Seven Amazing Things About God’s Amazing Grace
Grace is referenced by name over 159 times in the English Bible. Grace is one of the principle themes of the Bible. The word “Grace” stems from the Hebrew word “charis” and refers to the “acceptable benefit” that Almighty God offers to a sinful and hopeless mankind.
Perhaps the most popular hymn of the Christian world is a song about God’s Amazing Grace.” It is a Christian hymn first published in 1779, with words written in 1772 by the English poet and Anglican clergyman John Newton. The song expresses the wondrous benefit of a pardon from sin that God has extended to mankind.
Grace is a gift of God! He is the author of Grace! He offers his Grace to us through the wondrous act of love demonstrated by his Son, Jesus Christ who paid the penalty of all sin.
Ephesians 2:8 For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God:
Seven Amazing Things About Grace
Amazing Point # 1 The most amazing thing about Grace is that God would even offer to sinful man the gift of Grace! We’re it not for the fact that God is the very essence of love, he might not have even ordained the plan of his Amazing Grace.
Amazing Point # 2 The next amazing thing about the Grace of God, is that it is availed to all mankind absolutely for free! Romans chapter five informs us that Grace, being a gift of God, offers us a release from sin via Christ, and that it is a “free gift” to all that will simply accept it.
Amazing Point # 3 The next amazing thing about Grace is that it is exactly the very thing that we as fallen, sinful, condemned, and mortal creatures need more than anything else in the world. We all need Gods free gift of Grace because we are all dying and are destined to spend eternity in Hell if we reject Gods Amazing Grace!
Amazing Point # 4 The next amazing thing about Grace is the fact that it can spiritually cleanse us up enough to satisfy Gods high standards of righteousness! As the hymn of Amazing Grace implies, we are all wretches, dead in our trespasses and sins, until Grace steps in to free us from sin. (Romans 6-8)
Amazing Point # 5 The next amazing thing about Grace is how it opens our eyes to the truth and enables us to be freed from the natural blindness prevalent in this world. As the hymn also implies, “I once was blind, but now I see.” II Corinthians 4:4 says the god of this world blinds the eyes and minds of those who know not the Amazing Grace of God!
Amazing Point # 6 The next amazing thing about Grace is the fact that once God grants it to a believer in Christ, it can never be lost or stolen away. Romans 8:35-39 informs us that nothing can ever “separate” any Grace recipient from the favor of God! John chapter 17 documents Jesus himself beseeching his Father to honor his promise to “keep” all that were saved, and all that were revived by His word, he has lost none!
Amazing Point # 7 The next amazing thing about the Amazing Grace of God, is the fact that so few people seem to want it. This may be because the god of this world pollutes the minds of men, and causes them to esteem and prefer the vain philosophies of this world more than anything else. It is amazing that “Gods Amazing gift of Grace” should not be regarded by mankind as the most valuable thing in the whole world!
Amazing Grace, how sweet the sound;
that saved a wretch like me;
I once was lost, but now I’m found;
Was blind, but now I see:
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by: Darrell G. Young
November 26, 2021
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