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  THE SWEET NATURE OF GRACE
  by Thomas Brooks
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Summary: The sermon emphasizes the joy, sweetness, and benefits of
experiencing God's grace in one's life.

Topics: "Transformation through Grace", "The Nature of Grace"
Scripture References: 2 Corinthians 12:9, Ephesians 2:8

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Thomas Brooks emphasizes the sweet nature of grace, describing it as a
source of immense joy and a refuge against life's troubles. He
illustrates grace as a nourishing force, likening it to sweet spices,
wine, and milk, and highlights its role in enhancing our spiritual
services, making them pleasing to God. Grace is portrayed as essential
for the soul, providing strength, healing, and guidance in our walk with
Christ. Brooks also notes that grace transforms even the harshest
natures into something beautiful and amiable, showcasing its power to
change lives. However, he warns that grace can sometimes be overshadowed
by an unrefined nature, much like a precious jewel in an unsuitable
setting.

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Dwell much upon the sweet nature of grace.

Grace begets the greatest joy and sweetness in the

hearts of men, that possibly can be. Grace is a panoply

against all troubles--and a paradise of all pleasures.

Grace is compared to the sweetest things; to sweet spices,

to wine and milk. Grace is a sweet flower of paradise, a

spark of glory, etc. Grace is nourished and maintained by

that sweet word, which is sweeter than the honey or the

honey-comb, and by sweet union and communion with

the Father and the Son.

Grace is exercised about the sweetest objects, namely--

God, Christ, promises, and future glory.

Grace sweetens all your services and duties. Your best

religious performances are but stinking sacrifices--if they

are not attended with the exercise of grace. Grace is that

heavenly salt which makes all our services savory and

sweet in the nostrils of God.

Grace is of the greatest and sweetest use to the soul.

It is an anchor at sea, and a shield at land. Grace is a

staff to uphold the soul, and a sword to defend the soul.

Grace is bread to strengthen the soul, and wine to cheer

the soul. Grace is medicine to cure all diseases, and a

plaster to heal all wounds, and a cordial to strengthen

the soul under all faintings, etc. Grace is . . .

your eye to see for Christ,

your ear to hear for Christ,

your head to design for Christ,

your tongue to speak for Christ,

your hand to do for Christ, and

your feet to walk with Christ.

Grace makes men of the harshest, sourest, crabbedest

natures--to be of a sweet, lovely, amiable, pleasing temper.

Grace turns lions into lambs, wolves into sheep, monsters

into men, and men into angels--as you may see in Manasseh,

Paul, Mary Magdalene, Zaccheus, and others.

Yet sometimes grace, in a rugged unhewn nature, is like . . .

a gold ring on a leprous hand, or

a diamond set in iron, or

a jewel in a swine's snout, etc.

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Source: https://sermonindex.net/speakers/thomas-brooks/the-sweet-nature-of-grace/
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