Behold the Savior of Mankind
Behold the Savior of mankind
Nailed to the shameful tree!
How vast the love that Him inclined
To bleed and die for thee!

Though far unequal our low praise
To Thy vast sufferings prove,
O Lamb of God, thus all our days,
Thus will we grieve and love.

Hark, how He groans, while nature shakes,
And earth’s strong pillars bend;
The temple’s veil in sunder breaks,
The solid marbles rend.

“’Tis done!” The precious ransom’s paid,
“Receive My soul,” He cries!
See where He bows His sacred head!
He bows His head, and dies!

But soon He’ll break death’s envious chain,
And in full glory shine:
O Lamb of God! was ever pain,
Was ever love, like Thine?

Thy loss our ruin did repair;
Death by death is slain;
Thou wilt at length exalt us where
Thou dost in glory reign.
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Behold, we go up to Jerusalem; and the Son of man shall be betrayed unto the chief priests and unto the scribes, and they shall condemn him to death, And shall deliver him to the Gentiles to mock, and to scourge, and to crucify him: and the third day he shall rise again. Matthew 20:18-19

And the LORD said unto Moses, Make thee a fiery serpent, and set it upon a pole: and it shall come to pass, that every one that is bitten, when he looketh upon it, shall live. Numbers 21:8

And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of man be lifted up: John 3:14

Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith; who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God. Hebrews 12:2

Christ hath redeemed us from the curse of the law, being made a curse for us: for it is written, Cursed is every one that hangeth on a tree. Galatians 3:13

And being found in fashion as a man, he humbled himself, and became obedient unto death, even the death of the cross.
Philippians 2:8
Samuel Wesley, Sr. - Lyrics
1662-1735
Born: December 16, 1662, Winterborne, Whitchurch,
     Dorsetshire, England.
Died: April 25, 1735, Epworth, Lincolnshire, England.
Hugh Wilson - Compser
1766-1824
Born: 1766, Fenwick (near Kilmarnock), Ayrshire, Scotland.
Died: August 14, 1824, Duntocher, Scotland.
HYMN HISTORY:

On February, 9,1709, at Epworth Rectory, the Rev. Samuel Wesley, sat in his room writing the following lines:
Behold the Savior of mankind
Nailed to the shameful tree!
How vast the love that Him inclined
To bleed and die for thee!
It was the beginning of a new hymn. Having completed its four verses, Samuel Wesley left the manuscript near the window, and went to sleep for the night.

That night the Rectory caught fire, and the whole building, with all its contents, was utterly destroyed. In one room slept little John Wesley, age five, with his three sisters, the baby and the nurse. When the alarm sounded, the nurse seized the baby and rushed from the room, calling to the other children to follower her, which they did, with the exception of John, who was still fast asleep.

Waking soon after, he found his escape cut off by the flames, but climbed the chest which stood by the window, where he was quickly observed. His father made two attempts to reach him by the stairs, but was beaten back by the flames. There was no time to fetch a ladder, but a spectator urged a smaller man to climb on his shoulders and try to reach the child at the window, which he succeeded in doing at the second attempt.

Hardly had he lifted the boy out to safety than the whole roof fell in, fortunately falling inward, or the child and his rescuers would have been killed.

“Come neighbours,” cried Wesley, as he clasped John in his arms, “let us kneel down; let us give thanks to God! He has given me all my eight children; let the house go; I am rich enough!”

Yet that night there was one other escape from the flames, Later on, some one walking in the Rectory garden, near the ruins of the house, noticed a piece of paper lying on the ground, and picked it up. It was the Wesley’s new hymn, blown through the open window from the burning house, which, like John Wesley himself, was thus saved from the fire!
Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ,

This hymn history reminds us of the devastation that fire can cause. We recently visited our daughter and her family in California and saw the destruction a recent wild-fire caused. The earth was scorched and many homes were completely destroyed. Our hearts went out to those families as we remembered the following scriptures:

And of some have compassion, making a difference: And others save with fear, pulling them out of the fire; hating even the garment spotted by the flesh. Now unto him that is able to keep you from falling, and to present you faultless before the presence of his glory with exceeding joy, To the only wise God our Saviour, be glory and majesty, dominion and power, both now and ever. Jude 1:22-25

These verses in Jude teach us that:

We must watch over one another; faithfully, yet prudently:

I have set watchmen upon thy walls, O Jerusalem, which shall never hold their peace day nor night: ye that make mention of the LORD, keep not silence, Isaiah 62:6

Reprove each other:

Preach the word; be instant in season, out of season; reprove, rebuke, exhort with all longsuffering and doctrine. 2 Timothy 4:2

Set a good example to all:.

But as he which hath called you is holy, so be ye holy in all manner of conversation; Because it is written, Be ye holy; for I am holy.
1 Peter 1:15-16

This must be done with compassion:

The LORD is gracious, and full of compassion; slow to anger, and of great mercy.  The LORD is good to all: and his tender mercies are over all his works. Psalms 145:8-9

Some we must treat with tenderness:

Bless the LORD, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits: Who forgiveth all thine iniquities; who healeth all thy diseases; Who redeemeth thy life from destruction; who crowneth thee with lovingkindness and tender mercies; Psalms 103:2-4

Others save with fear; urging the terrors of the Lord.

The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom: a good understanding have all they that do his commandments: his praise endureth for ever. Psalms 111:10

Present them faultless

But how will Jesus make us faultless? He will wash us from our sins in His own blood until we are white and fair as God's purest angel;

Come now, and let us reason together, saith the LORD: though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool. Isaiah 1:18

And we shall be clothed in His righteousness, that righteousness which makes the saint who wears it positively faultless; perfect in the sight of God.

I will greatly rejoice in the LORD, my soul shall be joyful in my God; for he hath clothed me with the garments of salvation, he hath covered me with the robe of righteousness, as a bridegroom decketh himself with ornaments, and as a bride adorneth herself with her jewels. Isaiah 61:10

We shall be unblameable and unreproveable even in His eyes.

I thank my God always on your behalf, for the grace of God which is given you by Jesus Christ; That in every thing ye are enriched by him, in all utterance, and in all knowledge; Even as the testimony of Christ was confirmed in you: So that ye come behind in no gift; waiting for the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ:  Who shall also confirm you unto the end, that ye may be blameless in the day of our Lord Jesus Christ. 1 Corinthians 1:4-8

His law will not only have no charge against us, but it will be magnified in us.

Knowing that a man is not justified by the works of the law, but by the faith of Jesus Christ, even we have believed in Jesus Christ, that we might be justified by the faith of Christ, and not by the works of the law: for by the works of the law shall no flesh be justified. Galatians 2:16

Moreover, the work of the Holy Spirit within us will be altogether complete. We shall be holy even as God is holy, and in His presence we shall dwell for ever.

Wherefore gird up the loins of your mind, be sober, and hope to the end for the grace that is to be brought unto you at the revelation of Jesus Christ;  As obedient children, not fashioning yourselves according to the former lusts in your ignorance: But as he which hath called you is holy, so be ye holy in all manner of conversation; Because it is written, Be ye holy; for I am holy. 1 Peter 1:13-16

Saints will not be out of place in heaven, their beauty will be as great as that of the place prepared for them.

Sin gone, Satan shut out, temptation past for ever, and ourselves "faultless" before God, this will be heaven indeed!

I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me. Galatians 2:20
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