AMAZING LOVE REMAINS MY THEME...

 

Amazing love, how rich and free,

That God would give His grace to me;

Forgive all my iniquity,

And save my soul eternally.

Redeeming love, amazing grace,

That Christ would come to take my place;

To bear my sin and then to die,

The law’s demands to satisfy.

 

Amazing love, how can it be,

That Christ would die on Calvary?

For by that death He ransomed me,

From condemnation I am free.

Redeeming love, surpassing thought,

The work of grace my Lord has wrought;

He drank the cup of justice dry,

To save my soul and justify.

 

Amazing love remains my theme,

For in that bloody, crimson stream,

My sin and guilt were washed away,

When Jesus died my debt to pay.

Redeeming love will be my song,

When I shall join the heavenly throng:

Then gathered round His throne above,

We’ll sing of His amazing love.

 

-Gospel Hymn, “Sweet Hour of Prayer" LM/double Words by Jim Byrd 

 

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SALVATION IS BY GOD’S CHOICE


     “For ye see your calling, brethren, how that not many wise men after the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble, are called:  But God hath chosen the foolish things of the world to confound the wise; and God hath chosen the weak things of the world to confound the things which are mighty; and base things of the world, and things which are despised, hath God chosen, yea, and things which are not, to bring to nought things that are: that no flesh should glory in His presence.” -I Corinthians 1:26-29 [KJV]  


It is an undeniable fact that some are saved and some are not saved.  Some believe on the Son of God to the salvation of their souls and when they leave this world they are, “absent from the body and present with the Lord” (II Corinthians 5:8).  Others, however, remain unrepentant, unbelieving and finally perish in their sins.  Who makes the difference between those who enter into everlasting glory and those who must endure everlasting condemnation (I Corinthians 4:7)?  


Why is it that some, upon their death, are carried by angelic hosts into a land of light, love and worship and yet others, when they die, are whisked away by divine justice to endure the never-ending horror and suffering of divine wrath?  We know the unrighteous perish in their sins because they refuse to bow before, believe on and render worship to the Lord Jesus Christ.  Everlasting judgment is their due reward.  


But, since no sinner, left to himself, will ever choose salvation by grace and come to Christ, why is it that some do believe on the Lord Jesus?  Whose will reigns supreme in salvation - man’s or God’s?  Surely the inspired words of Paul settle the issue once and for all.  The text does not say “man hath chosen,” as though any man determines his own destiny.  Three times it is written, “God hath chosen, God hath chosen, God hath chosen.”   The salvation of sinners is traced to the electing grace of God and He Alone receives the glory.                                                                                                               

-preacher Jim Byrd

 

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