I have a message from the Lord
for our hearts this evening. I feel like it's a good message
on a Wednesday night. People come in frantically trying
to get here from the world, from work, from school, from all the
responsibilities. Try to sit down for a minute. And it would be a good time for
us to have a word of assurance and comfort in our Lord Jesus
Christ. And it's in the form of a song.
I think, I'm not the most musical person in the world, but songs
seem to speak to our hearts. This message we have in Isaiah
chapter 26 is a song of assurance in Christ. It's a song of assurance
and salvation that sinners find in our Lord Jesus Christ. I've
entitled the message, The Song of Salvation in Christ. Really,
it's the song of Christ. It's all about Him, who He is
to His people, what He's done for His people. And all of us
are interested in assurance. Well, if we'd have assurance,
I know we'll never find any assurance in anything that's in us, anything
about us, anything that we've ever done. So a believer looks
to Christ And when we look to him, we sing of him. And there's
five verses in this song this evening. The first verse is Christ
our salvation. Verse one. In that day shall
this song be sung in the land of Judah. This is the song every
believer sings. We have a strong city. Salvation
will God appoint for walls and bulwarks. Now this city, I know
this is talking about when Israel comes back to Jerusalem, Isaiah
is really not writing about Jerusalem. He's not writing about any city
really on earth. If you look at Revelation 21,
the city that he's referring to here is salvation in Christ.
In Revelation 21, John speaks of the same city, and he calls
it New Jerusalem. In verse one, and I saw a new
heaven and a new earth, for the first heaven and the first earth
were passed away, and there was no more sea. And I, John, saw
the holy city, New Jerusalem, coming down from God out of heaven,
prepared as a bride adorned for her husband. And I heard a great
voice out of heaven saying, behold, the tabernacle of God is with
men, and he will dwell with them. And they should be his people,
and God himself should be with them and be their God. He's not
referring to a city there. John's referring to a person.
He's referring to the Lord Jesus Christ. Well back in our text
in Isaiah 26, Isaiah is describing the same person when he refers
to this city. And this is very interesting.
Read this verse without, you know the words in italics were
added by the translators. Read it without the words in
italics. In that day shall this song be sung in the land of Judah.
We have a strong city. Salvation will appoint walls
and bulwarks. Now that gives us a more clear
meaning of what Isaiah is saying. He's talking about a person. Now the purpose of God is that
his elect be safe and that they enjoy security in Christ. And this person Isaiah is writing
about. Well, how's God going to keep his people safe? Well,
it's not by building literal walls and bulwarks around them.
God keeps his people safe by appointing salvation for them.
And salvation in Christ is its own security. Salvation in Christ
is its own defense. It doesn't need walls and boards.
Salvation is the defense. And this city of salvation in
Christ, you know, it has a city charter. It's the eternal covenant
of grace. There's a key to the city. It's
Christ. The key to the city is Christ.
It'll open every door. It'll open everything in this
city. He, Christ is the key to the city. And this city has founding
fathers that make this city strong. Father, Son, and Holy Spirit
are the founding fathers of this city. This salvation is so secure
and it's so strong because it's founded by the will of God the
Father. This salvation is the purpose
of the Father. Now, does the purpose of God
ever change? Will God ever change his mind? Of course not. then this salvation cannot be
lost unless a man can change God's purpose or if God becomes
a liar. See how secure this is? This
salvation is so strong because it's founded on the love of God
that is eternal and never changes. It's founded on the covenant
of grace that's ordered in all things and sure that it's the
city charter. This is what this city is founded
on, the covenant of grace. It's ordered in all things and
it's sure. So this salvation is sure. Then
there's the Son. God the Son is one of the founding
fathers. This salvation is sure and it's
secure because it is the purchase of God's Son. The Lord Jesus
Christ purchased this salvation with His own blood. Nobody gave
it to Him for free. He purchased it with His own
sacrifice. The father accepted the payment
of Christ, his blood, his sacrifice as payment in full for all the
sin of his elect. That's why he told his son, now
you sit right here on my right hand till I make your enemies
your footstool. This salvation is sure. And this
salvation in Christ cannot be lost unless the father suddenly
counts the blood of Christ as a worthless thing. Now you know
that's not gonna happen. This is sure. This salvation
can't be lost unless the righteousness of Christ is somehow suddenly
found to be impure. It can't be lost unless the person
of Christ is somehow found to be not good enough. This salvation
can't be lost unless the mediation of Christ is suddenly not heard
by the Father. If the Father suddenly refuses
to hear His Son as He pleads for His people, well, it can
be lost. But none of those things are gonna happen because of who
Christ is. He purchased this, it's sure.
