Good evening. Let's open tonight's
service with hymn number 127 from the hardback hymnal, number
127. Hallelujah, what a Savior. Let's
all stand together. 127. Man of sorrows, what a name! For the Son of God who came,
proven sinners to reclaim. Hallelujah, what a Savior! Bearing shame and scoffing rude,
In my place condemned he stood, Sealed my pardon with his blood,
Hallelujah, what a Savior! Guilty, vile, and helpless we,
spotless Lamb of God was He. Full atonement can it be? Hallelujah, what a Savior! Lifted up was he to die, It is
finished was his pride, Now in heaven exalted high, Hallelujah,
what a Savior! When He comes, our glorious King,
All His ransomed home to bring, Then anew this song we'll sing,
Hallelujah, what a Savior! Please be seated. Good evening. Let's open our Bibles
to Revelation chapter 5, Revelation 5 for our scripture reading.
The brethren in Spring Lake send their love and covet your prayers and I
assure them that we were in prayer for them. Rupert had a follow-up doctor's
visit Monday from his recent cancer surgery and it went well,
so But as the Lord enables you pray for pray for them. They're
in they're in a transition The older members that have been
giving leadership to the church for many years now are dying
off and and the younger Men are going to have to bear the burden
of responsibility. It's just a transition. Thank you for your prayers. We
had good services Sunday. I was very encouraged. And I'm
very thankful for the services you all had here. Robert, thank
you, brother. And Hugo. Who will ever forget
the stacking dolls? That was a good analogy. And
Trisha and I were talking about it and we were glad they weren't
painted. We've never seen stacking dolls
that weren't painted. But that was good. Alright, you have your Bibles
open to Revelation chapter 5. And I saw in the right hand of
him that sat on the throne, a book written within and on the backside
sealed with seven seals. And I saw a strong angel proclaiming
with a loud voice, who is worthy to open the book and to loose
the seals thereof. And no man in heaven nor on earth,
neither under the earth, was able to open the book, neither
to look thereon. And I wept much, because no man
was found worthy to open and to read the book, neither to
look thereon. We could understand this as the
book of God's word. He holds the key of David. He
has to unlock the mystery of the gospel to our hearts and
open the book. And it's sealed with seven seals.
The book of God's providence, the book of the Lamb's book of
life, with the names of those for whom the Lord Jesus Christ
lived and died. All of these books can only be
opened by Christ. And if he doesn't open them,
Then there's no, there's no hope, no hope for anybody to be saved
because there's no word and there's no, there's no covenant. The
book has to be opened. And one of the elders said unto
me, weep not. Oh, don't cry. Behold, behold,
take notice. The lion of the tribe of Judah,
The Root of David hath prevailed to open the book and to loose
the seven seals thereof. He hath gotten the victory. He
hath finished the work. He hath redeemed his people. He hath satisfied the demands
of the law. He hath prevailed, and he's able. And I beheld, and lo, in the
midst of the throne and the four beasts, and in the midst of the
elders, stood a lamb as it had been slain, having seven horns,
that's his power, and seven eyes, that's his omniscience. which
are the seven spirits of God sent forth unto all the earth.
And he came and took the book out of the right hand, the hymn
that sat upon the throne. And when he had taken the book,
the four beasts and the four and 20 elders, that's the church,
fell down before the lamb, having every one of them harps and golden
vials full of odors, which are the prayers of the saints. And
they sung a new song saying, thou art worthy. to take the
book and to open the seals thereof, for thou wast slain and hast
redeemed us to God by thy blood out of every kindred and tongue
and people and nation. Let's pray together. Merciful Heavenly Father, what
great hope and comfort we receive in knowing that the Lion of the
tribe of Judah, the Lord Jesus Christ himself,
hath prevailed, that he is seated at thy right hand and that he
is alive to make intercession for us, that he has seven horns
and seven eyes, all power and all knowledge and all truth to
save thy people. Lord, we pray that you would
enable us now by your spirit to set our affections on him.
