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AMAZING GRACE
*TEXT: Hebrews 4:16*
John Newton was born in London July 24, 1725, the son of a commander of a merchant ship which sailed the Mediterranean.
When John was eleven, he went to sea with his father and made six voyages with him before the elder Newton retired.
In 1744 John was impressed into service on a man-of-war, the /H.
M. S. Harwich/.
Finding conditions on board intolerable, he deserted but was soon recaptured and publicly flogged and demoted from midshipman to common seaman.
Finally at his own request he was exchanged into service on a slave ship, which took him to the coast of Sierra Leone.
He then became the servant of a slave trader and was brutally abused.
Early in 1748 he was rescued by a sea captain who had known John's father.
John Newton ultimately became captain of his own ship, one which plied the slave trade.
Although he had had some early religious instruction from his mother, who had died when he was a child, he had long since given up any religious convictions.
However, on a homeward voyage, while he was attempting to steer the ship through a violent storm, he experienced what he was to refer to later as his "great deliverance."
He recorded in his journal that when all seemed lost and the ship would surely sink, he exclaimed, "Lord, have mercy upon us."
Later in his cabin he reflected on what he had said and began to believe that God had addressed him through the storm and that grace had begun to work for him.
For the rest of his life he observed the anniversary of May 10, 1748 as the day of his conversion, a day of humiliation in which he subjected his will to a higher power.
/"Thro' many dangers, toils and snares, I have already come; 'tis grace has bro't me safe thus far, and grace will lead me home."/
He continued in the slave trade for a time after his conversion; however, he saw to it that the slaves under his care were treated humanely.
*GRACE* Undeserved acceptance and love received from another, especially the characteristic attitude of God in providing salvation for sinners.
For Christians, the word “grace” is virtually synonymous with the gospel of God’s gift of unmerited salvation in Jesus Christ.—Holman
Bible Dictionary
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I. REDEEMS FROM SIN
*/Ephesians 1:7/**/ /*/in whom we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of his grace; /
!! A. Amazing grace!
How sweet the sound That saved a wretch like me!
I once was lost, but now am found: Was blind but now I seen
!! B. Kings and presidents cannot pardon our transgressions
!!! 1. Silver and gold cannot by forgiveness
!!! 2. Medicine and science cannot produce it
!!! 3. Christ can redeem from sin
!! C. Jesus Christ, through the grace of God, can reach down into the gutter of despair lift up the penitent soul out of the miry clay, and redeem his soul from destruction
*/Ephesian 2:8 /*/For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: /
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RELIEVES FROM FEAR
*/Psalms 56:3/**/ /*/What time I am afraid, I will trust in thee.
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!! A. Twas grace that taught my heart to fear, and grace my fears relieved.
How precious did that grace appear The hour I first believed!
!! B. Today’s world is full of fear
!!! 1.
Many are afraid to live, afraid to die
!!! 2. Many are afraid of riches, afraid of poverty
!!! 3.
Many are afraid of youth, afraid of old age
!! C. God’s amazing grace relieves fear
!!! 1. Since God is love, the more of Him we have, the less fear we possess
*/1 John 4:18/**/ /*/There is no fear in love; but perfect love casteth out fear: because fear hath torment.
He that feareth is not made perfect in love.
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RELIEVES THROUGH DANGER
*/Psalms 91:11/**/ /*/For he shall give his angels charge over thee, to keep thee in all thy ways.
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!! A. Through many dangers, toils, and snares I have already come.
Tis grace hath brought me safe thus far, and grace will lead me home.
!! B. Ours is a dangerous world
!!! 1. Without are storms, floods, thefts, murders
!!! 2. Within are trials, hurts, loneliness, and misunderstandings
!! C. God’s amazing grace is sufficient for those who put their trust in Him
!!! 1. Friends and loved ones may forsake us, but Jesus never fails
*/Psalms 91:14-16/**/ /*/Because// //he hath set his love upon me, therefore will I deliver him: I will set him on high, because he hath known my name.
He shall call upon me, and I will answer him: I will be with him in trouble; I will deliver him, and honour him.
With long life will I satisfy him, and shew him my salvation.
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IV. REWARDS ETERNALLY
*/1 Peter 1:13/**/ /*/ //Wherefore gird up the loins of your mind, be sober, and hope to the end for the grace that is to be brought unto you at the revelation of Jesus Christ; /
!! A. When we’ve been there ten thousand years, Bright shining as the sun, We’ve no less days to sing God’s praise Than when we first begun
!! B. Earth’s treasures and possessions are temporal
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They wear out, rust and decay
!! C. God’s amazing grace lasts forever
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It is good to live by, and it will be good to die by
!!! 2. Christ is preparing a mansion for those who love Him
*/John 14:1-3/**/ /*/Let not your heart be troubled: ye believe in God, believe also in me.
In my Father's house are many mansions: if it were not so, I would have told you.
I go to prepare a place for you.
And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and receive you unto myself; that where I am, there ye may be also.
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