We can turn back to our reading in Jeremiah chapter 31.
Read the words at verse 34.
And no longer shall each one teach his neighbor and each his brother, saying, Know the Lord,
! For they shall all know me, from the least of them to the greatest, declares the Lord.
For I will forgive their iniquity, and I will remember their sin.
No more.
These words in verse 34 are in light of what comes before it.
They are verse 31 down to that point where the Lord speaks there of days that are coming,
and I will make a new covenant.
God is going to make a new covenant with his people and part of this covenant where he speaks here
is that their sins will be remembered no more.
But how do we get to that point?
How do we reach that point where God is saying these words, and how do they become meaningful for us today,
and especially as we look ahead to preparing ourselves for Sunday for the Lord's table,
as we will come to remember the Lord's death.
On Sunday morning, we were looking at the beginning of this passage, the end of chapter 30 into chapter 31.
And there we were seeing how God shows his grace to his people.
We saw it in a number of different ways.
We saw at the end of chapter 30 how God was speaking about a storm that was coming,
and it was a gracious warning.
A storm is coming, and they would be taken into the wilderness.
But then we saw, as you go into chapter 31, how there is a renewal, a renewing that's going to come.
But before that comes, he speaks to them about how he'll be with them in the wilderness.
In verse 2 of chapter 31, he gave a gracious reminder to them of those who would seek him.
Those who sought him would find grace in the wilderness.
So that even as they were away from the Lord, that there was grace for them.
And then as we went on from there, we saw how God reminds them of a gracious renewal,
that he is going to take his people back, going to return them from exile.
And part of it was that homes that they had lost would be rebuilt.
Harvests that they had lost would come again.
And the sorrow that they had would be turned into joy.
All of these things were said once again.
They were going to come again.
But perhaps the greatest renewal would be the right worship of God,
as we saw in verse 6 of chapter 31, where it says,
For there shall be a day when watchmen will call in the hill country of Ephraim,
Arise, and let us go to Zion, to the Lord our God.
To the Lord our God.
There is this relationship that is restored, and especially when it comes to worshipping God as he deserves.
Tonight, I want to continue in this chapter.
I want to continue looking at the words that we have before us and see how this renewal comes,
and just what it means for the people, how they come to know it,
and the blessings that it gives.
God is speaking here through Jeremiah.
Jeremiah.
He's speaking through his prophet.
And as we saw on Sunday, Jeremiah's ministry was a long ministry, 50 years,
and yet no one was listening.
No one was listening.
They weren't listening.
But a day would come when they would hear God speaking,
when they would see their need of him.
And when God speaks through his word, we know it today.
He speaks to us through it.
But we also know a day is coming when we will speak with God face to face.
And God's word is preparing us for that.
To ask us, are we ready to meet with the Lord?
What if that was tonight?
We're preparing ourselves for the Lord's day, for a communion weekend,
but there's no certainty that the Lord would not come tonight.
And what would you say?
How would you justify yourself before God?
Are you ready for it?
Well, it's by looking at God's word that we see where our confidence can be.
And it's not in ourselves.
And I want us to look at four verses through this chapter this evening.
We're going to come back to this chapter again another time.
But this evening, I want us to look at four verses.
And I want us to see there are questions in these verses.
And there are questions there for ourselves to ask.
And that perhaps we do ask, perhaps we are asking.
Where can we truly find rest?
We're going to look at verse 11 and ask the question, who can save us?
We're going to look at verse 21 and ask, where can I go?
We're going to look at verse 29 and ask, what can I say?
And then we're going to look at verse 34 and ask, what will I know?
So the first thing we're going to look at is verse 11 and ask that question, who can save us?
Read these words again in verse 11.
For the Lord has ransomed Jacob and has redeemed him from hands too strong for him.
Jacob is not an individual here.
It's a people.
The people who God is taking captive.
The people who have sinned against God.
Who have turned away from God.
Their sin is going to have consequences.
Where they're going to be taken captive by a foreign nation.
A powerful invading nation.
And in their captivity, the big question would be, who can save us?
Who can save us?
Because as you go on in the Old Testament, as you see God bringing that judgment down upon them,
taking them into captivity, you see just how powerful, how wicked these nations that took God's people captive were.
They were a powerful nation, not just locally in a context, but far and wide.
And so as God's people are taken captive, there would seem to be no way out for them.
And so that question would often be on their lips.
Who can save us?
How are we going to escape?
