Why is grace essential for understanding who God is?
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Grace is essential because it is through God's grace that we can have right thoughts about Him and comprehend our true nature.
Grace is the unmerited favor of God that enables us to understand spiritual truths that our sinful nature would otherwise obscure. This grace graciously opens the mind and heart to perceive and accept the reality of God's character, His redemptive work, and our need for salvation. Without grace, we remain in our corrupted thinking, reflecting the fallen state of mankind as described in Romans 1, where people exchange the truth of God for lies. The right thoughts about God, ourselves, and salvation come only from God’s grace. This truth is vital for Christians as it shapes their faith, worship, and understanding of their relationship with God through Christ.
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