John Newton’s Testimony
John Newton’s testimony: “I am not what I ought to be, I am not what I want to be, I am not what I hope to be in another world; but still I am not what I once used to be, and by the grace of God I am what I am.”
Let Us Not Insult the Spirit of Grace!
To think that God–who according to Psalm 7:11 feels indignation and anger everyday because of our sins against Him–to think that this righteous God has made a way to forgive us and has provided a way for us to have peace with God at the cost of His own Son. I dare not insult Him by refusing to believe His promises, receive His offer of amnesty, and trust Him to make use of the sufferings of His Son for the sake of my justification and the glory of His grace!
As it is written in Hebrews 10:28-29:
Anyone who has set aside the law of Moses dies without mercy on the evidence of two or three witnesses. How much worse punishment, do you think, will be deserved by the one who has spurned the Son of God, and has profaned the blood of the covenant by which he was sanctified, and has outraged the Spirit of grace?