WE CAST OUT THE GOSPEL NET
Don Fortner
(Tune:
Jesus, And Shall It Ever Be #400 LM)
<CENTER>We
bow before Your throne of grace
To
offer prayer and give our praise.
God, gather in Your own elect
As we
cast out the gospel net.
Proud sinners never can submit
To cast
themselves at Jesus' feet.
Man scorns imputed righteousness
And
God's free, saving, sov'reign grace.
The
creature lifts his haughty eyes,
Says,
"How can God my works despise?"
Man and
his fig leaves cannot part,
`Til
God, by grace, invades his heart.
O Holy Spirit, come this hour
With
grace, by Your almighty pow'r
Invade
the hearts of chosen souls,
Sprinkle
Christ's blood, and make them whole!
Salvation
is not by man's will,
Nor by
his work, but by God's will!
And sinners
saved by sov'reign grace
To God alone will give their praise!