What does grace mean in Christianity?

Answer 1

The exercise of love, kindness, mercy, favor; disposition to benefit or serve another; favor bestowed or privilege conferred., The divine favor toward man; the mercy of God, as distinguished from His justice; also, any benefits His mercy imparts; divine love or pardon; a state of acceptance with God; enjoyment of the divine favor., The prerogative of mercy execised by the executive, as pardon., The same prerogative when exercised in the form of equitable relief through chancery., Fortune; luck; -- used commonly with hard or sorry when it means misfortune., Inherent excellence; any endowment or characteristic fitted to win favor or confer pleasure or benefit., Beauty, physical, intellectual, or moral; loveliness; commonly, easy elegance of manners; perfection of form., Graceful and beautiful females, sister goddesses, represented by ancient writers as the attendants sometimes of Apollo but oftener of Venus. They were commonly mentioned as three in number; namely, Aglaia, Euphrosyne, and Thalia, and were regarded as the inspirers of the qualities which give attractiveness to wisdom, love, and social intercourse., The title of a duke, a duchess, or an archbishop, and formerly of the king of England., Thanks., A petition for grace; a blessing asked, or thanks rendered, before or after a meal., Ornamental notes or short passages, either introduced by the performer, or indicated by the composer, in which case the notation signs are called grace notes, appeggiaturas, turns, etc., An act, vote, or decree of the government of the institution; a degree or privilege conferred by such vote or decree., A play designed to promote or display grace of motion. It consists in throwing a small hoop from one player to another, by means of two sticks in the hands of each. Called also grace hoop or hoops., To adorn; to decorate; to embellish and dignify., To dignify or raise by an act of favor; to honor., To supply with heavenly grace., To add grace notes, cadenzas, etc., to.

Answer 2

The state of Grace means that you are beautiful and are the princess of god it's self! ==new answer== In the universal language of mind, grace refers to the relief we experience from the karma of repition of painfull experiences which only comes through understanding. When we understand how and why we have particular experiences, then we know how to do things differently so that the results are better.

The term 'State of Grace' (I am not sure exactly who coined the phrase) although not used in The Bible, refers to a persons standing before God at a particular time. The Bible does refer to persons who have 'fallen from grace' as those who were at one time in a 'State of Grace' and have departed from it. In other words, they were believers, and were thus saved by God's grace in Christ and have become unbelievers and are now outside of God's grace, by their own foolish choice.

Although this term has evidently come to have certain connotations in Eastern religious thinking it was originally used in connection with the issue of the biblical doctrine of salvation in Christ. This is of course a totally different perspective as, according to Eastern thinking, man does not need salvation in the biblical sense at all. Both the thing itself and the means of attaining it are quite different.

Answer 3

Grace is unmeritted favor (undeserved blessing) that we have been given because Jesus Christ died for the forgivness of our sins.