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  WHO MAKES YOU DIFFER FROM THOUSANDS?
  by Anne Dutton
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Summary: The sermon emphasizes the importance of recognizing the
distinguishing grace of God that sets believers apart from others and
leads them to salvation and eternal bliss.

Topics: "Divine Grace", "Salvation"
Scripture References: Psalm 16:11, John 6:44, Romans 12:2, 2 Corinthians 4:6, Ephesians 2:8

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Anne Dutton preaches about the transformative power of God's grace in
opening our eyes to our sinfulness and the preciousness of Jesus as our
Savior. She challenges the listener to reflect on how they came to
realize their need for Christ and the immense value of their soul's
salvation. Anne emphasizes the gratitude we should have for being chosen
by God to see the truth while others remain blinded by sin. She
encourages a deep devotion to Jesus, acknowledging Him as the source of
eternal joy and fulfillment.

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Dear Madam,

Permit me to ask, my dear sister--who told you that you were miserable,
wretched, blind, and naked, sin-ruined, and law-condemned, and must
perish forever without a saving interest in precious Jesus? Who showed
you the worth of your immortal soul, that if your soul was safe for
eternity, it did not much matter how things were as to your body, during
this momentary state of your little inch of time? Who gave you such a
high esteem of Christ, the Friend of sinners?

Have you always had such a living sensation of these things? If not, how
did you come by this? Who gave it to you? Who makes you differ from
thousands, on your right hand and on your left, who, insensible of their
own misery as sinners, and of the excellency of Christ as the Savior,
seek no higher happiness than the empty enjoyments of this perishing
life?

Oh, dear Madam, have not you cause to adore the rich, free,
distinguishing grace of God to you--which opened your eyes, while
numbers round about you are blinded by sin and Satan? You have seen your
unspeakable misery without Christ, and His immense and eternal
excellency to make you incomparably happy unto endless glory!

You have been drawn by His all-conquering love, and changed in some
measure into His image, and have given yourself up to Him, to be
entirely and forever His. The altogether lovely Jesus is your beloved,
and He is your friend--and in Him you have, and shall have, a well of
life, and ocean of inexhaustible and eternal bliss!

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