They would have despair.
They would feel helpless.
And it's that same age-old question that we see throughout Scripture and even to this very day.
In different situations.
Who can save us?
In Psalm 4, we sung it on Sunday morning.
There is a question there in verse 6.
There are many who say, who will show us some good?
Who will show us some good?
And the psalmist goes on to say, lift up the light of your face upon us, O Lord.
There's a question, but there's an answer in that psalm as well.
As you go into the New Testament, you see the same question.
Who can save us?
This is asked on a number of different occasions.
Two examples.
The rich young ruler who came to Jesus in Mark 10, verse 17, and said,
Good teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life?
Who will save us?
How can we be saved?
The Philippian jailer in Acts 16, verse 30, he brought them out and said,
Sir, what must I do to be saved?
It's a recurring question.
It's a question in every generation.
Has it been your question?
Is it your question even tonight?
Because it's a question I'm sure we've all had.
And maybe we still have.
Because as we read in these scriptures, those kinds of questions,
the rich young ruler, the Philippian jailer,
there's a sense of what can I do?
And that's what have been the thoughts of the people here in Jeremiah's day as well.
Taken captive, taken into captivity.
What can we do?
How can we be saved?
And as we look here, we see that our attention is taken away from self and onto another.
And that's often the case as well as you read through these scriptures.
Psalm 4 has that answer,
Lord, shine upon us with your light.
The rich young ruler is told quite plainly by Jesus,
go and sell all that you have and come and follow me.
The Philippian jailer, believe in the Lord Jesus Christ and you will be saved.
The attention is taken away from self onto the Lord.
That's where verse 11 takes us here as well.
For the Lord has ransomed Jacob and has redeemed him from hands too strong for him.
Who can save us?
Only the Lord.
Their enemy was a nation.
Who's your enemy and who's my enemy tonight?
Because we have an enemy.
The enemy is sin.
And the enemy is the devil.
And when we know the power of sin,
when we know the temptation of the devil,
we're so often left in that point where we ask,
who can save us?
Who can save us when sin leaves us in despair?
Well, this question in verse 11,
who can save us?
The answer is there for us.
Only the Lord.
Only the Lord can save us from the hands that are too strong for us.
The power of sin.
And God is powerful.
And what you see in these words in verse 11,
there's two words there,
ransomed and redeemed.
They're important words for us.
Who can save us?
As we sung in Psalm 49,
who can redeem a life?
Who can pay that sufficient price?
None of us.
But God is here saying,
the Lord has ransomed.
The Lord has redeemed.
The Lord has paid the price.
That is what we come to remember this week.
We cannot save ourselves.
We are coming in dependence upon the only one
who can save us.
As a shorter catechson puts it,
who is the redeemer of God's elect?
The only redeemer of God's elect
is the Lord Jesus Christ.
Because there is no other.
Who can save us?
Who can save you?
The Lord Jesus Christ.
We cannot pay a price.
We cannot do anything from ourselves.
Release from captivity.
For these people then was dependent on the Lord.
Release from our captivity and sin
is dependent on the Lord's intervention too.
He is the one who intervenes.
He is the one who pays the price.
That is who we come to remember.
Secondly then we see in verse 21,
we ask the question,
where can I go?
Verse 21 says,
set up road markers for yourself.
Make yourself guideposts.
Consider well the highway,
the road by which you went.
Return, O virginus,
return to these your cities.
Where can I go?
Life is full of choices.
And one of the main choices
you see as you read through Jeremiah
that's often put to the people,
the main choice you see is
which way are you going to go?
Are you going to go your own way?
Or are you going to go the Lord's way?
When you go back to the early chapters
into chapter 6 of Jeremiah
and verse 16,
there you see a decision made by the people.
The Lord speaks in verse 16 of chapter 6
and he says,
stand by the roads
and look
and ask for the ancient paths
where the good way is
and walk in it
and find rest for your souls.
But then you have the response of the people.
But they said,
we will not walk in it.
The choice was put before them there.
Stand and look and ask,
which way are you going?
Where are you going?
And God shows them,
this is the way that you should go.
And there you will find rest for your souls.
And they say,
no,
we will not walk in it.
But where does that lead them?
Where does it take them?
To the very situation we're seeing
as you go through Jeremiah,
it's this idea
where God is going to intervene
and take them into captivity.
He is going to take them into the wilderness,
into a far off foreign land.
Choices have consequences.
