Holiness to the LORD Archives - A Doctor's Cure for the Soul

Compromised or Consecrated?

Like Israel of old
We’re to purge our lives
Drive out, all our foes
Know God’s blessings, and thrive.

Learn from Adam, our wrongs
We must own, and not hide
Nor blame others, but confess
And repent…. in Christ abide.

Despite our striving to be ‘good’
We fall short, are unrighteous
Messiah’s offering, atonement
By faith, we’re made righteous.

Trusting, God’s Messiah
His Son, offered for our sin
To forgive us, make us righteous
Circumcise us within.

A new creature in Christ
The old, has passed away
A circumcision, without hands
Jesus opened, a new way.

So, study the Scriptures
Of men’s motives and methods
For what the LORD seeks
To be used, as His vessel.

Scattered, through sin
The scriptures foretold
Now fulfilling prophesy
God’s Word of old.

Reconciled thro’ His death
To God, in one body
Fulfilling God’s Law
A new covenant, to embody.

Consecrated, sanctified
Drawing nigh, to God’s altar
Yet seems, we come flippant
Should our approach, alter?