What Makes God's Grace so Amazing

I am so thankful for the amazing gift of grace that God as gifted us. Grace, as defined by McMinn is, “merciful kindness offered by God to those who do not and cannot ever deserve God’s kindness, and it is our only hope.” Grace is such an interesting concept. The idea that we have already been forgiven for our sins before we even commit a sin is not widely accepted by most people nowadays. When people sin, they feel a sense

As a Christian, I understand that it is God’s saving grace that keeps me on a daily basis. If it was not for this undeserved grace, I do not know where I would be. Most people do not

“Through many dangers, toils and snares, I have already come; ‘Tis grace hath brought me safe thus far and grace will lead me home”. This was taken from a section of the song “Amazing Grace” and is quoted in the book as “The verse that belongs to us” by Reverend Groover. I found this to be one of the most pivotal moments in the book. This story contains the lives of those who, in a sense have been left behind and discarded. Like the man behind the story, of the song Amazing Grace, Jonathan Kozol portrays the heart breaking reality of a population left behind and forgotten, that is until now. The realities of how the children, parents and grandparents cope with their situations, sheds light on some very ugly truths. Jonathan provides his readers

God’s grace is a word frequently used to refer to “gift from God”. In many circles, it is theological defined as God’s unmerited favor (Hughes, 1998, Ryrie, 1963). Within this

This text is relevant to everyday life as each person has plenty to be thankful of and to value their faith of life for. Without gratitude and faith, life might as well be as pointless as the things we want to be ungrateful

God’s love can fix anyone regardless of how enormous your sin. God’s mercy, grace, and forgiveness radiate and encompass everyone. Hope does not put us to shame because God’s love has been poured out into our hearts through the Holy Spirit, our hope is in Jesus, and he is beside you and is mighty to save anyone. God’s mercy is relentless since his mercies never come to an end; they are new every morning. In our sorrow and suffering, we are also supposed to rejoice in our suffering since suffering produces perseverance; perseverance, character; and character, hope.

You may have heard Amazing Grace in church before but never really thought about the song and the meaning. Amazing Grace is probably the most common Christian hymn. It was written by John Newton after his conversion to Christianity in 1776. In 2008, Chris Tomlin put a small twist on the hymn and wrote the version of the song called My Chains Are Gone. I’m going to play the refrain that he added in for you. (30 seconds of song.) Other than that refrain, Tomlin preserved the original poetry of the song that was written so long ago by Newton. Tomlin also found the original final verse that had been changed years after Newton wrote the poem. The original final verse read, “The earth shall soon dissolve like snow, the sun forbare to shine. But God who called me here below will be forever mine.” It was later changed to “When we’ve been there ten thousand years, bright shining as the sun.

‘I will praise thee; for I am fearfully and wonderfully made: marvelous are thy works; and that my soul knoweth right well.—Psalm 193’ Olson

The means of grace fall into two basic categories, works of piety and works of mercy and each of these is divided into two more subcategories of individual practices and communal practices or what I do and what we do together. Under works of piety

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As clear-cut as the biblical teachings are about God’s grace, there is also our response with righteous living. We are

For in the gospel the righteousness of God is revealed—a righteousness that is by faith from first to last, just as it is written: “The righteous will live by faith.” (Romans 1:16-17) This substantiates the belief that you cannot repair your relationship with God solely through your good deeds; it is instead accomplished through faith in Jesus Christ and all of His wondrous works.

Grace is defined as “divine help or strength … given through the mercy and love of God.” This grace can help us serve beyond our capacity to love, and in the scriptures grace is frequently used to connote a strengthening or

Salvation is a free gift, no one can work for it, for it is by grace through faith one receives it. God’s mercy is evident toward those He justifies. Yet, justification is for a greater purpose—to glorify God. In the flesh man cannot please God, but those who live by the Spirit will be transformed and empowered to live a life of holiness (Rom.

By the grace and mercy of God, He has made away of escape through Jesus Christ being made a curse for us when He was placed on the cross to take away our sin. God’s grace therefore abounds exceedingly in abundance without ever coming to an end, for it is His free gift given unto us by no worthiness on our behalf, only by what Christ Jesus did for us, Amen.