" Grace Abounding To The Chief Of Sinners" By John Bunyan
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| Page 3 | -His purpose in writing: that his children may see how he cares for their spiritual wellbeing; and to tell of God’s wonderful dealings with him to his children -Thanks God for the remembrance of his family -Compares temptations to the lion that roared upon Sampson |
| Page 4 | -Shows how Moses, David, and Paul wrote of God’s dealings so that none would forget them |
| Page 5 | -Shows that we may read of God’s mercies to him in his book, and calls to remembrance God’s mercies through his life as he writes -Tells his children to do the same: remember their former days -Their father suffered the same fears and doubts as they, and God delivered him from them all -Writes in a simple style and does not get into too much detail because God did not play in saving him, nor did Satan play in tempting him, so he would not play in recalling them to mind |
| Page 6 | Conclusion to the preface |
| Verses referred to in the Preface | 1 Thessalonians 2:20, Exodus 12:42, Psalm 42:6, Acts 24, Numbers 14:25 |
| 1 Thessalonians 2:20 | For ye are our glory and joy. |
| Page 7 ( 2 points to remember) | -Must tell his pedigree that God’s goodness toward him may be seen more clearly: came from a low class -Parents sent him to school, but he soon forgot what little he learned |
| Page 8 (7 points to remember) | -It was his delight to serve Satan before God called him -Names his most prevalent sins: cursing swearing, lying, & blaspheming God’s Holy Name; -these sins became as second nature to him; and the Lord used fearful dreams to scare him -Afflicted by thoughts of the day of judgment; feared that he would be found last among the devils -Was often cast down by these thoughts -Began to wish he were a devil ( a tormentor) rather than being so tormented by these thoughts -These dreams soon left him due to his pleasures; he let loose the reigns to his lusts until becoming married |
| Page 9 ( 4 points to remember ) | -His sins were so great, he would have perished were it not for God’s grace -Could not bare the thoughts of religion; heaven and hell out of sight -Was frightened when he saw others sin as he did -God followed him with judgments mixed with mercy: 1. when he fell into a creek, 2. when he fell into Bedford River, and 3. when he plucked a fang from an adder |
| Page 10 (4 points to remember ) | -Fourth mercy from God: a fellow soldier was killed in his place during a war -Neither judgments nor mercy could awaken his soul; he grew more rebellious and careless of his salvation -Became married; was very poor; wife had 2 books: (1) “ The Plain Man’s Pathway To Heaven” and (2) “ The Practice Of Piety” which he sometimes read; she tells him of her godly father -The two books gave him some desire to religion; fell in with religious practices: going to Church twice a day etc; adores the high place, the priest etc. |
| Page 11 ( 5 points to remember) | -Had great reverence for the priest and clerks because he thought they were the servants of God -Wondered whether they were the true descendants of the Israelites, or not; his father tells him they were not; despaired of that hope -Insensible to the danger of sin; never thought of Christ -Pastor preaches on the treatment of the Sabbath day; Bunyan took delight in playing games on the Sabbath; fell in conscience under the sermon for a time -His troubled conscience did not last long, for it went off his mind as soon as he had eaten, and he shook it out of his mind |
| Page 12 ( 3 Points to remember ) | -Bunyan was playing a game of cat when he heard a voice from heaven, “ Wilt thou leave thy sins and go to heaven, or have thy sins and go to hell?” -Bunyan concludes that it is too late, is cast into despair, and resolves to make the most of his sin, thinking that he was already damned -Returned to his game, and decided to make the most of his sins |
| Page 13 ( 4 points to remember) | -Believes that the temptation of “no hope” is very common -Continues in sin for 1 month before an ungodly woman rebukes him for cursing while he was standing outside a shop window -Put to secret shame by the reproof, and thought reform was a vain thought -Left his swearing, which allowed him to talk better than before |
| Page 14 (4 Points to remember) | -Bunyan became a friend of a poor man who professed Christ, and encouraged Bunyan to read his Bible; Bunyan takes delight in reading the historical parts thereof -Outward reformation began, and he thought he pleased God as well as any Englishman -Continued in outward reformation for 1 year; neighbours assume him to be a very godly man, yet he knew not Christ -Neighbours are amazed at his “ conversion” and begin to praise him; pleased Bunyan to hear this; is proud of his “godliness” |
| Page 15 | -Bell ringing -Full year to leave dancing -Ignorant of Jesus Christ & was going about to establish his own "righteousness" |
| Page 16 | -Came across the 3-4 godly women speaking in Bedford; he could not understand them; -Joy seemed to make them speak as they did; -His heart began to shake, mistrusting his condition as naught; did not understand how to withstand Satan's temptations; |
| 1 Thessalonians 2:20 | For ye are our glory and joy. |
| Exodus 12:42 | It is a night to be much observed unto the Lord for bringing them out from the land of Egypt: this is that night of the Lord to be observed of all the children of Israel in their generations. |
| Deuteronomy 8:2 | Thou shalt remember all the way which the Lord thy God le d thee these forty years in the wilderness, to humble thee, and to prove thee, to know what was in thine heart, whether thou wouldest keep his commandments, or no. |
| Isaiah 38:19 | The father to the children shall make known the truth of God. |
| Psalm 42:6 | O my God, my soul is cast down within me: therefore will I remember Thee from the land of Jordan, and of the Hermonites, from the hill Mizar. |
| Psalm 106:11-14 | And the waters covered their enemies: there was not one of them left. Then believed they his words; they sang his praise. They soon forgat his works; they waited not for his counsel: |
| Psalm 77:5-6 | I have considered the days of old, the years of ancient times. I call to remembrance my song in the night: I commune with mine own heart: and my spirit made diligent search. |
| Page 17 | -Would often go to these godly women in Bedford; His heart contained 2 things: great tenderness, and a great meditating of his mind on godly things; -Mind fixed on eternity; -Shook of his young friend-- an ungodly man, but met him again in a lane; -Ranter's books--was not able to judge them, so he prayed for wisdom from God |
| Page 18 | -In company with people who were influenced by Ranters--pretended that they only held to the true religion; God kept him in the fear of His Name |
| Page 19 | -Began to read the epistles of Paul--crying out to God that he might know the truth -Read 1 Corinthians 10:8-9 -Questioned whether or not he had true faith -Concluded that he was completely ignorant, yet not altogether faithless -Was afraid to see his want of faith; was always asking himself how he knew if he had faith; he saw that if he did not, he was sure to perish forever; |
| Page 20 | -Temptation to work some miracle in order to prove that he had faith; did not do so, lest he should be unable to perform the miracle, thus proving that he did not have faith -Concluded that he neither had faith, nor was ever likely to have faith; could not tell what to do -Vision of the poor people in Bedford on the sunny mountain, and of the wall with a small hole |
| Page 21 | -Tried again and again to get through the small hole in the wall, but only did so after great struggling -Mountain = the Church, the sun = God’s face, the wall = the Word, the gap in the wall = Jesus Christ -Had a great hunger to be among those who were on the sunny mountain; would pray as David in Ps.51 |