John 1.16 - Grace: Cheap or Amazing?

John 1.16 - Grace: Cheap or Amazing?

The Apostle John wrote some of the most loved Gospel texts of Scripture. But are we callously too familiar with these words? Strive to be both loyal to the Gospel and to love the God of the Gospel - sound doctrine, sincere devotion, and steadfast duty.  Dietrich Bonhoeffer who fought the Nazi’s and his compromising church, said, "Cheap grace is preaching forgiveness without requiring repentance, baptism without church discipline, Communion without confession. … Cheap grace is grace without discipleship, grace without the cross, grace without Jesus Christ, living and incarnate." John Newton, who wrote the hymn “Amazing Grace,” spent the first 40 years of his life selling slaves. His last 40 years he was a slave of the Savior. At 83, almost blind, he said, "My memory is nearly gone, but I remember two things, that I am a great sinner, and that Christ is a great Saviour."