Sunday, November 7, 2021
HYMN OF THE DAY
Hallelujah! Praise the Savior!
On Christ all my sins were laid.
Tis the Covenant He made.
By His blood the debt's been paid.
Hallelujah! Praise the Savior!
For His own was crucified.
"It is finished." Thus He cried.
God by Him hath justified.
Hallelujah! Praise the Savior!
Christ has risen from the grave.
Wondrous pow'r, His sheep to save.
Newness of life, them He gave.
Hallelujah! Praise the Savior!
Now on High He sits enthroned.
He, my Sure-ty, hath atoned.
He's my plea by grace alone.
Hallelujah! Praise the Savior!
Tune: Hallelujah, What a Savior, p. #127
Gary Spreacker
LOOKING TO CHRIST
“Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith; who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God. For consider him that endured such contradiction of sinners against himself, lest ye be wearied and faint in your minds” (Heb 12:2-3).
Faith is looking to Christ, not to how much faith I have. It is not faith that saves, but it is Christ Who saves!
Faith is looking to Christ and not to my prayers, my worship, nor my meditations.
Faith is looking to Christ and not to the name I wear nor the doctrines I hold. It is not what but Whom we believe.
Faith is looking to Christ and not the law. The law wounds but never heals; it kills but never gives life.
Faith is looking to Christ and not to His mother, nor His apostles, nor to a cross. There is one God and one Mediator.
Faith is looking to Christ, and not to the brethren; neither the best nor the worst of them – no confidence in the flesh.
Faith is looking to Christ, not to my strength nor to my weakness. All grace or strength we have is by His grace; and when I am weak, then I am strong.
Faith is looking to Christ, not my works! Without Him our righteousness is filthy rags.
Faith is looking to Christ yesterday, today, and tomorrow.
Faith is looking to Christ at all times; and we never stop coming, looking, resting, trusting, believing, depending nor leaning on the Lord Jesus Christ. - Copied
THY FAITH HATH SAVED THEE
“Thy faith hath saved thee” (Luke 18:42). We know that strictly speaking, it is not our faith that saved us. Faith did not keep the law for me. Christ did! Faith did not die on the cross for my sins. Christ did! Faith was not raised from the dead, Christ was! Yet the Lord says, “Thy faith hath saved thee.” Why does the Saviour put this high honor on our faith? Because faith looks to Christ alone! It rests in Him only, and looks nowhere else! It gives all the honor of salvation to Christ! A faith that does not do that is not saving faith to begin with. Christ puts such honor on faith because true faith puts all honor on HIM! - Todd Nibert
FAITH
It is a blessing to experience those times when all seems well and faith comes easily, when it seems the very air is filled with the presence of the Lord. Such times are a blessing, but they are no proof of true faith. Faith is proven when it endures the HARD times. When the heart is broken, the mind confused, and the body weak, then is faith put to the test and proven whether it be genuine. When faith survives those times when there is NO FEELING to verify it, NO EVIDENCE to confirm it, and NO FLESHY ENERGY to sustain it, then and only then can we discover that we have that faith that is “the gift of God", God’s gifts are "without repentance”, and this is as true of faith as any of His other gifts. We know we have believed when we never repent of our faith, but believe inthe very face at all that is opposed to faith. This is the trial and proof of faith. - Joe Terrell
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