Why grace???

So much here about grace so I thought I'd ask......why did God give us grace?

He gives of Himself because He loves us that Much!

It is the grace of God.

So that it might not be of works...

Also to empower us

We have been given grace through the blood of Jesus, because without it, we could never have been reconciled back to God. God loves us, and desires to save us, but not at the expense of His righteousness and justice. Grace is God showing His mercy while remaining Holy.

Grace is our pardon, paid for by Christ

Do you find yourself growing in grace???

We all should be.

"But grow in grace, and in the knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. To him be glory both now and for ever. Amen." (2 Peter 3:18)

If not for grace, NO ONE could or would ever meet the requirements of the Holy nature of the Righteous God of heaven.......

I find it is a place of being/living...... "under grace"

It is positional........numerous verses point this out.....

In the grace wherein we now STAND <--Romans 5
In the grace you are, having been saved by faith <---2nd Timothy

Just to name 2

"For by grace you have been saved through faith and that not of yourselves" - Grace is a gift from God.

It is the love and mercy given to us by God, not because we deserve it, but because God loves us.

Simply said: Why did God give us grace?....because he loves us. Faith and grace go hand in hand.

Thank you for adding in the scripture!!!

Correction in the bolded....still have jet lag from flight from Australia (takes about a week to get biological clock back on American time) and on cold meds HAHAHAH

On our part....God had no choice...we were a doomed race...an utter and total failure.

On God's part....He gets the glory and praise and worship and worshippers.

Works for me.

Is growing in grace a requirement???

I think it is a natural consequence of increasing the Holy Spirit within us. Not sure what you mean by requirement? Maybe you mean growing in grace is a requirement for entering the pearly gates of Heaven?

Pottersclay, could you please provide us with your definition/understanding of what grace is. It will help me think about your original question.

Hello devoiler, welcome to c.c. I thought I'd start this thread and at first only ask questions, I have many brothers and sisters in this forum that can answer as well or even better than I can. As you see we have many subjects to choose from but many of them have been hammered to death. There are also a few that are and have been refuted for centuries, then there are ones that IMO are a waste of time.
My heart is that some do not understand the core issues of christianty, they are swayed by YouTube videos and false doctrine.
So in effort to do my part is to ask questions that some may feel afraid to ask as it would suggest a lack of knowledge.
I started with grace as I said in the o.p. it's talked about alot so what is it.

Because He's gracious. It's what He does.

Psalm 103:8 The LORD is merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and plenteous in mercy.
Titus 2:11 For the grace of God that bringeth salvation hath appeared to all men ...

Grace so what is it? Is it a pardon? Is it a start over? Is it forgiveness?
First of all as we see in scripture it's a action that takes place. Not a thought nor a decree but a action.
We see our gracious God covering the sins of our first parents in Genesis. Why did he do this????