The work of the Law

As I was reading Romans 3 tonight, and meditating on the work of the Law in bringing a child of God unto repentance, the Lord led me to scribble out this poem:

Oh blessed Law that casts me down,
To bow and kiss my Savior's feet,
What blessed Law that humbles so,
And shows my heart's deceit.

All men condemned before your Words,
And no excuse remains,
You show our righteousness as filthy rags,
And our souls as open graves.

How men do strive to pay in full,
The debt that you desire,
Your blessed work does bring their deeds,
Face to face with fire.

But what, dear Law, you cannot do,
Is what is best of all,
Though sin you can unveil to man,
His curse you can't recall.

But look, and see, and lift thine eyes,
'Tis Grace that paid the price.
The Son of Man, the Lamb of God,
Was made our sacrifice.

Oh blessed Law keep on your work,
And bring poor sinners to their knees,
But oh sweet Grace, salvation serve,
And change our sin, to righteousness, indeed.

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Only when man is stripped of his self-confidence, and self-righteousness, and even self-esteem, can he be brought to the Cross. An unconvicted man has nothing to repent of. An unbroken vessel has no need to be fixed, and a seemingly healthly man would have no need to seek the healing hand of a physician. It is only when, through the Law, man is left 'without excuse' - and comes to see the impending and righteous judgement of the Lord - when he will turn unto the 'heir of our Salvation', Christ Jesus.

Until a sinful man is wholly aware of his damnable condition and the truth that he is in fact a 'sinner in the hand of an angry God' - he is the gravest danger imaginable...eternal seperation from the Lord. No amount of sugar coated Christianity can take the place of this Gospel truth - that man without God is lost, and has no hope. Charles Spurgeon said it this way:

"O you unconverted ones, how can you live apart from Christ? To live one hour apart from Christ is to live in infinite peril, since in that hour you may die, and pass beyond the realms of hope."

I thank God for His Law, and for it's complete fulfillment in Jesus Christ -

What a Glorious King we serve!
Bro. Hank