Lord, that you would cause us to put aside those things that
would so easily beset us, those things that would distract us,
those things that would cause us to look away from Christ and
give us in this hour the grace and the mercy to look into the
book and to see what the Lord Jesus Christ hath done to prevail. We ask it in his name. Hymn number five in your gospel
hymns, song. Number five. And let's all stand
together, please. so ? Come ye sinners poor and wretched
? ? Weak and wounded, sick and sore ? ? Jesus ready stands to
save you ? ? Full of pity joined with power ? ? He is able, he
is able, he is willing, doubt not fear ? no more. He is able, he is able, he is
willing, doubt no more. Come ye needy, come and welcome,
God's free bounty glorify. True belief and true repentance,
every grace that brings us nigh. Without money, without money,
come to Jesus Christ and buy. Without money, without money,
come to Jesus Christ and buy. Let not conscience make you linger,
nor of fitness fondly dream. All the fitness He requireth
is to have a need of Him. This He gives you, this He gives
you, tis the Spirit's glimmering gleam. This He gives you, this
He gives you, Tis the Spirit's glimmering beam. Come ye weary, heavy laden, Bruised
and broken by the fall, If you tarry till you're better, You
will never come at all. Not the righteous, not the righteous,
sinners Jesus came to call. Not the righteous, not the righteous,
sinners Jesus came to call. Please be seated. Somebody move those hymnals I
put on that back table. There was a couple stacks of
the old paperback hymnals. Oh, they got thrown out. Oh,
I just put them there. I was going to announce for everybody
to take them home. So we'll put them back out. Take
as many of those as you want now that we have the new ones.
If you want to take one home with you, or two or three, feel
free to do that. Let's open our Bibles to Micah
chapter 6. Micah chapter 6. The Lord has given us in his
word as clearly as it can be said what it is he requires of
us. And I have read several commentaries
of men who I benefited from much of their
writing, and yet I've not read anybody that has properly understood
what it is God requires of us. Without exception, everyone that
I've ever read takes me back to the law and gives me something to do
in order to make myself acceptable to God. If that's what this passage means,
then I have not understood the gospel. I don't believe it is. And I
believe that what it does mean will be of great comfort and
encouragement to every child of God. To understand what it
is that God requires of me. Here it is. Verse 8 of Micah
chapter 6. He hath showed thee, O man, what
is good. and what doth the Lord require
of thee. To do justly, to love mercy,
and to walk humbly with thy God. To do justly, to love mercy,
and to walk humbly with thy God. Everybody I've ever read on this
passage of scripture tells me that to do justly means to do
right. I want to do what's right You
want to do what's right all the time? You don't want to do wrong
You want to keep your promises you want to fulfill your duty
you want to be honest in your dealings with men and with God
and But if that's what doing justice is, if that's what God
requires of me, I fall short. I fall short. The word justly
is a legal term. The word justice means that the
law has been fulfilled. That's what it means. You wouldn't
have any patience with a judge that would let a criminal off
without satisfying the demands of the law. The law says that
if you don't do justly, that these are the consequences to
be paid, and in order for justice to be satisfied, those consequences
have to be paid. And so it's a legal term. To
do justly means to fulfill the law. To love mercy. To love mercy. Oh, I've read
men that talk about being charitable and being generous and being
gracious in your dealings with men. I want to be charitable.
I was talking to a pastor this past week that a couple had been
attending his church for years, listening to the gospel. And
they left and told him that the church wasn't charitable enough. They weren't showing enough charity.
They didn't have any programs going on to help the poor and
that sort of thing. What is it to love mercy? Is it, as we are told by many,
to be tolerant and to show sympathy towards other men? Is that what
it means to show mercy? What about walking humbly? This
is what God... Now here's the three things that
God says I require of you. Do justice. Love mercy. And walk humbly. with thy God. Now I love humility. I love when I see it in others.
I hate it when it's veiled by my pride. I hate the absence
of it in my own life. And it's so sweet and beautiful
when you see it in the lives of others. I want to be humble.
But what does it mean to walk humbly with thy God? Does it mean that we're to show
humility and be gentle and modest and polite and respectful to
one another? We want to do all those things.
I read one commentator that said, no, it means to fulfill the duty
of the first four commandments. That's what it means to walk
humbly with thy God. To study, to show thyself approved,
a workman that needeth not be ashamed, rightly dividing the
word of truth. That's what it means to walk
humbly. To be fervent and constant in prayer. That's what it means
to walk humbly before your God. If I measure my success in fulfilling what God
requires of me by those definitions, I don't measure up. I fall short
of the requirements. Solomon concludes all of Ecclesiastes
with this, here is the whole of the matter. Fear God. keep his commandments for this
is the whole and you'll notice in the King James the word duty
is put in italics it's not there in the scriptures fear God and
keep his commandments for this is the whole of man what does
it mean to fear God and to keep his commandments well I think
that the the meaning of that is exactly what the Lord say
in here Let's begin. Man comes into this world believing
that he's got to do something to recommend himself to God.
