Amazing Grace
John Newton who wrote the beautiful hymn Amazing Grace lived a great deal of his life far from God. When he came to faith in Christ, his life was changed.
John Newton's tombstone reads: "John Newton, clerk, once an infidel and libertine, a servant of slaves in Africa, was, by the rich mercy of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, preserved, restored, pardoned, and appointed to preach the faith he had long labored to destroy!"
The good news of Christmas is that Christ takes us just like we are, but he does not leave us like he found us. Just like John Newton’s life was changed by the power of the Gospel our life is transformed and radically changed when we turn from our sins and follow Christ.
"By the grace of God, I am what I am!" 1 Corinthians 15:10
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