I Am Not Told To Labour

 

I am not told to labour

To put away my sin;

So foolish, weak and helpless,

I never could begin.

But, blessèd truth, I know it,

Though ruined by the fall,

Christ has my soul redeemèd—

Yes, Christ has done it all.


I have not now to seek Him,

In love He sought for me,

When far from Him I wandered

In sin and misery;

He ope’d my ears and gave me

To listen to His call;

He sought me and He found me—

Yes, Christ has done it all.


And now I cannot please Him

In aught I say or do,

Unless He daily help me

His glory to pursue;

Still helpless and still feeble,

On His strong arm I fall,

My strength in pressing onward—

Yes, Christ must do it all.


And when in heavenly glory

My ransomed soul shall be

From sin and all pollution

For ever, ever free,

I’ll cast my crown before Him,

And loud His grace extol—

“Thou hast Thyself redeemed me;

Yes, Thou hast done it all.”


From Evangelist's Hymnal



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I'm a Christian saved by God, by His Sovereign grace. I want to encourage all to read, to hear, to believe, and to feed upon the only Words in all the world that are truly spirit and life, living and active; to know the One True God: God the Father, His Only Begotten Son Jesus Christ, and the Holy Spirit; Who has graciously given us the Holy Scriptures
“All Scripture is God-breathed..."
2 Timothy 3:16–17; cf., John 3:31-36; John 6:63; John 14:26; John 17:3, 17; Romans 1:1-6, 16-17; 1 Corinthians 2:1-16; 1 Thessalonians 2:13; 2 Thessalonians 2:13-14; 2 Peter 1:20–21; Hebrews 4:12-13. As for the commentaries I post and refer to; with much gratitude, as they have done for me, it is my hope and prayer that they serve to edify all who read them.

Shalom, beccaj
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