O WHAT A SAVIOR Tune to "AWAY IN A MANGER" 11.11.11.11. Words by JIM BYRD
1. Christ Jesus the Savior came down from above, In covenant mercy and infinite love; The Lord of creation a servant became, To save all His people, O praise His great name.
2. Enthroned in His beauty and all glorious, Jehovah our Savior became like to us; The Word was made flesh and laid glory aside, What grace and affection for His chosen bride.
3. Our Prophet, High Priest and the eternal King, Descended from heaven, His praises we sing; Emmanuel came the Lord with us on earth, Behold a great myst’ry, the dear Savior’s birth.
4. O what a Redeemer is Jesus our Lord, He paid all our sin-debt, to God we’re restored; Redeemed by His blood, He our ransom has paid, And clothed in His beauty His saints are arrayed.
5. All praise to Christ Jesus our Savior is He, In Him we are safe throughout eternity; Come now and adore Him Who made us His choice, Let all of His people in Jesus rejoice.
SCRIPTURE READINGS TODAY: MORNING: MATTHEW 1:1, 16-25 EVENING: LUKE 22:1-23
"And without controversy great is the mystery of godliness: God was manifest in the flesh, justified in the Spirit, seen of angels, preached unto the Gentiles, believed on in the world, received up into glory" ( 1 Timothy 3:16).
EMMANUEL "Behold, a virgin shall be with child, and shall bring forth a son, and they shall call His name Emmanuel, which being interpreted is, God with us" (Matthew 1:23). Consider the blessedness of the name itself of Emmanuel, God with us. Sweet consideration to the heart of the believer! For as God, it is evident, that all He did when upon earth, and all that He is doing now in heaven, was and is effectual to all the purposes of salvation. The infinite dignity of His person gives an infinite merit to His work, and cannot fail, both in His blood and righteousness, to justify His people, and render them truly acceptable in the sight of God their Father, and fully secure to them the everlasting blessedness and glory of heaven. And as He is man and God in our nature, so does His nearness and dearness give an interest to His people in all that belongs to Him; yea, all the blessings come home with a tenfold sweetness to our hearts, because He is Emmanuel, God with us. God in our nature, and we are "the members of His body, of His flesh, and of His bones." –Robert Hawker
THE INCARNATION The incarnation of Christ is a most extraordinary and amazing affair. It is wonderful indeed, that the eternal Son of God should become man; that He should be born of a pure virgin, without any concern of man in it; that this should be brought about by the power of the Holy Ghost, in a way unseen, imperceptible and unknown, signified by His overshadowing; and all this in order to effect the most wonderful work that ever was done in the world, the redemption and salvation of men. It is a most mysterious thing, incomprehensible by men, and not to be accounted for upon the principles of natural reason. This is only to be believed and embraced upon the credit of divine revelation, to which it solely belongs. –John Gill
"THE WORD WAS MADE FLESH" "In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. And the Word was made flesh and dwelt [tabernacled] among us, (and we beheld His glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth" (John 1:1, 14).
These verses declare both the deity and the humanity of the Savior. In the incarnation, the eternal Word did not cease to be all that He was, yet He became what He was not before. This is the very foundation of the excellence and effectualness for His work as our Savior. As God, He knew the divine requirements for the satisfaction of infinite justice in order to save sinners in a way that was honoring to His holy character. Since He was God Himself, He was imminently qualified to render the obedience necessary for the salvation of His people. God, however, cannot experience death, the just penalty for sin, therefore the Word joined Himself to human nature and laid down His life in the stead of His fallen people. By the sacrifice of Himself, He put away our iniquities and brought in everlasting righteousness. And consider this also. The union of God and man in one person is an indissoluble union. "He (that is, the God-Man) ever liveth to make intercession for us" (Hebrews 7:25). –Pastor Jim Byrd
Older
Top