Then there's the Holy Spirit. He's one of the founding fathers.
And this salvation is so secure and it's so strong because of
who the Holy Spirit is. He has power to give life to
everyone that Christ died for. And that life that the Spirit
gives, it can't be lost. unless the blood of Christ suddenly
loses its power or if the Holy Spirit suddenly loses his power
to give life to the dead. Well, that's never going to happen.
So this salvation stands strong. This salvation stands strong
against all the charges of the broken law because Christ kept
the law perfectly for his people. This salvation stands strong
from all condemnation. There's therefore now no condemnation
to them which are in Christ Jesus. He bore the condemnation of his
people away. This salvation stands strong
against the damning power of sin because it's Christ that
died. And God's elect have every right
to live in this city because God's changed our citizenship.
We are born living in Adam's city. But what does scripture
say? God has delivered us from the
power of darkness and translated us from the power of darkness
into the kingdom of his dear son. That's the city Isaiah is
talking about here. Salvation in Christ. Christ is
our salvation. That's a good verse to sing,
isn't it? I enjoy that verse. Well, there's a second one. Second
verse is Christ our entrance to God, verse two. open ye the
gates, that the righteous nation which keepeth the truth may enter
in." Now we know this. Christ is the door. He's the
door of salvation. He's the only door of the sheep.
He told us that in John chapter 10. But this is interesting. Isaiah doesn't say open the gate,
does he? He said open the gates, plural. Well, what's he talking
about? Well, you know, Jerusalem was
a pretty good sized city, had many different gates they used
for different purposes. But you know, all those gates
led to the same city, led to the same place. Now these gates,
they're the many different facets of the same diamond, which is
our Lord Jesus Christ. There's the gate of God's electing
love. Every one of God's elect enter into this gate. Well, who's
that gate? It's Christ. Christ is God's
first elect. God said in Isaiah 42, behold,
my servant whom I uphold, mine elect. Christ is God's first
elect, and we're all electing him. We pass through Christ,
the gate of God's electing love. Then there's the gate of God's
wisdom. Well, who's that gate? It's Christ. Christ is the wisdom
of God. He has made unto us wisdom, righteousness,
sanctification, and redemption. It's Christ, the wisdom of God,
who enabled God to be both just and justifier, and every one
of God's sheep enter through that gate. Then there's the gate
of God's holiness. Well, who's that gate? It's Christ. You start to see the pattern?
Christ is that gate, and every one of God's sheep enter that
gate. He's the Holy One of Israel, and we're made holy in Him. Then
there's the gate of the righteousness of God. But who's that gate? It's Christ. Every one of God's
sheep enter this gate. Christ was made sin for us so
that we would be made the righteousness of God in Him. Look back at Psalm
118. Psalm 118 verse 19. Open to me the gates of righteousness.
I will go into them, and I will praise the Lord. This gate of
the Lord into which the righteous shall enter, I will praise thee,
for thou hast heard me and art become my salvation. The stone
which the builders refused has become the headstone of the corner.
This is the Lord's doing. It's marvelous in our eyes. This
is the day which the Lord hath made. We'll rejoice and be glad
in it. Who is this gate of righteousness?
It's Christ. Then there's the gate of the
power of God. Well, who's that? It's Christ. He's the gate and every one of
God's sheep enter this gate of the power of God. We're saved
because Christ has the power to save to the uttermost all
that come to him. His blood has the power to cleanse
us from all sin. Only Christ has that power. Only
Christ has the power to satisfy both God and men, and every one
of God's sheep enter through this gate. Now look at Psalm
24. All these gates, they are Christ,
and they all refer to Christ. Psalm 24, verse 7. Lift up your heads, O ye gates,
and be lift up, ye everlasting doors, and the King of Glory
shall come in. Well, who is this King of Glory?
