Once I was dead in sin

Yes! It can be that He loved me, and gave Himself for me. Thank You, Lord Jesus, for loving us so much. You paid the price on the cross that we should have paid. And everyday You are shepherding us; You are truly the Shepherd and Overseer of our souls. Oh Lord Jesus, we love You.

1Pet2:24-25 Who Himself bore up our sins in His body on the tree, in order that we, having died to sins, might live to righteousness; by whose bruise you were healed. For you were like sheep being led astray, but you have now returned to the Shepherd and Overseer of your souls.

“And you, though dead in your offenses and sins, in which you once walked according to the age of this world, according to the ruler of the authority of the air, of the spirit which is now operating in the sons of disobedience; among whom we also all conducted ourselves once in the lusts of our flesh, doing the desires of the flesh and of the thoughts, and were by nature children of wrath, even as the rest; but God, being rich in mercy, because of His great love with which He loved us, even when we were dead in offenses, made us alive together with Christ” (Eph. 2:1-5). These verses do not tell us how we should terminate the things of the flesh. There is only one termination—our Lord’s termination of everything for us based upon the great love with which God loved us and the rich mercy of God.

Ephesians 4:17-24 also speaks of our past condition. “This therefore I say and testify in the Lord, that you no longer walk as the Gentiles also walk in the vanity of their mind, being darkened in their understanding, alienated from the life of God because of the ignorance which is in them, because of the hardness of their heart; who, being past feeling, have given themselves over to lasciviousness to work all uncleanness in greediness... that you put off, as regards your former manner of life, the old man, which is being corrupted according to the lusts of the deceit, and that you be renewed in the spirit of your mind and put on the new man, which was created according to God in righteousness and holiness of the reality. ”

Messages for Building Up New Believers
Chapter 2 (LSM)
CWWN, vol. 48

The chorus of this hymn came to me this morning... what a wonder that the Word is stored in our hearts (decades ago) and surfaces at the most opportune times... lending comfort, grace, hope... so much! Verse 2 says: O height I cannot reach, O depth I cannot sound, O love, O boundless love, In my Redeemer found! This "simple" hymn unloads all the stress, guilt, fear, doubt... and fills with joy, thanksgiving and praise... and rest in Him Who fills all in all.

Thanks Lord for it is no longer I that liveth but You

Such a beautiful, uplifting site! I could stay here for an entire day and enjoy the presence of the Holy Spirit.....so comforting. I am truly blessed by this site.

Very nice song. Peaceful to mind when we sung this song last Sunday in our church.

Lovely song. Christ the blessed Saviour. Glory to Jesus.