[kosta50]

Oh come on Kosta, just admit it you can't acknowledge that Grace is given by God alone and nothing we do warrants it. If you were to acknowledge that your house of cards falls down

It's an unwarranted pardon, an act of underserved mercy and not something we carry. It i not a "gift" like a book or a piece of jewlery.

I will always use the phrase "free gift" because it clearly relays what's happening

There is nothing 'happening' there. It's clemency which you can't earn, buy or deserve. Mercy pure and simple.

But, you can do whatever you wish; some people persistantly say '10 AM in the morning..."

[Dr. Eckleburg]

It's an unwarranted pardon, an act of underserved mercy

True, but as we've seen with our only impeached President, pardons are not always "free." They can be bought.

Mercy is a free pardon; we have been acquitted by God's grace alone through Jesus Christ taking on the punishment rightly due us and paying for our sins in full.

Free of charge. No payment required. Only gratitude, after the fact.

[Forest Keeper]

It's [grace, or "saving grace"] an unwarranted pardon, an act of undeserved mercy and not something we carry. It is not a "gift" like a book or a piece of jewelry.

You are right that it is not a gift like a book or a piece of jewelry. It is a gift, or "thing", of infinitely greater value, freedom. When a master releases his slave from bondage, do you think the slave perceives that a gift has been given to him? I certainly think so. The former slave will absolutely carry his freedom with him for the rest of his life. Likewise, the recipient of God's saving grace will carry his freedom, salvation, the Holy Spirit, and more with him for the rest of his life.