And that's made very clear for us
throughout Jeremiah,
throughout the word of God.
Where does sin lead us?
As we saw earlier on Sunday morning,
as we're looking at the early part,
it leads us into the wilderness
at arm's length from God.
It leaves us lost,
not knowing where to turn.
So where can we go?
Here is a people who are lost.
And when we are in sin in the wilderness,
we too are lost.
And we can ask,
where can I go?
Well,
verse 21 reminds us where we can go.
It says,
set up road markers for yourself.
Make yourself guideposts.
What is he saying here?
Guideposts,
markers,
would have been
probably stone cairns
that people would have set up
as they were journeying around.
So if they were going far
from one city maybe to another,
or going out into the wilderness
to find their way back,
they would set up
these stone cairns
so that they would know
what direction to go in.
And that's what God
is reminding them here.
He is reminding them that
as they are taken into captivity,
to remember
where they have come from.
Make for yourselves,
guideposts,
consider well the highway,
the road by which you went.
And then it says,
return,
O virgin Israel,
return to these,
your city.
So there's a going out
and there's a coming back.
And that's
our situation too.
When sin
takes us
into the wilderness,
where can we go?
We can return
to God.
Throughout this chapter
there's so much imagery
you would just associate
with the prodigal son.
He went into
a far off land,
he went into the wilderness,
he squandered
his wealth.
But what happens
when it says
he came to his senses?
He remembered
his father's house.
He remembered
where he had come from.
And he started
that journey
back.
And that is
the situation
for every sinner.
that as we go
away from God
into the wilderness
to find our way
back,
we look for the signposts,
the markers,
the things that are
put before us
to remember
where we have
come from
and to return
to God.
It's a bit like
if you go on a
coastal walk now
or if you go
the West Highland Way.
As you're walking
along,
you'll find
posts or cairns
or things,
markers put there
to show you
that you're on
the right track,
that you're going
the right way.
It might even
give you an indication
of how far
to the next one
and point you
in the right direction.
People have gone
that way before.
And as you look
at this chapter,
as you look at
verse 21,
there's certainly
a reminder there
for us that the people
were going to go
on a journey.
They were not going
to be alone
and that they
would return.
But that's the story
of salvation.
A people who drift
away from God
but who can find
a way back.
Through God's
ministering His Word,
through God's grace,
by His Spirit,
He works.
The prodigal son
reminds us of that.
There is a father
who longs
for us to return.
Where can we go?
We can go
to the only one
who gives that welcome,
who gives that warmth
of us coming back.
How often does sin
leave you asking,
where can I go?
Where can I go
with this?
How can I find help?
Come,
the Word of God says.
Return.
Return, O virginus.
Return to these,
your cities.
The prodigal son
is returned
to my father's house.
To us,
it is to return
to God.
There is
a way.
There is
a place
to go.
To go
to the Father.
Third thing
we see here
is verse
29.
What can I say?
Verse 29,
In those days
they shall no longer
say,
the fathers
have eaten
sour grapes
and the children's
teeth
are set
on edge.
It's one of these
sayings that you find
in Ezekiel.
Ezekiel speaks
a bit more
about this
in chapter 18.
The fathers
have eaten
sour grapes
and the children's
teeth
are set
on edge.
You can read
that later
for yourselves.
But behind it
all is a sense
of blame.
Sense
of blame.
Because when you
read it in
Ezekiel,
you see that
they are passing
the buck.
They are saying
it's not us
who sinned.
It's our fathers.
It's our forefathers.
It's their fault.
They are looking
for someone
to blame.
And that is
something that is
in our nature
because of sin.
We are looking
to pass the buck.
It goes right
back to Genesis
chapter 3
verse 12
where the man
said,
the woman
whom you gave
to be with me
she gave me
fruit of the three
and I ate.
Whose fault?
It's somebody
else's.
It's the woman
you gave me.
It's almost like
blaming God
there as well.
So there's a sense
of who can we
blame?
Are you like that
when it comes
to sin?
It's somebody
else's fault.
They made me
angry.
They made me
do it.
They made me
sin.
It's always
someone else's
fault.
Last Saturday
down near
Middlesbrough
there was a
tragic incident.
A tragic
loss of life
where seven
people died
in a car
crash.
Because one
car was being
driven the
wrong way up
a lane in
the motorway.
Five were
killed in one
car and two
policemen in
another.