He's just, that's his nature. That's his nature. He believes
he's got to at least do his best in keeping the commandments of
God. He's got to at least show some evidence of faith in order
to have any hope of salvation. He'll say that, oh, it's not
by works, it's by grace, and then he'll say, well, you know,
you've got to You've got to make a decision. You've got to perform
certain duties. You've got to keep God's commandments
and make them your rule of life. And so they'll talk about grace
and then they'll turn right around and make salvation a matter of
works. And we'll all do it. And even the children of God
remain recovering Pharisees their whole life. Let me tell you what the evidence
of that is. You remember in Matthew chapter 5 when the Lord said
to agree with your adversary quickly, lest he go to the law? Now, Satan is our adversary. He's the accuser of the brethren. What does Satan say to you and
to me? Look how, now he doesn't say
this to the unbeliever. To the unbeliever he points them
to their righteousness. He points them to their good
works. He gives them comfort and false hope by salving their
conscience with the hope that they've done their best. But
we know better. And he can't get us that way.
So what's he do? What's he do? He points out our
sin, doesn't he? And he says, look how evil you
are. Look how wicked you are. You see, it's self-righteousness
in reverse. God's going to judge you for
that. You're going to go to hell because of how wicked your sin
is. And the Lord said, agree with your adversary quickly,
lest he take you to the law. There is something that you can
agree with the devil about. That's right, I said it. I thought about making that statement
a long time today before I made it, but I just made it. There's
something you can agree with the devil about. When he tells
you about the wickedness and the evil of your sin and your
heart, you agree with your adversary quickly. And the quicker you
agree with him, The more you'll know that the law has nothing
to say against you. This is a faithful saying and
worthy of all acceptation. Christ Jesus came into the world
to save sinners. You're right. You're right, Satan.
I'm a sinner. And I'm a whole lot worse than
I think I am. I was talking to somebody recently and they were,
you know, they were going through all these therapies and counselors
and everybody was telling them, you know, the reason that you've
got so many problems is because you just have a low self-esteem.
You feel worthless and you feel bad about yourself and you just
need to think better and you'll be better. And I don't guess
anybody's ever told him what I told him. But I told him, I
said, you're a whole lot worse than you think you are. You're a whole lot worse than
you think you are. And it put him back on his heels.
But he heard something and I'm very hopeful that the Lord is
going to show him this. So when your adversary says to
you, look how wicked you are, you agree with him, quickly.
And don't let him take you to the law. Now, if you try to justify
your sin, or if you try to excuse it, or if you try to, you know,
make it less than it is, then he's going to drag you to the
law, and you're going to have no hope. And what did the Lord
say in Matthew chapter 5? If he takes you to the law, the
law is not going to be satisfied until its full penalty is paid. The full penalty of the law is
paid. So, just like the Lord uses our old
man to drive our new man to Christ, just like Esau serves Jacob,
Satan is God's Satan. He's God's devil. And if the
Lord uses him to expose our wicked hearts, Praise God, if we're
brought as sinners to see our need for Christ, and we flee
to Him for our righteousness and for our justice before God,
yes, I'm a sinner, but that's who Christ came to save, and
I'm running to Him. And I know that He's satisfied
the law. And you're not gonna get me to believe that God's
gonna punish me for my sin. He's already punished Christ
for my sin. I'm looking to Him. So, this thinking that what we do has
anything at all to do with our salvation, it's in our DNA. It's in our nature. It was with us from birth, and even as the children of God,
we struggle with it, don't we? What must I do to be saved? Isn't that what the Philippian
jailer asked? Now I want to know the answer to that question.
What must I do to be saved? What does God require of me?
Those Pharisees asked the Lord in John chapter 6 When they said
what works can we work? To do the works of God and what
the Lord say this is the work of God that you believe on him
whom he has sent Now the Lord wasn't saying you want to do
the work of God then you just figure out a way to believe No,
this is the work of God that you believe. If you believe,
God has done a work of grace in your heart. He's caused you
to flee to Christ. It's no wonder that works religion
is very profitable. Men are drawn to it. They will
make sacrifice. They will traverse land and sea
to make one disciple twice the devil of themselves, won't they?
