Grace is that divine lift: 'For the grace of God has appeared, bringing salvation to all people' ( Titus 2:11). Because of his predicament, man needed a divine lift (see Romans 3:9-26). The apostle Paul affirms 'For by grace you have been saved through faith and that not of yourself, it is the gift of God' ( Ephesians 2:8).

It will, however, consider charis in reference to our soul salvation, as presented in Scripture.įirst, our salvation from sin commences with the grace of God ( he charis tou theou). Thayer made some significant observations concerning the meaning of charis: 'that which affords joy, pleasure, delight, sweetness, charm, loveliness…good-will, loving-kindness, favor… charis is used pre-eminently of that kindness by which God bestows favors even upon the ill-deserving, and grants to sinners the pardon of their offences, and bids them accept of eternal salvation through Christ.' F1 Though our word charis is used 155 times in the NT, it is not always translated with the familiar word 'grace.' This article will not attempt to explore every occurrence the Greek term charis.

Our word this week is the Greek term charis.

What does the word charis mean