O, God, my heart is fixed on Thee, to sing and give Thee praise;
I'll praise Thee, Lord, among Thy saints, as we our anthems raise.
As we our anthems raise; as we our anthems raise.
I'll praise Thee, Lord, among Thy saints, as we our anthems raise.
I'll praise Thee for Thy mercy great, that reaches down to me
In Christ my Savior, I am blessed with all salvation free.
With all salvation free; with all salvation free.
In Christ my Savior, I am blessed with all salvation free.
I'll praise Thee for Thy righteousness as sent from Thee above;
Thy law and justice satisfied in union with Thy love.
In union with Thy love; in union with Thy love;
Thy law and justice satisfied in union with Thy love.
I'll praise Thee for Thy cleansing Word that sanctifies my soul;
As in my heart Thou art glorified in Christ who makes me whole;
In Christ who makes me whole; in Christ who makes me whole;
As in my heart Thou art glorified in Christ who makes me whole.
Bible Study: "A Prayer of Thanksgiving" - II Samuel 7:18-29
Today's Speaker: Brother Mark Pannell will conduct the 11:00 am service today. Pray for him as he delivers God's word.
Television Broadcast: Beginning this Sunday, at 11am on Fox 31, Channel 4, Eager Avenue Grace Church will begin airing our Reign of Grace Media Ministries Television program. Pray that God will use it for His glory.
Birthdays: Neil Jackson - Feb. 12th.
SUBSTITUTION
Now, for a moment, observe, that this precious Christ of ours-as dear old Hawker says, "even our Christ, even our Jesus"-was as perfect and sinless in His manhood as He was in His Godhead.
I suppose no one will impute sinfulness, or a capability of sinning, to His Godhead; but some would impute sin only to His manhood. "That holy thing," it was declared to the Virgin, "that holy thing which shall be born of thee shall be called the Son of God;" (Luke 1:35) and He would have never borne that appellation in His human nature, if His humanity had not been as perfect and as sinless as His Godhead.
All glory to His name, that He was without blemish, like the types and shadows that preceded Him and pointed to Him. This is stated in the most positive terms in New Testament language, and all worlds, are bound to give testimony to it. The Father declared, "This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased."
The angels came down to minister to Him, and were glad indeed of the office; the Pharisees could not answer the challenge, "Which of you convinceth me of sin?" (John 8:46).
The devil himself could find nothing in Him-"The prince of this world cometh, and hath nothing in me." (John 14:30).
He was born sinless-He lived sinless-He died sinless; He "knew no sin" in His own person; all the sins of His church were laid upon Him, but none were found in Him. There lies the grand distinction
By Joseph Irons - October 5th, 1851
Man's Religion and God's Religion
"That no flesh should glory in His presence." 1 Corinthians 1:29
Man's religion is to build up the creature. God's religion is to throw the creature down in the dust of self-abasement, and to glorify Christ.
By J.C. Philpot
IMPUTATION
Every believer rejoices in the glorious truth that our sins were imputed to Christ and His righteousness has been imputed to us. Daniel prophesied of the coming of the Savior and said of Him, "Messiah shall be cut off, but not for Himself" (Daniel 9:25).
The meaning is that the promised Redeemer would die for sins which were not His own except in the sense that they were imputed to Him.
Christ was without sin in His birth and so we read in 1 John 3:5, "He was manifest to take away our sins; and in Him is no sin."
Christ was without sin in His life and so we read in 1 Peter 2:22, "Who did no sin, neither was guile found in His mouth."
And He was without sin when He died and so we read in 2 Corinthians 5:21, "For He hath made Him to be sin for us, Who knew no sin, that we might be made the righteousness of God in Him."
He bore our sins, but He was not defiled by our sins.
Our sins were imputed to Him, but not imparted to Him.
He was numbered with the transgressors, but He was not a transgressor. He died for sinners, but He was not a sinner. He laid down His life for the ungodly, but He was not ungodly.
Just as Christ bore the burden of our guilt, though in Himself He was not guilty of sin, so we are made the righteousness of God in Him, though in ourselves, we are not righteous.
As sin was imputed to Him yet He remained righteous, so righteousness is imputed to those for whom He died though, in ourselves, we are still sinners.
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