We've done it. We've done it. They'll punish themselves. They'll give of their money.
They'll do whatever they can do in order to try to save themselves. And if doing justly, and loving
mercy, and walking humbly before our God has anything to do with
something that we do, then we're just back to works, aren't we?
We're just back to works. Turn with me to Isaiah chapter
one. Verse 10, hear the word of the
Lord, ye rulers of Sodom. Now the Lord's speaking to Israel,
and he's calling them Sodom. Give ear unto the law of our
God, ye people of Gomorrah. To what purpose is the multitude
of your sacrifices? Unto me, saith the Lord, I am
full of the burnt offerings and rams and the fat of fed beasts,
and I delight not in the blood of bullocks or of lambs or of
he goats. And when you come to appear before
me, who hath required this at your hand to tread my courts? Bring no more empty oblations."
That's all they are. Vain commitments. Incense is
an abomination unto me. The new moons and Sabbaths, the
calling of assemblies, I cannot away with. It is iniquity. Even
your solemn meetings, your new moons and your appointed feast,
my soul hateth. They are a trouble unto me. I
am weary to bear them. And when you spread forth your
hands, I will hide mine eyes from you. Yea, when you make
many prayers, I will not hear, for your hands are full of blood. Now the Lord is describing their
religious activity. He's not talking about the wicked
stuff they're doing. He's talking about their religious
meetings. He's talking about their prayers.
He's talking about their sacrifices. He's talking about the things
that they're bringing to the altar in hopes of winning the
favor of God. This is what God requires of
you. Not those things. Quit the evil of those things.
What God requires of you is to do justly, to love mercy, and
to walk humbly, not before men, but before thy God. That's what
God requires. To do justly. What is it to do justly? First thing I want you to notice
is that that verb to do, you see it right there in your text?
It's in the infinitive, which just simply means that it's a
verbal noun. It would be better translated
doing, I-N-G. Just put I-N-G at the end of
it. Doing justly. In other words, you continue
to do justly. That's what God requires of you. Now what is justly? What is justice? Justice is the satisfying of
the law. And you can't do it. No more
than you can keep the commandments of God. You can't do it. So what is it to do justly? It's
to look to the Lord Jesus Christ for all your justification before
God. That's what it is. Turn with
me to Galatians chapter 3. Verse six, even as Abraham believed
God and it was accounted to him for righteousness. Abraham believed
God and it was accounted for him for righteousness. Know ye
therefore that they which are of faith, the same are the children
of Abraham. someone matter of fact I mentioned
this last Wednesday night the lady that cut my hair I had a
chance to talk to her I guess it was well I ran into her today
going to Sam she was standing out front and she told me she
said I've been thinking about what you said the other day thank God thank God But she was saying, you know,
doesn't God love all of his children? And I told her today, I didn't
remember to tell her this the other day when I was talking
to her, but I told her today, I said, you know, the Lord said to the
Pharisees who believed that they were the children of God, that
they were children of the devil. And she said, oh, I hope that's
not true of me. I said, well, come and listen,
come. Those that are of faith are the
children of Abraham, the children of God. No place in the word
of God does it call all men the children of God. The elect are
the children of God. Those who believe God and have
the righteousness of Christ imputed to their account, the only one
who ever kept the law, The only one that ever did justly. The
only one that ever satisfied the demands of God's law. That's
what he did. He presented before God a righteousness
that God required and he suffered for the sins of his people and
put away the judgment and wrath of God. And the scripture foreseeing
that God would do justly the heathen through faith, preached
before the gospel unto Abraham, saying, In thee shall all nations
be blessed. So then, they which be of faith
are blessed with faithful Abraham, for as many as are of the works
of the law are under the curse." If doing justly means that I've
got to keep the law and that's what God requires of me, I'm in trouble. Cursed is everyone that continueth
not in all things that are written in the book of the law to do
them. You wanna keep the law, you're
gonna have to keep it perfect. The curse of God is upon anyone who
does not keep the law of God perfectly. And so when I fear
God and keep his commandments, I'm looking to Christ. I'm resting
in Christ, and all the commandments of God are satisfied in the person
of my Savior. But that no man is justified
by the law in the sight of God, it is evident, for the just shall
live by faith. And the law is not a faith. But
the man that doeth them shall live in them. Christ hath redeemed
us from the curse of the law, being made a curse for us, for
it is written, Cursed is everyone that hangeth upon a tree. The
Lord Jesus Christ suffered the full curse of God's wrath for
my lawbreaking, for your lawbreaking. So justice is satisfied. And I do, I continue to do justice. To whom coming, I am doing justly
as God gives me faith to look to the Lord Jesus Christ and
rest in Him. That's what God requires. That's
what God requires. Doing justly is taking sides
with God against yourself. David said in Psalm 51, against
thee and thee only have I sinned and done this evil in thy sight
that thy might be justified. That's where our problem is.
