So for you grace is some-thing separate from the being and activity of Christ?
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There are 20 sub-topics of "G":
Gainsay, Gainsayer Galbanum Garlick Gat Gier Eagle Girding Girdle Glede Goodman Goodman of the House Governor Grace
Graffed Graved Graven Graven Image Gravings Grisled Groves guwr: awe, abide
This is the only sub-topic of Grace:
Strong's Definitions of Grace
How can we know anything about anything? That's the real question[h=1]Bible Dictionary: Define Grace, Definition of Grace[/h]
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[h=3]Definition of Grace:[/h]
Grace, which is accessed only by
faith, is the power of God by which He does righteousness through anyone who will yield to Him.
Grace is perhaps one of the most misunderstood words, along with
faith, in the entire Bible. And it is one of the most important. Some people define grace as forgiveness. Some people define grace as good manners. Some people define grace as mercy. None of these are good definitions of grace. Grace is so much more than that. See also:
charis (the power of God for His work)
- Grace is the only means by which any person can ever do any good works. It is faith that gives access to grace, and faith only comes by an utterance of God, that is, God must be leading and the person receiving faith must be in submission.
- Grace, in Greek, is the word, charis. In addition to charis, there is the word charismata, which is a word related to charis, but it is only used in reference to what have become known as the nine gifts of the Spirit, which are mentioned in 1 Corinthians 12.
The following is a quote from
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Divine_grace as of 12-18-2012:
"Grace in this context is something that is God-given, made possible only by Jesus Christ and none other. It is God's gift of salvation granted to sinners for their salvation. Common Christian teaching is that grace is unmerited mercy (favor) that God gave to humanity by sending his son to die on a cross, thus delivering eternal salvation. However, this definition alone may not cover all uses of the term in scripture. For example Luke 2:40 (King James Version) "And the child grew, and waxed strong in spirit, filled with wisdom: and the grace of God was upon him." In this example when using the definition of grace to mean unmerited favor it does not make sense that the sinless Christ would need this. Equally how can one fall short of grace (James 4:6) or meekness attract it and pride repel it (Galations 5:4) if it is unmerited. James Ryle has suggested "Grace is the empowering Presence of God enabling you to be who He created you to be, and to do what He has called you to do." Alternatively Bill Gothard has suggested "Grace gives us the desire and the power that God gives us to do his will."[1] Both of these definitions make good sense of the word grace throughout the Bible."
Romans 1:5 By whom we have received grace and apostleship, for obedience to the
faith among all nations, for his name:
Romans 3:23-24 For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God; Being justified freely by his grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus:
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