Remember Pastor Snyder's sermon this past Sunday on John 8:2-12.
And consider section of The Gospel Primer (p. 74-76)
...This is my status
and these are my flaws
Apart from Christ Jesus
and his saving cause:
I carry sin's guilt
and am gripped by sin's power
Held fast to its
various lusts every hour,
Deserving of flames,
both within and without,
And sliding toward Hell
as I toss all about,
Too reprobate* even
to play a small part
In clearing my record
or changing my heart
To pacify wrath
and be worthy of grace,
To make myself lovely
and win God's embrace.
Completely condemned by
God's Law in its whole,
I've nothing to offer
to ransom my soul.
But wonder of wonders
so great to behold,
My God chose to save me
with method so bold.
What I could not render,
God fully has done,
And doing, He rendered it
all through His Son.
He sent Christ to die
on the cross for my sin
To suffer my anguish
my pardon to win.
*reprobate: adj. under God's judgment, extremely sinful, lost in sin
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