The Lord, strong and mighty, the Lord mighty in battle. Lift
up your heads, O ye gates, even lift them up, ye everlasting
doors, and the King of Glory shall come in. Who is this King
of Glory? The Lord of hosts. He is the
King of Glory. See, Christ opened all these
gates for his people. In all manner of sinners, come
into this strong city through these gates because of Christ. Because of Christ our King, He
commanded the doors to be opened so His people can come in and
find rest. Now these gates are opened by
the commandment of Christ. But you know, they're also open
because of the sacrifice of Christ. It's the sacrifice of Christ
that gave Him the authority to say, open those gates. When Christ
died, He shouted, it's finished. And that veil in the temple was
torn in two from top to bottom. The gate was open. The way to
God is now wide open in the Lord Jesus Christ. It's wide open,
big enough for any sinner who'll come naked and empty handed.
The gate's open in our Lord Jesus Christ. Christ is our entrance
to God. A sinner like us can enter into
the throne room of God in the person of our Lord Jesus Christ.
That's a good verse to sing. We can enjoy that verse, can't
we? Then verse three is Christ our righteousness. Look back
in verse two of our text. Open ye the gates that the righteous
nation which keepeth the truth may enter in. Now we need this
verse because we don't have any righteousness of our own. Well,
who's the righteous nation that he talks about? There's a righteous
nation gonna come in the gates. Who's the righteous nation? Well,
it's everyone that Christ died for. It's everyone that Christ
made righteous in his righteousness. You know, we talk about being
made righteous. We talk about righteousness and
we do it often because this is a foundation stone of the gospel.
But let's not ever lose the majesty of what he's saying here. There's
a righteous nation who's going to enter in. Earl, they weren't
born righteous. They weren't made righteous in
Adam. We're saying here about sinners, like men and women like
us who are nothing but sin, being made perfectly righteous. We're talking about being made
without spot and blemish. And you're not gonna understand
the miracle of that until we remember by nature, what are
we? We're covered with wounds and bruises and putrefying sores
from the sole of the foot to the top of the head. How is somebody
like, not just us, covered with these spots, wounds and bruises
and weeping sores, how are we gonna be made spotless? Only
in Christ our righteousness. And that's what He has done for
all of His people. He's made them righteous. And
they're going to enter in. And I can tell you one way you
can tell someone's been made righteous in Christ. Isaiah said,
they keep the truth. They keep the truth. But you'll
notice in your margins, now he said the truth, you know that's
Christ, that's the gospel, that's the gospel of Christ, it's the
truth. But in the margin there, it says truths, plural. Now what's
he talking about there? How do this righteous nation,
how do they know all these things they hear, how do they know what
to keep and what to throw away? How they know things they hear,
what's the truth and what's a lie? Well, these truths are like the
gates. I tell you when you can tell
what's truth. Truth always leads to Christ. And really, there's
only one truth. Now, we hear false prophets say,
God loves everybody. Christ died for everybody. Won't
you just accept him? You know, they tell us, make
a decision for Jesus and you'll be saved. It's up to you now. Won't you accept Jesus? Won't
you do this? Well, now that's a lie. I mean, that's just a
lie. And we know it's a lie. because
that does not lead to Christ. What that leads to is making
man responsible for salvation, and it makes Christ a failure.
That's not the Christ of the Bible. It denies the truth. See how it doesn't lead to Christ,
so it's a lie. But then we hear the gospel,
and the gospel says, God chose a people to redeem. Before they
were born, before they were created, before they did anything, before
anything was created, God chose a people to redeem. And Lord
Jesus Christ, God's Son, came to redeem those people. And that's
exactly what He did. He redeemed His people, saved
them from their sin. And the Holy Spirit comes in
time. And He gives life to everyone that Christ died for. And He
does it by applying the blood of Christ to their heart. The
Spirit shows them the things of Christ. And they'll never
leave Christ. They won't leave Him and He won't
let them leave. Now we know that's truth. Because that truth leads
us to Christ. It leads us to dependence in
Christ. I mentioned this Sunday morning,
we talk about the five points of Calvinism. I'm a five-point
Calvinist, make no apology for it. But you know those five points,
T-U-L-I-P, that's all one truth now. That's not five truths,
that's one truth. But each of those points leads
us to Christ, because all truth leads to Christ. Total depravity. Damn, I'm totally depraved. Well,
where does that leave me? It leads me to Christ. I look
to Christ. Christ has got to save me because
I can't save myself. Unconditional election. God chose
sinners to save, not because they met any condition, just
because he would. That truth leads me to Christ.
Unconditional election is my only hope of salvation because
I don't have any ability to meet any conditions. But I can depend
on God to choose me and Christ to save me. See that truth leads
us to Christ. Limited atonement. Christ died
to save only his people and those people will be saved. See how
that truth leads us to Christ and not to ourselves. It leads
us to cry out to him, Lord, save me. I need you, save me. Irresistible call of the spirit.
