1. Glory, glory, I’m forgiven! All my sins are washed away:
Christ, by His great blood atonement, all my sin has put away.
Sin imputed to my Savior, for He died upon the tree;
As the Substitute for sinners, God will not impute to me.
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2. Glory, glory, I’m accepted! Robed in Christ’s own righteousness,
I’m a child, an heir of heaven, saved by God's almighty grace.
Christ’s obedience to the Father is imputed now to me:
In God's sight I'm pure and holy, He declares me so to be.
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3. Glory, glory, I’ll not perish! In Christ’s hands I am secure:
He who saved me, sure, will keep me; By God's grace I shall endure.
This is not a vain presumption; I just take Him at His Word:
He has sworn: They shall not perish who believe on Me their Lord!
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The Mercy of God
“I, even I, am He that blotteth out thy transgressions
for Mine own sake,
and will not remember thy sins.” Isaiah 43:25
Because by nature we are far from God, it is hard for us to understand the way of our salvation. Even when we see our sins and God’s holiness - we are slow to learn the way of peace. To come into the clear light of Gospel truth; to rejoice in the Lord; to be strong in the Lord; to increase in happy knowledge of Jesus as my own Savior - let me rest simply and entirely on the salvation of God - the salvation wrought for me by Jesus Christ. Look, my soul, to the promises. God’s way - not mine! Christ’s work - not mine!
Blessed be God, for a free and full salvation. It is faith to rest on God’s mercy. Yes, humble faith. The freeness of forgiveness, and its all-perfect fullness - amazing, wonderful! The past all blotted out - and peace now given! This is not like man’s mercy. No - it is God’s mercy. “For My thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways My ways, saith the LORD.”
Be it mine, then, to believe the precious promises of God. Not shutting my eyes to the sins of the past, confessing my vileness - yet must I believe that the blood of Jesus Christ His Son cleanses us from All sin.
Oh, that I may rejoice in the liberty with which Christ has made us free! Joined to Him by living faith, may I know that there is no condemnation, and rejoice with holy joy - feeling in the time of trial and in the hour of death, that I am His.
Being justified by faith, we have peace with God, and not only so, but we rejoice in God through our Lord Jesus Christ. The love of God is shed abroad in our hearts by the Holy Spirit, which is given unto us - and we cry, “Abba, Father!”
Bless the Lord, O my soul, and forget not all His benefits! He forgives all your iniquities - and crowns you with loving-kindness and tender mercies. --William Purton
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Dive and Dive Again!
“The riches of God's grace!” Ephesians 1:7
“The exceeding riches of his grace!” Ephesians 2:7
“The unsearchable riches of Christ!” Ephesians 3:8
Millions of dazzling pearls and gems lie hidden in the deep recesses of the ocean caves. In the same way, unfathomable oceans of grace are in Christ for His redeemed people. Dive and dive again - you will never come to the bottom of these depths! One gem from that ocean, is worth all the pebbles from earthly streams!
I pray that out of His glorious riches, you might “be strengthened with might by His Spirit in the inner man;” Ephesians 3:16
“But my God shall supply all your need
according to His riches in glory by Christ Jesus!” Philippians 4:19
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