ACTS

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• ACTS
• 1313-43

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• UPCOMING EVENTS AT BBC
• May 21, Thursday
• Small group meeting is at the Curtis at 700pm
  We are studying through the book of Ephesians

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• PAUL PREACHES JESUS
• Acts 1313-43

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Now Paul and his companions put out to sea from
Paphos and came to Perga in Pamphylia and John
left them and returned to Jerusalem. (Acts
1313 NASB)
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Now Paul and his companions put out to sea from
Paphos and came to Perga in Pamphylia and John
left them and returned to Jerusalem. (Acts
1313 NASB)
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But going on from Perga, they arrived at Pisidian
Antioch, and on the Sabbath day they went into
the synagogue and sat down. (Acts 1314 NASB)
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But going on from Perga, they arrived at Pisidian
Antioch, and on the Sabbath day they went into
the synagogue and sat down. (Acts 1314 NASB)
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But going on from Perga, they arrived at Pisidian
Antioch, and on the Sabbath day they went into
the synagogue and sat down. (Acts 1314 NASB)
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But going on from Perga, they arrived at Pisidian
Antioch, and on the Sabbath day they went into
the synagogue and sat down. (Acts 1314 NASB)
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• but you know that it was because of a bodily
  illness that I preached the gospel to you the
  first time (Galatians 413 NASB)

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• but you know that it was because of a bodily
  illness that I preached the gospel to you the
  first time (Galatians 413 NASB)

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• I have been on frequent journeys, in dangers from
  rivers, dangers from robbers, dangers from my
  countrymen, dangers from the Gentiles, dangers in
  the city, dangers in the wilderness, dangers on
  the sea, dangers among false brethren (2
  Corinthians 1126 NASB)

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But going on from Perga, they arrived at Pisidian
Antioch, and on the Sabbath day they went into
the synagogue and sat down. (Acts 1314 NASB)
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• "Hear, O Israel! The LORD is our God, the LORD is
  one!
• (Deuteronomy 64 NASB)
• "And you shall love the LORD your God with all
  your heart and with all your soul and with all
  your might. (Deuteronomy 65 NASB)

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But going on from Perga, they arrived at Pisidian
Antioch, and on the Sabbath day they went into
the synagogue and sat down. (Acts 1314 NASB)
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But going on from Perga, they arrived at Pisidian
Antioch, and on the Sabbath day they went into
the synagogue and sat down. (Acts 1314 NASB)
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• that I have great sorrow and unceasing grief in
  my heart.
• For I could wish that I myself were accursed,
  separated from Christ for the sake of my
  brethren, my kinsmen according to the flesh, who
  are Israelites
• (Romans 92-4 NASB)

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• And after the reading of the Law and the Prophets
  the synagogue officials sent to them, saying,
  "Brethren, if you have any word of exhortation
  for the people, say it."
• (Acts 1315 NASB)

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• And Paul stood up, and motioning with his hand,
  he said, "Men of Israel, and you who fear God,
  listen (Acts 1316 NASB)

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• And Paul stood up, and motioning with his hand,
  he said, "Men of Israel, and you who fear God,
  listen (Acts 1316 NASB)

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• And Paul stood up, and motioning with his hand,
  he said, "Men of Israel, and you who fear God,
  listen (Acts 1316 NASB)

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• "The God of this people Israel chose our fathers,
  and made the people great during their stay in
  the land of Egypt, and with an uplifted arm He
  led them out from it. 18 "And for a period of
  about forty years He put up with them in the
  wilderness. 19 "And when He had destroyed seven
  nations in the land of Canaan, He distributed
  their land as an inheritance-- all of which took
  about four hundred and fifty years.
• (Acts 1317-19 NASB)

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• "The God of this people Israel chose our fathers,
  and made the people great during their stay in
  the land of Egypt, and with an uplifted arm He
  led them out from it. 18 "And for a period of
  about forty years He put up with them in the
  wilderness. 19 "And when He had destroyed seven
  nations in the land of Canaan, He distributed
  their land as an inheritance-- all of which took
  about four hundred and fifty years.
• (Acts 1317-19 NASB)

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• and in the wilderness where you saw how the LORD
  your God carried you, just as a man carries his
  son, in all the way which you have walked, until
  you came to this place.'
• (Deuteronomy 131 NASB)

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• "The God of this people Israel chose our fathers,
  and made the people great during their stay in
  the land of Egypt, and with an uplifted arm He
  led them out from it. 18 "And for a period of
  about forty years He put up with them in the
  wilderness. 19 "And when He had destroyed seven
  nations in the land of Canaan, He distributed
  their land as an inheritance-- all of which took
  about four hundred and fifty years.
• (Acts 1317-19 NASB)

