I know not why God's wondrous grace

Thank you for keeping this hymn alive.

I am encouraged by this hymn; for I know that the Lord is able to keep me true to the end.

An old hymn but " 'tis old yet ever new.

Thanks for providing this hymn

This song truly blesses my heart. Thanks so much! I wish we had more songs like these in our worship services today. Thank YOU for keeping the flame ablaze through this Ministry. God’s blessings- always!

Even though I walk through
the valley of the shadow of death
I will fear no evil
for You are with me.
You lead me
in the paths of righteousness
for Your name's sake

a. Having Made Us Alive Together with Christ for Our Salvation by Grace

God has made us alive together with Christ for our salvation by grace. In Ephesians 2:5 Paul says, “Even when we were dead in offenses, made us alive together with Christ (by grace you have been saved). ” The salvation by grace here is not merely the salvation from God’s judgment, condemnation, and the lake of fire; it is the salvation that saves us to the uttermost ( Heb. 7:25 ), the salvation that saves us from anything that suppresses, oppresses, enslaves, or holds us back.

As sinners, we need God’s forgiveness and justification, but as those who are dead in offenses and sins ( Eph. 2:1 ), we need to be made alive. Forgiveness and justification bring us back to God’s presence to enjoy His grace and participate in His life, whereas being made alive causes us, the living members of the Body of Christ, to express Him. God made us alive by imparting His eternal life, which is Christ Himself ( Col. 3:4 ), into our dead spirit through His Spirit of life ( Rom. 8:2 ). God enlivened us together when He enlivened the crucified Jesus. Therefore, He made us alive together with Christ.

In Ephesians 2:5 Paul says, “By grace you have been saved. ” Grace is free; here it denotes not only God freely dispensed into us for our enjoyment but also God’s action in freely saving us. By such grace we have been saved out of our wretched position of death into the marvelous realm of life.

We were saved not only as sinners but also as dead persons, and not only by Christ’s death with its redemption but also by His resurrection with its resurrection life, and even by His ascension with its transcendency. This is the transcending salvation given to the dead sinners by the incarnated, crucified, resurrected, and ascended Christ, the very embodiment of the processed Triune God. Such a salvation produces the church as the issue of the processed Divine Trinity for His expression.

The Conclusion of the New Testament:

Experiencing, Enjoying, and Expressing Christ,

Message 335 (LSM) Volume 2

It's one of the hymns that refreshes my soul, considering His love and wondrous works in my life.

How sinful I am, but He found it Worth in saving me

God is a the only true lover of humanity

In the past, when I sang this song I only thought of my faith and that I had confidence in the Lord keeping me. I believe there is more here. The chorus of this hymn is quoting 2 Timothy 1:12 “For the which cause I also suffer these things: nevertheless I am not ashamed: for I know whom I have believed, and am persuaded that he is able to keep that which I have committed unto him against that day”. What boldness Paul had in preaching the gospel even in suffering. Even if he died trying he was confident the Lord had his back. When we consider God’s grace and our former pitiful condition, we must say “I know not how and I know not why He saved me. Then by this very grace we must preach the gospel.

The vale or valley refers to the valley of the shadow of death from Psalm 23.

We don't know if we will have to do through death or whether Jesus will come on the clouds first and we'll meet him in the air. BUt we do have a wonderful Savior who will bring us safely through whichever one God has planned for us!