Christ Magnified The Law
The
Son of God, in cov’nant love,
The law to satisfy;
Descended from His throne above,
To suffer, bleed and die.
‘Twas by His death God’s justice was
Completely satisfied;
And by the work of Christ our Lord,
The law was magnified.
Upon the cross the Savior bore,
The weight of all our sin;
For us He paid the ransom price,
And righteousness brought in.
Christ triumphed over sin and death
Then took His seat on high;
And by the power of His blood,
To God He brings us nigh.
Each sinner in whose stead Christ died,
Will in this Savior rest;
And all who trust in Him are robed,
In spotless righteousness.
The law to satisfy;
Descended from His throne above,
To suffer, bleed and die.
‘Twas by His death God’s justice was
Completely satisfied;
And by the work of Christ our Lord,
The law was magnified.
Upon the cross the Savior bore,
The weight of all our sin;
For us He paid the ransom price,
And righteousness brought in.
Christ triumphed over sin and death
Then took His seat on high;
And by the power of His blood,
To God He brings us nigh.
Each sinner in whose stead Christ died,
Will in this Savior rest;
And all who trust in Him are robed,
In spotless righteousness.
Tune
to "HOW SWEET THE NAME" CM Words by JIM BYRD
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THE
WORD OF TRUTH
Some
say it makes no difference what a man hears or believes with regard
to religious matters, as long as he "believes
on Jesus," no
matter who he imagines him to be or to have done. An inspired
apostle, however, wrote about trusting the Lord after
having heard "the
word of truth, the gospel of your salvation"
(Ephesians 1:13). It is only "the
word of truth"
that is "the
gospel of your salvation,"
and if there is "the
word of truth,"
then we know Satan has concocted the word of error, and the word of
error is not
the gospel of your salvation.
What
is the word of error? It is any message that makes salvation
dependent upon sinners. There is no salvation in hearing and
believing "the word of error," but in hearing and believing
"the
word of truth, the gospel of your salvation."
"The word
of truth, the gospel of your salvation"
is the word about Him Who
is the Truth; it is the truth about Him Who is the Word. It is the
"report"
of the Savior’s deity and humanity, the good news of what He
accomplished for sinners so that God might be "a
just God and a Savior."
"The
word of truth"
is the message of redemption obtained by the cross-death of the Lord
Jesus Christ. "The
word of truth"
is not an invitation, but a declaration of the work Christ did to the
Father’s full satisfaction. It is the good news that redemption and
reconciliation have been accomplished. When the Savior said, "It
is finished"
and "bowed
His head and yielded up the ghost"
(John 19:30), everything a holy God demanded for the justification of
His people was fulfilled. All the sins of those in whose stead He was
sacrificed were put away; He reconciled His people and brought in
everlasting righteousness when He "died
for our sins according to the scriptures"
(1 Corinthians 15:3). This is the message we must hear and be brought
by the Holy Spirit to believe, the glad tidings of what God has
already done for undeserving rebels and Who He did it by, Christ the
Redeemer.
-Gospel report by preacher Jim Byrd
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