The grace of God has been defined theologically as “unmerited favor.” I like to speak of it as “love in action.” Dr. Lewis Sperry Chafer, the man who taught me theology, made this important statement about God’s grace and God’s love in his book, The Ephesian Letter Doctrinally Considered. A sharp distinction is properly drawn between the compassionate love of God for sinners, and His grace which is now offered to them in Jesus Christ. Divine love and divine grace are not one and the same. God might