A Visit to Oxford Orthodox Presbyterian

And yet men would make salvation partly dependent on man. Judaizers would have Gentiles circumcized and thus add the. works of the law to the work of Christ. Men will then depend on something which they have done to justify them. But Paul says, "By the works of the law shall no flesh be justified. " (Galatians 2:16). But again, some would even rest themselves in some decision they ' have made at a particular time and will point to a religious experience which they will claim as a foundation for their hope of salvation. Such are to be pitied if their hope of eternal life is based on shifting and changing ex-perience. There can. be no peace. All this ground is sinking sand. "No other work save Thine, no other blood will-do; No strength save that which is divine, Can bear me safely through. ", This is not to say that the sinner does not decide to commit himself to the Lord. He does that. And ' oh, what joy there is in casting one's burden upon the Lord Jesus Christ! But that deci-sion made by the enabling grace of God is not the ground of hope. Faith in the Lord Jesus Christ is a daily living experience. One does not trust in Christ today and in something else tomorrow and the next day. Christ's perfect life and atoning death will sus-tain us throughout eternity. That alone will be our plea today, at death, at the judgment and throughout the ages. self completely to His care alone saves from sin. It is thus: "Not what my hands have done Can save my guilty soul; f'J'ot what my toiling flesh has borne Can make my spirit whole. Not what I feel or do Can give me peace with God; Not all my prayers, and sighs and tears Can bear my awful load.&quot