The Meaning of the Cross - Keith Getty

A Song for Every Day

Oh, to see the dawn
Of the darkest day,
Christ on the road to Calvary.
Tried by sinful men,
Torn and beaten, then
Nailed to a cross of wood

     This, the power of the cross:
     Christ became sin for us;
     Took the blame, bore the wrath --
     We stand forgiven at the cross.

Oh, to see the pain
Written on Your face.
Bearing the awesome weight of sin.
Every bitter thought,
Every evil deed,
Crowning Your bloodstained brow.

Now the daylight flees;
Now the ground beneath
Quakes as its Maker bows His head.
Curtain torn in two,
Dead are raised to life
"Finished!"  the victory cry!

Oh, to see my name
Written in the wounds,
For through Your suffering I am free,
Death is crushed to death
Life is mine to live
Won through Your selfless love.

    This the power of the cross:
    Christ became sin for us
    Took the blame, bore the wrath --
    We stand forgiven at the cross!
  
          -- by Keith Getty
    

Henry and Richard Blackaby - Right Now!

The moment God speaks to you is the time He wants you to respond to Him.

Don't think you have the next 3 or 4 months to decide whether this is really God's timing.

The moment God speaks to you is God's timing. That is why He chooses to speak when He does.

He speaks to His servant when He is ready to move. Otherwise, He wouldn't speak to you.

As God enters the mainstream of your life, the timing of your response is crucial. When God speaks to you, you need to believe and obey Him.

     --From Experiencing God,
       by Henry and Richard Blackaby and Claude King

What is God's Objective in the World? Dr. Nicolas Ellen

What is God's objective in the world?

A. God's objective is to make the greatness of His character known throughout the entire world.

B. The greatness of God's character is seen in His salvation of people from all nationalities from the penalty, power, and presence of sin into a right relationship with Himself, resulting in His people showing forth His character through their service.

C. The greatness of God's character is the transforming of all the people He saves into His image to be with Him forever as He reigns in Heaven and on Earth.



For from Him and through Him and to Him are all things. To Him be the glory forever! Amen.
                                                 Romans 11:36


How great is the love the Father has lavished on us, that we should be called children of God! And that is what we are!

The reason the world does not know us is that it did not know Him.

Dear friends, now we are children of God, and what we will be has not yet been made known.

Bu we know that when He appears, we shall be like Him for we shall see Him as He is.

Everyone who has this hope in Him purifies himself, just as He is pure.
                                                     I John 3:1-3


Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth, for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away, and there was no longer any sea.

I saw the Holy City, a new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride beautifully dressed for her husband.

And I heard a loud voice from the throne saying, 'Now the dwelling of God is with men, and He will live with them. They will be His people and God Himself will be with them and be their God.'

                                                      Revelation 21:1-3


After this I looked and there before me was a great multitude that no one could count, from every nation, tribe, people and language, standing before the throne and in front of the Lamb....And they cried out in a loud voice:

      Salvation belong to our God, who sits on the throne and to
      the Lamb...

      Amen! Praise and glory and wisdom and thanks for honor and
      power and strength be to our God for ever and ever. Amen!
                                                     
                                                    Revelation 7:9-12

From Understanding  & Developing a Biblical View of Life, by Dr. Nicolas Ellen

We are saved --

We have been saved -- from the penalty of sin.
We are being saved -- from the power of sin.
We will be saved -- from the very presence of sin when we live
                                 with Him forever.


Saved -- past, present, and future.

My Heart's Desire - by Steve Ragsdale

Delight yourself in the LORD and He will give you the desires of your heart...

Psalm 37:4

 

There's nothing I desire more than You

Nothing satisfies me the way You do

All the love inside this heart of mine

Will be reserved for You for all time.

 

 

You are my heart's desire

Other loves have been swept away

By Your all-consuming fire

Jesus, You are all that my heart desires.

Looking Toward Easter - #4 - 2 Hymns

How deep the Father's love for us
How vast beyond all measure
That He should give His only Son
And make a wretch His treasure

How great His pain of searing loss
The Father turns His face away
As wounds which mar the Chosen One
Bring many sons to glory

Behold the Man upon the cross
My sin upon His shoulders
Ashamed I hear my mocking voice
Call out among the scoffers

It was my sin that held Him there
Until it was accomplished
His dying breath has brought me life
I know that it is finished

I will not boast in anything
No gifts, no power, no wisdom
But I will boast in Jesus Christ
His death and resurrection

Why should I gain from His reward?
I cannot give an answer
But this I know with all my heart
His wounds have paid my ransom.

-----by Stuart Townend, 2008 AD

 

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And this hymn from an earlier time...


O sacred head, now wounded
With grief and shame weighed down
Now scornfully surrounded
With thorns Thy only crown
How pale Thou art with anguish
With sore abuse and scorn
How does that visage languish
Which once was bright as morn?

What thou, my Lord, has suffered
Was all for sinner's gain
Mine, mine was the transgression
But Thine the deadly pain
Lo, here I fall, my Savior!
Tis I deserve Thy place
Look on me with Thy favor
Vouchsafe to me Thy grace

What language shall I borrow
To thank Thee, dearest Friend
For this Thy dying sorrow
Thy pity without end?
O make me Thine forever
And should I fainting be
Lord, let me never, never,
Out live my love to Thee.

   -- Paul Gerhandt, 1650 AD


Ageless words about the ageless
act.....Christ's work on the cross...
O how He loves you and me.....