MOSES MY SERVANT IS DEAD...

"Moses my servant is dead,"
There is no victory in the Law.
Victory comes through Jesus Christ!
He is our Joshua.

"Moses my servant is dead."
The Law is left behind.
Those who insist on keeping the Law
Are but blind guides leading the blind.

"Moses my servant is dead."
The Law has been nailed to the cross.
By grace are we saved through faith in Christ.
All else is counted but loss.

a. franklin staples

September 20-October 12, 1992

Copyright © 1992
by
A. Franklin Staples


MY LORD AND MY GOD IS JESUS THE CHRIST

My Lord and my God is Jesus the Christ,
He who created all things
By His own mighty hand,
Who is both God and man:
My all to His altar I bring.

My Lord and my God is Jesus the Christ;
My precious Saviour is He
Who died on the cross
To pay sin's awful cost
That I should forever be free.

My Lord and my God is Jesus, God's Lamb,
Who was slain for the sin of all men,
Gave His life, shed His blood,
Did what only God could,
Paid the price that was demanded for sin.

My Lord and my God is Jesus, God's Son,
Very God who Himself became man,
Laid His glory aside
That for man He might die
To satisfy His own righteous demand.

a. franklin staples

October 18, 1992

Copyright © 1992
by
A. Franklin Staples




THE DEAR OLD "KING JAMES"

The inspired and infallible, preserved Word of God
 God's Holy and wonderful Book,
From the Textus Receptus was translated King James,
 The one that all the others forsook.

The old King James Bible, the translation exact,
 In the year 1611 was made
From the Textus Receptus, the one and the same —
 God's marvelous two-edged Blade.

No "modern" translation so wonderfully speaks
 Of God's great salvation and grace
In language so exquisite, pure, clear and plain,
 With not one single word out of place.

No need of the Hebrew nor of the Greek,
 For in the finest of English 'twas done
By those seventy translators who fasted and prayed
 For weeks before the task was begun.

So listen, dear pilgrim, if English's your tongue,
 If Hebrew and Greek you've not heard,
Just remember that the dear old Book called King James
 Has faithfully preserved all of God's words.

a. franklin staples

October 17-24, 1992

Copyright © 1992
by
A. Franklin Staples