Gospel—L. Renaud
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Could we begin our meeting tonight by singing #4?
Christ is the Savior of sinners. Christ is the Savior for me. Long I was changing sins darkness. Now by his grace I am free Savior of sinners, Savior of sinners like me.
Shedding His blood for my ransom. This is a Savior for me. Now I can say I am pardoned, happy and justified. Free, saved by my blessed Redeemer. This is a Savior for me.
Just as I was, he received me seeking from judgment to flee.
Now there is no condemnation. This is the Savior for me.
Loved with a love that's unchanging. Blessed with all blessings so free. How shall I tell out His praises? This is the Savior for me #4 Christ is a Savior.
Dry ice is the savior.
Long I was taken since.
Now why is Grace I am free?
Save your Sinner, save your sins, like me.
Share your blood for my friends.
Now I can say I am.
Violent, I began. Justified.
Free, saved by my blessed.
Redeemer.
Blessed is the Savior for me.
This is the savior for him.
To play.
Now there is no condemnation.
This is a shaker for me.
Savior 40 love that's unchanged. Let's pray all blessings are free.
How shall I tell his Grace?
This is a savior for me.
Shall we look to the Lord together?
If you sing with me also #15.
Oh, blessed gospel sound, yet there is room.
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It tells to all around, yet there is room. The guilty may draw near, Though vile they need not fear with joy they now may hear, yet there is room.
God's love in Christ we see.
Yet there is room. Greater it could not be. Yet there is room.
His only son he gave. He's willing now to save all who in him believe. Yet there is room.
All things are ready come.
Yet there is room. Christ, everything hath done, yet there is room.
The work is now complete before the mercy seat. A savior you will meet, yet there is room.
God's house is filling fast, yet there is room. Some guests will be the last, yet there is room. Yes, soon salvation's day from you will pass away.
Then grace no more will say, yet there is room number 15.
Oh, blessed gospel song.
Lord.
In verse three it says.
All things are ready come.
Christ, everything hath done.
Then in verse 4.
I want you to notice.
Yes, soon salvation's day from you will pass away.
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Then grace no more will say, yet there is room. The only time we really have is now. Behold, now is the accepted time. Behold, now is the day of salvation. So, dear one.
A savior you may meet.
He can be your savior now we don't know whether 8:00 he'll be still a savior because the day of grace.
God's house is filling fast. Some guests will be the last. The only time we can say that we have is now. Decide for Christ now. Put your trust in Him this very moment. Would you turn to me with me?
To in your Bibles to John 9, John's Gospel, Chapter 9.
It was really impressive to me that the gospel sounded forth in this room last night.
And there was a gospel to the dear children in this room this morning. And now this is a gospel meeting again.
Another gospel meeting.
May we never tire, dear ones of the gospel. It is the good news that has won our hearts. I think of those in Ephesus who had lost their first love.
May this gospel warm our hearts, may we appreciate what the Lord Jesus Christ has done for us, the heritage that we have.
The Bible that we hold in our hands. The Holy Bible.
It's God's Word, it's God's true message to you. Sometimes when my wife Margie is shopping and we don't do a lot of shopping just for free time, but we need something is the reason why we go shopping. But occasionally I'll go into a bookstore and I see a lot of books, and most of them are fiction books, I notice. But then there are spiritual books that are.
Are quite interesting. Well, dear Juan, this is the holy word of God. It is true. It is without spot, it is without blemish because it tells of a Savior.
Who is without spot and without blemish. He shed his precious blood for you and for me. Let's read this story in John's Gospel, Chapter 9.
And as Jesus passed by, he saw a man which was blind from his birth, and his disciples asked him, saying, Master, who did sin, this man or his parents, that he was born blind? Jesus answered, Neither hath this man sinned, nor his parents, but that the works of God should be made manifest in him. I must work the works of him that sent me.
While it is day, the night cometh when no man can work. As long as I am in the world, I am the light of the world.
When he had thus spoken, he spat on the ground and made play of the spittle, And he anointed the eyes of the blind man with the clay, and said unto him, Go washing the pool of Siloam, which is by interpretation sent.
