“But
God, who is rich in mercy, because of His great love with which He loved us,
even
when we were dead in trespasses, made us alive together with Christ (by grace
you have been saved), ”
-Ephesians 2:4-5

Do you ever just think about how great God’s grace is? We
sing Amazing Grace all the time, but do we really understand just how amazing
it is? John Newton, the author of Amazing Grace, understood all too well. A
captain who was out to sea during a vehemently wild storm, Newton just knew his life was almost over. But when he cried, ‘Lord, save us!’, God did just
that. Newton had experienced God’s amazing grace.
Do you understand just how awesome the grace of God is? You
were lost in a storm. You used to be dead (totally unresponsive) to God. Because
you were dead, there was nothing you could do to reach Him. You were stuck in alienation
from the Lord, dead in your sins, and surely headed to drown to spiritual death
in them. BUT GOD, through His amazing unmerited favor chose to make eternal
life a possibility for you. If you have been born again, then He has brought
you from spiritual death (being separated from Him forever) to everlasting
life. DO YOU UNDERSTAND
HOW IMMEASURABLY AWESOME THAT IS?