Prophet's Column
44Amazing Grace”
"For by grace are ye
saved through faith; and
that not of yourselves: it is
—the gift of God," (Eph.
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"Amazing Grace.” But
how many truly know
what grace really means?
How many have experi
enced the grace of God in
your hearts and lives? It is
one thing to sing the words
of "Amazing Grace,” but it
is. far different to know
experientfally the grace
of God in saving a lost hell
deserving sinner. Unless
you can tell when you were
saved, what you4 were
saved from and to, you
cannot truly sing "Amaz
ing Grace.” If you do not
know what it means to see
your wretched lost condi
tion under Holy Spirit con
. viction, (Jn. 16:7-11), then,
you know nothing of the
grace of God in Chirst. It is
! the grace of God that
—awakens a sinner to his lost
condition Before Hnly
Spirit awakens you, you
don’t even know you have
a lost condition to be
awakened to. That is a
truth hidden from nattaraL.
hearts no matter how rel-_
igious. When I was in the
: religious world, I led ser
t—vices einging-thiagreat old
* blood hymn. JBut I knew
'—t»Uung.of the grace of God
—in awakening, me to my-loet
* condition. But the Lord in
* His great grace, one day
threw back the skylight of
my soul and lot me see I
V was lost. The question may
Z arise in the mind of some
* one; ‘Must what is grace?”
- The old stock definition is;
T “grace is the unmerited
t—favor of God.11 That is true,
' but I like a stronger defin
’—ition; “graee is -file urittm
r ited love of God toward a
J hell-deserving sinner.” It
., was the unlimited love of
Z God that brought me into
*• this world, marked, and
* preserved me even before
Z theday of effectual calling.
* l can go Hack to many
- instances when Satan tried
I to kill me before the Lord
■J gave me the effectual call.
Satan knows every elect
» sinner on the face of this
earth. He’ll try to kill you to
, stop you from coming to
t Christ. You won’t find
» these truths I’m laying
' down from week to week
Z taught in the seminaries,
; Sunday Schools, and the
' pulpits of the religious
world. Satan is not going to
let those blind guides teach
these truths. When the
truth is preached, Satan is
there to snatch the truth
back from your heart He
—dnean1! rare hnw inHyfa—
you are, Just so you don’t
get awakened to your lost
condition. Once a sinner is
awakened to his lost con
dition, Satan will raise
every demon of his to fight
you, to try to stop you from
coming to Christ. And if
salvation were not of the
Lord, he’d succeed in stop
—ping you from getting to
Christ. Every sinner who
haT been blessed by the
Lord at this moment to see
and know his lost condition,
knows that but for the
grace of God, there is no
hope. You are seeing that
you cannot do anything to
save yourself. Blessed are
you Great multitudes
would love to see the things
J. M. Little
you are seeing, but these
things are hidden from
them. I plead with you to
turn to the Lord. He, alone,
can be your salvation.
-Many church members,
preachers included, will
stand and sing. Amazing
Grace on Sunday morning.
YetntarpqrttarwBck you
couldn’t get your fill of. I'
know-^ what—I’m talking
"aTSfll UMattfd Anraayi”
lived right there. Now,
think with me Just a little;
here is an old buzxard who
has been feeding on the
filthy rotten carcasses of
the world all week long.'
Just having his fill of the
corrupt flesh, ge.flies into
church on Sunday morning.
takes a seat in the chotr
and begins to sing Amazing
urace. With every nbte, AUt
comes a stench in the nost
rils of all.' those close to
him. Why? He has been
feeding on the rotten filth of
the world all week long.
How could a sweet odor
-proceed from his mouth? It.
could not That is you on a
religious profession with
out ^Christ. All week long
you feed on the corruption
of the world. Then on Sun
day you sit in the choir and
try to sing Amazing Grace.
What a tragedy! All you
can do is croak just like
that old buzzard. Now, you
may ask; <‘Bro. Little, are
you calling mea buzzard?’’
God calls you a buzzard.
Since you love the things of
this world, which are cor
rupt before God, you are
just a buzzard feeding on
this world.
I lived there before God
called me out of the world.
-Before you can be saved
you will see yourself as
such a vile and depraved
creature and wonder how
God could save such a
wretch as you. Have you
ever seen yourself as the
“wretch” Brother Newton,,
was talking about in this
-old-blood hymn? You-will
before God saves you. And
when the Lord saves you. ..
-,therrymr-eatreay7-t‘ 1 once
was lost, but now am found.
Was blind but now I see.”
Salvation is wholly of the
grace of God. IT you had'
anything to do with your
salvation, then you are not
saved. Salvation is of the
Lord. (Jonah 2:9). The
greatest thing in this uni
zverselsJo fcnw
During the week I just
^ pent in what ia called The
Land of the Sky, Asheville,
N.C., I beheld the wonder
of creation in the beautiful
mountains. But the
greatest wonder of all in
the universe is that the
Lord would save a
wretched sinner such as L
That’s the wonder to me.
How is it between you and
the Lord? uyouknowHinr,
then it is Amazing Grace to
you.
1 invite you to continue to
listen to the VOICE OF
TRUTH with my late past
tor, L.R. Shelton, each Sun
jaymornihg at '7:30, 105.3
1560 am at 8:00. Listen with
an open mind and heart if
you can.
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If you’re packing up for
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paying different expenses
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