April 15, 2018



HYMN OF THE DAY
Now I Know

I did not always understand
That my life is in God's hand.
Thought I controlled my destiny
By my own choices daily.
My Savior showed me who He is,
All of creation is His.
Before the world was ever made,
He chose a people to save.

Now I know by sov'reign free grace
The Lord prepared me a place.
He left glory, became a man;
Was crucified by my hand.
Wonders of wonders! He loved me:
Bled and died to set me free.
God, in mercy and by His grace,
Determined I'd see Christ's face.

Now I know He is in control
He rules all things. This I know.
As He pleases, so doth He do.
What He purposes ensues.
Salvation is the Lord's doing;
I thank Him for His choosing.
Election comforts this sinner.
I'm in Christ, my Redeemer.

Tune: Come Thou Fount, pg. 17
Gary Spreacker

“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.” 2 Corinthians 5:21

Mourning Christian! Why weepest thou? Art thou mourning over thine own corruptions? Look to thy perfect Lord, and remember, thou are complete in Him; thou art in God’s sight as perfect as if thou hadst never sinned; nay, more than that, the Lord our Righteousness hath put a divine garment upon thee, so that thou hast more than the righteousness of man – thou hast the righteousness of God. O thou who art mourning by reason of inbred sin and depravity, remember, none of thy sins can condemn thee. Thou hast learned to hate sin; but thou hast learned also to know that sin is not thine – it was laid upon Christ’s head. Thy standing is not in thyself – it is in Christ; thine acceptance is not in thyself, but in thy Lord; thou art as much accepted of God today, with all they sinfulness, as thou wilt be when thou standest before His throne, free from all corruption. O, I beseech thee, lay hold on this precious thought, perfection in Christ! For thou are “complete in Him.” With thy Saviour’s garment on, thou art holy as the Holy one. “Who is he that condemneth? It is Christ that died, yea rather, that is risen again, who is even at the right hand of God, who also maketh intercession for us.” Christian, let thy heart rejoice, for thou art “accepted in the beloved” – what hast thou to fear? Let they face ever wear a smile; live near thy Master; live in the suburbs of the Celestial City; for soon, when thy time has come, thou shalt rise up where thy Jesus sits, and reign at His right hand, even as He has overcome and has sat down at His Father’s right hand; and all this because the divine Lord “was made to be sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in Him.” - Charles Spurgeon

PSALM 22:6

Here our Lord Jesus makes a declaration of himself, that if it were not In the scriptures, it would be unthinkable to say He is a WORM. One of the men read this last week in the service and it moved me in my soul. So I looked up what two men said on this verse, Charles Spurgeon and John Gill.