Friday, August 07, 2015

Valley of Vision: reconciliation

Thou hast taught me the necessity of a Mediator,
  a Messiah,
  to be embraced in love with all my heart,
    as king to rule me,
    as prophet to guide me,
    as priest to take away my sin and death,
  and this by faith in thy beloved Son
    who teaches me
  not to guide myself,
  not to obey myself,
  not to try to rule and conquer sin,
  but to cleave to the one who will do all for me.
Thou hast made known to me
  that to save me is Christ’s work,
  but to cleave to him by faith is my work,
  and with this faith is the necessity of my
    daily repentance
  as a mourning for the sin which Christ
    by grace has removed.

- excerpt from The Valley of Vision

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