141. In Deep, Eternal Counsel

7,6.
by G.W. Frazer
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In deep, eternal counsel,
 
Before the world was made,
 
Before its deep foundations
 
On nothingness were laid;
 
God purposed us for blessing,
 
And chose us in His Son,
 
To Him to be conformèd,
 
When here our course was run.
“According as he hath chosen us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before him in love.” (Ephesians 1:4)
“In whom also we have obtained an inheritance, being predestinated according to the purpose of him who worketh all things after the counsel of his own will.” (Ephesians 1:11)
“According to the eternal purpose which he purposed in Christ Jesus our Lord.” (Ephesians 3:11)
“He stretcheth out the north over the empty place, and hangeth the earth upon nothing.” (Job 26:7)
“For whom he did foreknow, he also did predestinate to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brethren.” (Romans 8:29)
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In present, blest acceptance
 
In Him who came to die;
 
In Him who now is seated
 
At Thy right hand on high;
 
In grace, which is unchanging,
 
We stand from day to day,
 
And prove the boundless mercies
 
Which strew our pilgrim way.
“To the praise of the glory of his grace, wherein he hath made us accepted in the beloved.” (Ephesians 1:6)
“For even the Son of man came not to be ministered unto, but to minister, and to give his life a ransom for many.” (Mark 10:45)
“Which he wrought in Christ, when he raised him from the dead, and set him at his own right hand in the heavenly places.” (Ephesians 1:20)
“By whom also we have access by faith into this grace wherein we stand, and rejoice in hope of the glory of God.” (Romans 5:2)
“It is of the Lord's mercies that we are not consumed, because his compassions fail not.” (Lamentations 3:22)
“Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life: and I will dwell in the house of the Lord for ever.” (Psalm 23:6)
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And when the day of glory
 
Shall burst upon this scene,
 
Dispelling all the darkness
 
Which deep’ning still had been;
 
Oh, then He’ll come in brightness,
 
Whom every eye shall see,
 
Arrayed in power and glory,
 
And we shall with Him be.
“When Christ, who is our life, shall appear, then shall ye also appear with him in glory.” (Colossians 3:4)
“This know also, that in the last days perilous times shall come. For men shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy. Without natural affection, trucebreakers, false accusers, incontinent, fierce, despisers of those that are good. Traitors, heady, highminded, lovers of pleasures more than lovers of God. Having a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof: from such turn away.” (2 Timothy 3:1-5)
“Behold, he cometh with clouds; and every eye shall see him, and they also which pierced him: and all kindreds of the earth shall wail because of him. Even so, Amen.” (Revelation 1:7)
“And then shall they see the Son of man coming in a cloud with power and great glory.” (Luke 21:27)
“Father, I will that they also, whom thou hast given me, be with me where I am; that they may behold my glory, which thou hast given me: for thou lovedst me before the foundation of the world.” (John 17:24)
“Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord.” (1 Thessalonians 4:17)
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For He who left His glory,
 
To die upon the tree,
 
Will soon complete the story
 
And come again, and we
 
Conformèd to His image
 
As known, be brought to know,
 
And with increasing fervor,
 
Our ceaseless praises flow.
“And now, O Father, glorify thou me with thine own self with the glory which I had with thee before the world was.” (John 17:5)
“Who his own self bare our sins in his own body on the tree, that we, being dead to sins, should live unto righteousness: by whose stripes ye were healed.” (1 Peter 2:24)
“And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and receive you unto myself; that where I am, there ye may be also.” (John 14:3)
“For whom he did foreknow, he also did predestinate to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brethren.” (Romans 8:29)
“For now we see through a glass, darkly; but then face to face: now I know in part; but then shall I know even as also I am known.” (1 Corinthians 13:12)
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