What is grace according to this teaching?
Grace is unmerited favor from God. According to this teaching, there is nothing in us that can merit any favor with God; it is all of His grace. Grace follows mercy, which God poured out on Christ on the cross, so now He can give grace, which we do not deserve.
Les explains that grace is unmerited favor, and that there is nothing in us that can merit any favor with God. He emphasizes that grace could never have happened without mercy. Since God poured out His mercy on Christ on the cross, we no longer have to cry for mercy; now God can give grace. We do not deserve any of this.