God, In The Gospel Of His Son
God, in the Gospel of His Son
God, in the gospel of His Son,
Makes His eternal counsels known;
Where love in all its glory shines,
And truth is drawn in fairest lines.
Here sinners of a humble frame
May taste His grace, and learn His Name;
May read, in characters of blood,
The wisdom, pow’r, and grace of God.
The pris’ner here may break his chains;
The weary rest from all his pains;
The captive feel his bondage cease;
The mourner find the way of peace.
Here faith reveals to mortal eyes
A brighter world beyond the skies;
Here shines the light which guides our way
From earth to realms of endless day.
O grant us grace, Almighty Lord,
To read and mark Thy holy Word;
Its truths with meekness to receive,
And by its holy precepts live.
Thomas Cotterill (1779–1823)
SOMETIMES THOSE who have been Christians for a long time take the Bible for granted. But what joy the newcomer finds there! Each page of Scripture reveals fresh and eternal truths. It brings strength and hope into dismal lives. It announces a message of freedom—freedom from sin, freedom from aimlessness, and freedom to love God with all our heart, soul, and mind. God’s Word shines light into the darkness of people’s lives.
This hymn reminds us that Scripture helps us to recognize the name of our loving Lord. For some this search for the heavenly Father is as desperate as that of an adopted child for his or her birth parents. There’s a voice in a dream, faintly calling, but who is it? Then the Good Book opens, and the lost child sees the name that has lived in his hopes—almighty Lord, loving Savior, Friend, and Guide.
All Scripture is inspired by God and is useful to teach us what is true and to make us realize what is wrong in our lives. It corrects us when we are wrong and teaches us to do what is right. God uses it to prepare and equip his people to do every good work.
2 Timothy 3:16-17
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