The New Testament word for gift (charisma) has often been translated as grace. All God’s gifts reflect His grace, and the fact that they are gifts means that they are free and cannot be earned. The New Testament’s theology of grace is rooted in the Old Testament idea of God’s favor, which is shown to those who do not deserve it and cannot help themselves.
Then a shoot will grow from the stump of Jesse, and a branch from his roots will bear fruit. The Spirit of the Lord...
And the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat the king of Judah sat each on his throne, having put on their robes, in a void...
"The father of a righteous child has great joy; a man who fathers a wise son rejoices in him."Proverbs 23:24 (ESV)
