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All right, guys, the end of another week. All week this week, we've looked at five of my favorite hymns of all time, and we've dug into the lyrics and the biblical truce they're in. Today, we're looking at the most famous hymn of all time, and I'll really think it's a debate, and that's amazing grace. So this is, in fact, the hymn, both of my sons love the most. So thank you,

Veggie Tales. We've actually heard our youngest, Eli, we just call him Squish. He will sing this

hymn at night when he's supposed to be sleeping. All of a sudden, we'll just be sitting there,

and then we'll hear on the monitor him singing the lyrics to Amazing Grace. So this hymn was actually

written in 1772 by John Newton. So Newton was actually a slave

ship captain who actually became a Christian after a violent storm at sea in 1748. So after his

conversion, he became a minister and then one of the leading voices in the abolitionist movement

there in England. So just an awesome story. And my favorite version of

this hymn, and whew, it's so good. It's so good. It's from Leanne Rhymes back in 1997 on her

album, You Light Up My Life, Inspirational Songs. So I just think it's so fantastic. But let's go to the

lyrics here. 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.

Twas grace that taught my heart to fear, and grace my fears relieved. How precious did that grace appear the hour I first believed.

Through many dangers, toils, and snares I have already come. Tis grace hath brought me safe thus far,

and grace will lead me home. The Lord has promised good to me, his word my hope secures. He will my shield

and portion be as long as life endures. Ye, when this flesh and heart shall fail, and mortal life shall cease, I shall possess

within the veil a life of joy and peace. When we've been there for 10,000 years, bright shining as the sun,

we've no less days to sing God's praise than when we'd first begun. All right, so let's dig in. Here's a

lyric, Amazing Grace, how sweet the sound that saved a wretch like me. So first of all, we are totally depraved, you know, breaking news if you didn't know that, but God, right? So let's go to Romans 5, verse 4 and 5. But God, who is rich in mercy, for his great love wherewith he loved us, even when we were dead in sins hath quickened us together

with Christ by grace ye are saved another lyric i once was lost but now am found was blind but now i see

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