John Newton write this song after many years of trading Africans in the trans-Atlantic trade. He gradually realized how unChristian the trade was and first thought teaching the Bible was enough. Eventually he decided slavery, a severely racist system in the modern period, was not Christian and finally gave up trading in slaves. He wrote Amazing Grace to reflect his belief that God saved him, a slave trading wretch, from his own horrific sins of trading in slaves and racism. This can be a lesson in how one man came to realize Godliness doesn’t include being a trader in humans and a racist.
It is my late husband's birthday today; and I just had to sing this now; as he loved this so much. I know he cannot hear me; but he so loved to hear me singing this; having read the story of John Newton; and what he was; and what he became after he got to know God; it really is amazing grace; that saved a wretch like me: glory to God! and to Him be all praise: God bless everyone at hymnal.net. and thank you for hours of pleasure.
Oh, how marvelous is God's Grace! The Lord just used this wonderful hymn to reach out to my soul this morning. It's so real, and I'm so grateful to Him. Join me in this soul stirring hymn as we sing ...Amazing Grace....
I love this hymn; so much it tells how this amazing grace has helped me through so much sorrow and pain. Also stubborness and willfulness. This wonderfull grace of God that is new every morning: I marvel at God's patience with me: and have heart so grateful for this love: please pray for me that I can also show this love; patience and grace and forgiveness to others: God bless to everyone : festive greetings to all.
We are familiar with the hymn "Amazing Grace." Although this is a good hymn, it does not speak of the Triune God as our portion for our enjoyment. When this hymn was written, the experiential knowledge of God among the Lord's people had not come to this point. Even as recent as fifty years ago, Christians did not have the understanding of grace as the Triune God experienced and enjoyed by us. But standing on the shoulders of those who have gone before us, we have come to know that grace is far more than merely unmerited favor. Grace is the Triune God—the Father, the Son, and the Spirit—processed for our experience and enjoyment.