JONATHAN
What is Grace?
Good morning! My name is Jonathan Crabtree, and I’m the Pastor for Student
Ministry at Central United Methodist Church in downtown Meridian. What
is grace? Perhaps you say “grace” before eating a meal. Sometimes we define
grace as, “unmerited favor.” While that is true, I believe grace is something
more than a word.
I think another working definition of grace could be this: God coming to
help us. How did God do this? God came as the person of Jesus Christ, and
lived among us. Through the death and resurrection of Jesus, the power and
guilt of sin over humanity has been destroyed. Trusting in this act will
inhibit a relationship with the living God. Therefore, God came to help
humanity not with a magical sprinkle of “grace” dust but through the person
of Jesus Christ. Grace is not a what; it’s a who: Jesus Christ. And Jesus Christ
lives today and is with us. So the question is not, “What is grace” but, “Who
is Grace?” Who is Grace to you?
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