What do you do when Satan raises
Moses up against you? Where do you turn when the fiend
of hell roars against your soul and seeks to destroy you, harassing
you with your own depravity, accusing you of sin, sin that
you must acknowledge is yours, tempting you with the very blasphemies
and lust of your own heart? How do you answer the accuser,
the prince of darkness, when he assails your soul? Those questions
I hope I can settle for you in this message. The title of my
message is When Satan raises Moses up. Turn to the book of
Jude with me. The epistle of Jude, right at
the end of the New Testament, just before the book of Revelation. Jude. We'll begin reading in
verse 1. When Satan raises Moses up, that's
my subject. Jude, the servant of Jesus Christ,
and brother of James, to them that are sanctified by God the
Father, to you who are God's elect, set apart by God, made
holy by God in covenant mercy in his Son before the world began,
and preserved in Jesus Christ, kept for the Savior, kept through
the ages of time by God's grace in Jesus Christ our Savior, and
called at the appointed time of love, called by God's grace. That's who is called, and that's
who God's elect are. They are those who are chosen,
set apart by God from eternity, Preserved through the ages of
time and called in the experience of God's grace mercy unto you
and peace and love be multiplied That's not a wish rod that's
a promise God gives nothing but mercy and peace and love to you
who are his in Christ Jesus the Lord Beloved, when I gave all
diligence to write unto you of the common salvation, Jude says,
when I picked up my pen, I had in mind to write to you about
the blessedness of this salvation that is ours in Christ, this
salvation that is common to all who believe. Salvation is not
a common thing, but among those who believe it is all the same. Every sinner saved by the same
grace, given the same benefits by the same mercy and grace of
God in Jesus Christ the Lord through the merits of Christ's
blood and righteousness. This is a common salvation possessed
equally by everyone who believes. That means for you who have believed
and do believe for many, many years and for you who today shall
be given faith in Christ. Salvation is the same. As fully
one as it is the others, as fully yours as it is mine, as fully
mine as it is yours. We're saved by the same blood,
by the same grace, by the same power. No difference. But Jude
says, that was my intent. I'd wanted to write to you about
the common salvation, but it was needful for me to write unto
you and to exhort you in these days of darkness and delusion
that you should earnestly contend for the faith which was once
delivered unto the saints. The faith of Christ, the faith
of the gospel, the faith of God's elect is the same in all ages. It has never been changed and
never will be changed. The faith that God gave Adam,
the faith God gave Job, the faith God gave Abraham, the faith God
gave Paul, the faith God gave Jude is the faith God gives sinners
now. The faith that was once delivered
to the saints. For there are certain men, certain
men crept in unaware. slithering in under the door
like the snakes they are. They crept in unawares, pretending
to be what they are not, who were before of old ordained to
this condemnation. Don't ever get the idea that
somehow false prophets and Antichrist and the works of Satan and of
darkness are outside God's control. That is never the case. These
certain men, who slither into the church under false pretenses
are before of old ordained to this condemnation. What is this
condemnation? They're ungodly men, ungodly
men. Now they may be as morally straight
and upright as any man who walk as far as man's moral judgment
is concerned. They may be teetotalers and they
may not eat any meat, just be vegetarians. They call that good
in these days. They may not smoke, drink, or
chew. They may not run to folks who
do, but they're ungodly men. Ungodly. Those who are ungodly. are those who despise the gospel
of God's grace. These preachers, these prophets,
these certain men crept in unawares. Read on. How does he identify
them? Turning the grace of our God
into lasciviousness. What's that talking about? They
will tell you that the preaching of salvation by God's free grace
in Jesus Christ the substitute, salvation by the righteousness
and blood of Jesus Christ alone, salvation that cannot be lost,
salvation that cannot be hindered, salvation that cannot be marred
in any way by anything you do. They tell you that free grace
salvation opens the floodgates for ungodliness and will cause
men and women to live in lasciviousness. Now, I've heard that accusation
made since the day God saved me, and it doesn't cease today. Everywhere I go, I preach the
same message you hear here three times a week. And wherever I
go preaching the message of God's free grace, folks have already
been warned. They've already been warned.
Oh, you won't go here, Fortner. No, he's an ant to no man. Oh,
man, that's an ugly word. I wouldn't want to hear him either.
Antinomian. Most folks don't even know what
it means. Don't know what it means. But it sure sounds bad.
It sure sounds bad. This is what the accusation is.
