GOD SENT HIS SON TO SAVE US TUNE: "‘TIS SO SWEET TO TRUST IN JESUS" 8.7.8.7. W/CHORUS WORDS: JIM BYRD 1. Sons we are by God’s election, Saved by free and sovereign grace; Though by sin we all had fallen, Yet we are a ransomed race.
CHORUS: For God sent His Son to save us, Sent by covenant decree; Now we stand complete in Jesus, Safe for all eternity. 2. Though we are a sinful people, With no righteousness to claim; Christ in mercy came to save us, Praise His great and holy name. CHORUS
3. Since the Spirit came in power, Raised us from our dreadful state; We have trusted in the Savior, And for glory we await. CHORUS
4. Soon in heaven we shall see Him, When in death we fly away; Then our souls shall be with Jesus, What a grand and glorious day. CHORUS
TRIALS, TEMPTATIONS, STRIPPINGS, EMPTYINGS The very trials and afflictions, and the sore temptations through which God’s family pass, all eventually endear Christ to them. And depend upon it, if you are a child of God, you will sooner or later, in your travels through this wilderness, find your need of Jesus as "able to save to the uttermost." There will be such things in your heart, and such feelings in your mind—the temptations you will meet with will be such—that nothing short of a Savior that is "able to save to the uttermost" can save you out of your desperate case and felt circumstances as utterly lost and helpless. This a great point to come to. All trials, all temptations, all strippings, all emptyings that do not end here are valueless—because they lead the soul away from God. But the convictions, the trials, the temptations, the strippings, the emptyings, that bring us to this spot—that we have nothing, and can do nothing, but the Lord alone must do it all—these have a blessed effect, because they eventually make Jesus very near and dear unto us. –J. C. Philpot
"LOOKING UNTO JESUS" " Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith; who for the joy that was set before Him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God" (Hebrews 12:2). My friend, salvation is in "looking unto Jesus." It is not in looking unto baptism, looking unto morality, looking unto church membership, looking unto keeping the commandments, looking unto living by the golden rule, or looking unto coming to church. It is looking unto Jesus as Prophet, Priest and King. It is looking unto Him alone. It is not in looking unto your humility or obedience, but in looking unto Him who "humbled Himself and became obedient unto death even the death of the cross." It is looking unto His blood and righteousness for cleansing from sin and acceptance with God. It is looking unto Him as God who is almighty to save. It is looking unto Him as Man who lived, suffered, bled, died and arose that God might be a just God and a Savior. It is looking unto Him as the only Mediator between sinful men and a holy God. It is looking unto Him and not unto yourself. "Look unto Me, and be ye saved all the ends of the earth: for I am God, and there is none other" (Isaiah 45:22). I’ve had people say various things over the years about their desire for assurance of salvation. "I don’t think I feel my sin enough." Stop looking to your feelings and \pard softlinelook to Christ. "I don’t think I have repented enough." Stop looking to your repentance and look to Christ. "I don’t think I have wept enough." Stop looking to your tears and look to Christ. May the Holy Spirit turn the eyes of the soul away from everything else and enable you to simply, truly, whole-heartedly look unto Jesus Christ alone for life, for salvation, for acceptance, for pardon and for righteousness. "And ye are complete in Him" (Colossians 2:10). –Pastor Jim Byrd
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