He went his way, therefore, and washed, and came seeing.
The neighbors therefore, and they which before had seen him, that he was blind, said, Is not this he that sat and begged? Some said, This is He, others said, He is like Him, but he said, I am. He therefore said they unto him, How are thine eyes open? He answered and said, a man that is called Jesus.
May play and anointed mine eyes, and said unto me, Go to the pool of Siloam and wash.
And I went and washed, and I received sight. Then said they unto him, Where is he? He said, I know not.
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They brought to the Pharisees hymn that aforetime was blind, and it was the Sabbath day when Jesus made the clay and opened his eyes. Then again the Pharisees also asked him how he had received his sight. He said unto them, He put flay upon mine eyes, and I washed and do see.
Therefore, said some of the Pharisees, this man is not of God, because he keepeth not the Sabbath. Others said, How can a man that is a Sinner do such a miracle? And there was a division among them. They say unto the blind man again, What sayest thou of him that he hath opened thine eyes? He said, He is a prophet.
But the Jews did not believe concerning him that he had been blind, and received his sight, until they called the parents of him that had received his sight. And they asked them, saying, Is this your son, who ye say was born blind? How then doth he now see? His parents answered them, and said, We know that this is our son, and that he was born blind. But by what means he now seeth, we know not.
Or who hath opened his eyes? We know not. He is of age, ask him, he shall speak for himself. These words make his parents, because they feared the Jews. For the Jews had agreed already that if any man did confess that he was Christ, he should be put out of the synagogue. Therefore, said His parents, He is of age, Ask him. Then again called they the man that was blind, and said unto him.
Give God the praise. We know that this man is a Sinner. He answered and said, whether he be a Sinner or no, I know not one thing. I know that whereas I was blind, now I see. Then said they to him again, What did he do to thee? He opened how often he thine eyes.
He answered them, I have told you already, and you did not hear. Wherefore would you hear it again? Will you also be his disciples? Then they reviled him and said, Thou art his disciple, but we are Moses disciples.
We know that God spake unto Moses, As for this fellow we know not from whence he is. The man answered and said unto them, Why herein is a marvelous thing, that ye know not from whence he is, and yet he has opened mine eyes. Now we know that God heareth not sinners. But if any man be a worshipper of God, and doeth his will, him he heareth.
Since the world began, was it not heard that any man opened the eyes of one that was born blind? If this man were not of God, he could do nothing. Then answered. They answered and said unto him, Thou was altogether born in seals, and dost thou teach us? And they cast him out.
Jesus heard that they had cast him out.
And when he had found him, he said unto him, Dost thou believe on the Son of God? He answered and said, Who is he, Lord, that I might believe on him? And Jesus said unto him, Thou hast both seen him, and it is he that talketh with thee. And he said, Lord, I believe, and he worshipped him.
Look again at verse 25.
If you only remember one thing from tonight, I'd like for you to remember this one thing. I know.
That whereas I was blind, now I see one thing I know. Isn't it a wonderful thing to know?
Let's look at verse one. And as Jesus passed by, he saw a man which was blind from his birth.
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It's quite a thing.
To see somebody blind. This reminds me of the verse that says all have sinned and come short of the glory of God.
We're all born in sin and shaping in iniquity, but the Lord Jesus Christ said I am the Good Shepherd. The Good Shepherd giveth his life for the sheep.
You know, we were talking yesterday about examples. There was a shepherd that had 100 sheep, but he was missing one. And you know, my older brothers could tell you more perhaps about sheep than I, But I had a little project and I had three sheep, and one of those little lambs got sick.
And I was very concerned about that lamb because it just gave up.
And I thought of that verse. All we, like sheep, have gone astray.
And perhaps that what was happened to that one lost sheep, that the shepherd, he leaves the 99 and he goes and seeks that one that was lost. Because a sheep is a real helpless animal and we are portrayed as sheep. We really need help. We are a very helpless creature, but there is help to be had.
From the Good Shepherd. The Good Shepherd giveth his life for the sheep. And so I thought of that, You know, the Lord Jesus Christ being that Good Shepherd, he gives his life for the sheep. And we were told about the three hours of darkness last night from 12:00 perhaps until 3:00, when a holy God dealt with sin.
