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We need a definition of grace then. Obviously there's saving grace, which only the elect receive. Then there is what people have termed common grace. I don't know if grace is a good descriptor of God giving the reprobate rain, breath, temporal earthly things. In fact, all these things He gives to His enemies ultimately only heap further condemnation on them at judgment. Are there places in Scripture where these temporal things given to the reprobate are called "grace?" Or is it that grace always carries with it the ultimate end of salvation? I think I would go with no, in that God doesn't show grace to the Reprobate.
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