SAVED FROM SIN AND OURSELVES!

Having been born in Adam
Of his nature we partake;
When he sinned and died, (Rom. 5:12)
It did us sinners make.
With our spirits dead to God,
Affinity to Satan was our plight; (John 8:44)
He, and we, became flesh;
To God's family we had no right.

Since our spirits were dead,
We needed a spiritual birth;
We had to die out of Adam
To walk with God on the Earth.
When we were born into Christ, (Rom. 6:3)
We entered into eternal life, (Rom. 6:23)
Only to find another battle (Gal. 5:17)
Since the world with sin was rife.

Victory o'er sin, our birthright,
Is only to be found at the Cross;
Attempting to live in our own strength (Gal. 3:3)
Is bound to result in loss.
The day we are saved, we're crucified; (Gal. 2:20)
The old man is dead and gone. (Rom. 6:6)
But our enemy now is the flesh, (Gal. 5:17)
And victory seems to have flown!


We can know we have been crucified (Rom. 6:6)
But we must reckon it true; (Rom. 6:11)
Not to do so we forsake 'being'
With emphasis on what we must do!
'Doing' and 'not doing' are paramount
In much teaching we hear today;
Attempts to adhere to such
Will result in a world of dismay!



As we come to the end of ourselves
We may cry, "O wretched man"; (Rom. 7:24)
Having tried our best to please God,
We find that only Christ can!
As we take our place at the Cross
And exchange our 'doing' for 'being',
Not only do we have a new future,
But now a new past we are seeing!



As we die and are buried with Christ, (Rom. 6:4)
We are also in His resurrection; (Rom. 6:5)
Ascended and seated with Him, (Eph. 2:6)
The old life is beyond detection.
Since He is now our life (Col. 3:4)
We're to rest and abide where seated; (Heb. 4:10,11; Jn. 15:5)
Having taken our place in Him,
Our redemption has been completed! (1 Cor. 1:30)



- C. R. Solomon 1-3-09