72. THE SOLID ROCK

1. MY HOPE IS BUILT ON NOTHING LESS,

THEN JESUS’ BLOOD AND RIGHTEOUSNESS,

I DARE NOT TRUST THE SWEETEST FRAME,

BUT WHOLLY LEAN ON JESUS’ NAME

ON CHRIST, THE SOLID ROCK, I STAND;

ALL OTHER GROUND IS SINKING SAND,

ALL OTHER GROUND IS SINKING SAND.

2. WHEN DARKNESS SEEMS TO HIDE HIS FACE,

I REST ON HIS UNCHANGING GRACE;

IN EVERY HIGH AND STORMY GALE,

MY ANCHOR HOLDS WITHIN THE VALE.

3. HIS OATH, HIS COVENANT, HIS BLOOD,

SUPPORT ME IN THE WHELMING FLOOD;

WHEN ALL AROUND MY SOUL GIVES WAY,

HE THEN IS ALL MY HOPE AND STAY.

4. WHEN HE SHALL COME WITH TRUMPET SOUND,

OH, MAY I THEN IN HIM BE FOUND;

DRESSED IN HIS RIGHTEOUSNESS ALONE,

FAULTLESS TO STAND BEFORE THE THRONE.

GOSPEL REALM: STEPS TO SALVATION
1. Admit that you are a sinner. "For all [humans] have sinned, and comes short of the glory of God....[and] the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord" (Romans 3:23)
2. Repent now. "Repent ye therefore, and be converted, that your sins may be blotted out ...[for] if we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness " (Acts 3:19, 1 John 1:9)
3. Believe that God loves you and Jesus died for you. "God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet Sinners, Christ died for us" (Romans 5:8)
4. Invite Jesus into your life through prayer of faith. Jesus says, "Behold, I stand at the door, and knock: if any man hear my voice, and open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with me" (Revelation 3:20)