Come and Trust Christ TUNE TO “ONLY TRUST HIM” CM with Chorus WORDS BY JIM BYRD
1. Come guilty sinner to the Lord, May God now make you wise; For none can save but Christ alone, Do not the Son despise.
CHORUS: Come and trust Him, Come and trust Him, Trust in Christ alone; None can save you, none can save you, None but Christ alone.
2. O trust the Savior only He Can save from sin and hell; He to the Father is the Way, In Him all mercies dwell. CHORUS
3. When on the cross of Calvary, Christ suffered, bled and died; The justice of a holy God, Was fully satisfied. CHORUS
4. ‘Twas not for works which we have done, That God is pacified; ‘Tis by the death of Jesus Christ, That we are justified. CHORUS
5. O what a Savior Jesus is, How suited to our case; Come to the Christ of Calvary, In faith the Lord embrace. CHORUS
***** SCRIPTURE READING THIS MORNING: ISAIAH 43:1-13
Daily Readings - Oct. 25-31 Sunday - Luke 8-9 Monday - Luke 10-11 Tuesday - Luke 12-13 Wednesday- Luke 14-16 Thursday - Luke 17-18 Friday - Luke 19-20 Saturday - Luke 21-22 *****
“Recompense to no man evil for evil. Provide things honest in the sight of all men. If it be possible, as much as lieth in you, live peaceably with all men.” (Romans 12:17-18)
***** Acceptance of the Sacrifice The resurrection of our Lord, according to Scripture, was the acceptance of His sacrifice. By the Lord Jesus rising from the dead, evidence was given that He had fully endured the penalty which was due to human guilt. “The soul that sinneth shall die” - that is the determination of the God of heaven. Jesus stands in the sinner’s stead and dies: and when He had done that, nothing more can be demanded of Him, for He that is dead is free from the law. You take a man who has been guilty of a capital offense: he is condemned to be hanged, he is hanged by the neck till he is dead. What more has the law to do with him? It is finished with him for it has executed its sentence upon him; if he can be brought back to life again, he is clear from the law. He has suffered the penalty. So when our Lord Jesus rose from the dead, after having died, He had fully paid the penalty that was due to justice for the sin of His people, and His new life was a life clear of penalty, free from liability. You and I are clear from the claims of the law because Jesus stood in our stead, and God will not exact payment both from us and from our Substitute: it were contrary to justice to sue both the Surety and those for whom He stood. And now, joy upon joy! The burden of liability which once did lie upon the Substitute is removed from Him also; seeing He has by the suffering of death vindicated justice and made satisfaction to the injured law. Now both the sinner and the Surety are free. This is a great joy, a joy for which to make the golden harps ring out a loftier style of music. He who took our debt has now delivered Himself from it by dying on the cross. His new life, now that He has risen from the dead, is a life free from legal claim, and it is the token to us that we whom He represented are free also. Listen! “Who shall lay anything to the charge of God’s elect? It is God that justifieth, who is he that condemneth? It is Christ that died, yea rather that is risen again.” It is a knockdown blow to fear when the apostle says that we cannot be condemned because Christ has died in our stead, but he puts a double force into it when He cries, “yea rather, that is risen again.” If Satan, therefore, shall come to any believer and say, “What about your sin?” tell him Jesus died for it, and your sin is put away. If he comes a second time, and say to you, “What about your sin?” answer him, “Jesus lives, and His life is the assurance of our justification. –copied
***** GOD Does as HE Pleases “Whatsoever the Lord pleased, that did He in heaven, and in earth, in the seas, and all deep places” (Psalm 135:6). Men may arrogantly insist, “I will do as I please,” but none are absolutely independent of all outside influences except God. He alone has a free will to do as He pleases. “I will do all My pleasure” (Isaiah 46:10). Someone said “man proposes, but God disposes.” In all things man’s will is ruled and overruled by the Lord. He may permit that which we desire to do, or He may not. We make our plans which may or may not come to realization, depending upon the will of God. If the Lord has purposed something contrary to our plans, our designs fall by the wayside. Only the Lord is independent, unaffected and uninfluenced by any other will. “Our God is in the heavens: He hath done whatsoever He hath pleased” (Psalm 115:3). –Pastor Jim Byrd
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