Jesus Paid It All
I OWED A DEBT I COULD NOT PAY. HE PAID A DEBT HE DID NOT OWE.
I NEEDED SOMEONE TO (WASH) MY SINS AWAY.
AND NOW I SING A BRAND NEW SONG, AMAZING GRACE.
CHRIST JESUS PAID THE DEBT THAT I COULD NEVER PAY.
Truer words could not have been penned to convey the revelation that “what God requires He provides” (ie. Jehovah Jireh/”God will provide Himself a Lamb”) [Gen 22:8, 13]
In keeping with His purpose to redeem His fallen creation, Jehovah commanded Abraham to “offer” his “only son” to Him (as a shadow of “The Lamb of God” that would take away the sin of the world) [Jn 1:29]
God requires “repentance,” “faith,” and “obedience, saying: “(It is) the goodness of God (that) {leads) (you) to repentance;” for “...faith ...is the gift of God;” and “it is God (who is working) in you, helping you want to obey Him, and then helping you do what He wants” [Rom 2:4/KJV; Eph 2:8/KJV; Phil 2:13/TLB]
Hence, “God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whosoever (believes) in Him should not perish, but have everlasting life.” [Jn 3:16]
Who would have imagined that the “way” of God would be to make “all things new” by cleansing us from all of our filthiness; and giving us a new heart, and a new spirit; and causing us to walk in His statutes and keep His judgments.
[Eze 36: 25-27]
With this understanding, you and I can surely sing: ALL I HAVE NEEDED THY HAND HAS PROVIDED ...
ThenSingsMySoul:
A CHANGE, A CHANGE HAS COME OVER ME.
(CHRIST) CHANGED MY LIFE, AND NOW I'M FREE!
A WONDERFUL CHANGE HAS COME OVER ME.
CHANGED, CHANGED, CHANGED,
I'M SO GLAD HE CHANGED ME.
[Walter Hawkins]
