Michael E. Wood
June 27, 2011
1st John 1:2 the life was made manifest, and we have seen it, and testify to it and proclaim to you the eternal life, which was with the Father and was made manifest to us-
While pondering this passage as a part of preparation for a Bible study, thoughts arose in my mind concerning the difference between “the life” and “the eternal life”. To the apostle John, along with the other apostles, the life of Jesus while on earth was openly displayed and witnessed by them. From the effectual call to follow him, to every word spoken in purity and with the power of the Holy Spirit, to every work which continually affirmed him to be the Son of God come in the flesh, the life was made manifest. In the gospel attributed to the same writer, he closes out the account therein by saying, “Now there are also many other things that Jesus did. Were every one of them to be written, I suppose that the world itself could not contain the books that would be written.”
Though these brief words are sadly and woefully disproportionate in regards to explanation, I rejoice in the fact that our Father is pleased in our contemplations of the glories of His grace as revealed not only in the written word but by His mighty Spirit in the person of Christ Himself. For he was eternally with the Father before all creation, came to earth in the form of a man, lived the life of obedience to the Father’s will that we could not live, even unto death, the death of the cross. He took upon Himself our sin, shedding his blood and offering himself up as the only sacrifice sufficient to deliver us from the wrath to come. He was buried for our offences and raised again for our justification. Overcoming sin, death, and hell on behalf of all appointed by the Father who would put their trust in Him, he ascended to the right hand of the Father, and lives to make intercession for us. He that has the Son has life; and he that has not the Son has not life, for He is life eternal.
By grace through faith, which is the gift of God we are likewise made partakers of His life and it is this same Jesus of whom and by whom we are made witnesses not only of his life while here on earth but forever unto His glory and eternal praise.
Arrested by His loving voice,
Called of God by Sovereign choice
By faith made now to see and hear
Like those who by Him knew God’s fear,
To witness water turned to wine
And raised the sick by simple line,
Spoken with authority,
That to God all the glory be.
Walked on water, calmed the storm,
Each day the works of God perform,
As grace and truth poured from the lips
Of Christ the One who still equips
The members of His body each,
That we be used and others reach
As vessels, Holy Spirit filled,
Rejoicing as the Father willed
Perfections spoken by the law
From Sinai fulfilled them all
That perfect in obedience
Jesus would in every sense
Become as man the sacrifice,
Pay in full the awful price,
As all our sins are blotted out
To join as one the festal shout,
Eternal life, eternal praise
Is now our theme eternal days
Till all shall culminate in One,
The Father, Spirit, and The Son!
Saturday, July 9, 2011
Thursday, July 7, 2011
Christ-Likeness Fashioned
Michael E. Wood
June 23, 2011
Psalm 79:9 Help us, O God of our salvation, for the glory of Thy Name: and deliver us, and purge away our sins, for Thy Name’s sake.
There are dangers in focusing on ourselves as individuals concerning change in our lives. If our desire is stimulated by either feeling better about ourselves or outwardly looking better to others, our motivation is far from pressing toward the mark of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus. When God has done a work of grace in our hearts through the merit of Christ alone, the outward manifestations may not be very apparent at all depending on the former character of the individual. In some cases an outwardly radical change may prove to be a work of common grace rather than that of particular redemptive grace, but will surely become manifest at the Judgment seat of God if not before then..
From God’s perspective, as He speaks and manifests His will by the Word of His grace, His glory is the primary purpose of our salvation, for His glory is worth more than the souls of all men. Thus our definitive sanctification both individually and as His body is a part of the covenant of grace established between God the Father and God the Son before all creation, and our progressive sanctification manifests the work of His Spirit evidenced first by change within that no one else on earth may be privy to by immediate observation, and yet the heart rejoices in God our Savior through our Lord Jesus Christ and rejoices in the obedience of Christ alone as it’s full satisfaction. For of Him and through Him, and to Him are things; to Whom belongs glory and honor and power, and blessing both now and forevermore. Amen
Our sanctification issues not
By the works from our own hands,
But only from a heart made new
In Christ made strong and stands
Against the torrents of the passions
Springing from sinful lusts,
Enabled by the Spirit’s power
To fulfill the Almighty musts
That come from God alone
As a Father Who surely will fulfill
All He has promised showing the glory
Of Christ who did all of His will.
