Grace has been commonly defined as “unmerited favor,” and that’s a fine enough definition. Grace is the giving of a blessing apart from an earning of the blessing. The idea of grace in Christianity corresponds to the notion that God saves sinners purely because he loves them and therefore wants to save them. He does not save them because they’ve been good enough to somehow merit his interest. Real, authentic Christianity teaches that only Jesus Christ is able to do the impossible work of justifying sinners before a perfect and holy God.
