Great Encouragement in Christ JESUS ~ 02 August, 2026 A.D.


THERE IS A SAVIOR

Hymn: “Am I A Soldier” CM Words by Jim Byrd

 

 

There is a Savior, Christ the Lord,

Who for our sins once died;

There is a ransom which He paid,

The law He satisfied.

 

There is an eye that never sleeps,

When darkness covers all;

There is an ear that always hears,

His children when we call.

 

There is an arm, almighty still,

Though we are weak and frail;

There is unfailing providence,

To guide us without fail.

 

There is a Father who forgives

And loves us, though we roam;

There is His grace to keep us safe,

Until He calls us home.

 

There is a place prepared for us,

Where Jesus we shall see;

There is a song of praise to sing,

Throughout eternity.



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      “Create in me a clean heart, O God; and renew a right spirit within me.  Cast me not away from Thy presence; and take not Thy holy spirit from me.  Restore unto me the joy of Thy salvation; and uphold me with Thy free spirit.  Then will I teach transgressors Thy ways; and sinners shall be converted unto Thee” (Psalm 51:10-13).

 

 

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     “HE GAVE HIS ONLY BEGOTTEN SON”


 

 

     Before the foundation of the world, God chose a people in Christ and purposed to be gracious to them (II Thessalonians 2:13).  Those ordained to salvation were “predestinated to be conformed to the image of Christ” (Romans 8:29).  Here is the question I want you to consider: what will God sacrifice in order to save the objects of His love from their sins?  What was He willing to surrender so that a multitude of rebels would be justified in His sight?  I will first tell you what He did not sacrifice.  He did not part with His holy character by compromising His justice because “the wages of sin is death” (Romans 6:23).  He did not give up His honor by lessening the standard for acceptance:  “it shall be perfect to be accepted” (Leviticus 22:21).  And, He did not abandon His Law which says, “the soul that sinneth shall die” (Ezekiel 18:20).  

 

I will tell you the sacrifice God gave to save His people from their sins - His own Son.  “For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son...” (John 3:16).  “God spared not His own Son...” (Romans 8:32).  Why did God “not spare His own Son”?  There was no other way He could be just and justify the ungodly.  The sins of His people were imputed to Christ and as their Substitute He died and thereby satisfied the claims of justice against us.  It is written, “But when the fulness of the time was come, God sent forth His Son, made of a woman, made under the law, to redeem them that were under the law, that we might receive the adoption of sons” (Galatians 4:4-5).  In order to make us righteous, God would not and could not surrender His holiness, His honor or His Law, but He did give His Son over to the sword of vengeance (Zechariah 13:7).  

 

The blessed Redeemer, God’s offering for sin and our Substitute, suffered the agonizing death of the cross in order to “Save His people from their sins” (Matthew 1:21).  “The LORD hath laid on Him the iniquity of us all” (Isaiah 53:6).  When Christ died, the sins of God’s children were condemned and therefore those for whom He laid down His life shall never be condemned (Romans 8:1-3). 

 

-preacher Jim Byrd 

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