And the Lord Jesus Christ, that Good Shepherd there gave his life, that you and I could have eternal life, that we could know, that we see that we have eternal life. Now the Lord Jesus here uses a kind of an unusual way, perhaps we could say, but he realized that this man being born blind.
He really needed help and the Lord Jesus Christ loves sinners. He loves you and me.
He gave his life for us, and that's where the good news comes in. We are sinners, and the consequence of sin is outer darkness. It is judgment. It is.
To be apart from Him for all eternity.
Grace no more will say yet. There is room, but there's good news tonight.
God's house is going fast, Some guests will be the last, But the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, that unmerited favor is being offered to you, dear one, tonight, you know.
My father-in-law was a teenager, and I tell this story to illustrate that the Lord Jesus used a bit of an unusual way to.
Sight to this man and he uses perhaps unusual verses to give us blessing. And I want to tell you about my dear father-in-law. He was a teenager and I don't think he was really that rebellious of a teenager. A wonderful man as I knew him. But anyway in Scotland where he grew up, why he he left home perhaps around 17 years old.
And a teenagers here tonight. It's a wonderful time in our lives. We we really feel pretty independent. We have strength, we have knowledge and we really we really feel pretty good. But you know, the Bible says remember now thy creator in the days of thy youth.
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Well, I believe that my dear father-in-law had praying fathers and mothers and grandparents. And, you know, we just came from a little prayer room across the aisle there and it was a thrilling experience. That was that we heard, we heard fathers, we heard grandfathers praying for children, grandchildren, yes.
Great grandchildren. I appreciated that. It was really neat. Well, perhaps the prayers and they were they were answered because my father-in-law went to Canada and.
He was just kind of walking through the street, as I recall, and and he saw this little hall and he thought maybe I should just go peek in and see what's taking place.
And there was a speaker there, and the verse he quoted was for the very hairs of your head are all numbered. And my father-in-law had a beautiful head of hair and he knew he had lots of hairs. And so that night in the middle of the night, perhaps it just seems like it echoed, for the very hairs of your head are all numbered.
And it broke him down and he turned to the Lord Jesus Christ and he was saved. And you know, he was a bit like this man.
At the end of our verse.
And he said, Lord, I believe, and he worshipped him. Yes, many of us know that.
My dear father-in-law, love to.
To enjoy being around his Savior, to speak of his Savior, the one who had done so much for him. That was a very unusual means. So the Lord Jesus here, he loved this dear blind man. He recognized that this blind man needed help.
This blind man didn't seem to refuse.
Being held I think it's really interesting that the blind man would accept this effort, you know naming the leper he was a bit he was a bit contrary about going dipping 7 times. He would rather choose a different spot. You know the story but this man, he listened he he.
Realized he needed help.
Do you realize you need help?
I know there's a little girl that's four years old out there. I know there's a little girl that's three years old out there.
I know there are some teenagers out there, and last night in the prayer meeting, a man was mentioned for prayer, Marvin, and I was told that he was perhaps 60 or 65 years old and he is not well, and he's perhaps not realized that he needs help and that he's a Sinner.
And he has not cried to the Savior of sinners for health.
And many prayed for Marvin.
We called on a dear lady in this city who was over 101 day. My dear wife Margie was holding her hand and she was 102 at that time and she says.
You mean I'm 102 years old and Margie says yes, and I'll see you're 102, she says. I can hardly believe it. The time went so fast.
You know our life is as a vapor. It appears for a time and then it is no more. At 102 years seemed to be just for a time and then it was gone.
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She was blind, she told us, she says. I don't know why they have such little light bulbs in this room. Leo, can you see what you're reading?
And the light bulbs were at least twice the normal. If there was 100 Watt needed in the lamp, there was a 200 in hers. And she could maybe see a little peep of light. But you know, each time we were there, she says, boy, the weeks just go flying by. But she was happy. She was happy.
She loved the Lord Jesus Christ. She had accepted Him as her personal Savior.
