Christians: what is the difference between grace and mercy?

Question

I am also a Christian, but I am not totally clear on how grace and mercy differ.

Thank you, and God bless.

Answer 1

Grace is given and mercy is shown, or shared.
Grace is a free gift, something wonderful that you did not have to deserve, it was given out of love from the One who has given it. God gives grace and it is awesome when we chose to give it to one another, mostly by picking our battles or blessing out of the blue. It is unmerited favor from God.

Mercy is God's withholding what should happen as far as justice, punishment or spiritual law being carried out. It helps us to stay cared for and protected. There is usually a need when mercy is shown, whereby if that mercy hadn't been shown, suffering would have taken place.It is being spared from impending danger.

God bless you too, Thank You!

Answer 2

Grace, by my knowledge, is wen you ask for something good before the time that you need it and mercy is like getting something after you as exceeded the time that you need it. So you say, by Gods Grace i will be there tomorrow or the Grace of the Lord shall be with you. so grace is like a future thing that is still going to happen to you whereas you say have mercy on someones soul or have mercy on me after sinning. Basically mercy is when you want sympathy from God or someone

Answer 3

Grace - you get into heaven undeserved through Christ

Mercy - Those who do not deserve to live in the flesh are allowed to continue there lives.

As a Christian I receive Mercy that allows me to continue to study and when I die (pass this flesh life) I by grace shell enter the Kingdom.

Answer 4

Grace is a gift or gifts that god gives you...his giving nature
Mercy is just that mercy...it requires a lot of patience to not punish someone who deserves punishment. We would all be dead by now if God did not show mercy. I don't think it is forgiving but maybe tolerant...patient....b/c after a wall if you keep taking advantage of God's mercy....you will burn...

Answer 5

When God shows mercy, he is letting us free from the consequences of our actions. We know we have violated God's perfect laws, therefore we ask for the mercy of Christ, so we don't have to pay for the sins we commit.

Grace is found in that while we were yet sinners Christ died for us.. He showed his grace to us, in that even though we were guilty,,, he was willing to forgive us,, and give us a hope.

Answer 6

Unmerited favor= grace. Mercy=kindness.

Answer 7

According to Christian theology, grace is being under the divine influence of god; and mercy is the administering of justice.

Answer 8

GRACE Undeserved acceptance and love received from another, especially the characteristic attitude of God in providing salvation for sinners. For Christians, the word "grace" is virtually synonymous with the gospel of God's gift of unmerited salvation in Jesus Christ.

Divine love and protection bestowed freely on people. The state of being protected or sanctified by the favor of God.

MERCY compassion for the miserable. Its object is misery. By the atoning sacrifice of Christ a way is open for the exercise of mercy towards the sons of men, in harmony with the demands of truth and righteousness.

A disposition to be kind and forgiving.
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Grace and mercy are similar.

Grace is God's choosing to love us. Obviously he loves people differently. He does love the lost..by providing them homes, jobs, food and so on... but he has a special love for his children. This is Grace. He does not shower grace on those that are not his.

Mercy is God's choosing to forgive us when we are still rotten sinners. He has chosen to forgive our sins. This forgiveness came with a price that only He could pay. He sent Jesus into the world to die for a certian group of people...his sheep.

This touches on the atonement...the blood that Christ shed was for his sheep...all that would hear him call. Christ did not die for the entire human race...if that was so, everyone would be saved. Not Jesus died for a his flock...they are all the ones that would hear him and follow.

John 10:15-16 (NIV)
just as the Father knows me and I know the Father--and I lay down my life for the sheep. [16] I have other sheep that are not of this sheep pen. I must bring them also. They too will listen to my voice, and there shall be one flock and one shepherd.

God will have mercy on whom he will have mercy. Romans 9:15 (NIV)
For he says to Moses,

"I will have mercy on whom I have mercy,
and I will have compassion on whom I have compassion."

It is God's choice on who he will call...on who he will forgive...on who he will help in understanding who he is....

Praise God that He has chosen me to shower his grace and mercy upon...for I know I do not deserve to have his favor upon me.

Answer 9

Grace is God's gift to us to help us get through or over something.

Mercy is God's gift to us after we fall from our walk and he picks us back up.

Answer 10

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