This last Sunday morning we introduced a new song called “Run and Run”. The first verse reminds us that trying to make ourselves right by obedience to the law is a heavy burden that none of us can bear. Keep running! Try harder! There’s no time to rest! The law shows me that I’m a lawbreaker, a sinner in need of a Savior, but it is powerless to save me. Galatians 3:23-26 teaches us that the law was our guardian until Christ came. Now that Christ’s work is finished, we can be justified through faith, and we are no longer under a guardian (the law).
The second verse talks about the gospel, the good news that Jesus died in our place exchanging our guilt for his grace! And since we could never be justified by works of the law, we are now justified through faith in Jesus! (Romans 3:20-28)
The chorus is a response to this good news! “Praise the Lord!” I will always confess that Jesus is my righteousness! (2 Corinthians 5:21) My sinful heart has found its rest in Jesus!
Verse 3 declares that our enemy has no power. The accuser (Revelation 12:10) reminds us of our sin and how many times we’ve failed, but in Christ we are forgiven and God chooses not to remember our sins! (Hebrews 8:12, Jeremiah 31:34) And in verse 4 we declare that we won’t fully know how incredible this forgiveness is until we stand before the throne dressed in Christ’s righteousness.
Here’s a link to the song so that you can be learning it at home.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r-jFLAGMdE0
I’m excited to praise the Lord with you this coming Sunday declaring together that Christ is our righteousness!
See you Sunday!
Pastor Kyle