Bless The Savior's Name!


Magnify the Mediator,
Jesus Christ our mighty Savior,
He restored us to God’s favor;
Bless the Savior’s Name.

Jesus saves from sin forever,
He abideth faithful ever;
From His love no pow’r can sever,
Bless the Savior’s Name.

With His blood He justified us,
By His grace He sanctified us;
He will someday glorify us,
Bless the Savior’s Name.

All our needs He well-supplies us,
He the Rock that safely hides us;
By His Spirit Jesus guides us,
Bless the Savior’s Name.


Tune "PRAISE THE SAVIOR" 8.8.8.5. Words by JIM BYRD


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THE PRECIOUSNESS OF IMPUTED RIGHTEOUSNESS

The older I get the more precious Christ’s imputed righteousness is to me. Here is a truth about which we cannot say too much.
      1. THE ETERNALITY OF IMPUTATION. God eternally justified and declared His people to be righteous in the Son of God. He has always been, "THE LORD OUR RIGHTEOUSNESS" (Jeremiah 23:6). How could God justify and pronounce His people to be righteous even before the Savior died? Our sins were charged to Him before the world was made, and God looked to our Surety for satisfaction to His justice. From old eternity we have been "accepted in the Beloved" (Ephesians 1:6).

      2. THE LEGALITY OF IMPUTATION. The Savior’s death was a justice-satisfying transaction between the Father and the Son. The sins of His people having been charged to our Substitute, Christ died and rendered full payment for the wages of our sins. Don’t underestimate the importance of the legality of salvation. The greatest issue of all time is,       "How can God be just and justify the ungodly?" Here is the gospel answer - only through the substitutionary, sacrificial, justice-satisfying death of our Lord Jesus Christ.

      3. THE REALITY OF IMPUTATION. The sins of God’s elect were charged to the spotless Savior, and His righteousness has been credited to His people. We are actually       "made the righteousness of God in Him" (2 Corinthians 5:21). Like the infant described by Ezekiel, we are made perfect through the comeliness of Christ (Ezekiel 16:14).

      -Gospel report by preacher Jim Byrd

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