Great Encouragement in Christ JESUS ~ 18 August, 2025 A.D.

 

Bless Thy people, gracious Lord,

As we gather round Thy Word;

Give Thy servant at this hour,

Words directed by Thy pow’r;

Grant Thy grace that we may be,

Led to worship only Thee.

 

Let us join to sing Thy praise,

May each heart this anthem raise;

Praise Thee for Thy love and grace,

Which chose out of Adam’s race;

Multitudes to know Thy Name,

Sovereign mercy we proclaim!

 

Give us ears Thy voice to hear,

Stir within us holy fear;

Teach us of the Christ Who died,

Who the law has satisfied;

Stubborn wills, O Lord subdue,

With Thy grace, our heart endue.

 

Send Thy Word with pow’r divine,

To this needy heart of mine;

I am sinful, I confess,

Clothe me with Thy righteousness;

All the praise shall ever be,

Thine throughout eternity! 

  

Tune: “Rock of Ages” 7.7.7.7.7.7. Words by Jim Byrd

 

 

 

“Praise the LORD; for the LORD is good: sing praises unto His name; for it is pleasant.  For the LORD hath chosen Jacob unto Himself, and Israel for His peculiar treasure.  For I know that the LORD is great, and that our Lord is above all gods.  Whatsoever the LORD pleased, that did He in heaven, and in earth, in the seas, and all deep places.” -Psalm 135:3-6 [KJV]


 

CHRIST OUR ETERNAL SURETY

     

From old eternity the Lord Jesus Christ assumed full responsibility for the salvation of those given to Him in divine election.  He was “made a Surety of a better covenant” (Hebrews 7:22).  That covenant of grace was a contract entered into by the persons of the Godhead before the world was made.  

 

As the legally appointed and imminently qualified Representative of all those given and entrusted to Him for safe-keeping by the Father, the Son of God became obligated for the salvation of His elect.  The Father laid upon the Shepherd, and He willingly took upon Himself, accountability to divine justice to put away the sins of the sheep and bring in perfect righteousness for them by His substitutionary death on the cross.  

 

We read that His blood was “the blood of the everlasting covenant” (Hebrews 13:20).  God the Father has always looked to His Son for satisfaction for the indebtedness of those sinners chosen unto salvation; consequently, at no time has the justice of God sought restitution from His children.  That which Christ accomplished at the cross, the reconciliation, justification and redemption of His people, was because of that glorious covenant entered into by the Father and our Surety.  Like David, each believer finds great comfort in this covenant which is “ordered in all things, and sure: for this is all my salvation, and all my desire.” -II Samuel 23:5                                                                    

-preacher Jim Byrd of Thirteenth Street Baptist church located in Ashland, Kentucky USA

 

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