His Blood Shall Over All Prevail

I love the last two lines of this stanza by Toplady:

The Sinner's Rest
Augustus Toplady, 1740-1778

Oh, that I now the voice might hear,
That speaks my sins forgiv'n;
His Word is past to give me here
The inward pledge of heav'n.
His blood shall over all prevail,
And sanctify the unclean;
The grace that saves from future hell,
Shall save from present sin.

Humble Confidence

Although humble and confidence may not rest easily side-by-side in the language of our culture or of our world, they do belong together in the language of the Christian faith. For, every certainty or confidence we have as Christians is a humble one. We know that we have eternal life, but we know that we have eternal life only because it is a gift of God's grace in Jesus Christ (and a merciful assurance of his Word). Therefore, the confidence we have as Christians is a humble confidence.