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.
But now thus says the Lord, he who created you, O Jacob, he who formed you, O Israel: ''Fear not, for I have redeemed...
You yourselves like living stones are being built up as a spiritual house, to be a holy priesthood, to offer spiritual sacrifices acceptable to...
Deuteronomy 7:22 says, "And the Lord your God will drive out those nations before you little by little; you will be unable to destroy...
