April 24, 2011

• I am a leopard - Christ is a lion ~ The Resurrection Celebration

   
  I. I am a leopard

  Jeremiah 13:23
  Can the Ethiopian change his skin or the leopard his spots?
  Then also you can do good who are accustomed to do evil.

  

  I am a leopard
  spots unchanging

  I am a leopard
  sin enslaving

  I am a leopard
  holiness rejecting

  I am a leopard
  darkened thinking

  I am a leopard
  passions raging

  I am a leopard
  selfishly seeking

  I am a leopard
  evil unrestraining

  I am a leopard
  law breaking

  I am a leopard
  iniquities staining

  I am a leopard
  idols erecting

  I am a leopard
  ever transgressing

  I am a leopard
  truth disregarding

  I am a leopard
  neck unbending

  I am a leopard
  rebellion unrelenting

  I am a leopard
  helplessly failing

  I am a leopard
  consistently flailing

  I am a leopard
  perpetually straying

  I am a leopard
  outwardly primping

  I am a leopard
  inwardly expiring

  I am a leopard
  garments rending

  I am leopard
  heart unwrenching

  I am a leopard
  death reigning

  I am a leopard
  vainly striving

  I am a leopard
  hopelessly weeping

  II. Christ is a lion

  Revelation 5:5 Weep no more; behold, the Lion of the tribe of Judah, the Root of David, has conquered...

  Christ is a lion
  Son humbling

  Christ is a lion
  Gladly obeying

  Christ is a lion
  Lamb surrendering

  Christ is a lion
  Endured suffering

  Christ is a lion
  Silently submitting

  Christ is a lion
  Sin bearing

  Christ is a lion
  Incarnate offering

  Christ is a lion
  Blood shedding

  Christ is a lion
  Punishment receiving

  Christ is a lion
  Atonement tendering

  Christ is a lion
  Wrath propitiating

  Christ is a lion
  Divinity dying

  Christ is a lion
  Hell crumbling

  Christ is a lion
  Death defying

  Christ is a lion
  Grave overcoming

  Christ is a lion
  Promise rising

  Christ is a lion
  Eden restoring

  Christ is a lion
  Powerfully saving

  Christ is a lion
  Worms elevating

  Christ is a lion
  Redemption buying

  Christ is a lion
  Slaves redeeming

  Christ is a lion
  Mercy extending

  Christ is a lion
  Newness creating

  Christ is a lion
  Leopards translating

  Christ is a lion
  Hardness breaking

  Christ is a lion
  Hearts exchanging

  Christ is a lion
  Affections turning

  Christ is a lion
  Corpses raising

  Christ is a lion
  Blood applying

  Christ is a lion
  Sinners purifying

  Christ is a lion
  Captives liberating

  Christ is a lion
  Brokenhearted binding

  Christ is a lion
  Devil seething

  Christ is a lion
  Righteousness imputing

  Christ is a lion
  Ungodly justifying

  Christ is a lion
  Enemies reconciling

  Christ is a lion
  Hearts circumcising

  Christ is a lion
  Life sustaining

  Christ is a lion
  Always interceding

  Christ is a lion
  Truth unchanging

  Christ is a lion
  Anchor holding

  Christ is a lion
  Spirit sealing

  Christ is a lion
  Assurance speaking

  Christ is a lion
  Fire baptizing

  Christ is a lion
  Forever reigning

  Christ is a lion
  Faithfulness unrelenting

  Christ is a lion
  Backsliders pursuing

  Christ is a lion
  Glory displaying

  Christ is a lion
  Father revealing

  
  III. The Resurrection Celebration

  Revelation 5:11 Then I looked, and I heard around the throne and the living creatures and the elders the voice of many angels, numbering myriads of myriads and thousands of thousands, 12 saying with a loud voice, “Worthy is the Lamb who was slain, to receive power and wealth and wisdom and might and honor and glory and blessing!” 13 And I heard every creature in heaven and on earth and under the earth and in the sea, and all that is in them, saying, “To him who sits on the throne and to the Lamb be blessing and honor and glory and might forever and ever!”

  Come, leopards one and leopards all
  As many leopards as the Lion will call

  Weep no more, you spotted leopards
  Come with me to Christ the Shepherd

  Weep no more, count no more your spots
  Come to the fount: His blood mercies forever blot

  Come now, leopards from across the earth,
  Worship the Lamb who gave you second birth

  Weep no more, dear leopards, look to the Lion
  Come join ev'ry nation gathering at Mount Zion

  Weep no more, lift your voices to the great I AM
  Worship the Lion Jesus as the slain Paschal Lamb

  Leopards, gather 'round the throne in adoration sweet
  Unworthy leopards kneel humbly at the mercy seat

  Leopards, sing aloud to the Lion of Judah with glad jubilation
  Come join the saints' everlasting resurrection celebration

  

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  Related:

  Praise to the Triumphant Lamb: "God of Unexampled Grace"
  Bible Reading: Ezekiel 7–"But where sin abounded, grace abounded much more"
  who are we to say . . . (Christ's atonement and assurance)
  "Salvation unto Us Has Come by God's free grace & favor"
  Advent #2 WHY HAS JESUS COME? to give his life as a ransom for many
  Advent #3 WHY HAS JESUS COME? not to call the righteous but sinners to repentance
  A little child shall lead us: Christ died for our sins (precious penal substitution)
  The Gospel: Penal substitution? Really? Yes, really!
  First Week of Advent: The Most Scandalous Bailout Ever

  My posts on assurance and assurance and fighting for joy, including:

  Letter 3 on assurance and fighting for joy (Jesus' desire vs. Satan's desire)
  letter 42 on assurance & fighting for joy: "Blessed Assurance" - You are a child of God!
  He will abundantly pardon for your joy (Isaiah 55) | Letter 102 on assurance & fighting for joy

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  Scripture quotations are taken from The Holy Bible, English Standard Version. Copyright ©2001 by Crossway Bibles, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers. Used by permission. All rights reserved.

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