I don’t know the author but this woman is really on to something very important. as the original disclaimer says, Don’t read the post if you are easily offended or blush when someone says “sex.” because it says sex like 100 times.
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why I didn’t wait
A different perspective on a vital topic — please be sure to read the last paragraph!
A HYMN FOR TODAY – Thou Art Merciful, O Father
A HYMN FOR TODAY
Thou art merciful, O Father,
Full of pity, love and grace;
Thou wilt not forever chasten,
Nor in anger hide Thy face.
High as heaven, vast and boundless,
Hath Thy lovingkindness been;
Far as east from west is distant
Hast Thou put away our sin.
Like a Father’s tender pity
Is God’s mercy toward His own;
For He knows our frame, rememb’ring
We are dust, our days soon gone.
Like a flower, blooming, fading,
Like the grass, we pass away;
But God’s righteousness and mercy
On His children rest alway.
In the heavens, well established,
Is His universal throne;
For His kingdom ruleth ever,
And His sway all kings shall own.
Bless Jehovah, ye His angels,
Bless Him, hosts of His control,
Bless Jehovah, all His creatures,
Bless Jehovah, O my soul!
8.7.8.7.D – Elmer L. Jorgenson, 1921
From Psalm 103:8-22
Tune: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, 1778
arr. Elmer L. Jorgenson, 1921
#28 in Psalms, Hymns, and Spiritual Songs, 2012
Footnote 14 – Virkler and Ayayo, Hermeneutics
Footnote 14 – Henry A. Virkler and Karelynne Gerber Ayayo, Hermeneutics: Principles and Processes of Biblical Interpretation (2nd ed.; Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Academic, 2007), pp. 195, 197.
“The story of Nadab and Abihu is interesting both because of its brevity and because and because of the sternness and uniqueness of the judgment on them… God had carefully shown the way by which the Israelites might atone for their sins and maintain a right relationship with himself. The distinctions between holy and unholy, clean and unclean, had been clearly demonstrated by God to Aaron and his sons, who had been instructed to teach these things to the people. Nadab and Abihu, in an act of self-will, had substituted their own form of worship, obscuring the distinction between the holy (God’s commands) and the common (man’s self-initiated religious actions). These actions, had they not been quickly rebuked, might easily have led to the assimilation of personal pagan practices in the worship of God.
“A second lesson is found in the fact that reconciliation with God depends on the grace of God, not on man’s self-willed and self-initiated practices. The means of reconciliation and atonement had been given by God. Nadab and Abihu attempted to add something to God’s means of reconciliation. As such they stand as an example to all people and all religions that substitute their own actions for God’s grace as the means of reconciliation and salvation.”
A HYMN FOR TODAY – Ah, Holy Jesus
A HYMN FOR TODAY
Ah, holy Jesus, how have You offended,
That mortal judgment has on You descended?
By foes derided, by Your own rejected,
O most afflicted.
Who was the guilty? Who brought this upon You?
It is my treason, Lord, that has undone You.
‘Twas I, Lord Jesus, I it was denied You;
I crucified You.
Lo, the Good Shepherd for the sheep is offered;
The slave has sinned, and yet the Son has suffered
For my atonement, though I nothing heeded,
God interceded.
For me, kind Jesus, was Your incarnation,
Your mortal sorrow and Your life’s oblation,
Your death of anguish and Your bitter passion,
For my salvation.
Therefore, dear Jesus, since I cannot pay You,
I do adore You, and will ever pray You,
Think on Your pity and Your love unswerving,
Not my deserving.
11.11.11.5 – Johann Heermann, 1630
trans. Robert S. Bridges, 1899
Tune: HERZLIEBSTER JESU – Johann Crueger, 1640
#228 in Psalms, Hymns, and Spiritual Songs, 2012
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