Those fellows who believe in salvation by grace like Fortner
does, they tell you that you can go out and live like hell
if you want to. And you know what? I've been listening to
it. I've been listening to it all my life as a believer. just got a hunch that the folks
who make such an accusation really want to live like hell. And the
only reason they don't is because they're scared to hell out of
them. They're just scared to death. If you don't do good, God will
get you. You don't obey the law, God will get you. You've got
to live under the law. There's a certain sense in which
you've got to be afraid of God or he'll get you. If it wasn't
for that, I'd go out and stay drunk all the time. That's exactly
how they think. They turn the grace of our God
into lasciviousness. They say that the preaching of
grace leads to wickedness. And in thus doing, they deny
the only Lord God. That's talking about every worksmonger
legalist who tells you that you must keep the law. You must live
under the law. You're under the yoke of the
law and God's going to get you with the law if you don't obey
the law. They deny the only Lord God and our Lord Jesus Christ. They deny the sufficiency and
the efficacy of the grace of God in Jesus Christ the Lord. Read on. I will therefore put
you in remembrance. I'll put you in remembrance.
I want you never to forget. If I drop dead before I finish
preaching this sermon, I want you never to forget what you've
heard. Though you once knew this, how
that the Lord, having saved the people out of the land of Egypt,
afterward destroyed them that believed not. Just because folks
said, I believe in Jesus and walked out of Egypt, that doesn't
mean they believed in Jesus. That doesn't mean they knew God.
Verse six, and the angels, which kept not their first estate,
but left their own habitation, he hath reserved an everlasting
change under darkness, under the judgment of the great day.
The angels who forsook God are forever forsaken of God. And
all who forsake the gospel of God's grace are forever forsaken
of God. Paul said you've fallen from
grace. You've missed the gospel altogether. And there are many
who profess faith, who profess to believe the gospel, who do
not continue in the gospel. But they believed not. Read on, verse seven. Even as
Sodom and Gomorrah and the cities about them in light manner, giving
themselves over to fornication and going after strange flesh,
are set forth for an example. That is, God holds them up so
you won't forget them. Suffering the vengeance of eternal
fire. If you think God Almighty won't
punish them, remember Sodom and Gomorrah. Likewise, also, verse
8. These filthy dreamers. Now he's
going back to what he said in verse four. These ungodly men. These ungodly men who turn the
grace of our God into lasciviousness. Who say that grace promotes ungodliness. Who deny the Lord God and deny
the Lord Jesus Christ. These filthy dreamers. What a word. Filthy dreamers
go up and down the road. From one end of the county to
the other. From one end of the state to the other. And wherever
you find free will, works, religionists, standing in pulpits, that's who
he's talking about. These filthy dreamers. They defile
the flesh, despise dominion, and speak evil of dignities.
Now remember what Jude's talking about. He's talking about these
false prophets and he's urging us to contend for the faith.
He's not talking about these false prophets saying bad things
about the liberals who are in the White House or the conservatives
in the White House. That's not what he's talking
about. That's not what he's talking about. He's not talking about speaking
evil about political leaders and civil rulers. That's not
what he's talking about. He's talking about something
else altogether. They speak evil. They despise dominion. They despise
God ruling. They despise the rule of Jehovah
and speak evil of dignities. Actually, the word might better
be translated, they speak evil of glories. They despise God's
rule. And they despise those who proclaim
God's rule. And they speak evil of the glory
of God revealed in the gospel we preach. They speak evil of
the glory of God ruling all things according to His own will. The
glory of God revealed in the face of Jesus Christ, the sinner's
only substitute. The glory of God revealed in
that righteousness which Christ has brought in, called the very
righteousness of God, given freely to sinners by his grace. The
glory revealed in the satisfaction of Christ by his death as our
substitute when he was made sin for us, suffering the wrath of
God in our stead. These filthy dreamers defile
the flesh. That is, they cast the flesh
in another light. They tell you that the flesh
has power, and the flesh can do good, and the flesh is not
so bad after all, and thus defile the flesh. You see, false doctrines
are dreams. Those who teach false doctrines
are dreamers. And these false doctrines given
out by filthy dreamers, they're given out by men who defile you
with their nocturnal dreams. They're filth. And that's exactly
what we read in Jeremiah chapter 23. But we need not fret these
people. We need not bother ourselves
a great deal about them. Our Lord said, the prophet that
hath a dream, let him tell a dream. Let him tell a dream. My good
friend, Brother Harry Graham, used to tell me, he said, I never
get too upset with folks throwing rocks at me. Never get too upset
with folks opposing what I preach. He said, you can't As a matter
of fact, he happened to be a tennis player sitting out in his carport.
