April 22, 2020 (Wednesday)
In the Book of Exodus we learn of Israel’s disobedience and punishment. Fiery serpents came into the camp and delivered fatal bites. The people cried out to Moses for help. Moses prayed for them. God answered his prayer with these instructions (Numbers 21:8 NASB): “Make a fiery serpent, and set it on a standard; and it shall come about, that everyone who is bitten, when he looks at it, he will live.”
Fifteen hundred years later, Jesus predicted his death on the cross by saying: “As Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of Man be lifted up; so that whoever believes will in Him have eternal life,for God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish, but have eternal life.” (John 3:14-16 NASB).
The hymn, “Look and Live,” reflects those verses.
I Believe In A Hill Called Mount Calvary
Bill and Gloria Gaither & Doug Oldham
I believe in a hill called mount Calvary
I believe whatever the cost
And when time has surrendered and earth is no more
I’ll still cling to the old rugged cross
I believe that this life with it’s great mysteries
Surely one day will come to an end
But faith will conquer the darkness and death
And will lead me at last to my Friend
I believe the Christ who was slain on the cross
has the power to change lives today
For He changed me completely, a new life is mine
That is why by the cross I will stay
I believe in a hill called mount Calvary
I believe whatever the cost
And when time has surrendered and Earth is no more
I’ll still cling to the old rugged cross