Now that truth leads us to Christ by making us dependent upon Christ
to send his spirit to call us. It's not me making a decision,
it's his spirit calling. Then Lord, call me. You said
you'd call sinners. I'm a sinner, call me. That truth
leads us to Christ. Perseverance of the saints. That
is truth that leads us to Christ, because it makes us dependent
on Christ to keep me. I can't keep myself, but he can. Lord, keep me. And all that truth,
now it's one truth. And that's good news if you're
a sinner. Because if I'm a sinner, you
know what I know? I can't do anything to save myself.
I can't do anything to make God save me. I can't keep myself. So I'll tell you what I'll do.
I'm going to hang on to this truth. I'm going to keep this
truth. Salvation is of the Lord. If I'm going to be righteous,
it's because he made me righteous. That's a good verse to sing in.
Salvation is Christ. Then here's the fourth verse.
Christ our peace. Verse 3, Thou wilt keep him in
perfect peace, whose mind has stayed on Thee, because he trusteth
in Thee. Now Christ, the Prince of Peace,
He made peace for His people through the blood of His cross.
Now the only way peace can be made with the Holy God is perfect
blood. Christ must shed His perfect
blood in order to pay for our sin. That's the only way peace
can be made. Our blood won't do. It's defiled
with sin. An animal's blood won't do. An
animal doesn't have our nature. But the blood of Jesus Christ,
God's Son, is perfect. So it cleanses us from all sin. Now I understand, when we look
at ourselves, all we see is sin. When I look at me, that's all
I see is sin. Then how can I have peace? because
of the blood of the Lord Jesus Christ. Cleanses us from all
sin. The ones we see and the ones
we don't see. There's peace in the blood of
Christ. Now you can define peace several different ways. And the
blood of Christ answers every definition. Peace is the absence
of war. You know, if we don't nod at
war, we say there's peace in our time. Well, natural man has
declared war on God. But I tell you when that war
ended, in the blood of Christ, God was reconciled. When he saw
the blood of his son shed as sacrifice for sin, God was reconciled. And God's elect are reconciled.
When the Holy Spirit sprinkles the blood of Christ on our hearts,
and there's peace. When the Spirit comes in power
and gives us a new heart, applies the blood of the sacrifice to
us, there's no more war. There's surrender and there's
peace. Then peace is also defined as
rest from work. You know, if you don't have any
more work to do, you got peace. When outside of Christ, there's
no rest. Outside of Christ, there's only
law, isn't there? And the law never gives us rest. The law always gives us more
things to do. You're never finished with the
law. It's got an endless list. But there's rest in Christ. When
his blood was shed and offered on the altar before the father,
our Lord cried, it is finished. Jonathan, the work's done. It's
all done. Now rest in him. Find your peace
from work in Him. And then peace is also defined
as peace of mind, peace of conscience. That's pretty precious, isn't
it? Peace of mind, to be able to lay down at night in peace,
when you're all quiet and have peace of conscience. Well, now
our conscience is never gonna give us any rest in ourselves.
Outside of Christ, there's never any peace of conscience. Our
conscience, and rightfully so, your conscience not lying to
you when it tells you you haven't done enough, because you haven't.
None of us have done enough. But when's our conscience clear?
Our conscience is clear when it's sprinkled with the blood
of Christ. Brethren, if Christ died for us, there's nothing
to feel guilty about. Christ has already paid it all. If Christ died for you, Have
peace of conscience. The law's not chasing you anymore. Now, you know, if I was a criminal
and I robbed a bank and the police hadn't come to my door looking
for me or I murdered somebody and the police hadn't come to
my door looking for me, every time I heard a police siren,
I'd be scared. Every time there was a knock
on the door, I'd be scared. Wouldn't you? The law's not chasing you
anymore. You're innocent. It's been washed
in the blood of Christ. You're innocent of all charges.
Now go live a life of peace and conscience. Now, when do we enjoy
this peace? We always have this peace. Sometimes
we don't enjoy it, right? When do we enjoy this? We always
have it, but when do we enjoy it? Isaiah says, when our mind
is stayed on Christ. That word stayed, it means depending
on. resting in. We enjoy this peace,
perfect peace, when we're depending on Christ. We're resting on Him
and relying on Him to do it all and looking to Him alone. That's
when we have perfect peace. Now, how rich is this peace?