And he meant a lot to her. We don't know about dear Marvin. We're interested in him to be saved.
You know, back in our little meeting room in Sully.
My brother was having Sunday school and I was really kind of taken up because I love figures and he quoted some figures that he had.
That he had.
Received and he had written them down and I'm glad he did and he shared them with us because.
It's easier to be saved when you're young, when you're free or when you're 4, or when you're like my father-in-law, 17. And he shared the figures of some bit of a survey of the percentage of those that got saved before they were seven years old.
And it was like perhaps 80%.
But you know the Lord will never turn anyone away.
You know, at H&R Block, my dear wife answers the telephones and, and some say, I would sure not like that job, but she's really pretty handy at it. And I go in there when I pick her up in the evening and here are 10 phones and there are 6 ladies there and all those 10 phones are ringing and they pick one up and they said, H&R Block, may we help you? Will you hold a minute?
So they lay that phone down and they finish the other one. But you know when when we cry out to the Lord Jesus Christ for help, these potential clients were calling.
These ladies to make an appointment, they wanted help with their income taxes and we were glad they did, but.
When you need help from the Lord Jesus Christ anytime of the night.
He won't put you on hold him that cometh to me I will in no wise cast out.
He is willing and able to say, Come unto me, all ye that labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Peace of soul, do you realize?
That you need help, this blind man realized and wanted help. He would like to be able to see perhaps some of the things that he was being guided around.
And so the Lord Jesus stopped for this man. Yesterday we were told about the Lord Jesus going out of his way, perhaps for just one woman.
Tonight we have the Lord Jesus interested in this one man. In our little prayer meeting, we heard one brother say if there just be one soul saved during this conference, it'd be well worth it.
What would a man give in exchange for his soul? You know there'd be joy in the presence of the angels of God over one Sinner repenting the Lord Jesus Christ loves you.
He deals with individuals.
And each one of us are individually responsible for our never dying soul. You know, in Romans it says that even nature itself holds us responsible. We look out and the sun comes up and we like to see the sun come up, but the sun comes up in the morning and it goes down in the evening.
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And that's.
Gone on for years and years. There is a God, we were reminded yesterday. The fool says there is no God.
Do you recognize that you are responsible?
Is all you have to do is believe?
Now with your turn with me over to 2nd Corinthians 4.
Want to put another little?
Scripture thought.
2nd Corinthians 4.
And verse three. But if our gospel be hid, it is hid to them that are lost.
In whom the God of this world hath blinded the minds of them which believe not, lest the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine unto them. For we preach not ourselves, but Christ Jesus the Lord, and ourselves your servants. For Jesus sake, you know we have an enemy.
To contend with.
Saved, and He doesn't leave anyone alone. And especially to you, dear boys and girls in Christian homes, your daddies and your mothers and your grandpas and your grandmas love to tell you Bible stories and to tell you that you are a Sinner and that you need a Savior.
But the enemy may say he's had many years of experience. He says, well, that's a good thing to look after someday. But have a good time, put it off. You can do it sometime, but some more convenient day.
Well, you know, we we know of one who said to Paul almost.
Almost, thou persuadest me to be a Christian, and the hymn writer wrote Almost, but lost. How solemn. We don't want that to happen, boys and girls.
Tonight, settle the question. One thing I know I was flying, but I can see now I can see. We want you to know that you have eternal life, you know, a few years ago.
A man called and talked to our son and and he says he says tell your dad I want you to combine my being. The neighbor lady said that if I would call Leo that he would come over and maybe combine my beans and you tell your dad that I'd be glad to give him lunch. He just bring his combine over and I just like to do the bean him to do the beans.
I'll forgive him lunch and I'll pay for it when I get done. When he gets done. Well, I went over and did combine his beans and you know, we had a wonderful lunch. But before we had that lunch, his son-in-law.
Thank the Creator for that lunch. And as we walked out of the house, I told Miriam we were neighbor boys together. And I said, Mary and I sure enjoy your, your son in laws prayer. And he says, yeah, I really appreciate my son-in-law. He knows the Savior. And he says, Leo, I want to tell you something. Do you remember my dear father? And I said, yeah, I remember your father, Peter Paul.
