Grace – Unmerited Favour
Grace is by some, described as unmerited favour. This raises the question: Is there any favour from God, that is merited. If you answer yes to this question, then probably you do not know yourself or the God that made the universe. Or you have misconception about yourself and your place in the universe.
As for those who believe that they do something for God or work for Him, then I have two texts from the Scriptures for them to expose their misconception:
- First text is from Job 38; 4-7; “Where were you when I laid the earth’s foundation? Tell me, if you understand. Who marked off its dimensions? Surely you know! Who stretched a measuring line across it? On what were its footings set, or who laid its cornerstone— while the morning stars sang together and all the angels shouted for joy?
- Second text is from Acts 17; 24-28; “The God who made the world and everything in it is the Lord of heaven and earth and does not live in temples built by human hands. And he is not served by human hands, as if he needed anything. Rather, he himself gives everyone life and breath and everything else. From one man he made all the nations, that they should inhabit the whole earth; and he marked out their appointed times in history and the boundaries of their lands. God did this so that they would seek him and perhaps reach out for him and find him, though he is not far from any one of us. ‘For in him we live and move and have our being.’ As some of your own poets have said, ‘We are his offspring.’
Living life involves coming across good and evil, good times and not so good times. It is not about deserving good or deserving not so good. Nobody deserves good, and neither does anybody deserves bad, it is not a case of meriting good or evil. God is in control of everything, according to the Scriptures in the Book of Job, chapter 2 verse 10, Shall we accept good from God, and not trouble? This is further verified in the Book of Isaiah 45 verse 7; I form the light and create darkness, I bring prosperity and create disaster; I, the Lord, do all these things.
Therefore, if God is not served by human hands and does not live in temples built by human hands, how come, human beings say that they work or serve in His house? In addition to this, when God was creating the universe, and His designated Messengers [Angels] were looking on, where do human beings get the guts to say that they are winning or have won souls for God? When Jesus Christ stated categorically that human souls are very precious to God, in Mathew 10:29-31; Are not two sparrows sold for a penny? Yet not one of them will fall to the ground outside your Father’s care. And even the very hairs of your head are all numbered. So don’t be afraid; you are worth more than many sparrows. Since God did not use or need the help of His designated Messengers in creating or caring for Sparrows, why would He need the help of human beings to care for or save or win human souls. Study the Scriptures, do not fool yourself, thank God and lastly, there is no merited favour from God.
