John Newton Quotes about Grace

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

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

John Newton

Grace, World, Want

If the Lord be with us, we have no cause of fear. His eye is upon us, His arm over us, His ear open to our prayer - His grace sufficient, His promise unchangeable.

John Newton

Prayer, Eye, Grace

John Newton (1839). “The Works of the Rev. John Newton ... to which are Prefixed Memoirs of His Life, &c”, p.272

Amazing grace! how sweet the sound That saved a wretch like me! I once was lost but now am found, Was blind but now i see.

John Newton

Sweet, Grace, Sound

Olney Hymns "Amazing Grace" (1779)

The Christian must know that the season, measure, and continuance of his sufferings are appointed by Infinite Wisdom, and designed to work for his everlasting good; and that grace and strength shall be afforded him according to his need.

John Newton

Christian, Grace, Suffering

John Newton, Richard Cecil (1831). “The Select Works of the Rev. John Newton: ... to which are Prefixed Memoirs of His Life & C”

Thou art coming to a King, large petitions with thee bring, for His grace and power are such none can ever ask too much.

John Newton

Art, Kings, Grace

John Newton, William Cowper (1856). “Olney Hymns: In Three Parts”, p.48

Through many dangers, toils and snares, I have already come; 'Tis grace has brought me safe thus far, And grace will lead me home.

John Newton

Home, Grace, Toil

John Newton (1839). “The Works of the Rev. John Newton ... to which are Prefixed Memoirs of His Life, &c”, p.123

Not only the guilt, but the love of sin, and its dominion, are taken away, subdued by grace, and cordially renounced by the believing pardoned sinner.

John Newton

Believe, Taken, Grace

John Newton (1798). “Messiah: Fifty Expository Discourses, on the Series of Scriptural Passages, which Form the Subject of the Celebrated Oratorio of Handel : Preached in the Years 1784 and 1785, in the Parish Church of St Mary Woolnoth, Lombard-Street”, p.180

But by the grace of God I am what I am

John Newton

Grace, God's Grace, I Am What I Am

I once was lost, but now am found.

John Newton

Grace, Lost, Found

Olney Hymns "Amazing Grace" (1779)

I am not what I ought to be! Ah! how imperfect and deficient! - I am not what I wish to be! I 'abhor what is evil,' and I would 'cleave to what is good!' - I am not what I hope to be! Soon, soon, I shall put off mortality: and with mortality all sin and imperfection! Yet, though I am not what I ought to be, nor what I wish to be, nor what I hope to be, I can truly say, I am not what I once was - a slave to sin and Satan; and I can heartily join with the Apostle, and acknowledge; By the grace of God, I am what I am!

John Newton

Evil, Imperfection, Grace

The Christian Spectator, Volume 3 (p. 186), 1821; later quoted in "The Christian Pioneer" edited by Joseph Foulkes Winks (p. 84), 1856.