Grace is a central characteristic of the Gospel, and we must understand its meaning to understand the New Testament. The term has several meanings, but we will consider only those directly related to redemption. Those who belong to him receive of the fulness of his grace . . . Before we examine the use of the term grace in the New Testament, we need to mention an important aspect of grace. Grace is not a man-made effort.
Grace plays the central part in justification of the sinner.
Justification is the act whereby the sinner who believes in Jesus Christ is considered to have a perfect standing before God. The term is the positive act of God declaring the sinner just or righteous . From these Scriptures we see that grace plays the central part in man's redemption. Today the justification aspect of grace is well-known and rightly receives much emphasis. However, grace is more.