He said, that tennis ball there, you can throw it against that
brick wall all you want to. It's not going to harm that wall.
It's not going to harm that wall. The wall's not going to feel
it. Let the prophet that hath a dream, let him tell his dream. And he that hath my word, let
him preach my word faithfully. Now listen, what is the chaff
to the wheat? Meaningless, insignificant, not
worth being bothered with. These filthy dreamers defile
the flesh. They despise God's dominion.
They speak evil of God's glory. Wicked religionists love to promote
strife and contention, and they're never reluctant to speak evil. and blaspheme God, they're never
reluctant to speak evil of God's gospel or God's messengers. God's servants and God's people
don't behave with such arrogance. Rather, we bow before our God,
receive his word, and submit to it. The servant of the Lord
must not strive. God's people are not to be a
warring people. Don't merely mean by that you
don't go out and pick a fight on the streets on Saturday night.
The scriptures are teaching us that we're to walk before men
in the calmness and confidence of faith in Christ. You don't
have to argue with folks. Somebody wants to raise questions
about eschatology, let them yak. Let them yak. You start to answer
them and you'll reveal that you know as little about it as they
do. Just let them yak. Just leave them alone. Somebody
wants to argue with you about Melchizedek. Was he really Christ
or just a type of Christ? Do you know folks fight over
such things? They fight about such things? Let them yak. Let them yak. Where did Cain
get his wife? Oh, man, that's a tough one,
isn't it? No. I never think about it. I don't care. Whatever you suggest
is all right with me. Just let them yak. Those things
mean nothing. They mean nothing. God's people
aren't warring, striving, contentious people. But rather, they are
a people who believe God, bow to God, worship God, and trust
Christ, the Redeemer. Just trust Him to do everything
well. need to be involved with all
the things that men involve themselves with. And then to give us an
example of what he's talking about, Jude refers to something
that was as commonly known to the people of God in his day
as the crossing of the Red Sea by the children of Israel. Now
these days, it raises a lot of debate and confusion. Some folks
say that the thing that Jude speaks of in verse 9 is something
taken from the apocryphal books, and some say it's something that
was just virtually unknown. But Jude speaks of it as that
which was commonly known, something that should be commonly understood
by anyone who reads it. Look at verse 9. Yet Michael
the archangel, when contending with the devil, he disputed about
the body of Moses. That is, Michael the archangel,
warring with the devil, who was disputing with Michael about
the body of Moses, does not bring against him a raving accusation. He didn't lose his temper. He
didn't speak rashly, but simply said, the Lord rebuke thee. Now, what is Jude talking about? What's he talking about? What
is the reference that he has here? Here in Jude 9, God's servant
is referring to us about something that took place that was clearly
known in the early church, a war between Michael the archangel
and Satan, and it was concerning the body of Moses. Jude's showing
us by the example of our Savior how we are to resist the devil
when he raises up Moses against us. Submit yourselves, therefore,
to God. Resist the devil, and he will
flee from you. He didn't say argue with the
devil, fight with the devil, as these modern Pentecostals
talk about. Roll up your sleeves and fight
the devil. No, just resist him. Resist him, and he'll flee from
you. How's that? Draw nigh to God,
and he will draw nigh to you. Jude writes here, as one of those
holy men who was moved by God the Holy Spirit to write what
he does in this ninth verse. Michael the archangel, when contending
with the devil, he disputed about the body of Moses, durst not
bring against him a railing accusation, but said, the Lord rebuke thee. Let's look into the word of God
and find out who Michael is. Michael, the archangel. If you'll
turn to Revelation chapter 12, Revelation 12. The word archangel
is used only five times in all the word of God. Every time it's
used, it's singular, never plural. There is and can only be one
archangel. And that archangel named Michael
is mentioned again here in Revelation chapter 12 verse 7. There was a war in heaven. Michael
and his angels fought against the dragon and the dragon fought
and his angels and prevailed not neither was their place found
anymore in heaven and the great dragon was cast out that old
serpent called the devil and Satan, which deceiveth the whole
world. That's what Satan does. He deceives. He deceives. You remember Revelation
chapter 20. Our Lord Jesus is pictured as
a mighty angel coming down from heaven with a great chain, wherewith
he bound the serpent, the devil, that he should deceive the nations
no more. How did he deceive the nations,
the Gentile nations? He deceived them with false religion. The nations of the world deceived
with false religion. When you're so proudly tracing
your family tree, we all like to trace out our family tree.
