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John Newton Quotes about Jesus

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Although my memory's fading, I remember two things very clearly: I am a great sinner and Christ is a great Savior.

Although my memory's fading, I remember two things very clearly: I am a great sinner and Christ is a great Savior.

John Newton
Religious, Jesus, Memories

The best advice I can give you: Look unto Jesus, beholding his beauty in the written word.

John Newton
Jesus, Giving, Advice

How Sweet the name of Jesus... the rock on which I build, my shield and hiding place, my never failing treasury, filled with boundless stores of grace.

John Newton
Sweet, Jesus, Rocks
John Newton (1839). “The Works of the Rev. John Newton ... to which are Prefixed Memoirs of His Life, &c”, p.128

This is faith: a renouncing of everything we are apt to call our own and relying wholly upon the blood, righteousness and intercession of Jesus.

John Newton
Jesus, Blood, Righteousness
John Newton (1808). “The works of the rev. John Newton”, p.572

How sweet the name of Jesus sounds In a believer's ear! It soothes his sorrows, heals his wounds, And drives away his fear.

John Newton
Christian, Sweet, Jesus
John Newton (1797). “Olney hymns: in three books. I. On select texts of Scripture. II. On occasional subjects. III. On the progress and changes of the spiritual life”, p.58

Let me endeavor to lead you out of yourself: let me invite you to look unto Jesus.

John Newton
Jesus, Looks, Endeavor
John Newton (1824). “The Works of the Rev. John Newton ...”, p.585

The Law was given by Moses; the moral law, to discover the extent and abounding sin; the ceremonial law, to point out, by typical sacrifices and ablutions, the way in which forgiveness was to be sought and obtained. But grace, to relieve us from the condemnation of the one, and truth answerable to the types and shadows of the other, came by Jesus Christ.

John Newton
Christian, Jesus, Sacrifice
John Newton (1839). “The Works of the Rev. John Newton ... to which are Prefixed Memoirs of His Life, &c”, p.227

Many are convinced, who are not truly enlightened; are afraid of the consequences of sin, though they never saw its evil; have a seeming desire of salvation, which is not founded upon a truly spiritual discovery of their own wretchedness, and the excellency of Jesus.

John Newton
Spiritual, Jesus, Discovery
John Newton, John Cecil (1831). “The works of the Rev. John Newton ...: containing, an authentic narrative, etc., letters on religious subjects, cardiphonia, discourses intended for the pulpit, sermons preached in the parish church of Olney, a review of ecclesiastical history, Olney hymns, poems, Messiah, occasional sermons, and tracts, to which are prefixed, Memoirs of his life, &c. by the Rev. John Cecil”, p.160

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