Phil Sanders puts that idea in the round file. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Grace is not a wage that is earned, a prize that is won, or an award given for merit.
Grace is a gift.
Grace is getting what we do not deserve. Justice is the righteousness of God acting against the wrongdoing of man. Justice is getting what we do deserve. Mercy is the kindness of God, giving us what we desperately need and cannot supply for ourselves. Jesus died the death we should have died.