Define Grace.?

Question

This is question Twenty One in my ongoing quest to see how much the general populus understands about GOD, the Bible, and the Religions that follow them.

21. What is Grace?

Grace, grace, grace. Everybody's talking about grace. According to the Scriptures and many followers of modern Christianity, Grace is the reward of those that accept Jesus as their Lord and Savior. Well, that's cool and all, but what exactally IS grace. On the many different occasions when I have heard others speak of Grace, I heard many different answers (somesounded delicious!), but surely only one or two could be correct AND accurate, right??

Well, let's see what you think! Don't be basful, there's plenty of room for answers and no character limit!

Speak English and you'll get the ten points.

To shepherdofgarrett:

I only had to read one sentence of that crap to know that you wouldn't be getting the ten points..... and that you were wrong.

To Old Guy:

I guess I could ask you the same thing, you old fart.

Answer 1

Grace is when you recieve what you do not deserve. It's similar to mercy, but a little different. A good example would be when an employee has messed up repeatedly on the job, such as forgetting to log in important information or not closing the til when customers are around. While the boss has legal reasons to fire them, they choose not to. Instead, the boss works with the employee, to help them become better at their job. This is Grace.

As for mercy when you do deserve punishment, but don't get it. Let's say a you steal about $3000 worth of merchandise. The judge sets the fine to about $10,000 or go to jail for five years. You do not have the money, and are about to be taken to jail, when the manager of the store says, "Wait, I will pay the fine for him." This is mercy

Answer 2

I think that the GRACE we receive by accepting GOD as our lord is an open accepting mind.You have the opportunity to view the world threw GOD's eyes.Everything and everyone is special,even those who seem less than deserving of such praise.It's all part of a whole and everyone has a contributing force in this world of ours.To be able to have those views though would make you a saint and we all know that saints are dead.I think if you can love this world and it's people and accept it's faults then you have enough GRACE for a thousand people.

Answer 3

Grace is letting some things slide. The school hallway monitor who always catches any missbehavior is not a person of Grace. Sometimes, and you can sometimes tell when this is, correcting a person wont do any good. Its times like that that you need to have the grace to just let what they did slide right on by. Grace is connected to forgiveness.

Answer 4

Why do you ask? Have you looked it up or do you only look for logic, opinions? Grace means, Undeserved acceptance and love received from another. The biblical words for "grace" are used in a variety of ways. It's hard for many people to accept in this "love" conditional world we live in that our Creator would actually give US undeserved grace, huh?

Answer 5

I believe that defining Grace would be relative to what terms you are actually talking about. Grace to a Christian is going to mean that through the acceptance of Christ as your Savior your sin is forgiven by God. If you believe in God as Christians do, you believe that God is in charge and the supreme ruler of the universe. You also would believe God has certain attributes such as he is a kind God, hates sin (as defined in the Bible), and loves humankind. He loves everyone. Unfortunately, he really hates sin. So, since it is impossible for anyone to live a totally sinless life he sent Christ as the human example. Christ lead according to scripture a sinless life. Christ also was sent to teach us about God and what God really meant by the some of the things he said and did. Grace in terms of thinking from a Christian perspective is coming to terms with the ugliness of sin and knowing one man (God's son, Jesus) made the ultimate sacrifice to save humankind in God's eyes. This really leads on and on to further discussion. I believe that you can define Grace in many different ways, it really seems to lead back to God. Afterall, aside from looking at the Christian perspective. If you believe in God as the creator of the universe, he would be the one who created Grace. :) Just more food for thought!!

Answer 6

Grace pretains to religion, a name or a person's title.

Example
(1.) Religion: Grace (prayer), a short prayer said before a meal to bless and give thanks for it, in Christianity and other religions OR Divine grace, unearned favors or mercy received from God

(2.) Title: His or Her Grace, was the style of the King or Queen of Scots

(3.) Name: Grace a female givin name or Princess Grace (born Grace Kelly, a movie star) of Monaco

Answer 7

If your first response is to slam someone for their understanding of Grace, does that mean you do not live out grace in your own life?


My-----My----- My---- a little touchy aren't we. If you are going to ask a question about grace, it is advisable that you exhibit grace in your responses. When you are all talk and no walk, people find it hard to take you seriously.

Answer 8

Grace is unmerited favor (of God in this particular context). The definition "getting what we don't deserve" is a very good one.

The Bible premise is that due to our sins we deserve death (Romans 6:23). The mercy of God (not getting what we deserve) means that we don't just die automatically whenever we sin. The grace of God means that even though we do not deserve it, God has provided a way for us to be redeemed to Him and not just escape death, but to inherit eternal life in Heaven. The Bible says that that "way" to escape death & inherit life is to OBEY HIS WORD.

Answer 9

Grace was the red-haired companion of Will, deftly played by Debra Messing, on the show Will and Grace that aired on NBC. Oh...grace. Grace is that thing you know that good people get when they follow everything their supposed to and I think it has something to do with heaven or something and it comes with a card.

Answer 10

First, I disagree with you that Grace is a reward! That means you have to earn it and that is not appropriate Christian Theology. Grace is a simple concept that is difficult to embrace.

Grace is a gift to all those who believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God and that He died on the cross as a sacrifice to bring forgiveness for our sins. Jesus Christ is called, "The Lamb of God," because He takes our place as the symbol of atonement.

Grace frees us from bondage to sin and allows us the opportunity to serve God in God's Kingdom. Grace is God's undeserved, unearned and unconditional love bestowed upon all who profess Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior.

In the Christian Church,Outward expressions of God's Grace are seen in the Sacrament of Baptism, where in the expression of water, we die the death of our sinful humanity and are reborn into a new life in Jesus Christ.

Also, The sacrament of Holy Communion is an expression of God's grace, where Christ shares with us God's love, forgiveness, and presence represented through the simple elements of Bread and Wine.

I am sure that there are many other ways to receive God's Grace. Our God is infinite in His expression of love and forgiveness to his creation.


Well!! I feel privileged to be singled out for sharing good Lutheran Theology. I know that you feel this is "crap", but this is the basis of Paul's theology shared in the book of Romans. It might help you to read and study scripture before you summarily discount the word of a pastor.

But then again, this is symptomatic with many in the world today. If it doesn't fit in your scope of beliefs it is automatically trash and doesn't warrant consideration. I can only pray you are able to come to grips with a definition of grace that truly explains the wonder and blessing of a God that loves you unconditionally.


Here is a challenge! Let your readers decide which one of these definitions best fits their understanding of grace. I am not saying that I have given the best answer. I have learned from some of the other answers.

My confusion with your response is that "Grace" is a religious and spiritual term carried on for thousands of years passed on from the Jewish faith and given new interpretation in the Christian faith. When you try to secularize its' definition, you remove it from its' context and its' true and original meaning.