"But we are bound to give thanks alway to God for you, brethren beloved of the Lord, because God hath from the beginning chosen you to salvation through sanctification of the Spirit and belief of the truth: Whereunto He called you by our gospel, to the obtaining of the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ. Therefore, brethren, stand fast, and hold the traditions which ye have been taught, whether by word, or our epistle" (2 Thessalonians 2:13-14). *************************************************************************** CHRIST MAGNIFIED THE LAW TUNE TO "HOW SWEET THE NAME" CM WORDS BY JIM BYRD
1. The Son of God, in cov’nant love, The law to satisfy; Descended from His throne above, To suffer, bleed and die.
2. ‘Twas by His death God’s justice was Completely satisfied; And in the work of Christ our Lord, The law was magnified.
3. Upon the cross the Savior bore, The weight of all our sin; For us He paid the ransom price, And righteousness brought in.
4. Christ triumphed over sin and death Then took His seat on high; And by the power of His blood, To God He brings us nigh.
5. Each sinner in whose stead Christ died, Will in this Savior rest; And all who trust in Him are robed, In perfect righteousness.
CONGREGATIONAL SCRIPTURE READINGS TODAY: MORNING: PSALM 22:23-31 EVENING: LUKE 16:1-12
Daily Readings: July 8-14 Sunday - Ps. 81-87 Monday - Ps. 88-911 Tuesday - Ps. 92-100 Wednesday- Ps. 101-105 Thursday - Ps. 106-107 Friday - Ps. 108-118 Saturday - Ps. 119 *************************************************************************** THERE IS POWER IN THE BLOOD The blood of the Savior, that is, His substitutionary death, was offered to the Lord as the payment price for the sins of His chosen people. You will notice in the Old Testament that every offering was presented to the Lord for His acceptance. It is written that even Cain "brought of the fruit of the ground an offering to the LORD" (Genesis 4:3), though his offering was rejected because there was no blood, that is, there was no satisfaction of justice, there was no death of an innocent victim in the stead of the guilty. The point is, however, his offering was rendered "to the LORD." No offering was ever brought to a man for his acceptance or rejection. All of the sacrifices were for the Lord, offered in compliance to His command in order to appease His wrath, each being a picture of the substitutionary sacrifice of Christ. When the Savior died, His death was for God. Christ laid down His life so that God could be "a just God and a Savior" (Isaiah 45:21). The Lord could only show mercy to the undeserving and declare them to be righteous upon this basis - He had to do something for Himself. God had to satisfy the requirements of His own law and justice, which He did in the death of His Son. There could be no salvation for the guilty apart from the cross-death of Christ. "Without shedding of blood is no remission" (Hebrews 9:22). By His death the Savior secured our peace with God. "And, having made peace through the blood of His cross, by Him to reconcile all things unto Himself; by Him, I say, whether they be things in earth, or things in heaven" (Colossians 1:20).
Let it be clearly understood, therefore, that the power is in the blood alone - "for it is the blood that maketh an atonement for the soul" (Leviticus 17:11). Man’s faith doesn’t add to the blood, activate the blood, assist the blood, empower the blood or give validity to the blood. The blood of Christ is not up for man’s acceptance or rejection. His blood was offered to God Who accepted it as full payment for the indebtedness of His people as is evident from the Savior’s resurrection, ascension and enthronement. The soul-cleansing blood of Christ, therefore, is not conditioned upon the sinner’s faith being added to it. Such is the power of the blood that faith flows from it, and regenerated sinners look to the blood of Christ alone as the remedy for their sinfulness, as the reason for the forgiveness of their sins and as the means whereby a holy God can declare them to be righteous. –Pastor Jim Byrd *************************************************************************** GOD SENT US A SAVIOR "Forasmuch then as the children are partakers of flesh and blood, He also Himself likewise took part of the same; that through death He might destroy Him that had the power of death, that is, the devil; And deliver them who through fear of death were all their lifetime subject to bondage" (Hebrews 2:14-15). Christ assumed human flesh in order to meet the greatest need of His people, redemption and salvation from sin, death and hell.
–If our greatest need had been information, God would have sent us an educator.
–If our greatest need had been technology, God would have sent us a scientist.
–If our greatest need had been money, God would have sent us an economist.
–If our greatest need had been pleasure, God would have sent us an entertainer.
–But our greatest need was forgiveness, so God sent us a Savior. –copied
*************************************************************************** "My sin - O the bliss of this glorious thought -
My sin, not in part, but the whole,
Is nailed to the cross, and I bear it no more;
Praise the Lord, praise the Lord, O my soul!" --Horatio G. Spafford
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