• What Grace Means

  Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 4, 2012 (message contributor)

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  Scripture:  Ephesians 2:8-9

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WHAT GRACE MEANS

When a person works an eight-hour day and receives a fair day’s pay for his time, that is a wage. When a person competes with an opponent and receives a trophy for his performance, that is a prize. When a person receives appropriate recognition for his long service or high achievements, that is an award.

But when a person is not capable of earning a wage, can win no prize, and deserves no award--yet receives such a gift anyway--that is a good picture of God’s unmerited favor.

This is what we mean when we talk about the grace of God.

(From a sermon by Steve Shepherd, The Grace of God, 11/1/2011)