Direct Answer
Grace would be something a believer keeps receiving and responding to through regular practices. Bill does not describe an ordinary week in detail, so the group will need to work out that part.
Support from the Message
- Bill says the pre-Nicene church believed humans need God's grace to become Christ-like. - He says God reaches out to all with His grace, and all are responsible for their response to it. - He says grace comes primarily through God's word, and that the word introduces us to baptism, communion, fasting, prayer, alms, confessing sins and fellowship. - He describes grace as God giving His favor and bringing change. - He ties that favor to Jesus' promise that the Father will love those who keep His words.
Discussion Follow-up
Which of these practices have you treated as a duty with no connection to grace? How could you receive it this week as something God gives to change you?