So help us Dear Father Who now in this life
You’ve called by Your great Sovereign choice,
And justified freely as only in Jesus
We’re made to hear truth in the voice
Of Him that from heaven now speaketh to all
Removing the things that are shaken
Till we stand on the mount of Your infinite love
And shine like the light of a beacon.
We praise You for grace by which You exalt
Yourself to show mercy to us
And cause us to know the way in to walk
As You gave us The Song of Your chorus.
So if now you’re made to see and believe;
God’s glory your one greatest passion,
His grace you will find sufficient through time
As your being is Christ-likeness fashioned.
June 23, 2011
Psalm 79:9 Help us, O God of our salvation, for the glory of Thy Name: and deliver us, and purge away our sins, for Thy Name’s sake.
There are dangers in focusing on ourselves as individuals concerning change in our lives. If our desire is stimulated by either feeling better about ourselves or outwardly looking better to others, our motivation is far from pressing toward the mark of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus. When God has done a work of grace in our hearts through the merit of Christ alone, the outward manifestations may not be very apparent at all depending on the former character of the individual. In some cases an outwardly radical change may prove to be a work of common grace rather than that of particular redemptive grace, but will surely become manifest at the Judgment seat of God if not before then..
From God’s perspective, as He speaks and manifests His will by the Word of His grace, His glory is the primary purpose of our salvation, for His glory is worth more than the souls of all men. Thus our definitive sanctification both individually and as His body is a part of the covenant of grace established between God the Father and God the Son before all creation, and our progressive sanctification manifests the work of His Spirit evidenced first by change within that no one else on earth may be privy to by immediate observation, and yet the heart rejoices in God our Savior through our Lord Jesus Christ and rejoices in the obedience of Christ alone as it’s full satisfaction. For of Him and through Him, and to Him are things; to Whom belongs glory and honor and power, and blessing both now and forevermore. Amen
Our sanctification issues not
By the works from our own hands,
But only from a heart made new
In Christ made strong and stands
Against the torrents of the passions
Springing from sinful lusts,
Enabled by the Spirit’s power
To fulfill the Almighty musts
That come from God alone
As a Father Who surely will fulfill
All He has promised showing the glory
Of Christ who did all of His will.
So help us Dear Father Who now in this life
You’ve called by Your great Sovereign choice,
And justified freely as only in Jesus
We’re made to hear truth in the voice
Of Him that from heaven now speaketh to all
Removing the things that are shaken
Till we stand on the mount of Your infinite love
And shine like the light of a beacon.
We praise You for grace by which You exalt
Yourself to show mercy to us
And cause us to know the way in to walk
As You gave us The Song of Your chorus.
So if now you’re made to see and believe;
God’s glory your one greatest passion,
His grace you will find sufficient through time
As your being is Christ-likeness fashioned.
Wednesday, July 6, 2011
Beyond All Mortal Means
Michael E. Wood
June 22, 2011
Romans 5:15 But the free gift is not like the trespass. For if many died through the one man’s trespass, much more have the grace of God and the free gift by the grace of that one man Jesus Christ abounded for many.
God’s grace is super-abounding
And to it there is no end.
This attribute is His alone.
The free gift He did send,
By one man Jesus Christ,
Grace hath abounded unto many,
Though undeserved by mortal man,
Not even one; not any!
Much more than the forgiveness
Of which we were in need
And more than all the cleansing
Of every thought and word, and deed.
More than restoration where
In Adam we had fell,
And more than just a way to keep
Us from a burning hell.
Much higher our position now
Than before in Adam’s innocence,
For in Christ Jesus we have all
He purchased as a recompense.
And though in awe we do not yet
Completely understand,
His Word declares and makes us know
All things are in His hand.
Almighty Spirit come and help
Us always to draw nigh
And rejoice in hope of this
Great truth You do apply,
That the glory of our God
And Father will be seen
In all those who do rejoice
Beyond all mortal means.
June 22, 2011
Romans 5:15 But the free gift is not like the trespass. For if many died through the one man’s trespass, much more have the grace of God and the free gift by the grace of that one man Jesus Christ abounded for many.
God’s grace is super-abounding
And to it there is no end.
This attribute is His alone.
The free gift He did send,
By one man Jesus Christ,
Grace hath abounded unto many,
Though undeserved by mortal man,
Not even one; not any!
