November 2, 2011
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no glory to me, o my Savior ~ only because You chose to favor | a spiritual birthday celebration
No glory to me, O my Savior
Bless You, Father, for sovereign favorThough hell-bent, deserving condemnation
Chosen in Christ, predestined for redemptionO, most precious – the blood of the Lamb
All glory to You, the great I AMOur good shepherd, dying for Your sheep
To raise us all up out of the ash heap
Only because You chose to favor
Not of our will, nor of our labor
Not of our best works or zealous efforts
Only by the counsel of Your good pleasureThis is the LORD's doing, nothing of us
In our eyes His sovereign grace marvelous!
Not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh
But through faith imputed Christ's righteousnessHow can a lifeless soul rise from the grave?
Can holiness be sought by the depraved?How can the blind see Your delight?
Can a helpless sinner cure sin's blight?Why would the hostile seek his enemy?
Can the carnal man slay his enmity?
Only because You chose to favor
Not of our will, nor of our labor
Not of our best works or zealous efforts
Only by the counsel of Your good pleasureThis is the LORD's doing, nothing of us
In our eyes His sovereign grace marvelous!Not at all based on how we have run
But in a holy calling before time was begunForeknown of God - trembling at divine election
Nothing in us to earn or merit such selectionCan the leopard make a holy transformation?
Can the dead produce their own resurrection?Worthy are You, O Lamb who was slain
To receive all blessing and acclaimOnce not Your people, but now beloved
Of Abraham's seed, God's adopted sonsOnly because You chose to favor
Not of our will, nor of our labor
Not of our best works or zealous efforts
Only by the counsel of Your good pleasureThis is the LORD's doing, nothing of us
In our eyes His sovereign grace marvelous!Alpha and Omega, You loved me first
Hung on the cross, for me became a curseYou brought me under the shadow of Your wings
Salvation belongs to You, to You alone I singFor Your glory, I was chosen and foreordained
To stand in the Holiest, spotless and unstainedA worm raised up from ashes and dust
How can I not exalt You, O, I must!In Christ I trusted those many years ago
To You I ascribe strength, You I extolAll glory to You, just God and justifier
All praise to You, faith's author and finisherA vessel of Your mercy, I can only proclaim
Your name alone – JESUS! - for Your fameOnly because You chose to favor
Not of my will, nor of my labor
Not of my best works or zealous efforts
Only by the counsel of Your good pleasureThis is the LORD's doing, nothing of me
In my eyes His sovereign grace marvelous!~ Soli Deo Gloria for my second birth, November 5, 1982.
John 1:12 But to all who did receive him, who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God, 13 who were born, not of blood nor of the will of the flesh nor of the will of man, but of God.
Romans 9:14 What shall we say then? Is there injustice on God's part? By no means! 15 For he says to Moses, “I will have mercy on whom I have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I have compassion.” 16 So then it depends not on human will or exertion, but on God, who has mercy. 17 For the Scripture says to Pharaoh, “For this very purpose I have raised you up, that I might show my power in you, and that my name might be proclaimed in all the earth.” 18 So then he has mercy on whomever he wills, and he hardens whomever he wills.Psalm 130
3 If you, O LORD, should mark iniquities,
O Lord, who could stand?
4 But with you there is forgiveness,
that you may be feared.Ephesians 1:3 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in Christ with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places, 4 even as he chose us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and blameless before him. In love 5 he predestined us for adoption through Jesus Christ, according to the purpose of his will, 6 to the praise of his glorious grace, with which he has blessed us in the Beloved. 7 In him we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of his grace, 8 which he lavished upon us, in all wisdom and insight 9 making known to us the mystery of his will, according to his purpose, which he set forth in Christ 10 as a plan for the fullness of time, to unite all things in him, things in heaven and things on earth.
11 In him we have obtained an inheritance, having been predestined according to the purpose of him who works all things according to the counsel of his will, 12 so that we who were the first to hope in Christ might be to the praise of his glory. 13 In him you also, when you heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation, and believed in him, were sealed with the promised Holy Spirit, 14 who is the guarantee of our inheritance until we acquire possession of it, to the praise of his glory.
Revelation 7:9 After this I looked, and behold, a great multitude that no one could number, from every nation, from all tribes and peoples and languages, standing before the throne and before the Lamb, clothed in white robes, with palm branches in their hands, 10 and crying out with a loud voice, “Salvation belongs to our God who sits on the throne, and to the Lamb!” 11 And all the angels were standing around the throne and around the elders and the four living creatures, and they fell on their faces before the throne and worshiped God, 12 saying, “Amen! Blessing and glory and wisdom and thanksgiving and honor and power and might be to our God forever and ever! Amen.”
Related:
God works through bad economies for good: A retrospective (includes my testimony)
keeping the passover (celebrating my second birth)
All of Your grace, All to Your glory (this day in 1982)
"Salvation unto Us Has Come by God's free grace & favor"
we did not choose, He chose us, worthy the Lamb, solus Christus
Why I'm a happy Calvinist! (Resting in the sovereignty of God)
True Calvinism is NOT . . .
Bible Reading: Things To Look for in a Church: What We Find in Solomon's Temple, #2: God's Sovereignty in Salvation
Why preach the Gospel? # 1: Bad men need Good News!
Why preach the Gospel? # 2: Dead men need Life!
Letter 7 on assurance and fighting for joy (remember His love for us while we were sinners)
I am a leopard - Christ is a lion ~ The Resurrection Celebration
All ye who hear ... Lazarus, come forth! Lazarus, take heed!
All Saints' Day: "Man, if I could be anything, baby, I'd be a saint!" (Lecrae)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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Comments (2)
All of heaven rejoiced over you on that day! Hoping you stay with us for quite a few more "birthdays," but our conversation IS in heaven!
You have written a beautiful song. Sing to Jesus:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VWuDZ0az-c4
Hope the link works!
@quest4god@revelife - Thanks so much, Bro, and thanks for the song!
Yes, our conversation IS in heaven, and so we ARE marching through Immanuel's ground even today!
The sorrows of the mind
Be banished from the place;
Religion never was designed
Religion never was designed,
To make our pleasures less,
To make our pleasures less.