Look with Mercy on Us Lord TUNE TO “I Am His and He Is Mine” 7.7.7.7/Double WORDS by Jim Byrd
1. Look with mercy on us Lord, As we here together meet; Help us worship Thy great name, Join Thy praises to repeat. As Thy gospel is proclaimed, All the glory shall be Thine; Magnify Thy precious Son, He in Whom all glories shine. (Repeat last two lines.)
2. Sweet it is to gather now, And to hear the joyful sound, Pardon for our guilt and sin, In the Son of God is found. By His blood and righteousness, Guilty captives are set free; Jesus conquered sin and death, When He died on Calvary. (Repeat last two lines.)
3. Lord as we assemble here, Low we bow before Thy face; God of sovereign grace and love, Pour Thy blessings on this place. Hungry sinners, Lord we are, Feed us or we starve indeed; Hear poor, needy, sinful souls, As we for Thy mercies plead. (Repeat last two lines.)
***** “The grass withereth, the flower fadeth: because the Spirit of the LORD bloweth upon it: surely the people is grass. The grass withereth, the flower fadeth: but the Word of our God shall stand for ever.” (Isaiah 40:7-8)
Sovereignty Belongs to God The sovereignty of God is absolute. To acknowledge this truth is at once to acknowledge that God has foreordained whatsoever comes to pass; that nothing else can come to pass; that predestination is a fact; that God does rule in the kingdoms of men; that all human ties, bonds and relationships are divinely appointed and formed; that salvation rests solely, fully and only in God’s election; that salvation is by God’s grace and His grace alone; and that no part of man’s salvation is of himself either in origin or execution. Where men get the idea that man’s will is the all-determining factor or moving cause of his salvation is hard to see. Certainly they do not get it from the Bible. --Scott Richardson *****
A Flawless Righteousness We must have a righteousness in which Jehovah Himself cannot find a flaw, a righteousness which Jehovah cannot mend, a righteousness which neither sin nor Satan can mar; and unless we have on a righteousness of this nature, we can never enter into the blessedness of the world to come. Where, then, are we to find it? Eternal praises to the matchless mercy of a covenant God, we have it in the blessed Person, glorious work and spotless obedience of the Lord Jesus Christ! –William Gadsby *****
The Sinless Sacrifice When the Lord Jesus Christ hung upon the cross, He was there as the Representative and Substitute of His people. It is written that He knew no sin (2 Corinthians 5:21), was without sin (Hebrews 4:15), did no sin (1 Peter 2:22), and in Him was no sin (1 John 3:5). He was the divine, perfect sacrifice for sin. This was His qualification. When He died, He had not been made unjust, but remained “the Just One” (Acts 7:52). “The Just died for the unjust to bring us to God” (1 Peter 3:18). It is true that all of the iniquities of His people were imputed to Him, yet all the while He remained, in Himself, the spotless, holy Lamb of God. He was undefiled (Hebrews 7:26) and could not be defiled. He was, is and always shall be the impeccable Christ. In all aspects of His life and in every conceivable sense, the Lord Jesus was the embodiment of purity and the Spirit of inspiration led the writers of Scripture to keep this vital truth of the sinlessness of the Savior ever before us. The whole work of redemption is dependent upon the perfection of the Sacrifice. Many believe that the Lord Jesus Christ actually became sinful, and therefore, wicked on the cross (the belief of the Charismatics, Catholics and others). To say that the Son of God literally became wicked is to state an impossibility for it is written, “the sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination to the LORD” (Proverbs 15:8). We know the sacrifice of the Lord Jesus was not a detestable, abhorrent thing to the Lord. His work as our Redeemer was satisfying to God and accepted as full payment for the indebtedness of the sins of His people. Only the guiltless Son of God could make infinite satisfaction to divine justice for sin. He was the Father’s “righteous Servant” (Isaiah 53:11) Who died that God might be “a just God and a Savior” (Isaiah 45:21). By one offering for sin He compensated the demands of a broken law. Since “the wages of sin is death” (Romans 6:23), Christ our righteous Representative “died for our sins according to the Scriptures” (1 Corinthians 15:3). The sins for which He died were “our sins” and not His own, except by imputation. –Pastor Jim Byrd, Thirteenth Street Baptist Church *****
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