How sure is it? Well, the translators translated
it perfect peace, and it's hard to get any better than perfect,
isn't it? But the original Hebrew didn't say perfect peace. The
original Hebrews said peace, peace, just like we couldn't
think of a better word, so they just said peace, peace, to show
us the fullness and the richness of peace in the blood of the
Lord Jesus Christ. That's a good verse to sing.
Christ is our peace. Then the fifth verse is Christ
our foundation. Verse four, trust ye in the Lord
forever. For in the Lord Jehovah is everlasting
strength. In the Lord Jehovah is the rock
of ages. Now put all your trust on this
rock. Just put all your weight, all the burden of your soul on
this rock, Christ Jesus. Just like all the gates were
Christ, this rock is Christ. Christ is the rock that followed
Israel through the wilderness. Remember, they needed water to
drink, and God said, all right, Moses, take your staff, you strike
this rock, and water will flow out. Moses smoked the rock, and
out came water. I mean, a river of water, enough
water for everybody to drink and bathe in. And the next time,
Moses was supposed to speak to the rock, wasn't he? Moses speak
to the rock, and water will come out. If he'd have spoke, water
would have come out, but he got angry, he smoked the rock. Christ
is not smitten twice, is he? And for violating the picture
of Christ, Moses couldn't enter in the promised land, couldn't
enter in. This rock is Christ smitten. Look over 1 Corinthians chapter
10. Now this rock is not just a picture of Christ. This rock
is Christ. 1 Corinthians 10 verse four. and did all drink the same spiritual
drink. For they drank of that spiritual
rock that followed them, and that rock was Christ." That rock
was Christ. So put all of your weight, all
of your, just everything on this rock. Isaiah said in Isaiah 32
too, that a man should be a hiding place from the wind and from
the tempest. And a man should be as a great rock in a weary
land. Come rest in this rock, rest
in its strength, rest in its shade. Christ is a great rock
in a weary land. Look at 2 Samuel chapter 23.
When David lay dying, now I've never laid on my deathbed and
had anything to say, but I would imagine that at that moment,
what you're gonna talk about is what's most important. Well,
that's what David told us. As he lay dying, his rock is
Christ Jesus. 2 Samuel 23, verse one. Now these be the last words of
David. David, the son of Jesse said, and the man who was raised
up on high, the anointed of the God of Jacob and the sweet psalmist
of Israel said, the spirit of the Lord spake by me and his
word was in my tongue. The God of Israel said, The Rock
of Israel. Notice that letter R is capitalized. He's speaking of a specific person.
The Rock of Israel. The Lord Jesus Christ spake to
me. He that ruleth over men must
be just, ruling in the fear of God. And he should be as the
light of the morning when the sun riseth, even a morning without
clouds, as the tender grass springing out of the earth by clear shining
after rain. Although my house be not so with
God, Yet hath he made with me an everlasting covenant, ordered
in all things and sure. For this is all my salvation
and all my desire, although he make it not to grow. This covenant
of grace is everlasting. It's ordered in all things and
it's sure because of its foundation. The foundation stone of God's
eternal covenant of grace is the rock Christ Jesus. Christ
is the hiding place in the rock, that cleft of the rock. Christ
is the rock. You remember in Exodus 33, Moses
asked God, show me your glory. God said, Moses, you can't see
my face, but I'll hide you in the cleft of the rock. I'll put
my hand over you as I pass by, and then I'll take my hand off
you, you can see my hind parts. Moses, you see my glory, and
you live if you hide in the cleft of the rock. That cleft is the wounds Christ
our Rock received at Calvary when they pierced his hands and
his feet and his side. Those holes they poked in his
body, those wounds are the sinner's hiding place because we're cleansed
from all of our sin by the blood and the water that flowed from
those clefts. Those holes they made, that's
our salvation. He's our sacrifice. He's our
all. Now come hide in Him in those
clefts of the rock. Then in the Old Testament, they
used rocks to build altars. Now God said, you find rocks,
you build them. Don't put your stone on it or
your tool on it. You just take them like you find
them. Don't you fashion it and make it look pretty. You take them
like you find them. You build an altar. Who's that? Christ, our altar. That's where
the sacrifice for sin was offered by the high priest. Christ is
the altar, Christ is the sacrifice, and Christ is the high priest
offering the sacrifice. And every believer is set on
this rock. We're all set on the same rock.
