Come Forth as Gold
"That the trial of your faith, being much more precious than of gold that perisheth, though it be tried with fire, might be found unto praise and honour and glory at the appearing of Jesus Christ." (1 Peter 1:7)
Father, Abba, Father
"They are the sons of God. For ye have not received the spirit of bondage again to fear; but ye have received the spirit of adoption, whereby we cry, Abba, Father." (Romans 8:14-15)
Charles Wesley's great hymn "Arise, My Soul, Arise" concludes in the fifth verse with a stirring testimony of the joy of salvation.
His Spirit Answers to the Blood
"But if the Spirit of him that raised up Jesus from the dead dwell in you, he that raised up Christ from the dead shall also quicken your mortal bodies by his Spirit that dwelleth in you." (Romans 8:11)
Forgive Him, Oh Forgive
"Who his own self bore our sins in his own body on the tree, that we, being dead to sins, should live unto righteousness: by whose stripes ye were healed." (1 Peter 2:24)
For Me to Intercede
"Wherefore, he is able to save them to the uttermost that come unto God by him, seeing he ever liveth to make intercession for them." (Hebrews 7:25)
The second verse of the moving old hymn "Arise, My Soul, Arise" speaks of Christ's intercessory work on our behalf and the basis on which His prayers are accepted.
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