Defining Grace

Psalms 40:11 (KJV) Withhold not thou thy tender mercies from me, O LORD: let thy lovingkindness and thy truth continually preserve me.

(Proverbs 27 also read)

One of the ongoing interests I have is trying to define grace.  We talk about it in different ways.  The common, popular definition is “undeserved merit”.  I prefer to define it as “God’s love in action.”

We also precede it with different adjectives.  We talk about saving grace.  We talk about sustaining grace.  You get the idea.  Here we have insights into how God moves in our lives and keeps our heads above water.  There are two words here that are very important.  The first is “loving kindness“.  I think this is chesed.  Then, of course you have that concept of truth, which we assume is universal, objective, and unchanging.

So?  Make sure you look for your definitions of biblical terms in the Bible.  Theology can help sometimes but keep in mind, that theologians, and blog writers, have their own opinions.