Arise, my soul, arise; shake off thy guilty fears; The bleeding sacrifice in my behalf appears: Before the throne my surety stands, Before the throne my surety stands, My name is written on His hands.
He ever lives above, for me to intercede; His all redeeming love, His precious blood, to plead: His blood atoned for all our race, His blood atoned for all our race, And sprinkles now the throne of grace.
Five bleeding wounds He bears; received on Calvary; They pour effectual prayers; they strongly plead for me: “Forgive him, O forgive,” they cry, “Forgive him, O forgive,” they cry, “Nor let that ransomed sinner die!”
The Father hears Him pray, His dear anointed One; He cannot turn away, the presence of His Son; His Spirit answers to the blood, His Spirit answers to the blood, And tells me I am born of God.
My God is reconciled; His pardoning voice I hear; He owns me for His child; I can no longer fear: With confidence I now draw nigh, With confidence I now draw nigh, And “Father, Abba, Father,” cry.
Please pray for all who loved him, espcially Mark17, Mrs Mark17 and Mrs WVKayaker, and offer thanksgiving to God for the assurance that all who have faith in our Lord and Savior Jesus shall not perish, but have everlasting life.
Psalm23:
The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want.
2 He makes me lie down in green pastures. He leads me beside still waters.
3 He restores my soul.
He leads me in paths of righteousness for his name's sake.
4 Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death,
I will fear no evil,
for you are with me;
your rod and your staff,
they comfort me.
5 You prepare a table before me
in the presence of my enemies;
you anoint my head with oil;
my cup overflows.
6 Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life,
and I shall dwell in the house of the Lord forever.
Good post, although Scripture never says God is reconciled to man. Instead, man is reconciled to God through the work of Christ. 2Cor 5:19, Eph 2:16, Col 1:20
We've come to believe that meekness means milquetoast.
The Bible clearly teaches that meekness is a form of exercising or exuding power but keeping it under control.
Not every offense requires bringing the hammer down on the offender. There needs to be some common sense.
Instead of interpreting Scripture based upon political consensus, I prefer to base politics upon faith in Christ.
Separation of Church and State simply recognizes no one ecclesiastical system should prevail over all civil and criminal law. Likewise, the Freedom of Religion recognizes all believers might come to God through faith in Christ, but their walk in sanctification might follow different timelines.
Attempting to call a civil or criminal code illegitimate if it coincides with Scriptural guidance simply makes humanism a prevailing religion, which is itself unconstitutional.
Additionally, if a church of humanism is promoted over faith in Christ, then the Separation of Church and State has been violated, opening up competition of other churches to prevail over humanism.