"Grace is the external good that opposes the greater evil, God's wrath.
Grace is God's mercy (misericordia Dei) and favor (favor Dei). This
favorable and friendly attitude toward the sinner is an attitude that God
has in himself. When God shows his grace, a sinner encounters not a
hostile God but a merciful and favorable God. God's favor effects in the
sinner a conviction that God is gracious, and his conscience becomes
joyful, secure, and fearless. ...." [page 55: Karkkainen, Veli-Matti.
(2004). ONE WITH GOD: Salvation as Deification and Justification.
Collegeville, MN: Liturgical Press. Liturgical Press: Essential Resources for a Worshiping World ].
God be merciful and gracious unto us in Christ Jesus. Amen and Amen.
In Erie PA USA Scott R. Harrington December 2011 AD
Grace is God's mercy (misericordia Dei) and favor (favor Dei). This
favorable and friendly attitude toward the sinner is an attitude that God
has in himself. When God shows his grace, a sinner encounters not a
hostile God but a merciful and favorable God. God's favor effects in the
sinner a conviction that God is gracious, and his conscience becomes
joyful, secure, and fearless. ...." [page 55: Karkkainen, Veli-Matti.
(2004). ONE WITH GOD: Salvation as Deification and Justification.
Collegeville, MN: Liturgical Press. Liturgical Press: Essential Resources for a Worshiping World ].
God be merciful and gracious unto us in Christ Jesus. Amen and Amen.
In Erie PA USA Scott R. Harrington December 2011 AD