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• "And after these things He gave them judges until
  Samuel the prophet. 21 "And then they asked for a
  king, and God gave them Saul the son of Kish, a
  man of the tribe of Benjamin, for forty years. 22
  "And after He had removed him, He raised up David
  to be their king, concerning whom He also
  testified and said, 'I HAVE FOUND DAVID the son
  of Jesse, A MAN AFTER MY HEART, who will do all
  My will.'
• (Acts 1320-22 NASB)

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• "And after these things He gave them judges until
  Samuel the prophet. 21 "And then they asked for a
  king, and God gave them Saul the son of Kish, a
  man of the tribe of Benjamin, for forty years. 22
  "And after He had removed him, He raised up David
  to be their king, concerning whom He also
  testified and said, 'I HAVE FOUND DAVID the son
  of Jesse, A MAN AFTER MY HEART, who will do all
  My will.'
• (Acts 1320-22 NASB)

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• "And after these things He gave them judges until
  Samuel the prophet. 21 "And then they asked for a
  king, and God gave them Saul the son of Kish, a
  man of the tribe of Benjamin, for forty years. 22
  "And after He had removed him, He raised up David
  to be their king, concerning whom He also
  testified and said, 'I HAVE FOUND DAVID the son
  of Jesse, A MAN AFTER MY HEART, who will do all
  My will.'
• (Acts 1320-22 NASB)

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• "From the offspring of this man, according to
  promise, God has brought to Israel a Savior,
  Jesus, 24 after John had proclaimed before His
  coming a baptism of repentance to all the people
  of Israel. 25 "And while John was completing his
  course, he kept saying, 'What do you suppose that
  I am? I am not He. But behold, one is coming
  after me the sandals of whose feet I am not
  worthy to untie.'

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• 26 "Brethren, sons of Abraham's family, and those
  among you who fear God, to us the word of this
  salvation is sent out. 27 "For those who live in
  Jerusalem, and their rulers, recognizing neither
  Him nor the utterances of the prophets which are
  read every Sabbath, fulfilled these by condemning
  Him. 28 "And though they found no ground for
  putting Him to death, they asked Pilate that He
  be executed.

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• 29 "And when they had carried out all that was
  written concerning Him, they took Him down from
  the cross and laid Him in a tomb. 30 "But God
  raised Him from the dead 31 and for many days He
  appeared to those who came up with Him from
  Galilee to Jerusalem, the very ones who are now
  His witnesses to the people.
• (Acts 1324-31 NASB)

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• "From the offspring of this man, according to
  promise, God has brought to Israel a Savior,
  Jesus, 24 after John had proclaimed before His
  coming a baptism of repentance to all the people
  of Israel. 25 "And while John was completing his
  course, he kept saying, 'What do you suppose that
  I am? I am not He. But behold, one is coming
  after me the sandals of whose feet I am not
  worthy to untie.'

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• "When your days are complete and you lie down
  with your fathers, I will raise up your
  descendant after you, who will come forth from
  you, and I will establish his kingdom. 13 "He
  shall build a house for My name, and I will
  establish the throne of his kingdom forever.
• (2 Samuel 712-13 NASB)

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• "God is not a man, that He should lie, Nor a son
  of man, that He should repent Has He said, and
  will He not do it? Or has He spoken, and will He
  not make it good?
• (Numbers 2319 NASB)
• "For thus says the LORD, 'David shall never lack
  a man to sit on the throne of the house of
  Israel
• (Jeremiah 3317 NASB)

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• "And when they had carried out all that was
  written concerning Him, they took Him down from
  the cross and laid Him in a tomb.
• (Acts 1329 NASB)

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• that God has fulfilled this promise to our
  children in that He raised up Jesus, as it is
  also written in the second Psalm, 'THOU ART MY
  SON TODAY I HAVE BEGOTTEN THEE.' (Acts 1333
  NASB)

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• Zion will be redeemed with justice, And her
  repentant ones with righteousness.
• (Isaiah 127 NASB)

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• The Cross was planned by God!
• 29 "And when they had carried out all that was
  written concerning Him, they took Him down from
  the cross and laid Him in a tomb. 30 "But God
  raised Him from the dead 31 and for many days He
  appeared to those who came up with Him from
  Galilee to Jerusalem, the very ones who are now
  His witnesses to the people.
• (Acts 1324-31 NASB)

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• The Cross was planned by God!
• 29 "And when they had carried out all that was
  written concerning Him, they took Him down from
  the cross and laid Him in a tomb. 30 "But God
  raised Him from the dead 31 and for many days He
  appeared to those who came up with Him from
  Galilee to Jerusalem, the very ones who are now
  His witnesses to the people.
• (Acts 1324-31 NASB)

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• The Cross was planned by God!
• 29 "And when they had carried out all that was
  written concerning Him, they took Him down from
  the cross and laid Him in a tomb. 30 "But God
  raised Him from the dead 31 and for many days He
  appeared to those who came up with Him from
  Galilee to Jerusalem, the very ones who are now
  His witnesses to the people.
• (Acts 1324-31 NASB)

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• The sovereignty of God is
• absolute, irresistible and infinite.
• God does as He pleases, only as He pleases,
  always as He pleases
• so that whatever takes place in time is but the
  outworking of that which He decreed from eternity.