I asked down in North Carolina recently, a fellow's asking me,
he said, are you from the Fortners that do this? I said, whichever
ones you found out were moonshiners and horse thieves, those are
the ones I came from. Family tree. Lindsay, our forefathers
were idolaters, every one of them. They worshipped stumps. Worse than that, they imagined
things and drew caricatures of what they thought was God and
worshipped that. And Satan deceived the nations
with false religion. And then Revelation 20 tells
us he'll be loosed for a little season to go out and deceive
the nations again. Pick up any paper anywhere in
the world advertising religious services on any day and read
about the religion with which Satan deceives the nations. Read
about it. Any church, any denomination,
any creed, any confession, you'll find them everywhere. Just imaginary
gods concocted in the imaginations of evil hearts. Worthless! Idolatry! Resulting in ungodliness
everywhere. The name Michael signifies one
who is God. Michael and his angels. One who
is God and his angels. I know who he is. I know who
he is. Michael the archangel. The archangel
means the head, the chief of the angels. Michael the archangel
is our Lord Jesus, who is our God, man, mediator, the head
of all principality and power, Christ. Oh, don't call Jesus
an angel. Why? He is. He is not a created
angel. Oh, no. He's the angel that created
all angels. He's a man, too. He's a man,
the man who made all men. Angel means messenger. Revelation
chapters 1, 2, and 3, Christ is seen in the midst of the churches
and he sends his letter to the churches. No, he didn't. No,
he didn't. He sent the mark to the angels
of the churches. Look up here. I'm going to show
you an angel. Are you watching? Look here. God, this is what angels look
like. Well, you don't have a halo.
Isn't that amazing? And don't have any wings. Isn't
that amazing? Angel? You? An angel? The word means messenger. Messenger. God sent me to you as his messenger
to your soul. And here I am today as an angel
of God to you. with a message from God for you.
That's what the word means. Christ is the messenger of the
covenant. Malachi chapter 4, verse 1. He's
the angel of the covenant. The Lord Jesus Christ is that
one who is Michael, the archangel who cast Satan out. Notice how
in verse 9 here of Revelation 12, Satan's described. He's furious
with the rage. And he's called the great dragon
because he's the deceiver of the whole world. He's called
the old serpent, the one who deceived Eve in the garden, because
he ever accuses God's saints, ever seeks to turn God against
us and turn us against God. He's called the devil and Satan,
a roaring lion who goes about seeking whom he may devour. But bless God. he's been cast
out. By his death on the cross, the
Lord Jesus said, I, if I be lifted up from the earth, will draw
all men unto me. Now is the prince of this world
cast out. By the merit of his blood, by
the power of his accomplishments, Christ the mediator sits on the
throne of glory and Satan has no power except the power he
gives him to use for his glory and the accomplishment of his
will. We should never be surprised at the picture given of our Lord
Jesus as he's described in numerous ways as our mediator. Here he's
called the angel, Michael, one who is God, the archangel, the
head of all principality and power, the angel of Jehovah's
presence. Our Lord Jesus is that angel
who strengthened Daniel. It is he who stands for his people
as our great advocate and defender, always encouraging, always protecting,
always caring for his own. Turn back to Daniel. Let me show
you one more passage. Daniel chapter 10. Daniel chapter
10. Verse 13, the prince of the kingdom
of Persia withstood me one in 20 days, but lo, Michael, one
who is God, one of the chief princes came to help me, and
I remained there with kings of Persia. Now, I am come to make
thee understand what shall befall thy people in the latter days. For yet the vision is for many
days. Verse 15. And when he had spoken
such words unto me, I set my face toward the ground and became
dumb. And behold, one like the similitude
of the sons of men touched my lips. Then I opened my mouth
and spake and said unto him that stood before me, O my Lord, by
the vision of my, by the vision my sorrows are turned upon me
and I have retained no strength. For how can the servant of this,
my Lord, talk with this, my Lord? For as for me straightway, there
remain no strength in me, neither is there breath left in me. Then
there came again, then there came again and touched me one
like the appearance of a man. And he strengthened me and said,
Oh, man, greatly beloved, fear not. Peace be unto thee. Be strong,
yea, be strong. And when he had spoken unto me,
I was strengthened and said, let my Lord speak, for thou hast
strengthened me. Christ Jesus is this mighty angel. Look in Daniel chapter 12 verse
1. And at that time shall Michael
stand up, the great prince, which standeth for the children of
thy people. and there shall be a time of
trouble such as never was since there was a nation, even to that
same time. And at that time thy people shall
be delivered, every one that shall be found written in the
book." Now this is what Jude's saying. He's saying these ungodly
men, these filthy dreamers who defile the flesh, who speak evil
of dignities, you understand You understand that God's people
are not to behave rashly. God's people are not to be unsettled
by them, but rather, as Daniel did, behold Michael the prince,
the archangel, and watch what he does. Now here's the second
thing. What is Jude talking about? when he talks about the devil
disputing with Michael, who's contending with the devil, about
the body of Moses. The body of Moses. Now, I know we live in this day
of science fiction and horror flicks and everybody's all excited
about zombies and dead folks raising up and all that nonsense. Now, let me tell you something.
