Sunny Sunday #1 – Grace

The subject of grace has been on my mind very much lately. It is a subject that I don’t really feel like I have a problem with, but it has been at the center of what I have felt like teaching, talking and thinking about in recent weeks.

Grace, in the divine sense, usually means the predisposition of God towards us. He loves us and wants to help us. He gives us gifts to help us progress. These gifts, including the gift of salvation through the atonement of Jesus Christ, are freely given. They are given through mercy and not on merit.

God is serious when he says ask and ye shall receive. So often we feel that we must somehow earn the gifts of the spirit. That is a false heresy. God will give you gifts if you ask them of him because he loves you and for no other reason. That is the miracle of grace. You cannot earn it, you just need to be thankful for it.