Salvation is of the Lord!

Salvation is of the Lord in glory!
We His saints on earth may loudly proclaim.

The Most Great and Almighty God on High
Does His chosen sheep draw near unto Him
By His Spirit He sends unto lost sheep,
Making them aware of their wretched sin;
They then through His grace are
                      thirsting for Him,
Like the woman of Samaria who came
To the well, where Jesus sat, to draw some
Water for her physical existence.
The Spirit of God caused her thirstiness
To grow unquenchable through worldly means—
Her soul was parched, unquenchably dry.
But Jesus in His mercy gave to her
A fountain of Living Water which would
Never allow her to thirst anymore.

The true repentance is shown through good works,
For faith without works of virtue is dead.
Each and every true believer in Christ
Will, through the manifest grace of our Lord,
Show by his works the Fruit of the Spirit:
Love joy, peace, long-suffering, gentleness,
Goodness, faith, meekness and temperance; which
Have no law in this world or that 'gainst them.
Each sinner, after God graciously works
In their heart, body soul and mind, becomes
Like the Samaritan Leper after
Jesus had cleansed him from his leprosy:
He, beholding his now healed skin, turned back
and with a loud voice did glorify God.
Thus running back to Jesus his Savior,
He at the Son of Man's feet, worshiped Him.
Repentance then is the first work of grace,
Then followed closely by confessing, praise
And humble worship of this loving Lord.

After thus giving glory unto God
Almighty, All-powerful and Righteous,
A rightful heir to his Father's kingdom
Will go out with a burden for lost souls
To hear the wonderful Good News of God.
He will, like the good Samaritan go
And have compassion on all he sees;
He will witness and testify so that they hear
More of God's matchless grace
             for wretched men.
Thus each member of the Church's Body,
Through everyone's own Spirit-given gift,
Hastens the Coming of the Son of Man
To earth to set up His Holy Kingdom—
Not a sheep of His shall ever be lost.
They are His—He shall help them overcome!

- D. Benning