Favor Foretold

Read:  Psalm 89 / Proverbs 17 / Isaiah 35 / Luke 16

 

Psalm 89:14,15 ~ Justice and judgment are the habitation of thy throne: mercy and truth shall go before thy face. Blessed is the people that know the joyful sound.

Proverbs 17:22 ~ A merry heart doeth good like a medicine: but a broken spirit drieth the bones.

Isaiah 35:10 ~ The ransomed of the LORD shall return, and come to Zion with songs and everlasting joy upon their heads… and sorrow and sighing shall flee away.

Luke 16:26,29 ~ There is a great gulf fixed… They have Moses and the prophets; let them hear them.

 

The Law, which called for condemnation,

By grace and truth was satisfied. 

We thank the Lord for our salvation,

For to this end, our Savior died. 

 

Though sin had caused a gulf so great,

The Lord foretold His wondrous favor

By prophecies which clearly state

That Christ would come to be our Savior.

 

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Price Paid!

Read:  Psalm 88 / Proverbs 16 / Isaiah 34 / Luke 15

 

Psalm 88:3 ~ My soul is full of troubles: and my life draweth nigh unto the grave.

Proverbs 16:8 ~ Better is a little with righteousness than great revenues without right.

Isaiah 34:16 ~ Seek ye out of the book of the LORD, and read: no one of these shall fail… shall want her mate: for my mouth it hath commanded, and his Spirit it hath gathered them.

Luke 15:10 ~ Likewise, I say unto you, there is joy in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner that repenteth.

 

As souls are drawing near the grave,

Their greatest need is righteousness. 

No other benefit can save

The bankrupt sinner; nothing less!

 

The price for righteousness was paid

By Christ when all His life was spent,

And thereby sinners are arrayed

In righteousness when they repent!  

 

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Boundless Beauty

Read:  Psalm 87 / Proverbs 15 / Isaiah 33 / Luke 14

 

Psalm 87:3 ~ Glorious things are spoken of thee, O city of God.

Proverbs 15:24 ~ The way of life is above to the wise, that he may depart from hell beneath.

Isaiah 33:17 ~ Thine eyes shall see the king in his beauty: they shall behold the land that is very far off.

Luke 14:8,9 ~ Sit not down in the highest room… a more honorable Man than thou… Give this Man place.

 

The things we’ve heard are glorious

Regarding Christ enthroned above:

Behold our King victorious,

And marvel at His boundless love!

 

Our eyes shall soon delight to see

The beauty of our King of grace.

Till then, our hearts should rightfully

Reserve for Him the highest place!

 

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Confidence in Christ

Read:  Psalm 86 / Proverbs 14 / Isaiah 32 / Luke 13

 

Psalm 86:11 ~ Teach me thy way, O LORD; I will walk in thy truth: unite my heart to fear thy name.

Proverbs 14:26 ~ In the fear of the LORD is strong confidence: and his children shall have a place of refuge.

Isaiah 32:1,2 ~ Behold, a King shall reign in righteousness… And a Man shall be as an hiding place from the wind, and a covert from the tempest; as rivers of water in a dry place, as the shadow of a great rock in a weary land.

Luke 13:34 ~ O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, which killest the prophets, and stonest them that are sent unto thee; how often would I have gathered thy children together, as a hen doth gather her brood under her wings, and ye would not!

 

Beholding Christ, the way is clear

That rids me of a double mind.

His goodness leads with godly fear;

His mercy follows me behind. 

 

My Refuge and my Confidence

Is in my Lord, the King of kings,

Who gave Himself for my defense

To shelter me beneath His wings.

 

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Truest Treasure

Read:  Psalm 85 / Proverbs 13 / Isaiah 31 / Luke 12

 

Psalm 85:8 ~ I will hear what God the LORD will speak: for he will speak peace unto his people, and to his saints: but let them not turn again to folly.

Proverbs 13:8 ~ The ransom of a man's life are his riches: but the poor heareth not rebuke.

Isaiah 31:6 ~ Turn ye unto him from whom the children of Israel have deeply revolted.

Luke 12:34 ~ Where your treasure is, there will your heart be.

 

We’ve heard what God the Lord has spoken;

To grant us peace has been His pleasure.

His promises are never broken;

In Christ we’ve found our Truest Treasure.

 

What joy this gives to us who find

The ransom that has made us His! 

Our Savior gives us peace of mind,

For He is where our Treasure is.

 

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Counselors of Christ

Read:  Psalm 84 / Proverbs 12 / Isaiah 30 / Luke 11

 

Psalm 84:11 ~ For the LORD God is a sun and shield: the LORD will give grace and glory: no good thing will he withhold from them that walk uprightly.

Proverbs 12:20 ~ Deceit is in the heart of them that imagine evil: but to the counselors of peace is joy.

Isaiah 30:21 ~ Thine ears shall hear… This is the way, walk ye in it, when ye turn to the right hand… when ye turn to the left.

Luke 11:21,22 ~ When a strong man armed keepeth his palace, his goods are in peace: But when a stronger than he shall come upon him, and overcome him, he taketh… his spoils.

 

The Lord is both a Sun and Shield

Who gives to us His grace and glory

As Christ our Savior is revealed

Within the Gospel’s wondrous story.

 

Since we are counselors of peace,

We dare not wait a moment longer,

For lies unchallenged shall increase,

But evidence from Christ is stronger.

 

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Forbid Silence amid False Science

Read:  Psalm 83 / Proverbs 11 / Isaiah 29 / Luke 10

 

Psalm 83:1,18 ~ Keep not thou silence, O God… and be not still, O God… that men may know that thou, whose name alone is JEHOVAH, art the Most High over all the earth.

Proverbs 11:9 ~ An hypocrite with his mouth destroyeth his neighbor: but through knowledge shall the just be delivered.

Isaiah 29:16 ~ Shall the work say of him that made it, He made me not? Or… say of him… He had no understanding?

Luke 10:2 ~ The harvest truly is great, but the laborers are few: pray ye therefore the Lord of the harvest, that he would send forth laborers into his harvest.

 

There is no time for silence now

While people perish for a lie.

The hypocrites at last shall bow,

Yet now by falsehood, people die. 

 

Though evolutionary schools

Declare that God does not exist,

Good science shall refute the fools

And prove the Gospel they resist.

 

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