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· 10 viewsGod's Amazing Grace: I Once Was Dead
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I. Introduction
Blessed is the one
· On July 24th, 1725, John Newton was born in London to a godly mother and an irreligious, sea-faring father.
- whose transgression is forgiven,
- whose sin is covered.
o His mother taught him verses from the Bible from a young age, but at the age of six, his mother died.
His mother taught him verses from the Bible from a young age, but at the age of six, his mother died.
o whose sin is covered.
His mother taught him verses from the Bible from a young age, but at the age of six, his mother died.
Blessed is the man against whom the LORD counts no iniquity… ().
· Blessed is the man against whom the LORD counts no iniquity… ().
o And he was sent to live with a relative who hated the Bible and mocked Christianity.
o And he was sent to live with a relative who hated the Bible and mocked Christianity.
· Newton became a debauched sailor on the coast of West Africa.
Attention–Opening Statement:
· Newton became a debauched sailor on the coast of West Africa.
o And in his memoirs, he wrote that he went to Africa for one reason:
o And in his memoirs, he wrote that he went to Africa for one reason:
· In verses 1 through 3 Paul gives us three dreadful descriptions of a dead man, so that we know who we are in Christ—that we might know the riches of His grace towards us.
On July 24th, 1725, John Newton was born in London to a godly mother and an irreligious, sea-faring father.
- His mother taught him verses from the Bible from a young age, but at the age of six, his mother died.
§ “That I might sin my fill,” he said…
o His mother taught him verses from the Bible from a young age, but at the age of six, his mother died.
§ “That I might sin my fill,” he said…
His mother taught him verses from the Bible from a young age, but at the age of six, his mother died.
· Only God could take a vile slave-trader and turn him into a useful instrument
o And he was sent to live with a relative who hated the Bible and mocked Christianity.
- And he was sent to live with a relative who hated the Bible and mocked Christianity.
· Only God could take a vile slave-trader and turn him into a useful instrument
o in abolishing the slave trade
o in abolishing the slave trade
Newton became a debauched sailor on the coast of West Africa.
o and igniting a gospel revival.
o and igniting a gospel revival.
- And in his memoirs, he wrote that he went to Africa for one reason: “That I might sin my fill,” he said…
o And in his memoirs, he wrote that he went to Africa for one reason:
§ “That I might sin my fill,” he said…
Newton loved his sin—he was dead in his trespasses and sin...