Basically,
a wretch is someone who (is)(a):
bully, bad, black
sheep, bum, cheater, coward, criminal, delinquent, derelict, despicable, disgrace, dishonest, felon, fool, fraud, good-for-nothing, hoodlum, immoral, incorrigible, ingrate, liar, looser. lowlife, miserable, outcast, outlaw, rotten, scoundrel, scum, sinner, swindler, tramp, vagrant, varmint, vile, villain, wicked.
Whoa Nellie! That’s a boatload list
for describing a wretch! Okay, seriously now. Many of those words describe me. But, by the grace of God I am saved.
As the old, well-know hymn ‘Amazing
Grace’ says: ‘That saved a wretch
like me.’
I am a sinner and I will always
be a sinner. It’s not quite this simple,
but Jesus died to take away my sin. I've been a Christian for many years, yet it’s still hard for me to wrap this around my head
and around my heart. I know this for
sure: ‘For God loved the
world so much that He gave His one and only Son, so that everyone who believes in Him
will not perish but have eternal life.
John 3:16 NLT
God, the
Creator of everything that is, loves me.
Me. Out of all the billions or
trillions of people that have ever lived on this earth, God knows me and loves me
and has saved me. Me. Wow... And amazingly, Jesus would have died on the cross if I were the only person in the whole world that believed in and accepted Christ as my savior. Wow...
Be a sinner and sin strongly, but
more strongly have faith and rejoice in Christ.
Martin Luther
Martin Luther
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