By: Myrtle Webb Williams
As I look over my life,
From beginning to end,
The most important gift
I ever received came from God,
Who gave me Jesus.
He is my everlasting friend.
From what other source
Could I receive salvation,
Blessings and love,
An eternal home
In mansions above;
But from Jesus,
My everlasting friend.
He came teaching
The council, scribes, Pharisees,
Elders, Chief Priests and the Jews,
His disciples and the multitudes.
He healed the sick
To show he came from
His Father above,
Such power was
The badge of approval
That distinguished
Him as God’s only begotten Son,
In whom His Father
Was well pleased;
For He came to
Do the will of His Father,
And He is the Son
Of my one and only God.
He gave up His life.
Upon the cross
That I might have
Mine in the giving.
Holy is the Spirit
That spoke the word,
Food from the bread of life,
Drink from the living water
By which my soul is growing.
He arose on the first day of the week
And that is when we Christians meet
To sing and make melody in our hearts
Teaching and admonishing one another
In Psalms and Hymns and spiritual songs,
Giving thanks to God,
Through Jesus, His Son,
Doing all in the name of the Lord Jesus.
In Colossians 3:16 and Ephesians 5:19 we read
And follow the example, the word, the seed.
He is our Head.
Members of His Body are we;
The church, the bride,
Named for Her Spouse;
The Kingdom that come in 33 A.D.
He sits on the
Right hand of God.
Do you believe?
For your sins He died,
A sacrifice one for all.
Water He gave for your baptism
That you might be planted
Into the likeness of His death,
Where you are buried with Him
And meet the cleansing
Washing of His blood
As it flows over
And leaves you spotlessly clean.
Did you say, “Yes,
I believe that Jesus
Is the Son of God.
Before men,
I shall confess.”
And you have
Repented of your sins?
Why wait then,
Obey, arise and wash
Away your sins.
That is what Brother Saul did
In Acts 22:16.
Be baptized this very day.
The Lord will
Add you to HIS CHURCH.
On this you can depend,
He will for certain then
Be your everlasting friend.
Truth Magazine XXIII: 39, p. 636
October 4, 1979