Much more than the forgiveness
Of which we were in need
And more than all the cleansing
Of every thought and word, and deed.
More than restoration where
In Adam we had fell,
And more than just a way to keep
Us from a burning hell.
Much higher our position now
Than before in Adam’s innocence,
For in Christ Jesus we have all
He purchased as a recompense.
And though in awe we do not yet
Completely understand,
His Word declares and makes us know
All things are in His hand.
Almighty Spirit come and help
Us always to draw nigh
And rejoice in hope of this
Great truth You do apply,
That the glory of our God
And Father will be seen
In all those who do rejoice
Beyond all mortal means.
Monday, July 4, 2011
Your Infinite Glory
Michael E. Wood
June 18, 2011
John 17:10 All mine are Yours, and Yours are Mine, and I am glorified in them.
Once we are born again, we begin to understand and grow in the purpose for which we were first created and secondly regenerated by the Spirit of the Living God through the merit of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Hence, to glorify God and enjoy Him forever!
Our sanctification is the fruit and the result of the sanctification and satisfaction of Christ Himself.
How precious is our God and Savior as He leads His dear children along, often in ways we are not aware of until after the fact. Having completed reading a message by Dr. Martyn Lloyd Jones concerning our Covenant making and Covenant keeping God, I had viewed the time that was yet available to do a little reading and read a sermon by Robert Murray McCheyne, entitled, I The LORD Have Called Thee in Righteousness The following are excerpts from that sermon:
Isa. 42:6-8 I the LORD have called thee in righteousness, and will hold thine hand, and will keep thee, and give thee for a covenant of the people, for a light of the gentiles; to open the blind eyes, to bring out the prisoners from the prison, and them that sit in darkness out of the prison house. I am the LORD: that is my name: and my glory will I not give to another, neither my praise to graven images.
In this passage we have some of the most wonderful words that ever were uttered in the world. It is not a man speaking to a man. It is not even God speaking to a man. It is God speaking to his own Son. Oh, who would not listen? It is as if we were secretly admitted into the counsel of God, as if we stood behind the curtains of his dwelling-place, or were hidden in the clefts of the rock, and overheard the words of the eternal Father to the eternal Son.
Learn the greatness of your sins. Remember Christ had no sins of his own. No wrath was due himself; all that wrath he bore was ours. You that are believers, you have but a small sense of the greatness of your sins. Oh! Look here; see God holding the hand of his Son, while he wades through the sea of wrath! Oh! Surely a look at a suffering Christ should keep you in the dust for ever. You must never open your mouth any more. And, oh! Will you not love him who so loved you, who lay down under these surges and billows of God’s wrath for you?
Your infinite glory Oh help us express
By the word and the life of all true holiness.
For that which is Yours and not shared with another
Can only be seen in our great Elder Brother;
You took by the hand and You led through the sea
Of Your infinite wrath which would have consumed me.
And my soul melts with tears when I think of Your love
That You lavished on us by Your Son from above.
For He in our place and New Covenant Head,
Endured to the end on the cross in our stead.
Oh stir our affections anew in the light
Of Jesus in whom is Your glorious delight,
Forsaking all things of no profit below
That he for Your glory some others will know.
Oh Spirit of God please do come and effect
The word of Your grace through our lives to project
The infinite value of Christ and the call
Of God only wise, Who is LORD overall.
We thank You Oh Father for great Sovereign kisses
You give with each day that none of Yours misses.
For as You take pleasure and to us display
The work of Your hands that we too might convey,
The faith that You caused us to see and to feel
That others might come to know Jesus is real.
We praise You for mercy, though we be but gentiles,
As You look through Christ Jesus and show us Your smiles.
June 18, 2011
John 17:10 All mine are Yours, and Yours are Mine, and I am glorified in them.
Once we are born again, we begin to understand and grow in the purpose for which we were first created and secondly regenerated by the Spirit of the Living God through the merit of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Hence, to glorify God and enjoy Him forever!
Our sanctification is the fruit and the result of the sanctification and satisfaction of Christ Himself.
