Grace and Mercy are two of the most important attributes of God for humanity to see and recognize in order to receive true salvation. To God, grace and mercy are one; but humanity sees them are two separate things, similar but still different. Mercy is when you are spared from the bad things that you deserve. Grace is when you get the good things that you don't deserve. We must realize that God is generous with both. We could not gain salvation without Grace and Mercy. We need them both so much more than we could ever understand.
Why do we need grace and mercy? Imagine this. You are walking into Heaven and you are welcomed by thousands of beautiful angels playing the most wonderful symphonic music that you have ever heard. Everything is so much more beautiful than your human mind could have ever imagined. The colors are brighter, and there are even some that were not on Earth. Heaven is beautiful, and so captivating that you cannot even speak. You see Jesus Christ approach you. Instantly, you fall to your knees, ready to worship Him. He is your king, and you feel the presence of His authority and power. Before you can open your mouth, He says, "I am going to question you. Stand up and make these things known to me. Are you not the one who was a child of chaos and destruction? Are you not the one who broke my law time and time again? Are you not the one who was born in sin and shaped in inequity? Are you not the one who sided with the Devil and brought darkness upon the Earth? Are you not the one who tried to dethrone my Father? Are you not the one who was with the rebellion against the Kingdom of God? Are you not the one who allowed his sinful passions to take control? Are you not the one who submitted to his flesh instead of my law? I have questioned you. Make these things known to me, for you are not written in the Lamb's book of life. Depart from me."
Imagine if that was your welcoming by Christ. Where was the love and the forgiveness? Well, one way that we interpret His love and forgiveness is by His grace and mercy. It is by His mercy that we are forgiven and allowed to enter into the kingdom, no longer making us a part of the rebellion that was against God. It is by his grace that we are given crowns and welcomed into the kingdom, helping us to change from children of chaos to children of God. We need His grace and mercy because it is an attribute needed by sinful creatures. If we were all perfect, we would never know of God's grace and mercy. It would still exist, but we would never sing it praises because we would never need it or know of it; just as there may be attributes that the angels in Heaven praise God for but we may not know because they are irrelevant to us and were not made known to our created understanding.
It is by mercy that we are picked up from the Kingdom of Darkness and brought over to the Kingdom of Light. It is by mercy that we no longer have to fear Hell, because the mercy that we were shown at the cross to redeem us never runs dry. It is mercy that says that we will not receive the punishment that we deserve. It is by God's mercy that we are saved, because His mercy will never run dry or diminish. We must remember that His mercy will always be there for us. If we choose to reject His mercy, casting Him away, we will be forced to face His justice without protection. We need His mercy in order to be redeemed.
It is by grace that we have more than enough to become new. It is by grace that we have all of the proper tools to change sides, from darkness to light. It is by grace that we are given the proper tools to change our nature from sinful to righteous in God. It is by God's grace that we are able to be made holy by God. It is by God's grace that Jesus Christ died on the cross for us and paid for our sins. It is by God's grace that everything we do is able to be forgiven and cleansed.
Romans 5:20 says, "...But where sin abounded, grace did much more abound." No matter how far our sins go, God's grace and mercy overcome it. Our sins are horrible in the eyes of God and the wadges of sin equal death (Romans 6:23) but the grace and mercy of God far exceed it. No matter how much we sin and how badly we mess up, God's grace and mercy are infinite. Our sin can be like a mountain: taller than we can see, wider than we can reach around, and heavier than we could ever lift; but even our sin is finite in comparison to God. No matter how big the mountain of sin is, God's grace and mercy abound much more. His love goes beyond our sin because His love cannot be stopped, blocked, or limited by anything that we do. No matter what we say, what we hear, or how we feel, God's grace and mercy are infinite and cannot be overcome.
-D
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