Since the
crash it's
been in the
news that
one of the
family,
they were
blaming the
police for
it.
It's their
fault.
Trying to
pass the
blame.
Taking no
responsibility
that their
son or
family member
was driving
the wrong
way up a
dual carriageway.
it's just
inner nature.
Even when we
are doing
wrong and
we know it,
it's somebody
else's fault.
That's the
kind of world
in which we
live in.
That's the
kind of nature
that we
have.
But when you
look at this
verse,
verse 29,
you see how
it quotes
those words,
the fathers
have eaten
sour grapes
and the
children's
teeth are
set on
edge.
But what
it says at
the beginning
is key.
In those
days they
shall no
longer say.
They shall
no longer
say.
They are
accepting
responsibility.
Instead,
it says in
verse 30,
but everyone
shall die
for his
own sin.
Each man
who eats
sour grapes,
his teeth
shall be
set on
edge.
It's no
longer
passing
the back.
It's no
longer saying
it's my
father's
fault or
my
forefather's
fault.
It's no
longer
society's
fault or
my
upbringing's
fault.
I am
taking
responsibility.
What
shall we
say?
Well,
we have
to come
before
God.
Because
when we
see God
and when
we look
to God
and we
see our
sin,
it gives
us a
new
outlook.
And that's
what we
see the
change
that is
going to
come with
the people
here.
They
shall no
longer
say.
They
shall no
longer
blame.
Instead,
there's a
sense of
individual
accountability
and also
corporate
accountability
here.
Where
individuals
will confess
their sins.
Where the
community,
the corporate
nature of it,
they will
confess their
sins together.
You think
of the
words of
Psalm 51
which we
sung.
against
thee,
thee
only
have I
sinned.
In
thy
sight
done
this
ill.
There's
an
acknowledgement
I'm
not going
to blame
anybody
anymore.
It is
me.
Against
thee,
thee
only
have I
sinned.
The
same
in the
Gospels
as you
look through
them.
In
Luke
18
verse
13
those
tax
collectors
standing
afar
off
praying.
And
what's
he saying?
He's
saying,
God
be
merciful
to
me,
a
sinner.
Whereas
the
other
one
who's
standing
beside
him
and
saying,
I
am
glad
I
am
not
like
that
man.
I
tithe,
I
do
this,
I
do
that.
But
no,
the
tax
collector
has
the
right
attitude.
God
be
merciful
to
me,
a
sinner.
What
can
we
say?
What
can
you
say?
God
be
merciful
to
me,
a
sinner.
again,
the
prodigal
son.
As
the son
comes to
the father
in verse
21,
Father,
I have
sinned
against
heaven
and
before
you.
What
can
we
say?
We
have
sinned
against
you.
What
can
we
say
as
we
come
to
a
communion?
I
have
sinned
against
you.
We
have
sinned
against
you.
We
are
not
worthy
to
be
called
your
son.
We
are
not
worthy
to
be
called
your
daughter.
What
can
we
say?
We
can
confess
our
sin.
We
can
acknowledge
our
sin
before
God.
If
you
were
at
the
induction
in
Graver
last
evening,
and I
know
many
of
you
were,
one
of
the
main
comments,
and I
spoken
to a
few
last
night
and
today,
was
how
powerful
the
singing
was.
There
was
just a
sense
of,
how do
you
describe it?
A sense
of awe
in that
worship.
A
corporate
worship
where the
power of
God's
presence and
the praising
of his
name was
powerful.
God's
And
there
is
blessing.
And
at the
reception
last
night,
at the
end,
we
sang
Psalm
133.
And
again,
it
asks that
question,
where
is
blessing
found?
It's
together
such as
brethren
are in
unity
to
dwell.
And
there
is that
question
then,
what
can
we
say?
We
acknowledge
our
sins
individually.
We
acknowledge
our
corporate
sins.
And
we
seek
that
blessing
as we
confess
our
sin,
to seek
that
unity
and
that
blessing
from
God.
We
confess.
We
repent.
That
is what
the people
are looking
for here.
That's
what God
is looking
for from
the people
here,
that they
would
return
to
him.
That
they
would
confess
their
sins.
The
shorter
catechism
again
says about
repentance
unto
life.
It
is a
saving
grace
whereby
a sinner
out of
a true
sense
of
his
sin
and
apprehension
of the
mercy
of
God
in
Christ
doth
with
grief
and
hatred
of
his
sin
turn
from
it
unto
God
with
full
purpose
of
an
endeavour
after
new
obedience.
