grace and mercy mean exactly the same thing.
Not exact matches
Essentially what this
means for the church is that they should not fellowship with him (see 5:10 - 11, 13), for it is primarily in fellowship with other Spirit - led believers where there is
grace, peace,
mercy,
and love.
Second, most importantly, there is a theology of «common
grace» — that
means that human beings are able to do good because of God's
mercy, working through
and in human hearts.
Grace means getting what I don't deserve (everlasting life)
and Mercy means not getting what I do deserve.
A personal meeting that touched my heart
and gave a direction
and a new
meaning to my existence»), theology («Jesus rose from the dead: not to be triumphant over those who refused him, but to certify that the love of God is stronger than death, the forgiveness of God is stronger than any sin»)
and his perspective on
grace («God's
mercy has no limits if he who asks for
mercy does so in contrition
and with a sincere heart»).
The above examples are clear, this new faddy daddy Christianity is doctrines of devils, Our God expects us to be righteous, He says be Holy for I am Holy, we can not do it on our own but that does not
mean we do not come broken before the throne of
mercy and ask for
grace to do His will.
If we reject the
means by which God extends
grace and mercy to us,
and want to depend instead on the blood of bulls
and goats, then there is no chance of forgiveness, but instead have only a «certain fearful expectation of judgment,
and fiery indignation» (Heb 10:27).
Does it
mean that we should always allow wrongdoing to continue, in the name of
mercy and grace?
Rather it must
mean that such actions are pleasing to God, a suitable thanksgiving to God for
grace and mercy given us.
May we attend to humanity again,
and witness to the Lordship of God again,
and know of His
grace and mercy... may we go away from Christmas Eve with the consolation that we
mean so much to God that no external distress can rob us of this ultimate consolation.
It's so important to have the correct perspective, as the world is constantly trying to twist the
meaning of the Bible so that people don't recognize, or have a distorted understanding of, God's love
and mercy and grace.
The penalty for sin is death as sinners we all deserve to die but God in his
mercy and grace sent his only son to take our punishment on himself.Though his blood we are forgiven
and cleansed from all unrighteousness.When Christ spoke the words it is finished the term he used was a legal one that
means the cancelling of a debt that was owed Christ paid our debt in full through his blood
and death on the cross.brentnz
Note also in the reading that this is the word, it is what God said to Moses; that the quality of divine compassion
and mercy and grace here comes through as it has not previously in Exodus; that this is a recital of faith in the nature
and purpose of God (see the emphasis upon the divine «I,» even more pronounced in Hebrew,
and compare the same feature in Joshua 24);
and that all of this is an expansion of the single, simple, eloquent theme which opens
and closes the recital: «I am the LORD,» conveying in the very name all the essential
meaning of the divine Life.
Interpreted ontologically as a metaphysical treatise
and juridically as a moral manual the bible is may transmit knowledge about the God of Nature; but it will not be a
means of
Grace by which we come to trust in the Loving -
Mercy of God the Father of Jesus to stand before God in the psycho - spiritual nakedness necessary for a deeply intimate relationship.
Sometimes that will
mean telling them what the Bible says about right
and wrong,
and sometimes it will
mean showing people
grace and mercy.