As a believer, how do you define grace?? This morning I went looking for a slip of paper on which I'd scrawled a definition of grace I once heard. (I'll forgo mentioning where and by whom the comment was made.) I wrote it out for the specific purpose of questioning its validity.... here it is.
Grace: God's enabling power to do what He expects. *????* Accurate? Valid? True definition? Thoughts... Comments... Alternative/replacement definitions??
**In the years that have passed since this was first posted, that definition has been modified. First to: God's enabling power to do His will. Later to: God's enabling power and desire to do His will. Now it stands as: God's enabling power to do what the flesh cannot. My questions still linger. Is this a valid, Biblical definition of grace?
On two years of living a queered life.
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Posted 9/6/2005 3:47 PM by ScottishMosher:
hehehe
G.R.A.C.E
God's
Riches
At
Christ's
Expense......
muahahahhaahahha- sorry.. just had to throw the sunday school answer in...
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Posted 9/6/2005 3:59 PM by Savage:
Hey SM!! :wave: Don't laugh, I like that "S.S." definition much better!! =) I've always heard grace defined as "God's unmerited favor"--giving us what we don't deserve; as opposed to His mercy--not giving us what we do deserve.
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Posted 9/6/2005 5:47 PM by douglasdotyii:
savage, I'm not too fond of the first posted definition. It seems to shift the focus on humans and away from God. I like your second definition especially coupled with mercy.
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Posted 9/6/2005 6:25 PM by LoroJoro:
To throw in a little Hebrew--since I busted my tail for 2 years to learn it ;)
Grace simply means "favor" or "gift." Theologically, it refers to the gifts God gives us -- literal "favor" in place of wrath or punishment; undeserved rewards and blessings; everything we need for godliness in Christ Jesus.... the word grace picks up some of those meanings from its usage.
annnnnd.... that's all I remember off the top of my head. Figures. All those hours suffering under Dr. Bell.... ;)
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