9:2-7, 11-13), a debilitating weakness or absence of strength (Ps.
Scripture repeatedly warns us that God will judge us according to what we have done in this life (Ps. Human beings need grace because they are under the judgment, the condemnation, of sin. Grace cannot be understood except as God’s response to a problem-namely, the problem of sin. If we to understand grace accurately, however, we need to see it in the larger context of the gospel as it is presented in the Bible. In a way, grace is “unfair”-it has to do with God giving people something good that they do not deserve. The Christian concept of grace, though precious to hundreds of millions of Christians, is misunderstood by many people today both inside and outside Christianity, and it is even despised by many non-Christians as an idea that offends their sensibilities of fairness.