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• also we have obtained an inheritance, having been
  predestined according to His purpose who works
  all things after the counsel of His will,
• (Ephesians 111 NASB)

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• "And we preach to you the good news of the
  promise made to the fathers, 33 that God has
  fulfilled this promise to our children in that He
  raised up Jesus, as it is also written in the
  second Psalm, 'THOU ART MY SON TODAY I HAVE
  BEGOTTEN THEE.' 34 "And as for the fact that He
  raised Him up from the dead, no more to return to
  decay, He has spoken in this way

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• 'I WILL GIVE YOU THE HOLY and SURE blessings OF
  DAVID.' 35 "Therefore He also says in another
  Psalm, 'THOU WILT NOT ALLOW THY HOLY ONE TO
  UNDERGO DECAY.' 36 "For David, after he had
  served the purpose of God in his own generation,
  fell asleep, and was laid among his fathers, and
  underwent decay 37 but He whom God raised did
  not undergo decay.
• (Acts 1320-37 NASB)

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• "And we preach to you the good news of the
  promise made to the fathers, 33 that God has
  fulfilled this promise to our children in that He
  raised up Jesus, as it is also written in the
  second Psalm, 'THOU ART MY SON TODAY I HAVE
  BEGOTTEN THEE.' 34 "And as for the fact that He
  raised Him up from the dead, no more to return to
  decay, He has spoken in this way

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• 'I WILL GIVE YOU THE HOLY and SURE blessings OF
  DAVID.' 35 "Therefore He also says in another
  Psalm, 'THOU WILT NOT ALLOW THY HOLY ONE TO
  UNDERGO DECAY.' 36 "For David, after he had
  served the purpose of God in his own generation,
  fell asleep, and was laid among his fathers, and
  underwent decay 37 but He whom God raised did
  not undergo decay.
• (Acts 1320-37 NASB)

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• 'I WILL GIVE YOU THE HOLY and SURE blessings OF
  DAVID.' 35 "Therefore He also says in another
  Psalm, 'THOU WILT NOT ALLOW THY HOLY ONE TO
  UNDERGO DECAY.' 36 "For David, after he had
  served the purpose of God in his own generation,
  fell asleep, and was laid among his fathers, and
  underwent decay 37 but He whom God raised did
  not undergo decay.
• (Acts 1320-37 NASB)

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• "Therefore let it be known to you, brethren, that
  through Him forgiveness of sins is proclaimed to
  you, 39 and through Him everyone who believes is
  freed from all things, from which you could not
  be freed through the Law of Moses. 40 "Take heed
  therefore, so that the thing spoken of in the
  Prophets may not come upon you
• (Acts 1338-40 NASB)

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• "Therefore let it be known to you, brethren, that
  through Him forgiveness of sins is proclaimed to
  you, 39 and through Him everyone who believes is
  freed from all things, from which you could not
  be freed through the Law of Moses. 40 "Take heed
  therefore, so that the thing spoken of in the
  Prophets may not come upon you
• (Acts 1338-40 NASB)

JUSTIFIED
JUSTIFIED
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• "Therefore let it be known to you, brethren, that
  through Him forgiveness of sins is proclaimed to
  you, 39 and through Him everyone who believes is
  freed from all things, from which you could not
  be freed through the Law of Moses. 40 "Take heed
  therefore, so that the thing spoken of in the
  Prophets may not come upon you
• (Acts 1338-40 NASB)

JUSTIFIED
JUSTIFIED
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• "Therefore let it be known to you, brethren, that
  through Him forgiveness of sins is proclaimed to
  you, 39 and through Him everyone who believes is
  justified from all things, from which you could
  not be freed through the Law of Moses. 40 "Take
  heed therefore, so that the thing spoken of in
  the Prophets may not come upon you
• (Acts 1338-40 NASB)

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• "Therefore let it be known to you, brethren, that
  through Him forgiveness of sins is proclaimed to
  you, 39 and through Him everyone who believes is
  justified from all things, from which you could
  not be freed through the Law of Moses. 40 "Take
  heed therefore, so that the thing spoken of in
  the Prophets may not come upon you
• (Acts 1338-40 NASB)

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• 'BEHOLD, YOU SCOFFERS, AND MARVEL, AND PERISH
  FOR I AM ACCOMPLISHING A WORK IN YOUR DAYS, A
  WORK WHICH YOU WILL NEVER BELIEVE, THOUGH SOMEONE
  SHOULD DESCRIBE IT TO YOU.'" (Acts 1341 NASB)

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• "Look among the nations! Observe! Be astonished!
  Wonder! Because I am doing something in your
  days-- You would not believe if you were told.
  
