Just A Closer Walk With You

I really do love the hymn,  Just As I Am , that tells about salvation in the Lord Jesus Christ. There is nothing we need to bring to Him to save us - just repentance of our sins (ie. a change of mind about our sins that we see them as wicked in His sight and we no longer desire them the way we did before - we want the Saviour instead) and faith in His shed blood and finished work upon the cross of Calvary. Unfortunately, to many in the religious world, Just As I Am becomes a creed to justify staying as we are - no change, no repentance, nothing different - but somehow still saved and Heaven bound! When we sang this song as our closing hymn in church yesterday, I was thinking about the difference true salvation does make - and that difference is eternal. The Lord God changes us, cleanses us, adopts us as His children, gives us eternal life, regenerates us and makes us new creatures in Him, and so much more. I came to the Lord just as I was - but praise the Lord, I did not stay that ...

 ABC’s Of Heaven’s Glory A dopted as God’s child, B orn from above, C arried to Heaven on the wings of His love. D estined for glory, E ternity is in view, F or consider the G reat plans H e has for me and you - I n His wisdom He will follow them through. J ehovah, Jesus, K ing of Kings, L ord of Lords; M arvel at our Saviour, worship Him in one accord. N o name is greater - O nly Jesus will reign; P onder the promise He is coming again! Q uiet the inward struggles, R est in His gentle arms, be S till your anxious thoughts - He will calm the raging storm. T arry in prayer a moment, U ntil He answers you; V erily God has promised - W atch Him come through. E X alt your great Leader, follow Him day by day - Y ou’re marching upward to Z ion, and He’s leading the way! A lways B e C areful, to watch and to pray. November 7, 2023 Jerry Bouey Hebrews 12:1-2 Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which dot...