From Abel to today, every believer is set on this same rock. David
said in Psalm 40, verse 2, he brought me up also out of a horrible
pit, out of the miry clay, and he set my feet on the rock and
established my going. My goings are established because
they're set on the rock. Now look at Psalm 62. All right,
God's put me on the rock. How established am I on the rock,
Christ Jesus? You gotta listen to these false
preachers and they say, I gotta keep myself. Well, I might fall
off the rock. Is that true or is that a lie?
Well, that's a lie. That doesn't lead to Christ,
does it? Truth leads to Christ. Psalm 62, verse two. How secure
are we on this rock? He only is my rock and my salvation. He's my only rock and my only
salvation. He don't need any other. He's perfect. He is my
defense. I shall not be greatly moved.
And down at verse six. He only is my rock and my salvation. He is my defense. I shall not
be moved. Seems like between verse two
and verse six, David may learn something. First he says, I shall
not be greatly moved. Then he says, I shall not be
moved because Christ is my rock. Christ is my fortress. Christ
is my strength. Christ is my buckler. Christ
is my salvation. Absolute security in Christ our
rock. And this security, It's not like
idols that we hear about, you know. The security you have in
an idol is only as good as you. It's only as good as you can
do. Well, that's not very good. That's why Moses said in Deuteronomy
32, verse 31, their rock is not as our rock. Even our enemies
know that. And you look at that when you
get home, that R is capitalized. He's speaking of a specific person.
Their idol's not like our God, the Lord Jesus Christ. Now I
want you to look at Matthew chapter seven. And we'll end here. Matthew chapter seven, the security
in this great city, salvation in our Lord Jesus Christ. Matthew
seven, verse 24. Therefore, whosoever here at
these sayings of mine, now we've heard the gospel tonight. We've
heard who Christ is, what he's done for his people. You've heard
the gospel. Now what are you going to do with it? Our Lord
says, who's to ever hear these sayings of mine? Who's to ever
hear this gospel and do with them? I would liken him unto
a wise man which built his house where? Upon a rock. Not just any rock, the rock Christ
Jesus. And the rain descended and the
floods came and the wind blew and beat upon the house. Now
your feet are founded upon a rock, but we're still in this world.
There are going to be plenty of storms, wind and rain and waves. Horrible
weather, horrible times. It beat upon the house, and it
fell not, for it was founded upon a rock. And everyone that
heareth these sayings of mine, doeth them not, should be likened
unto a foolish man, which built his house upon the sand. The
same rain descended, and floods came, and the winds blew and
beat upon that house, and it fell, and great was the fall
of it. Why did that house fall? because
it wasn't founded upon the rock. It wasn't built wholly on the
Lord Jesus Christ. It's so simple. And this is man's
problem. It's too simple. It's so simple
to just trust in Christ. Just rely on Him to do it. Just trust Him to do all the
work of salvation. And if by God's grace, He ever
enables us to do that, we're going to sing. We are gonna sing. Now, why don't we sing? Let's
sing to the rock of our salvation. Isaiah said, somebody's gonna
sing. I sure hope it's us, don't you? Somebody's gonna sing. It
may well be us. What a sure hope we have because
of who our savior is, what he's done for us, and what he's done
in us. That's a good song to sing. We
don't even need a psalm book to sing that song, do we? Let's
sing of him, the Lord Jesus Christ. All right, let's bow and pray. Our Heavenly Father, how we thank
you that you've given us this great song of our Lord Jesus
Christ to sing. And our heart does burst within
us for who he is and the amazing work of salvation he's accomplished
for his people. And what a wonder it is to our
minds and to our hearts, to our souls, that your precious son
would give himself to be bruised and beaten and hung upon the
cursed tree and suffer and die under the wrath of the holy God,
to have his own father turn his back on him, to redeem the likes
of us. Father, we're thankful. How thankful
we are this salvation in Christ is sure and certain because it's
all based on Him. Father, we pray for the faith
to look to Christ. Cause us to be those ones who
are stayed upon the Lord Jesus Christ, enjoying that perfect
peace that He's made for His people through the blood of His
cross. And Father, as we sing a song this evening As we go
out into the world tomorrow and through the rest of this week,
cause this song of the Lord Jesus Christ to be in our hearts, to
help us through the wind and the waves and the wind that beats
upon us on this earth. It's in the name of our Lord
Jesus Christ and for the glory of his name, we pray.