Most Christians, when asked to define grace, love or mercy, would have a ready answer. Because they have heard these concepts mentioned often in church, they are pretty sure they know what they mean. And they are pretty sure that they possess them.

But, if you ask a Christian what the Bible says about grace, love or mercy, most cannot give a ready answer or even quote scriptures that explain what they are from God’s point of view. They may know that grace, for example, is a free gift, and they might cite the “God’s riches at Christs Expense,” but they could not explain with confidence what God’s riches are. They know that God loves them, and that God has gives mercy to his people, but beyond these simple answers, they don’t know what God says and they have no real sense of how these concepts are manifest in their lives today. The reason they don’t know what God means by these terms is that they put their trust for understanding in what man has taught them — not in what God says. This is not good. Actually, trusting what man says is sin.  

A good way to begin trusting God is to discover his definition of grace. It is not what man teaches. See this link for God’s idea of grace.

Another good way to learn how to trust God is understand his concept of love. Again, it is not what man teaches. See this link for God’s idea of love.

Mercy is another topic that Christians think they understand but don’t. See this link for God’s idea of mercy.

These links reveal the fact that grace, love and mercy all point to God’s voice. That God should use these three concepts to describe one thing should not be surprising because God actually uses many words to describe his voice.