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Grace and Favor
But Noah found grace in the eyes of the Lord.
Genesis 6:8
In British English the phrase “grace and favour” refers to a property provided by the government rent free in recognition of one’s service to the country. Grace and favor are synonyms in English and carry a similar core idea: free. We could say that grace and favour properties are earned by their recipients, but they are free in the sense that their provision is not an obligation.
Recommended Reading:
Luke 1:26-28
English translations of Scripture use grace and favor to translate the same Hebrew and Greek terms. Both words carry the same idea of free. For instance, Noah found grace [favor] in the eyes of God in a wicked period of history. Yes, Noah was a righteous and blameless man who walked with God (Genesis 6:9). But he did not earn the favor God bestowed upon him. Rather, God looked with favor upon Noah as a man He could trust. The same was said of Mary the earthly mother of Jesus who was a “highly favored one” (Luke 1:28)—someone God could trust with a weighty commission.
We are saved freely by grace (Ephesians 2:8-9). Let us also live as those God can call when He needs a faithful servant.
God is better than gold, His favor is better than fortune.
Charles Spurgeon

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