What is Grace?

[Fez]

What is grace exactly? Scripture tells us it is a gift, freely given by God, and made stronger by faith. But what does living in/under grace mean exactly? I am a bit in the dark on the subject.

[JB Horn]

What is grace exactly? Scripture tells us it is a gift, freely given by God, and made stronger by faith. But what does living in/under grace mean exactly? I am a bit in the dark on the subject.

The FREE unmerited favor of God.

[Fez]

JB I get that. But what does this allow a believer to do? Can God withdraw this free and unmerited favor at His will?

[OneLight]

JB I get that. But what does this allow a believer to do? Can God withdraw this free and unmerited favor at His will?

Are you asking what grace is or if we can loose our salvation?

[south]

I've always heard grace defined as God giving us what we don't deserve, as opposed to mercy which is God not giving us what we deserve.

South

[JB Horn]

What is grace exactly? Scripture tells us it is a gift, freely given by God, and made stronger by faith. But what does living in/under grace mean exactly? I am a bit in the dark on the subject.

The FREE unmerited favor of God.

God can do anything at His will Fez, your question ask what is the nature of God. Once His grace has brought you to belief on His promise is it His nature to with draw that promise? Is it God's nature to lie?

JB

[desi2007]

God is enough for us no matter what the situation we face.

[BlindSeeker]

What is grace exactly? Scripture tells us it is a gift, freely given by God, and made stronger by faith. But what does living in/under grace mean exactly? I am a bit in the dark on the subject.

It is the divine influence upon the heart of man which enables him to be what God has called him to be and to do the things God has called him to do by FAITHful obedience to His revealed will.

[damo1]

the way i see it is this grace is a free gift given to us it can not be earned and it can not be taken of us

he died for us he took our sins

christians today feel that they have to grovel to god that they have to work or earn the right to be forgiven christians also believe that we can loose our salvation

the way i see it is when we let go he never lets go off us when we sin he forgives when we find it hard to die to our sin full nature he reaches out to us when he forgives us he forgets and never reminds us of our failures or of our sins we had committed when we were his enemys

Romans 6 English standard version

23 for the wages of sin is death but the free will of god is eternal life in christ jesus our lord

his grace washes me clean his grace helps me to forgive his grace teaches me to love his greace enables me to deal with my own flaws his grace helps me love those i find the hardest to lov his grace gets me out of my comfort zones

Romans 5 English standard version

2 through him we have also obtained access by faith into this grace in which we stand and we rejoice in hope of the glory of god

3 more than that we rejoice in our sufferings knowing that suffering produces endurance

4 and endurance produces chracter and charcter produces hope

5 and hope does not put us to shame because gods love has been poured into our hearts through the holy spirit who has been given to us

6 for while we were still weak at the right time christ died for the ungodly

with out his grace fez i would not be able to forgive those who judge me with out his grace fez i would find it hard to put up with what i have put up with with out his grace i could honestly say i would be a nerves wreck

thats the way i see it for my self fez

damo1

[Guest]

.... Can God withdraw this free and unmerited favor at His will?

Kids Trust Daddy

For ye have not received the spirit of bondage again to fear; but ye have received the Spirit of adoption, whereby we cry, Abba, Father.

Romans 8:15

Or Not

Take heed, brethren, lest there be in any of you an evil heart of unbelief, in departing from the living God.

Hebrews 3:12