The
very
thing
that
we
are
seeing
in
these
words.
No
longer
will
we
say
it's
somebody
else's
fault
but we
will
repent.
We
will
turn
from
our
sin.
We
will
turn
to
God
and
endeavour
after
new
obedience.
confess
we
confess
our
sins.
What
shall
we
say?
Father
I
have
sinned
against
you.
Confess
our
sin.
The
fourth
thing
and
final
thing
we
see
here
is
what
will
I
know?
Who
can
save
we've
asked
the
Lord?
Where
can we
go
to the
Father?
What
can we
say?
I
have
sinned
against
you.
Well
where
does
that
take
us?
Into
verse
31
to
34.
Again
we're
just
going to
look at
it very
briefly
this
evening
but
we'll
come
back
to
it
again.
Verse
31
says
Behold
the
days
are
coming
declares
the
Lord
when
I
will
make
a
new
covenant
with
the
house
of
Israel
and
with
the
house
of
Judah.
And
he
speaks
!
then
into
their
heart.
Where
he
will
put
the
law
into
their
heart.
He
will
write
it
on
their
hearts
it
says
at
the
end
of
verse
33.
And
then
in
verse
34
No
longer
shall
each
one
teach
his
neighbor
and
each
his
brother
saying
know
the
Lord
for
they
shall
all
know
me
from
the
least
of
them
to
the
greatest
declares
the
Lord
for
I
will
forgive
!
where
does
this
take
us?
It
takes
us
to
the
place
we
will
remember
this
Sunday
to
Calvary
to
the
place
of
the
cross.
The
people
here
were
struggling
to
find
a
way
to
forgiveness.
And
for
many
it
would
have
been
a
sense
of
the
law
trying
to
keep
the
law
perfectly.
But
this
new
covenant
that
he's
given
to
them
is
going
to
be
written
in
their
hearts
where
there
will
be
a
new
sense
of
obedience.
Not
able
to
keep
the
law
perfectly
because
none
are.
And
in
order
to
forgive
their
sins
as you
go
through
the
Old
Testament
they
were
having
to
offer
their
sacrifices
daily
weekly
and
then
annually
where
they
had
the
Passover
meal
offering
up
that
scapegoat
it
was a
continual
way
of
sacrifice
in
order
for
their
sins
to
be
forgiven
this
was
ongoing
but
where
is it
taking
us
it
is
taking
us
to
the
cross
and
where
it
declares
I
will
forgive
their
iniquity
and
I
will
remember
their
sin
no
more
it
is
dealt
with
so
they
were
struggling
to
find
a
way
and
so
do
we
perhaps
you
are
struggling
with
your
sin
tonight
can
he
really
forgive
my
sin
well
here
we are
reminded
that
he
can
when
he
writes
his
law
on
our
heart
he
says
I
will
remember
your
sin
no
more
you
are
forgiven
your
debt
is
paid
the
lord
has
saved
you
in
verse
31
it
speaks
of
a
new
covenant
and
it
links
us
into
the
new
testament
to
what
Jesus
has
done
for us
when you
look at
Luke
22
verse
20
and
likewise
the cup
after they
had eaten
saying
this cup
that is
poured
out
for you
is a
new
covenant
in
my
blood
there is
where we
find
forgiveness
through
faith
in
the
lord
jesus
christ
then
you
have
hebrews
8
where
it
speaks
of
jesus
as
our
great
high
priest
bearing
our
sin
quoting
these
very
words
from
jeremiah
31
again
we'll
come
back
to
look
at
it
in
more
detail
but
they
are
wonderful
words
what
will
you
know
as
you
come
to
him
I
will
remember
your
sins
no
more
in
john
bunyan's
pilgrim
pilgrim's
progress
there we
meet the
man called
christian
man who's
carrying a
heavy burden
!