I just don't much imagine Satan is interested in finding Moses'
physical body. I just don't much imagine he
is. And I don't much imagine it would matter if he did. After
all, Moses' body has long ago rotted, decayed, and turned to
dust. Should he find the skeleton,
he'd have a tough time doing much with it. Well, what's he
talking about? We're talking about the body
of Moses, raising up Moses' body. He's talking about the law, the
written law of God. And that's exactly how Moses
is used throughout the scriptures. Listen to this. Our Lord said,
do not think that I will accuse you to the Father. There is one
that accuseth you, even Moses, whom you trust. For Moses of
old time hath in every place, in every city, them that preach
him. Talk about law preachers. And they are informed of thee,
Paul was accused, that thou teachest all the Jews, which are among
the people, among the Gentiles, to forsake Moses. Moses wasn't
walking around with him, but they read Moses every Sabbath
day. and they pretended to be followers
of Moses. And Paul was accused of turning
them away from Moses. Paul says, even to this day when
Moses is read. Come back and read the five books
of Moses, you're reading the law. You're reading the law.
So the contention here spoken of was a contention that had
something to do with the law of God. It's a contention that
had something to do with a commonly known affair. something God's
people were well aware of, so much so that Jude didn't have
to specify it. Turn back to the book of Zechariah. I'll show
you what it is. I told you it's very familiar,
very familiar. Zechariah chapter 3. Jude's here talking about a contention
between Michael, our great archangel, Christ, our advocate, and the
devil, as described here in Zechariah chapter 3. And he showed me Joshua,
the high priest, standing before the Lord and Satan standing at
his right hand to resist him. There it is. Here's Joshua, not
that Joshua that led Israel into the land of Canaan. This is Joshua,
Ezra describes, who had gone with Israel down into Babylon
during the days of Babylonian captivity. And this Joshua had
done something, he and his other priests of the priestly tribe.
They had done something in Babylon strictly forbidden by the law
of Moses. Something they were not to do,
by which they defiled themselves. They married Babylonian wives. And here's Joshua. He's been
sent back now by God's decree by the hand of Darius to rebuild
the temple in Jerusalem. But he felt that his priestly
garments are defiled. Not that there is a literal batch of mud stains all over
his priestly garments. His garments are defiled because
he's taken a Babylonian to wife. A will-worshipping, idolatrous,
works-teaching Babylonian to wife. Verse 2, And the Lord said
unto Satan, The Lord rebuke thee, O Satan, even the Lord that hath
chosen Jerusalem rebuke thee. Here's Joshua. You go down and lead my people
to worship me. And Bobby, I can picture him.
Joshua says, God, I can't do that. I've defiled myself. These people won't listen to
me. They won't pay any attention to me. of all the men you might
choose to go back and build again your house and your worship.
