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Greetings CBC!
Sometimes you’re the windshield, sometimes you’re the bug! That old saying bears a lot of truth in our day-to-day activity! BUT, aren’t we grateful we serve a God who cares, a Christ who intercedes for us, and a Holy Spirit that empowers our righteous living? This Sunday as we ponder more of Paul’s discourse on our being “under sin,” we are faced with two wonders: Our worth found in Christ, and our unworthiness of His love. In response to these truths, we will sing, “My Worth is Not in What I Own.” This song is not necessarily new to us at CBC, but isn’t one of our deeply familiar songs yet, either. Songs in that “kind of new” position should cause us to pause and ponder what it is that we are proclaiming together. I encourage you to read through this entire lyric – and then confess unworthiness, AND praise Christ for his imparting of worth to those who have put faith in him! And then, SHARE what the Lord has done for you with someone who cannot yet fully confess these two wonders.
My Worth is Not in What I Own - Authors Keith and Kristyn Getty; Graham Kendrick
My worth is not in what I own
Not in the strength of flesh and bone
But in the costly wounds of love
At the cross
My worth is not in skill or name
In win or lose, in pride or shame
But in the blood of Christ that flowed
At the cross
As summer flowers we fade and die
Fame, youth and beauty hurry by
But life eternal calls to us
At the cross
I will not boast in wealth or might
Or human wisdom's fleeting light
But I will boast in knowing Christ
At the cross
Two wonders here that I confess
My worth and my unworthiness
My value fixed, my ransom paid
At the cross
Chorus:
I rejoice in my redeemer
Greatest treasure
Wellspring of my soul
I will trust in him, no other
My soul is satisfied in him alone
Theologian John Stott said it this way: "Our self is a complex entity of good and evil, glory and shame, of creation and fall...We are created, fallen and redeemed, then re-created in God’s image...Standing before the cross we see simultaneously our worth and unworthiness, since we perceive both the greatness of his love in dying, and the greatness of our sin in causing him to die."
I'm now reminded of another great Charles Wesley hymn chorus:
Amazing love! how can it be
That thou, my God, should die for me!
See you Sunday!
SCRIPTURE: Romans 3:9-20
What then? Are we Jews any better off? No, not at all. For we have already charged that all, both Jews and Greeks, are under sin, as it is written: “None is righteous, no, not one; no one understands; no one seeks for God. All have turned aside; together they have become worthless; no one does good, not even one. Their throat is an open grave; they use their tongues to deceive. The venom of asps is under their lips. Their mouth is full of curses and bitterness. Their feet are swift to shed blood; in their paths are ruin and misery, and the way of peace they have not known. There is no fear of God before their eyes. Now we know that whatever the law says it speaks to those who are under the law, so that every mouth may be stopped, and the whole world may be held accountable to God. For by works of the law no human being will be justified in his sight, since through the law comes knowledge of sin."
Come Behold the Wondrous Mystery
As For Me and My House
Love Lifted Me
My Worth Is Not In What I Own
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