And he says, you know, he says he passed on, but he says two nights before he passed on, he said, Miriam.
Son, it's OK, he says. I settled it last night.
Yeah, he says. I settled it last night, he says. I'm going.
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To be with my Savior. And I said boy Mary, and I'm glad you shared that with me, but isn't that something I said, How old was your dear father when he passed away? And I believe he said 84.
And I said, oh, how wonderful that he got saved. Yeah, Marion says. But it's scary, isn't it, that he waited until he was 84?
Dear boys and girls.
Our life is as a vapor, it appears for a time and is no more. This dear man, God's grace, was indeed good to him. He allowed him that 84th year. This dear Marvin is perhaps 64 or 65.
Maybe only a few days left to live and his dear son.
Is desiring that he be saved. The son is desiring that his father would be saved.
How wonderful, dear children, that you are sitting there nestled up by Daddy and Mommy, and how thrilling it is to have them desire that you be saved, that you know that you have eternal life, that you as this person, this blind man.
One thing I know, I was blind. I needed help. Do you realize that if you need help, there is help to be had?
Hell was made for the devil and his angels. God would have all hands to be saved. He wants you, dear boy and dear girl, dear teenager, but no one is too old.
6584 whosoever will let him take of the water of life freely. Oh, everyone that thirsted come and buy without money and without Christ. Isn't that wonderful that it's a free offer? It's a free offer. You know, there would be some limitations if we would have to pay a price for it.
But the Lord Jesus offers it without money and without Christ. Do you feel that need tonight of a Savior?
Oh, I hope you do.
And I want to present the only Savior of sinners to you. He helped this blind man, and he saw.
And how thrilling it must have been for him to see. And you know the Bible says old taste and see that the Lord is good. Many of us that I am facing in this room have tasted and have seen that the Lord is good.
You know, when we have something that thrills our souls and thrills our minds and maybe that we've been thrilled with, we want to share it with others, don't we? Because we're excited about it. Hey, look at this, what this has done for me. You know, I work with a retired bank president, and he was like me. We had never had any experience on a computer. And we really love figures, but we didn't really think maybe that we would.
Take up computers.
But we learn how to prepare income taxes on the forms. And then when we were hired, why they they gave us some classes on the computer. And so here's this bank president and a dumb farmer. And we're comparing things about this computer. And one day he says, hey, young man, look what this thing will do. He was really excited about it.
And you know what? There are many people in this room that are excited about the Lord Jesus Christ because He has changed our lives. We have a new we have a new owner.
He has that he are not your own. You've been bought with the price.
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Oh, taste and see that the Lord is good. We commend to you, the Savior of sinners, the Lord Jesus Christ. We recommend Him to you because He has given a measure of peace in our souls, a measure of joy that we want to share with you.
It can be had tonight. It's all you have to do is reach out and take it. I understand that the little boy that reached out and he liked chocolate, he reached out and took the candy bar first. It was a little disappointment. It was empty, but it looked good. And that's what Satan, we learned a lesson, didn't we? But then the Lord comes in and gives.
An abundant blessing and it was a bigger candy bar and I'm sure he enjoyed it and maybe he even wanted to share it because it was so good. You know, a man was.
Visiting about and wanting to share with the children, God commendeth his love toward us, and that while we were yet sinners, Christ died for the ungodly, and this dear man wanted a.
Doughnut and he said to his wife, he was in the car and he says, dear, how about let's stopping and getting a donut and let's have each of doughnut. And she says, I really don't care for a doughnut, but I think you should have a donut. Go ahead and get yourself a donut. So he stopped and he got this doughnut and he says, you know what, that doughnut was so good.
It just tasted so good, I wanted to share it with her and I said, honey, you've got to taste this doughnut. I commend it to you. That's the way it is. Dear boy and girl, dear 17 year old.
Anyone 65 or older, we recommend we come in to you, the Lord Jesus Christ. He has brought a measure of joy, a measure of peace to us.
