserve. Mercy withholds punishment we deserve. Grace is when God GIVES us what we don’t deserve.
For example, Romans 6:23 says “For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord”. This is a verse that incorporates both the mercy and the grace of God.
Through Romans 6:23 we can learn that since man is a sinner and is guilty of sin, man deserves death (which is spiritual separation from God or hell). However, God is able to show MERCY to man by NOT giving man what he actually deserves, which is death. God therefore withholds the punishment we deserve. Instead God has shown GRACE to man by offering man unmerited or undeserved kindness by giving to man the GIFT of eternal life in Jesus Christ.
Salvation by Grace
Therefore according to Romans 6:23, eternal life is an unmerited GIFT.
As you may know, a gift is something that one receives freely or for free. A gift is not paid for by the one who receives the gift. Therefore we receive eternal life as a gift by the grace of God.
Ephesians 2:8-9 says “For by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God, 9 not of works, lest anyone should boast”.
Therefore when rephrased, Ephesians 2:8-9 is saying that Christians are saved by the unmerited favour or undeserved kindness of God. Furthermore this salvation is a gift of God through faith in Jesus Christ alone and not because of a person’s personal effort or work.
So the grace of God is not earned. The grace of God is not something you work for. The grace of God is not something that you receive because you deserve it.
The grace of God is extended to all of mankind irrespective of race, background or belief system.
Ephesians 1:7-8
In Him we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of His grace
According to the riches of God’s grace we receive redemption and the forgiveness of sins through Jesus Christ and the blood He shed of mankind on the cross.
A Christian is saved by grace alone through faith or total trust in Jesus Christ. It is not through the law or through personal effort that a person is saved but it is because of the undeserved kindness of God.
WOULD YOU LIKE TO ACCEPT JESUS CHRIST AS LORD & SAVIOUR? WOULD YOU LIKE TO ACCEPT THAT IT’S NOT BY YOUR OWN EFFORT OR WORKS THAT YOU ARE SAVED – BUT IT IS ONLY BY GRACE THROUGH FAITH IN JESUS CHRIST THAT YOU ARE SAVED?
1. ACKNOWLEDGE: “For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God” (Romans 3:23).
This means that we have all broken God’s laws and God’s 10 Commandments like those mentioned in Exodus 20:1-17. For example, if you have told a lie; if you have stolen something; if you have lusted after somebody or if you have coveted. This means you are guilty of breaking at least one or more of God’s 10 Commandments. Breaking God’s commandments makes us sinners. The fact that we are sinners who have broken God’s law means that we are accountable to God who is the Lawgiver. Romans 6:23 says that “the wages of sin is death BUT the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord”
You must acknowledge that you are a sinner who has broken God’s commandments and that you therefore need Jesus in your life.
2. REPENT: “Unless you repent you will all likewise perish” (Luke 13:3), “Repent therefore and be converted that your sins may be blotted out” (Acts 3:19)
Repenting means: to change your mind; a sincere turning away, in heart, mind and action;
Therefore God wants you to repent of sinful values and of sinful living. God wants you to decide to
follow Him and to make Jesus the Lord of your life.
3. CONFESSION: “If we confess our sins. He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness” (1 John 1:9). “That if you confess with your mouth the Lord Jesus and believe in your heart that God has raised Him from the dead, you will be saved” (Romans 10:9)
God is a forgiving God. God will forgive any sin that you have done because Jesus died for ALL your sins and to set you free from the bondage of all types of sin in your life.
4. BELIEVE: “For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish, but have everlasting life” (John 3:16).
You must believe that ONLY Jesus can save you and restore your relationship with God. You must believe that Jesus is the ONLY way by which you can have everlasting life and escape from eternal separation from God. You must believe that Jesus died on the cross for you and resurrected from the grave.
“He came to His own, and His own did not receive him, But as many as received Him, to them He gave the right to become children of God, even to those who believe in His name” (John 1:11-12)
By faith, You must receive Jesus as Your Lord & Savior and therefore; you become a child of God; you become born again; you become a Christian; you restore your broken relationship with God.
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We become born again Christians by GRACE through FAITH or TOTAL TRUST in Jesus Christ as our Lord & Savior (Galatians 3:26) & (Ephesians 2:8,9). Salvation is a FREE gift received through FAITH in Christ.
PLEASE NOTE: You can choose to pray in your own words. This prayer is a sample prayer and it is only an EXPRESSION of your faith, belief & trust in Jesus. Salvation is by GRACE through FAITH or BELIEVING in Christ Jesus as your Lord & Saviour.
“Lord Jesus, I thank You for Your love. I thank You that You died on the cross for me and resurrected so that I may have life through You.
I confess Lord that I have sinned against You and today I ask You to forgive me of all of my sins, past present and future.
I repent of all of my sins and I ask You to cleanse me Jesus.
Thank You for forgiving my sins.
From this moment, come into my life Lord Jesus & take full control of my life. I want to follow You Jesus and I want to follow Your ways. Save me and from today, make me the person You want me to be.
I receive You Lord Jesus right now by faith. I trust You as my Lord and Savior – Amen”
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