How precious is our God and Savior as He leads His dear children along, often in ways we are not aware of until after the fact. Having completed reading a message by Dr. Martyn Lloyd Jones concerning our Covenant making and Covenant keeping God, I had viewed the time that was yet available to do a little reading and read a sermon by Robert Murray McCheyne, entitled, I The LORD Have Called Thee in Righteousness The following are excerpts from that sermon:
Isa. 42:6-8 I the LORD have called thee in righteousness, and will hold thine hand, and will keep thee, and give thee for a covenant of the people, for a light of the gentiles; to open the blind eyes, to bring out the prisoners from the prison, and them that sit in darkness out of the prison house. I am the LORD: that is my name: and my glory will I not give to another, neither my praise to graven images.
In this passage we have some of the most wonderful words that ever were uttered in the world. It is not a man speaking to a man. It is not even God speaking to a man. It is God speaking to his own Son. Oh, who would not listen? It is as if we were secretly admitted into the counsel of God, as if we stood behind the curtains of his dwelling-place, or were hidden in the clefts of the rock, and overheard the words of the eternal Father to the eternal Son.
Learn the greatness of your sins. Remember Christ had no sins of his own. No wrath was due himself; all that wrath he bore was ours. You that are believers, you have but a small sense of the greatness of your sins. Oh! Look here; see God holding the hand of his Son, while he wades through the sea of wrath! Oh! Surely a look at a suffering Christ should keep you in the dust for ever. You must never open your mouth any more. And, oh! Will you not love him who so loved you, who lay down under these surges and billows of God’s wrath for you?
Your infinite glory Oh help us express
By the word and the life of all true holiness.
For that which is Yours and not shared with another
Can only be seen in our great Elder Brother;
You took by the hand and You led through the sea
Of Your infinite wrath which would have consumed me.
And my soul melts with tears when I think of Your love
That You lavished on us by Your Son from above.
For He in our place and New Covenant Head,
Endured to the end on the cross in our stead.
Oh stir our affections anew in the light
Of Jesus in whom is Your glorious delight,
Forsaking all things of no profit below
That he for Your glory some others will know.
Oh Spirit of God please do come and effect
The word of Your grace through our lives to project
The infinite value of Christ and the call
Of God only wise, Who is LORD overall.
We thank You Oh Father for great Sovereign kisses
You give with each day that none of Yours misses.
For as You take pleasure and to us display
The work of Your hands that we too might convey,
The faith that You caused us to see and to feel
That others might come to know Jesus is real.
We praise You for mercy, though we be but gentiles,
As You look through Christ Jesus and show us Your smiles.
Thursday, June 30, 2011
This Week that was Written
Michael E. Wood
June 17, 2011
With having two opportunities to be a mouthpiece to proclaim the glory of Christ this past week, very little thought was given toward writing, and yet the privilege to spend a greater degree of time reading and studying the Word of God reminded me not only of my need and dependence upon the Spirit of God to be my teacher but also a reminder that it is God the Father through the merit of Christ who has written and continues to write the truth of the gospel upon my heart. Thus the following words came to mind Friday morning.
Little on paper this week that was written
But into my heart by my God that was smitten.
For He in the form of a man on the cross
Gave His life to redeem me from failure and loss.
For nothing I’ve done or can do measures up
To the blessed forgiveness obtained by the cup
Christ drank to the full as God’s justice was spent
Wherein He showed mercy, gave grace to repent
From the sin and the pride that had blinded my eyes
To know that His love overcomes the great lies
That once I believed as a child of this world
While led by its spirit as deeper I hurled
Myself into depths of depravities store,
Deceived by my heart and God’s Word I ignored
Until He was pleased to reveal by the Light
Of His glory through Jesus to live in His sight.
The times of my ignorance God has winked at.
O glorious translation for more than a chat,
For we by the power and the joy of Christ’s’ union
Embrace and enjoy such Holy Communion
That all in this world surely loses appeal
By the greatest high calling, consumed by the zeal
Of knowing our Savior who over His house,
Has loved us forever; His bride and His spouse.
Now He is the purpose my soul shall define,
His excellence grants me the grace to refine
All that remains to His praise by the Name
Of Jesus, Who Is and forever the same!
June 17, 2011
With having two opportunities to be a mouthpiece to proclaim the glory of Christ this past week, very little thought was given toward writing, and yet the privilege to spend a greater degree of time reading and studying the Word of God reminded me not only of my need and dependence upon the Spirit of God to be my teacher but also a reminder that it is God the Father through the merit of Christ who has written and continues to write the truth of the gospel upon my heart. Thus the following words came to mind Friday morning.