You see, David had sinned against Bathsheba, he had sinned against
Uriah, he had sinned against the children of Israel in what
he did. But he said against thee and thee only have I sinned and
done this evil in thy sight, that thou mayest be justified.
Lord, you're the one that's got to be justified. I can apologize
to Uriah. I can, you know, I mean, maybe
not to Uriah. I can apologize to Bathsheba
and to the people of Israel. I can confess my sins, but Lord,
for justice to be done, you've got to be reckoned with. And
for that to happen, you're going to have to purge me of my sin. Justly. Reconcile with your adversary
quickly. Don't let him take you to the
law. Agree with him. Yep, I'm a sinner. Oh, and it's
a whole lot worse than I think it is. And it's a whole lot worse
than you're making it out to be. But you're not going to take
me to the law because the fact that I agree with you about the
fact that I'm a sinner is the evidence that I have that I'm
trusting the Lord Jesus Christ for my justification before God. Have you tried to make light
of your sin or justify your sin or compare yourself to yourself
or to other men or to the law and make it look like things
aren't so bad like everybody else does? then you're gonna
be under the curse of the law. Yep, I'm a sinner. To love, mercy. Oh, I need mercy. Lord, withhold
from me what I deserve. Turn with me to Luke chapter
one. Luke chapter one. John's father, Zacharias, when
he is finally enabled to speak. In verse 67, And his father Zacharias
was filled with the Holy Ghost and prophesied, saying, Blessed
be the Lord God of Israel, for He hath visited and hath redeemed
His people. He has accomplished our redemption.
He was made flesh and dwelt among us, and we beheld his glory as
the glory of the only begotten of the Father. He's the one that's
full of grace and full of truth. He's the only one I need. To
be pleasing before God, I am accepted in the beloved. And that's the only way I'm gonna
be accepted. And what God requires of me is to look to Christ for
all my justice. all my justification, to look
to Christ for all my mercy." Look what Zacharias goes on to
say, "...and hath raised up a horn of salvation." Remember that
seven horns we just read about in Revelation? A horn is a picture
of strength, power. That's the end of the animal.
You don't want anything to do with. You got to deal with an animal
with horns and that's... He's got the horn of salvation. He's
got the... It's the power of the gospel
unto salvation to everyone that believeth. And he hath the horn
of salvation for us in the house of his servant David, as he spake
by the mouth of his holy prophets, which have been since the world
began." Adam spoke of Christ. Abel spoke of Christ. The prophets
of God have been speaking of him from the very beginning of
time, that we should be saved from our enemies and from the
hand of all that hate us. Who's your enemy? Your old man's
your enemy. Your sin's your enemy. Hell's
your enemy. The law of God's your enemy.
In that if you're not found in Christ, it's going to destroy
you. What did this one come to do?
To perform the mercy promised to our fathers and to remember
his holy covenant. That's what he came to perform.
Oh, there's my hope. I love to be saved like that. I love mercy. I love mercy. I love the hope of knowing that
the covenant of grace extends to me the mercy of God in the
accomplished work of the Lord Jesus Christ. He satisfied justice, fulfilled
all righteousness, and I get to love mercy. And walk humbly before thy God. Let me show you a verse of scripture
I just discovered. It's in Isaiah. Isaiah chapter
23. Isaiah chapter 23. The Lord is talking about the
destruction of the world in Isaiah chapter 23. And in verse 9, it
says, The Lord of hosts hath purposed it to stain the pride
of all glory. Has He stained your pride? Has
He? I mean, you're full of it. But
you hate it, don't you? You hate it. And our pride's been stained. Because we want to walk humbly
before our God. And we do. We do. When we're in the presence of
God, there's no pride. There's no pride. Now, Trish
and I, pray together occasionally for special needs or if we're
going to have a meal or something to that effect. But somebody
asked me recently, you know, well, don't you and your wife
have prayer time together where you just get before God? I said,
no, no, I don't. I don't want her to hear what
I'm saying to God. She'd lose all confidence in
me. And I don't want to hear what
she's saying to God. Prayer is very personal. If He stained
your pride, and you're crying out to God, you're pouring out
your soul to Him. You're confessing your sin to
Him. You're begging to Him for His mercy and for His grace.
