Yes, I have another "hymnsight" from worship, but bear with me--I'm trying to catch up from the last couple of weeks. Earlier this week, a couple of songs after we had sung "I Will Enter His Gates", we sang "Amazing Love" (aka "You Are My King"). The hymn began with this:
"I'm forgiven, because You were forsaken;
I'm accepted, You were condemned;
I'm alive and well, Your Spirit is within me
Because You died and rose again."
Again, I had a moment of spiritual clarity. As we sang, it just really hit me about the contrast here--I was given a pardon by God, while He Himself was condemned and killed on my behalf. The finite was given infinitely long life, while the infinite was contained within a mere finite body. The guilty were granted righteousness through a divine sacrifce, while the Righteous One was made into that same sacrifice. The ultimate rags to riches story was only made possible by the rich becoming rags. Wow. Can I get an amen for that?
"I'm forgiven, because You were forsaken;
I'm accepted, You were condemned;
I'm alive and well, Your Spirit is within me
Because You died and rose again."
Again, I had a moment of spiritual clarity. As we sang, it just really hit me about the contrast here--I was given a pardon by God, while He Himself was condemned and killed on my behalf. The finite was given infinitely long life, while the infinite was contained within a mere finite body. The guilty were granted righteousness through a divine sacrifce, while the Righteous One was made into that same sacrifice. The ultimate rags to riches story was only made possible by the rich becoming rags. Wow. Can I get an amen for that?
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