Little on paper this week that was written
But into my heart by my God that was smitten.
For He in the form of a man on the cross
Gave His life to redeem me from failure and loss.
For nothing I’ve done or can do measures up
To the blessed forgiveness obtained by the cup
Christ drank to the full as God’s justice was spent
Wherein He showed mercy, gave grace to repent
From the sin and the pride that had blinded my eyes
To know that His love overcomes the great lies
That once I believed as a child of this world
While led by its spirit as deeper I hurled
Myself into depths of depravities store,
Deceived by my heart and God’s Word I ignored
Until He was pleased to reveal by the Light
Of His glory through Jesus to live in His sight.
The times of my ignorance God has winked at.
O glorious translation for more than a chat,
For we by the power and the joy of Christ’s’ union
Embrace and enjoy such Holy Communion
That all in this world surely loses appeal
By the greatest high calling, consumed by the zeal
Of knowing our Savior who over His house,
Has loved us forever; His bride and His spouse.
Now He is the purpose my soul shall define,
His excellence grants me the grace to refine
All that remains to His praise by the Name
Of Jesus, Who Is and forever the same!
Tuesday, June 28, 2011
The Word of God Now in You
Michael E. Wood
June 7, 2011
Hebrews 4:10-12 "...for whoever has entered God’s rest has also rested from his works as God did from His. Let us labor therefore to enter that rest, so that no one may fall by the same sort of disobedience. For the word of God is living and active, sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing to the division of soul and of spirit, of joints and of marrow, and discerning the thoughts and intentions of the heart."
While pondering thoughts of heaven over the last few days, I opened my Bible and my eyes came to rest upon the preceding verses. As the Word of God is living and active in the lives of those whom God has appointed unto salvation, the natural overflowing effect is a life of joy committed to holiness unto the LORD. Though the life giving stream from the fountain-head may seem to trickle at times, He is ever present working in us both to will and to do of His good pleasure and for His glory. The following was written initially as a poem but while reading through, music from another song came to mind of which it can easily be sung to. Initially I could not recall or find the tune but when I asked Paul Vossen before the main corporate prayer meeting of Immanuel Baptist on Wednesday night, he immediately recognized it to be “Glorious Things of Thee are Spoken”, written by John Newton in 1779.
Is the Word of God now in you,
Sweetly saying, “You are Mine”?
Holy, sanctifying, Savior
By His Spirit to define
To a dark and dying world He
Did His Image resurrect
In your heart and ever growing
Till with Him you are perfect.
Look then to yon heaven’s gates and
Strive till death with all thy might,
With all power He has given
And His promise as you fight
For the prize now present with us,
Love of God now manifest,
As He by the Holy Spirit
Draws us ever near His breast.
For the glory He possessed
With the Father before time,
As the Lamb slain for our purchase
Paid for every sin and crime
That we have and ever shall commit
With every thankless breath,
Yet our warfare was accomplished,
Hallelujah, through His death!
As the justice of the Father
Was by Christ full satisfied,
We then by His resurrection
Are made one and unified
For the purpose that His glory
Shall be one day fully shown,
As all things for Him created
Will be new and in Him known.
June 7, 2011
Hebrews 4:10-12 "...for whoever has entered God’s rest has also rested from his works as God did from His. Let us labor therefore to enter that rest, so that no one may fall by the same sort of disobedience. For the word of God is living and active, sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing to the division of soul and of spirit, of joints and of marrow, and discerning the thoughts and intentions of the heart."
While pondering thoughts of heaven over the last few days, I opened my Bible and my eyes came to rest upon the preceding verses. As the Word of God is living and active in the lives of those whom God has appointed unto salvation, the natural overflowing effect is a life of joy committed to holiness unto the LORD. Though the life giving stream from the fountain-head may seem to trickle at times, He is ever present working in us both to will and to do of His good pleasure and for His glory. The following was written initially as a poem but while reading through, music from another song came to mind of which it can easily be sung to. Initially I could not recall or find the tune but when I asked Paul Vossen before the main corporate prayer meeting of Immanuel Baptist on Wednesday night, he immediately recognized it to be “Glorious Things of Thee are Spoken”, written by John Newton in 1779.
