What is Grace?

“The very center and core of the whole Bible is the doctrine of the grace of God.” –
J. Gresham Machen

“Grace” is the most important concept in the Bible, Christianity, and the world. It is most clearly expressed in the promises of God revealed in Scripture and embodied in Jesus Christ.

Grace is the love of God shown to the unlovely, the peace of God given to the restless, the unmerited favor of God.

What are some ways people have defined grace?

• B.B. Warfield: “Grace is free sovereign favor to the ill-deserving.”
• John Stott: “Grace is love that cares and stoops and rescues.”
• Jerry Bridges: “[Grace] is God reaching downward to people who are in rebellion against him.”
• Paul Zahl: “Grace is unconditional love toward a person who does not deserve it.”    Continue at Justin Holcomb