'12 So then, my beloved, just as you have always obeyed, not as in my presence only, but now much more in my absence, work out your salvation with fear and trembling 13 for it is God who is at work in you, both to will and to work for His good pleasure. Those filled with His Light become the lower lights that lead others to the right WAY.

God has provided us with that precious Light (the Light pouring from our lighthouse, Jesus) to regenerate and renew the heart unto righteousness. 4:14) '9 But those who desire to be rich fall into temptation, into a snare, into many senseless and harmful desires that plunge people into ruin and destruction.' ( 1 Tim. '14 so that we may no longer be children, tossed to and fro by the waves and carried about by every wind of doctrine, by human cunning, by craftiness in deceitful schemes.' ( Eph. The angry billows are the roaring winds which call to mind the lust of the flesh, the doctrines of men, and the desires of life which can toss a helpless soul to and fro and drown him in destruction and perdition. If they strike the shallows, they may quickly sink in the dark of the night. Ships are in great danger during a storm when visibility is minimal. The hymn is a metaphor of the maritime dangers that lie along the rocky shores.

And this is not your own doing it is the gift of God.' ( Eph. 8 For by grace you have been saved through faith. '4 But God, being rich in mercy, because of the great love with which he loved us, 5 even when we were dead in our trespasses, made us alive together with Christ-by grace you have been saved- 6 and raised us up with him and seated us with him in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus, 7 so that in the coming ages he might show the immeasurable riches of his grace in kindness toward us in Christ Jesus.

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