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this mercy in Psalm 51:1-2 in food and other essentials, and
confessing his sin: every good thing that happens
“Have mercy on me, O to a person regardless of
God, according to your whether the person is a believer
steadfast love; according or unbeliever.
to your abundant mercy Saving grace is grace from
blot out my transgressions. God which provides salvation
Wash me thoroughly from to a person. This is the grace
my iniquity, and cleanse
me from my sin.” described in Ephesians 2:8-9
Despite his many failures, that states:
David asked God to relent and “For by grace you have
been saved through faith.
not bring upon him the full And this is not your own
consequences of his sin. Grace, doing; it is the gift of God,
on the other hand, is God's not a result of works, so
extending favor toward us that that no one may boast.”
we do not deserve. Both According to Lane (Arabic-
Ephesian 2:5 and 2:8 state it is English Lexicon Dictionary),
“by grace you have been raḥmān has the more intensive
saved”. meaning, taken to include as
God's salvation comes from objects of sympathy both the
His grace. Some describe grace believer and the unbeliever and
as an unmerited or unearned may, therefore, be rendered as “the
favor. All-merciful” and raḥīm; on the
In theology, two types of other hand, is taken to include as
grace are often distinguished: objects the believer in particular,
common grace and saving may be rendered as “the
grace. Gracious”, And no need to add the
Common grace is defined as word “All”, because the rahim has
God's grace given to all not that intensive meaning.
humanity regardless of their (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basmala)
response to Him.
This can include the beauty
of creation, the provision of