You get in your closet and you do that all by yourself. And
you will find yourself walking humbly before your God. Isn't that our experience? 1 Corinthians 1, and we'll conclude
with this. Verse 27, But God hath chosen
the foolish things of the world to confound the wise. Has he
made you foolish? Oh, Lord, I'm such a fool. I'm
so weak. I can't do justice. I can't be
humble. I can't. I can't be merciful. I can't keep your law. I can't
Lord. And God hath chosen the weak things of the world to confound
the things which are mighty, the base things of the law of
the world and the things which are despised have God chosen,
yea, the things which are not. Is that you? If you're a child
of God, I know it's you. I know that's what you think
about yourself. I'm just not. I'm not able. I'm not able to
do anything to recommend myself to God. I'm completely dependent
upon another to do it for me. to bring to naught the things
that are, that no flesh should glory in his presence. We are
the true circumcision which worship God in the spirit, rejoicing
in Christ Jesus and have no confidence in the flesh. No confidence. For of him, of God the Father,
are you in Christ Jesus, who of God is made unto us. All our
wisdom, all our righteousness, all our sanctification, and all
our redemption, that according as it is written, he that glorieth,
let him glory in the Lord. Now, let's go back to our text.
I said that was the last passage, but I want to show you something
in our text before we leave Micah chapter 6. Verse 5, O my people, Remember
now what Balak king of Moab consulted and what Balaam the son of Beor
answered him from Shittim unto Gilgal that ye may know the righteousness
of the Lord. So this passage of scripture
in terms of what God requires of us. Now look what he says.
Wherefore shall I come before the Lord, and bow myself before
the high God? Shall I come before him with
burnt offerings, and with calves of a year old? Will the Lord
be pleased with thousands of rams, or with ten thousands of
rivers of oil? Shall I give my firstborn for
my transgressions, the fruit of my body for the sin of my
soul? He hath shown thee, O man, what is good, and what doth the
Lord require of thee, to do justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly
with thy God. That's what he requires. You
can offer your child on the altar, burn up your kids. That's God's
thing. You can't bring anything. But he says, all of this is in
the context of what God made Balaam say to Balak. Balaam,
the king of Moab, hired Balaam to pronounce a curse against
Israel. And Balaam kept trying to make good on that. He kept
trying to get Balaam. But God forbid him. God put the
words in Balaam's mouth. And rather than cursing the children
of Israel, Balaam blessed the children of Israel. And here's
what Balaam said at Shittim. Here's what he said. He hath
not, Balaam speaking, Numbers chapter 23, God hath not beheld
the iniquity of Jacob, neither hath he seen perverseness in
Israel, for the Lord his God is with him. That was a false prophet who
spoke the truth. God hath not beheld the iniquity
of Jacob, neither hath he seen the perverseness of Israel. The Lord saying, you want to
know what I require of you? Look back at that prophecy that
I put in the mouth of Balaam. Because that's where your righteousness
is. I don't see your iniquity. If you're in Christ, you're doing
justly. You are loving mercy and you
are walking humbly with your God. Our Heavenly Father, we're thankful
for your word. Oh, how we pray that you would
increase our faith, cause us, Lord, to find in Christ all of
our justice before thee, to love your mercy, and to walk humbly,
confessing our total dependence upon you, for we ask it in Christ's
name. Amen. All right, let's stand
together, Brother Tom. Number 30 in the small gospel
hymns. 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 when
He died upon the tree. As the substitute for sinners,
God will not impute to me. Glory, glory, I'm accepted, robed
in Christ's own righteousness. I'm a child and 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. 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. Christ has sworn they shall not
perish who believe on me their Lord. So I'm not sure I want to do
it.