{"id":484,"date":"2007-05-01T02:27:55","date_gmt":"2007-05-01T06:27:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.drslewis.org\/camille\/?p=484"},"modified":"2007-05-01T02:27:55","modified_gmt":"2007-05-01T06:27:55","slug":"saving-grace","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.drslewis.org\/camille\/2007\/05\/01\/saving-grace\/","title":{"rendered":"Saving Grace"},"content":{"rendered":"

I am stuck. I can’t get past Charles Wesley’s hymn texts<\/a>. I was looking at other favorite texts today: “How Firm a Foundation<\/a>,” “The Love of God<\/a>” (tickled that this last hymn is saying the same thing as our recent addition to\u00a0“My God is so\u00a0BIG!” and wondering how I can add the “Firm” message to the mix).\u00a0But I got stuck at “O For a Thousand Tongues to Sing<\/a>.” I know the verses we usually sing are probably the better poetry, but the additional stanzas plunked me right between the eyes:<\/p>\n

He speaks, and, listening to His voice,
\nNew life the dead receive,
\nThe mournful, broken hearts rejoice,
\nThe humble poor believe.<\/p>\n

Hear Him, ye deaf; His praise, ye dumb,
\nYour loosened tongues employ;
\nYe blind, behold your Savior come,
\nAnd leap, ye lame, for joy.<\/p>\n

In Christ your Head, you then shall know,
\nShall feel your sins forgiven;
\nAnticipate your heaven below,
\nAnd own that love is heaven.<\/p>\n

Glory to God, and praise and love
\nBe ever, ever given,
\nBy saints below and saints above,
\nThe church in earth and heaven.<\/p>\n

On this glad day the glorious Sun
\nOf Righteousness arose;
\nOn my benighted soul He shone
\nAnd filled it with repose.<\/p>\n

Sudden expired the legal strife,
\n\u2019Twas then I ceased to grieve;
\nMy second, real, living life
\nI then began to live.<\/p>\n

Then with my heart I first believed,
\nBelieved with faith divine,
\nPower with the Holy Ghost received
\nTo call the Savior mine.<\/p>\n

I felt my Lord\u2019s atoning blood
\nClose to my soul applied;
\nMe, me He loved, the Son of God,
\nFor me, for me He died!<\/p>\n

I found and owned His promise true,
\nAscertained of my part,
\nMy pardon passed in heaven I knew
\nWhen written on my heart.<\/p>\n

Look unto Him, ye nations, own
\nYour God, ye fallen race;
\nLook, and be saved through faith alone,
\nBe justified by grace.<\/p>\n

See all your sins on Jesus laid:
\nThe Lamb of God was slain,
\nHis soul was once an offering made
\nFor every soul of man.<\/p>\n

Awake from guilty nature\u2019s sleep,
\nAnd Christ shall give you light,
\nCast all your sins into the deep,
\nAnd wash the \u00c6thiop white.<\/p>\n

Harlots and publicans and thieves
\nIn holy triumph join!
\nSaved is the sinner that believes
\nFrom crimes as great as mine.<\/p>\n

Murderers and all ye hellish crew
\nIn holy triumph join!
\nBelieve the Savior died for you;
\nFor me the Savior died.<\/p>\n

With me, your chief, ye then shall know,
\nShall feel your sins forgiven;
\nAnticipate your heaven below,
\nAnd own that love is heaven.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

You can feel the Good News in those words! With the power of cancelled sin broken, we can live that second, real, living<\/em>\u00a0life. “And Can It Be<\/a>” relishes the same vigor and joy and boldness. I can’t stop smiling at and humming these old but happy expressions of Christ’s love<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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