Now I'd like to turn. We've mentioned that we might know that we have eternal life and you know, the Lord Jesus Christ, we sang that the work is all done, it's all complete, the Lord Jesus Christ died. The gospel is a simple thing. You know, we were in First Corinthians in our reading and a little farther, perhaps the 16th chapter, Paul says, I declare unto you the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ.
How that he died, and that he was buried, and that he rose again. A threefold gospel. He died, he was buried, and he rose again. I have power to lay it down, Speaking of his life, and I have power to take it again. This commandment have I received of my Father. So the Lord Jesus Christ went into death for you.
And for me, his precious blood was shed once and for all. Without the shedding of blood, there's no remission. But his blood was shed, and it is his precious blood that can cleanse you and me. The vilest Sinner claims. Whether our heart is three years old, whether it's 65 years old or whether it's 102.
It has the power to cleanse.
That's hard and to.
Be that mediator that we were told about last night between man and God. You know we drifted from God.
And.
We were all like sheep going astray, and we had drifted from God.
And now he wants to blame us, to redeem us back to God. The price has been paid. He died. He was buried, His blood was shed. He was triumphant over death in the grave. He's a risen Savior, soon to come and claim so many of us to himself.
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Would this room be empty if the shout were made tonight? We were reminded this afternoon that he's going to come quickly.
When the Father gives the Son the command, indeed he will come quickly, you know, we were reminded He's long-suffering, not willing that any should perish. But a prayer was mentioned. He is extended, as it were, the day of grace, even until now.
He is seeking you. Will you have him? Wouldn't you like to know that your sins are forgiven? Wouldn't you like to know that you see? Turn with me to 1St. John 5.
First John 5.
And verse 13.
Sometimes the phrase is said seeing is believing. Let's look at this first. First John 513.
And if we know that he hear us No, it's the 13th 1St these things have I written unto you that believe on the name of the Son of God, that ye may know that you have eternal life and that you may believe on the name of the Son of God. You can know that you have eternal life is all you have to do is believe.
To put it off would be like to reject us. Oh, don't reject the offer of mercy.
Don't say to a gift that you don't want it. He is there without stretched arms to offer a free and a full salvation. Do you realize that you're blind? That you're a Sinner?
In the sight of a holy God.
There isn't going to enter into heaven anything that defile it, and that's a wonderful thing. And so our sins must be blotted out.
And the only way that we can have our sins blotted out is to believe on the Lord Jesus Christ and be saved. You and I must believe. And when we believe in simple faith, we can claim this first.
You that believe on the name of the Son of God, that ye may know that ye have eternal life, turn back to our first in John 9 and I want to read it again in the 25th verse. One thing I know.
That whereas I was blind, now I see.
Here one one thing I know I was a Sinner, but now I am saying can you say that do you know that you have eternal life And so now look at the end of the verse. The Lord Jesus is all the way home Savior. This man was rejected, he contested.
It was Jesus, it was the Savior that had opened his eyes, and he was put out of the synagogue, and the Lord Jesus went and searched him out, and he spoke to him, and he said, and Jesus said unto him.
Jesus heard in verse 35, Jesus heard that they had cast him out, and when he had found him, he said unto him, Dost thou believe on the Son of God? He answered and said, Who is he, Lord, that I might believe on him? And Jesus said unto him, Thou hast both seen him, and it is he that talketh with thee. And he said, Lord, I believe, and he worshiped him.
Would you say that? Would you believe in the Lord Jesus Christ? You know the Lord told Thomas.
Put thy hand into my side and be not faithless and unbelieving. And Thomas says, my Lord and my God, and the Lord says, Blessed art thou, Thomas, but blessed are those who have a Nazi.
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You can have a blessing tonight by just believing on the Lord Jesus Christ.
The only Savior of sinners as we sing hymn tonight. Would you just accept him? Would you open up your heart to him? Would you say to him, Lord, I'm a Sinner? I realize I need help and I know that thy precious blood can blot out my sins. And he will accept you and he will save your soul. And may you go on your way rejoicing.
And may we worship, you know, could we sing together #12.
Just as I am without one plea, but that thy blood was shed for me, and that thou bits me. Come to thee, O Lamb of God, I come #12.
Just as I am.
My soul.