Is the Word of God now in you,
Sweetly saying, “You are Mine”?
Holy, sanctifying, Savior
By His Spirit to define
To a dark and dying world He
Did His Image resurrect
In your heart and ever growing
Till with Him you are perfect.
Look then to yon heaven’s gates and
Strive till death with all thy might,
With all power He has given
And His promise as you fight
For the prize now present with us,
Love of God now manifest,
As He by the Holy Spirit
Draws us ever near His breast.
For the glory He possessed
With the Father before time,
As the Lamb slain for our purchase
Paid for every sin and crime
That we have and ever shall commit
With every thankless breath,
Yet our warfare was accomplished,
Hallelujah, through His death!
As the justice of the Father
Was by Christ full satisfied,
We then by His resurrection
Are made one and unified
For the purpose that His glory
Shall be one day fully shown,
As all things for Him created
Will be new and in Him known.
Saturday, June 25, 2011
The Foundation that Surely was Laid
Michael E. Wood
June 8, 2011
While reading through the book of Ezra, I came to chapter 3 verse 6, which says, “…But the foundation of the temple of the LORD was not yet laid.”
Of course as you read through the entire text of the book of Ezra you find that in time and against all attempts to thwart the building of this temporal Jewish temple were overcome, the foundation was laid and the building completed.
What a glorious day we live in that many of us have a completed copy of the scriptures, and we are enabled to see by the sure mercies of God, as blood bought children of God through the sacrifice of Christ Himself and the effectual work of His Spirit, that we as gentiles “…are fellow citizens with the saints and members of the household of God, built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Christ Jesus himself being the cornerstone, in whom the whole structure, being joined together, grows into a holy temple in the Lord. In Him you also are being built together, into a dwelling place for God by the Spirit.” (Ephesians 2:19-22)
And thus we have the assurance, that come what may, ‘…God’s firm foundation stands, bearing this seal: “The Lord knows those that are His”, and, “Let everyone who names the name of the Lord depart from iniquity.”’ 2nd Timothy 2:19
Thou Father God, You without change
Revealed the foundation that surely was laid
By Your apostles and all Your prophets
And by the stone without hands that was made;
Chief-cornerstone, on which is built
The city of lights where Your glory doth shine,
And of all men, Your Spirit expressly
Speaks to our hearts that we know we are Thine.
Help us to offer in Thy true temple
And on the altar of which is now made
In such a way only those holy and
Bought by the price of the blood that was paid:
Such sacrifice as is now pleasing,
Accepted, the fragrance in which You delight,
Redeemed by the ransom of Jesus who lives
In Your great inaccessible excellent light!
June 8, 2011
While reading through the book of Ezra, I came to chapter 3 verse 6, which says, “…But the foundation of the temple of the LORD was not yet laid.”
Of course as you read through the entire text of the book of Ezra you find that in time and against all attempts to thwart the building of this temporal Jewish temple were overcome, the foundation was laid and the building completed.
What a glorious day we live in that many of us have a completed copy of the scriptures, and we are enabled to see by the sure mercies of God, as blood bought children of God through the sacrifice of Christ Himself and the effectual work of His Spirit, that we as gentiles “…are fellow citizens with the saints and members of the household of God, built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Christ Jesus himself being the cornerstone, in whom the whole structure, being joined together, grows into a holy temple in the Lord. In Him you also are being built together, into a dwelling place for God by the Spirit.” (Ephesians 2:19-22)
And thus we have the assurance, that come what may, ‘…God’s firm foundation stands, bearing this seal: “The Lord knows those that are His”, and, “Let everyone who names the name of the Lord depart from iniquity.”’ 2nd Timothy 2:19
Thou Father God, You without change
Revealed the foundation that surely was laid
By Your apostles and all Your prophets
And by the stone without hands that was made;
Chief-cornerstone, on which is built
The city of lights where Your glory doth shine,
And of all men, Your Spirit expressly
Speaks to our hearts that we know we are Thine.
Help us to offer in Thy true temple
And on the altar of which is now made
In such a way only those holy and
Bought by the price of the blood that was paid:
Such sacrifice as is now pleasing,
Accepted, the fragrance in which You delight,
Redeemed by the ransom of Jesus who lives
In Your great inaccessible excellent light!
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