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Grace is a gift of God that we don't deserve lah!  We deserve to die if we don't believe in Jesus and accept Him as Lord and Saviour, but through faith we believe and by God's grace we need not die in eternity lah! You're right bro, grace isn't something easily understood lah!

I'm at one with you on this - as sinners who have rebelled against the Creator of heaven and earth, we get what we deserve and be sentenced to the second death. But we know God is a God of love and wouldn't let any of us perish in the end. Only by grace can we be restored and redeemed.

Some people assume they don't really need to be religious since God gives that grace to everyone and doesn't allow anyone to perish. Does not love require that God give His grace liberally to everyone in the end. This is a most perilous assumption anyone could make about grace. Though grace is plenteous and is given freely, it must never be taken for granted.

Nothing requires that God be gracious and loving. For if grace is ever required, it's no longer grace. Grace can't be required. If we merit it, or think our good works merit grace, then it's no longer grace. And if God is obliged to give it then it's no longer grace.

For us who have experienced the grace of salvation, opportunities arise for a display of gratitude. Our response to grace is obedience. The sum of theology is grace; the sum of ethics is gratitude. We may confuse grace with justice, thinking that somehow God "owes" us His grace. In that case, we need to go back and examine the law. Once I sin against God, He owes me nothing. I'm desperately in need of His grace and will surely perish without it, but I can never demand that He gives it to me.