Song From NEXT2010 for Those Battling the Effects of Sin

Song From NEXT2010 for Those Battling the Effects of Sin: "

Yesterday I posted a song I sang at the NEXT conference for those with disabilities.

A week or so before the conference began, I had a growing sense that there would be people at the conference who would be encouraged by attending, but would be battling the effects of sexual sin - either condemnation for sin in the past, or struggles with sin in the present. A preoccupation with either could rob them from enjoying the fruit from the conference. As the conference went on, that sense grew stronger.

As I prayed for those individuals, I again thought that the Lord might want to encourage them through a song. I could have simply shared my impression and exhorted them to believe the gospel, to trust that Christ, through his atoning death and victorious resurrection, fully paid for their sins and freed them from slavery to sin. Instead, I sang a song which came to me a few moments before we went on stage to lead the final session. I quickly jotted the words down on the back side of one of the guitar charts.

Someone emailed me yesterday to ask why I’d call a song like this spontaneous, when I had written the words down beforehand. Good question. It was spontaneous in the way the thought came to me (somewhat out of the blue), in the impression I had right before the meeting to share it, in the quickness with which the words came, and in the musical aspects. I also didn’t know when I might sing it going into the conference, or whether I would sing anything at all. I shared more thoughts about spontaneous/prophetic songs in an earlier post.

Regardless of what you call it, it was another opportunity to minister the truth of God’s Word and the gospel to his people through song. You can listen to it or download it by clicking here.

Here are the lyrics. I pray you’re encouraged by it.

Not a single spot

Not a single stain

Not a single blemish

Now remains

You have been washed clean

With the blood of Jesus Christ

And if your trust is in Him

You are righteous in my eyes

And though there is a battle

Though you fight the war

There are temporary pleasures

That’s not what you were made for

There are everlasting pleasures

That are waiting at my hand

And I only give joy

That will never ever end.

And if you fall again

My forgiveness will remain

For your debt is paid in full

And my love will never change

So trust in me each moment

For what you cannot do

For I’ll give you strength to conquer

For your life has been made new

I’ll give you strength to conquer

For your life has been made new.

For further encouragement in battling the effects and temptations of sexual sin I’d meditate on 1 Cor. 6:9-11, 1 Thess. 4:1-7, Rom. 8:1-4, 2 Cor. 5:17-21, Col. 2:13-15. Two books I’d highly recommend are Sex Is Not the Problem - Lust Is by Josh Harris and Battling Unbelief: Defeating Sin with Superior Pleasure by John Piper.

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