Not me! Not me. Everybody knows what
I am. Joshua stands before the presence
of the Lord and Satan is resisting him. Satan accusing him. Satan raising Moses up against
him. And the Lord said to Satan, Jehovah said to Satan, the Lord
rebuke thee. Jehovah rebuke thee, O Satan. Even the Lord Jehovah that hath
chosen Jerusalem rebuke thee. Is not this a brand plucked out
of the fire? Now Joshua was clothed with filthy
garments and stood before the angel. What do you do when God has called
you and Satan raises Moses up? You stand before the angel. Just keep your mouth shut and
stand before the angel. Bob Duff, your calls is his calls. You don't have to concern yourself
with it. Your cause is his cause. And
he answered and spake unto those that stood before him, saying,
Take away the filthy garments from him. And unto him he said,
Behold, I have caused that iniquity to pass from thee. What? An angel said that? Merle, this
angel is Jehovah. This angel is Christ our God.
I've caused thy iniquity to pass from thee, and I will clothe
thee with a change of raiment. And I said, let them set a fair
mitre on his head. So they set a fair mitre on his
head and clothed him with garments, and the angel of the Lord stood
by." Here's Joshua. with his filthy
garments. This man standing before the
Lord God, aware of his guilt, standing before the Lord. The
angel of the Lord stands by his side. Frank, he said, I'll never leave
thee, nor forsake thee. no matter what. He abideth faithful. He cannot
deny himself. But Joshua, you know what you've
done. Yes, I do. You know your filth. Yes, I do. You know your corruption. Yes, I do. You know your unthickness. Yes, I do. And the angel of the
Lord said to Satan, the Lord rebuke thee. Is not this a brand
plucked out of the fire? I've chosen him. I've chosen
him. And the gifts and callings of
God are without repentance. Those whom God has chosen, he
will never cast off. Those whom God has called, he
will never refuse. Those whom God has saved, he
will never destroy. Blessed is the man to whom the
Lord will not impute sin. This is a brand plucked out of
the fire. I've redeemed it. I've redeemed
it. He's mine. And you can't move
me against him. He's mine. You can't destroy
him. He's mine. I'll not impute sin
to him. The angel of the Lord stood by.
And standing by, he says, him? You're attempting to turn
me against Joshua because Joshua has defiled himself. And the
Lord seems to laugh in Satan's face. What do you expect from
him? He's just full of ashes. Just
covered with ashes. I just plucked him out of the
fire. You don't expect anything just came out of the fire to
be anything except dirty. Dirty. He knows he's dirty. And you declared to be dirty,
but I've made him clean. I'm not done with him yet. Before
I'm done with him, I'll present him holy and without blame, thoughtless
before the presence of my glory with exceeding joy. He didn't, he durst not raise
against him a railing accusation. What's that mean? Doesn't mean
he didn't dare speak to Satan. That's kind of a tough interpretation
of that passage, isn't it? The Lord Jesus wouldn't dare
speak to Satan. The Lord Jesus wouldn't dare.
Oh, I have too much respect for the devil to talk against him.
That's not what it's saying. He durst not raise against him
a railing accusation, because there's no need. There's no need. He just stands by Joshua. You know what the word advocate means?
What it means? Well, it's like having a lawyer
in heaven. Well, sort of. It's better than that. If any
man sin, we have an advocate. An advocate is one who comes
along beside you and takes up your calls. That's my redeemer. He stands
by and he has nothing to say. His blood and righteousness speak
for itself. Satan slithers away in silence. Resist the devil. and he'll flee
from you, standing before the Lord. Joshua, now, the angel
of the Lord says, take off his filthy garments. Take them off. And put clean garments on him. And they put on him the garments
of the priest. I think they described back in
Leviticus chapter 8, that whole chapter's talking about priestly
garments. I believe that's the right chapter. And they put a
crown on his head. priestly garments and a crown,
because God's people are made kings and priests under God. And he puts that crown on his
head. You know what the crown says?
Do you remember what the crown said? Don Renari, the Lord Jesus has
put a crown on your head, a priestly crown. Do you remember what it
says? Holiness to the Lord. Holiness to the Lord. That means,
Murrah, wherever you walk, wherever you go, all the days of your
life, you walk before God with this crown blazing before you. Holiness to the Lord. the entirety
of your life, the entirety of your existence. Holiness to the
Lord, I'm His. He bought me. Now, let me in these slithering serpents
point you to your works and your sins and your filth, and turn
the grace of God into lest they desist, all they desire. We'll stand before our Redeemer.
We'll wait before Him. And we'll plead, Lord, take up
my cause. Take up my cause. Be sure to,
for me, Oh, God, give you grace now to trust Christ the surety. When Satan raises Moses up, Savior,
plead my cause. Be my surety. I have no righteousness
but yours, no atonement but your blood, no acceptance but you.