Tuesday, May 01, 2012

Reason for Revealing

“The secret things belong to the LORD our God:  but those things which are revealed belong unto us and to our children forever, that we may do all the words of this law” (Deuteronomy 29:29).  “Turn you at My reproof: behold, I will pour out My Spirit unto you, I will make known My words unto you” (Proverbs 1:23).

The secret things that are concealed
Belong to God above,
Yet there are things He has revealed,
Unveiling thus His love.

The reason that our Lord makes known
The truth that He reveals
Is that His mercy may be shown
To every heart He heals.

How wondrous is this revelation
Which God delights to tell:
It is the Gospel of salvation
Which saves our souls from hell!

To those who turn by His reproof,
His Spirit is outpoured!
The Gospel heard by those aloof
Is willfully ignored.

How sweet the revelation is
Of what our Savior did
To ransom us and make us His!
And shall this now be hid?

We wouldn’t hide the truth, O Lord,
But rather in each season
Be ready with an answer toward
All those who ask a reason.

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