Amazing Grace, John Newton (1779)
This is perhaps the most well-known hymn. Christians and non-Christians alike sing this song by the former atheist slave trader. John Newton felt he was the worst “wretch” of all. But God caught his attention in a brutal storm at sea in 1748. Newton’s slave trade ship was almost wrecked, but Newton fell to his knees to ask for God’s mercy and grace. Years later, as a pastor in England, he wrote this song.
Be amazed by grace today.
But grace was given to each one of us according to the measure of Christ’s gift.
Ephesians 4:7
For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God, not a result of works, so that no one may boast.
Ephesians 2:8-9
Let us then with confidence draw near to the throne of grace, that we may receive mercy and find grace to help in time of need.
Hebrews 4:16
As each has received a gift, use it to serve one another, as good stewards of God’s varied grace:
1 Peter 4:10
May grace and peace be multiplied to you in the knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord.
2 Peter 1:2
