love so amazing, LOVE SO AMAZING
I love how some songs work dynamics. Some of my favorite songs build dynamics with music, some with lyrics and the most moving songs do both. For example, “Revelation Song” when sung by Gateway has a building dynamic that’s intensity nearly blows the roof off after verse 3, however when PCD sing it - they excel at tight vocals and the dynamics for Revelation song is sadly very missing for me … Tomlin’s song “Jesus Messiah” has awesome dynamics with both the music and the lyric’s.
The doctrine that sung in the first verse is formatable:
“He became sin who knew no sin” —-That Holy God would allow my sin on His ‘beloved”,’ His one and only Son. A sinless Savior left a sinless place to be surrounded by sin in a sin filled world, then took my sin upon Himself on the cross and His Father had to turn His back on Him because “He became sin”.
“That we might become His righteousness” —- Paul said it so well in the fifth chapter of Romans:
For while we were still helpless, at the appointed moment, Christ died for the ungodly. For rarely will someone die for a just person—though for a good person perhaps someone might even dare to die. But God proves His own love for us in that while we were still sinners Christ died for us! Much more then, since we have now been declared righteous by His blood, we will be saved through Him from wrath. For if, while we were enemies, we were reconciled to God through the death of His Son, [then how] much more, having been reconciled, will we be saved by His life! And not only that, but we also rejoice in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have now received reconciliation.
“He humbled Himself, and carried the cross” —- The writer of Hebrews says it well ….Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a huge crowd of witnesses to the life of faith, let us strip off every weight that slows us down, especially the sin that so easily trips us up. And let us run with endurance the race God has set before us. We do this by keeping our eyes on Jesus, the champion who initiates and perfects our faith. Because of the joy awaiting him, he endured the cross, disregarding its shame. Now he is seated in the place of honor beside God’s throne. Think of all the hostility he endured from sinful people; then you won’t become weary and give up (Heb 12:1-3)
I am reminded of the shame He humbly endured for me - the Creator humilitated by His creation, the Savior shamed by His needy people. Here is a great account of “His shame” - The death of Christ.
Our only response must be (in the words of Tomlin) “love so amazing, LOVE SO AMAZING!!!! - Jesus Messiah
(built so well with the lyrics and the music)
-b