... nothing to the receiver, but everything to the giver. Just as the last statement says above, God paid the price himself by giving up his own Son. This further illustrates the second point of grace. Grace does have a cost to it, but it is absorbed by the giver, which adds the element of self-sacrifice to grace. Grace is only free to us because the giver bears the cost, whether the giver is god ... or man. The quote by General Loewenhielm in the story of Babette's feast summarizes this point, "Grace, my friends, demands nothing from us but that we shall await ... . Grace is unfair, and th...

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