5/20/2023 0 Comments What does unmerited meanAnd yes, God causes the sun to shine on the good and bad (Matthew 5:45) - this is to give them an opportunity to repent and not a licence to remain in their sinful ways. So when the wicked prosper as believers we shouldn’t envy them as advised by David in Psalm 37:7. Your eyes are too pure to approve evil, And You can not look on wickedness with favour. According to Prophet Habakuk, God’s can’t give favour to the wicked This could be favour through manipulative means. Some people experience favour in their life without grace. In the same vein, favour is an act of God’s grace, but not all favour is God’s grace. Just like Paul said if you sell all property to give to the poor with no Love it means nothing (1Corinthians 13:3). Some people may be kind for selfish reasons or hidden motives. For example, Love is kind but we can’t say kindness is Love - because not all kindness is an act of Love. Note that, using one of the attributes to describe love will be insufficient. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud…”1 Corinthians 13:4–8 Grace is similar to Love that has different attributes as defined in scriptures In Hebrew, the word grace is called ‘Chen’ which derives from a root meaning “favour, mercy, kindness, graciousness.” This is why we can’t limit the definition of grace to favour alone - so favour, mercy, kindness and love are all act of God’s grace. This shows us that when you’re corrupt and not willing to repent, there is no favour of God. “God saw how corrupt the earth had become, for all the people on earth had corrupted their ways.” (Genesis 6:12) If grace is purely unmerited then God would have spared the corrupt people of Noah’s time or spared the people of Sodom and Gomorrah - after all grace is ‘unmerited.’ Noah was faithful to God and he got the grace on him and his family. “Noah was a righteous man, blameless among the people of his time, and he walked faithfully with God.” Genesis 6:9 The scriptures tell us why He got favour from the LORD in the midst of a corrupt world. In the scriptures, the grace of God has been on people who live right with God or willing to repent like the people of Ninevah.įrom the scriptures above, God didn’t give grace to Noah by chance as the word unmerited may insinuate. Surprisingly, the grace of God is not purely unmerited like a game of luck or random selection.
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