on his
back
he doesn't
understand
what it
is at
first but
he knows
it's weighing
him down
and no
matter what
he does
where he
goes
this
burden
follows
him
it is
the weight
of sin
his guilt
his past
his shame
all of
these
things
but
christian
begins
this
journey
he
climbs
hills
he faces
enemies
comes
against
temptation
all of
these
things
and the
burden
remains
until
he reaches
a hill
with a
cross
at the
top
and
that's
when
everything
changes
because
there as
he approaches
the cross
the straps
break
the burden
falls
off
rolls
down
the hill
into
an
empty
tomb
and
there
he
knows
that
he
is
free
he
is
forgiven
his
sin
has
been
taken
from
him
and
that
is
the
joy
of
the
christian
that
is
the
joy
that
we
see
as
we
look
to
the
lord
jesus
christ
as
we
think
of
all
of
these
questions
that
we
have
where
can
we
go
what
can
we
say
what
can
i
do
we
have
so
many
questions
but
when
we
see
the
answer
is
in
christ
it
leads
us
to
this
point
where
we
see
i
will
remember
your
sins
no
more
what
would
you
say
if
the
lord
returns
tonight
and
you
have
to
stand
before
how
do
you
justify
yourself
is
it
what
you
have
done
is
it
the
good
things
or
is
it
by
faith
by
believing
by
repenting
by
trusting
and
saying
i
have
sinned
against
you
but
i
have
believed
i
have
trusted
that
you
are
able
to
forgive
my
sins
well
don't
just
think
about
it
in
light
of
what
the
lord
returns
but
think
about
it
in
light
of
even
coming
to
the
lord's
table
how
are
you
coming
in
your
strength
in
what
you
have
done
or
remembering
that
it
is
through
him
sin
is
too
strong
for
us
to
conquer
but
we
have
been
ransomed
we
have
been
redeemed
by
the
saviour
who
is
jesus
christ
and
as
we
look
to
him
and
as
we
trust
in
him
he
says
i
will
remember
your
sin
no
more
and
if
you
are
trusting
you
are
to
come
can
you
say
he
is
my
saviour
and
my
lord
if
you
can
you
confess
your
sin
and
he
is
faithful
he
is
just
to
forgive
and
remember
them
no
more
and
we
can
come
and
remember
it
is
through
him
who
gave
his
life
as
a
ransom
for
many
let
us
pray
lord
our
gracious
god
we
thank
you
that
your
word
guides
us
so
often
as
we
see
in
jeremiah
it
gives
us
choices
and
we
acknowledge
so
often
we
have
made
the
wrong
choice
you
have
shown
us
the
paths
of
life
you
have
shown
us
a
way
to
rest
and
yet
we
have
gone
our
own
ways
we
have
gone
into
the
far
off
land
into
the
wilderness
but
we
thank
you
lord
that
you
remember
us
that
you
gave
grace
even
in
the
wilderness
and
as
you
have
brought
us
back
as
you
have
helped
us
to
return
to
you
we
thank
you
that
you
have
shown
us
all
that
we
need
the
things
that
we
could
never
do
for
ourselves
you
have
done
you
have
ransomed
us
you
have
redeemed
us
you
have
kept
!
us
you
have
shown
us
the
way
you
have
shown
us
the
life
that
is
found
in
your
son
the
Lord
Jesus
Christ
you
have
shown
us
the
way
to
confess
our
sins
to
turn
from
them
and
to
know
that
great
promise
I
will
remember
your
sin
no
more
so
lord
may
you
help
us
may
you
guide
us
may
you
bless
us
as
we
remember
all
of
these
things
and
as
we
remember
what
has
been
done
for
us
we
ask
it
all
in
his
precious
name
amen
we're
going
to
conclude
by
singing
to
God's
praise
in
psalm
32
the
sing
psalms
version
find it
on
page
38
psalm
32
page
38
we're
going
to
sing
from
verse
1
to
verse
5
the
tune
is
Arlington
how
blessed
the
one
who
has
received
forgiveness
for
his
sin
whose
sins
are
covered
from
God's
face
whose
debt
is
cancelled
in
God's
grace
there's
no
deceit
in
him
we'll
sing
from
verse
1
to
5
to
God's
praise
how
bless
the
one
who
has
!
forgiveness
for
our
sins
whose
sins
are
covered
from
God's
case
whose
debt
is
canceled
in
God's
case
love
saved
in
him
when
I
get
silent
on
my
woods
with
rolling
where
for
light
beneath
your
heart
I
felt
and
trapped
!
O
day
and
night
my
strength
was
stopped
as
in
a
summer
dry
summer
dry
when
I
laid
bare
my
sin
to
you
the
guilt
that
did
will
be
I
said
O
Lord
I
have
transgressed
and
you
forgave
when
I
profess
you
pardon
from
my
sin
Now may
grace
mercy
and peace
from God
Father
Son and
Holy Spirit
rest upon
and abide
all now
forever
Amen