free grace
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- noun
- Formal
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gracia gratuita
- A godly pastor is one who is like God, who has a heart of free grace running after sinners.
Examples
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And you who feel just as fit for hell, are just as fit to advance his glory; the glory of his free grace.
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Because we are daily sinners, we need God's daily distributions of free grace that come our way as a result of Christ's finished work.
Blog text (5) -
It is a pastor who has been mastered by the unconditional, free grace of God.
Blog text (14) -
Humanity was depraved: such was the Adamic bequest; free grace saved the depraved soul: such was the point of Christ's coming and suffering.
Academic text (2006) -
Many believe that salvation is a gift of free grace that cannot be earned or deserved.
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The concept of free grace emphasizes that God's kindness is given without any requirement of good works.
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In Christian theology, free grace signifies the unearned favor that God shows to humanity for redemption.
Synonyms
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Kindness and forgiveness shown to someone who has not earned it
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Help from God that people do not earn
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is directly derivable from the constituents: 'free' (provided without cost/obligation) + 'grace' (unearned favor), so a learner who knows both words can infer 'grace given freely, not earned'. Although used as a theological term, the sense is compositional and predictable rather than idiomatic.
Etymology
Free grace comes from Christian teaching and gives a simple picture: free means given without cost and grace means God's kind favour or help. So it means 'God's kindness that people do not earn'.