Wrong
That was an online dictionary
You err
Grace is contrary to merit
Grace definition
(in Christian belief) the free and
unmerited favor of God, as manifested in the salvation of sinners and the bestowal of blessings.
Romans 4:1-16 (KJV)
1 What shall we say then that Abraham our father, as pertaining to the flesh, hath found?
2 For if Abraham were justified by works, he hath
whereof to glory; but not before God.
3 For what saith the scripture? Abraham believed God, and it was counted unto him for righteousness.
4 Now to him that worketh is the reward not reckoned of grace, but of debt.
5 But to him that worketh not, but believeth on him that justifieth the ungodly, his faith is counted for righteousness.
6 Even as David also describeth the blessedness of the man, unto whom God imputeth righteousness without works,
7
Saying, Blessed
are they whose iniquities are forgiven, and whose sins are covered.
8 Blessed
is the man to whom the Lord will not impute sin.
9
Cometh this blessedness then upon the circumcision
only, or upon the uncircumcision also? for we say that faith was reckoned to Abraham for righteousness.
10 How was it then reckoned? when he was in circumcision, or in uncircumcision? Not in circumcision, but in uncircumcision.
11 And he received the sign of circumcision, a seal of the righteousness of the faith which
he had yet being uncircumcised: that he might be the father of all them that believe, though they be not circumcised; that righteousness might be imputed unto them also:
12 And the father of circumcision to them who are not of the circumcision only, but who also walk in the steps of that faith of our father Abraham, which
he had being
yet uncircumcised.
13 For the promise, that he should be the heir of the world,
was not to Abraham, or to his seed, through the law, but through the righteousness of faith.
14 For if they which are of the law
be heirs, faith is made void, and the promise made of none effect:
15 Because the law worketh wrath: for where no law is,
there is no transgression.
16 Therefore
it is of faith, that
it might be by grace; to the end the promise might be sure to all the seed; not to that only which is of the law, but to that also which is of the faith of Abraham; who is the father of us all,
Sorry but confound condition and merit
Why did Christ die if you could merit salvation
You are completely unbiblical here
Maybe you should get it into your head I stated nothing at all about faith, believing etc are works
You seem to have invented that
However merit and reward are synonymous concepts
and such is denied in verses 4-5
Romans 4:4-5 (KJV)
4 Now to him that worketh is the reward not reckoned of grace, but of debt.
5 But to him that worketh not, but believeth on him that justifieth the ungodly, his faith is counted for righteousness.
online definition
Merit
- the quality of being particularly good or worthy, especially so as to deserve praise or reward.
So your claim of merit is unbiblical