What is so amazing about grace? If you were to ask John Newton, an ex-slave trader and murderer, he would direct you to the song he wrote and how Christ redeemed him from the curse of sin. It was only then that he could see how blind he had been and why unmerited grace is truly amazing.
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 see.
’Twas grace that taught my heart to fear,
And grace my fears relieved;
How precious did that grace appear
The hour I first believed!
Through many dangers, toils and snares,
I have already come;
’Tis grace hath brought me safe thus far,
And grace will lead me home.
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’d first begun.