• (Habakkuk 15 NASB)

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• "The God of this people Israel chose our fathers,
  and made the people great during their stay in
  the land of Egypt, and with an uplifted arm He
  led them out from it. 18 "And for a period of
  about forty years He put up with them in the
  wilderness. 19 "And when He had destroyed seven
  nations in the land of Canaan, He distributed
  their land as an inheritance-- all of which took
  about (Acts 1317-19 NASB)

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• "The God of this people Israel chose our fathers,
  and made the people great during their stay in
  the land of Egypt, and with an uplifted arm He
  led them out from it. 18 "And for a period of
  about forty years He put up with them in the
  wilderness. 19 "And when He had destroyed seven
  nations in the land of Canaan, He distributed
  their land as an inheritance-- all of which took
  about (Acts 1317-19 NASB)

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• "The God of this people Israel chose our fathers,
  and made the people great during their stay in
  the land of Egypt, and with an uplifted arm He
  led them out from it. 18 "And for a period of
  about forty years He put up with them in the
  wilderness. 19 "And when He had destroyed seven
  nations in the land of Canaan, He distributed
  their land as an inheritance-- all of which took
  about (Acts 1317-19 NASB)

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• "The God of this people Israel chose our fathers,
  and made the people great during their stay in
  the land of Egypt, and with an uplifted arm He
  led them out from it. 18 "And for a period of
  about forty years He put up with them in the
  wilderness. 19 "And when He had destroyed seven
  nations in the land of Canaan, He distributed
  their land as an inheritance-- all of which took
  about (Acts 1317-19 NASB)

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• "And after He had removed him, He raised up David
  to be their king, concerning whom He also
  testified and said, 'I HAVE FOUND DAVID the son
  of Jesse, A MAN AFTER MY HEART, who will do all
  My will.' 23 "From the offspring of this man,
  according to promise, God has brought to Israel a
  Savior, Jesus,
• (Acts 1322-23 NASB)

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• "And after He had removed him, He raised up David
  to be their king, concerning whom He also
  testified and said, 'I HAVE FOUND DAVID the son
  of Jesse, A MAN AFTER MY HEART, who will do all
  My will.' 23 "From the offspring of this man,
  according to promise, God has brought to Israel a
  Savior, Jesus,
• (Acts 1322-23 NASB)

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• "And after He had removed him, He raised up David
  to be their king, concerning whom He also
  testified and said, 'I HAVE FOUND DAVID the son
  of Jesse, A MAN AFTER MY HEART, who will do all
  My will.' 23 "From the offspring of this man,
  according to promise, God has brought to Israel a
  Savior, Jesus,
• (Acts 1322-23 NASB)

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• My name is Jonathan McCormack and I have been
  homeschooled all of my life...Home Schooling is
  definitely an advantage because I have been able
  to see that God is important in all areas of
  life, and most of all how to have a Christian
  worldview.

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• And as Paul and Barnabas were going out, the
  people kept begging that these things might be
  spoken to them the next Sabbath.
• (Acts 1342 NASB)

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IN CHRIST ALONE

• In Christ alone my hope is foundHe is my light,
  my strength, my songThis cornerstone, this solid
  groundFirm through the fiercest
• Drought and storm

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• What heights of love, what depths of peaceWhen
  fears are stilled,
• When strivings ceaseMy comforter, my all in
  allHere in the love of Christ I stand.

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• In Christ alone, who took on fleshFullness of
  God in helpless BabeThis gift of love and
  righteousnessScorned by the ones He came to save
• 'Til on the cross as Jesus diedThe wrath of God
  was satisfiedFor ev'ry sin on Him was laidHere
  in the death of Christ I live

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• There in the ground His body layLight of the
  world by darkness slainThen, bursting forth in
  glorious dayUp from the grave He rose again
• And as He stands in victorySin's curse has lost
  it's grip on meFor I am His and He is
  mineBought with the precious blood of Christ

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THERE IS NONE LIKE YOU

• There is none like You
• No one else can touch my heart
• Like You do.
• I could search for all eternity long.
• And find there is none like You.

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• I could search for all eternity long
• And find
• There is none
• There is none
• There is none like You
• There is none like You

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• No guilt in life, no fear in deathThis is power
  of Christ in meFrom life's first cry to final
  breathJesus commands my destiny
• No pow'r of hell, no scheme of manCan ever
  pluck me from His handUntil the day He calls me
  homeHere in the pow'r of Christ I'll stand