An interest in the Savior's blood? Use the citation below to add these lyrics to your bibliography: Style: MLA Chicago APA. "Thank You Lord (He Did It All) Lyrics. " Chorus: Amazing love! But And Can It Be was written soon after and expresses beautifully and powerfully the converting power of the gospel that he had experienced. He begins with a piercing question to which no real answer can be given. I have nothing else to trust to. Rather than trusting in our best endeavors, Wesley gives us words to praise God for the only true hope, the righteousness of Christ imputed to His people through faith.
What Christ does, we get credit for, what He deserves, we get! Please answer me and tell me, St. Paul answered and said: (2). Was actually his first hymn. Jesus said that we are to love Him with all our heart, all our mind, and all our strength, and this is a considerably higher bar than just offering Him our best endeavors. He called me the beloved, In His eyes I found grace, He said Mary is your mother, I took her to my place. "How can it be, that thou my God, shoulds't die for me? " "What, are not my endeavors a sufficient ground of hope? Discuss the Thank You Lord (He Did It All) Lyrics with the community: Citation. 2- Dear Peter please tell me, about the rock of faith, And how you were appointed, a pillar in His Church? Me, about His radiant face, And how you were so lucky, on His chest your head laid?
All the disciples answered, we can never explain; (2). Bible | Daily Readings | Agbeya | Books | Lyrics | Gallery | Media | Links. Written by: JOHN P. KEE. I persecuted Church, and was against my Lord, His Holy Spirit sought me, and I could hear His word. That Thou, my God, should die for me! Wesley recorded in his journal again, "I spent some hours this evening in private with Martin Luther, who was greatly blessed to me, especially his conclusion of the second chapter. "Alive in Him, my living head, and clothed in righteousness divine. " Died He for me who caused His pain! His love is so enduring, He died for the whole world. Wesley is one of the most skilled hymnwriters.
Wesley recorded his reaction in his journal. All rights reserved. His heart is so forgiving, for sinners everywhere. Lyrics Licensed & Provided by LyricFind. Despite all my denials, His Love for me was great, And while I was so bitter, my sins He did erase. Bohler pressed, "Upon what basis do you hope to be saved? " All His wounds and sufferings, opened the Heaven's gates. And can it be that I should gain. Bohler sadly shook his head and walked away.
Peter Bohler, the leader of the London Moravians, asked Charles if he hoped to be saved. It's not really any figure, that means anything to THE LORD, His prayer to THE FATHER, on a lunch willingly brought, A boy with cheer donated, this I never have thought. Charles answered that he did. Long my imprisoned spirit lay, Fast bound in sin and nature's night; Thine eye diffused a quickening ray; I woke, the dungeon flamed with light; My chains fell off, my heart was free, I rose, went forth, and followed Thee. He had served as a missionary to Georgia, but that had turned out disastrously bad. It is sometimes said that this hymn was Wesley's first, written soon after his conversion. In 1738, Charles Wesley was struggling to find peace with God.
Wesley had come to understand that in the gospel Christ gives us what God requires, His perfect righteousness, through our union with Him. We see his grasp of Luther's point in his use of the personal prounouns; my God, for me. I saw with my own eyes, the piercing of the nails, The wound between His ribs, were blood and water flowed.
5- And you Saul please tell me, How you accepted faith? Hymn scholars are now convinced that "Where Shall My Wondering Soul Begin? " Would he rob me of my endeavors? If we ever get the point where God's grace seems deserved or expected, we are in deep trouble. No condemnation now I dread; Jesus, and all in Him, is mine; Alive in Him, my living Head, And clothed in righteousness divine, Bold I approach the eternal throne, And claim the crown, through Christ my own. But it is in the last verse where Wesley reveals the heart of his new-found hope. Our life is all for JESUS, and death is a real gain.
Wesley was stuck in the tension that many raised in church have experienced. His Heart is throbbing throbbing, with love for human race. For me who Him to death pursued? But this hymn points us to a greater ground of hope that derives from the gospel. ©1994 Scott Roley by permission.
Later in 1738, Wesley's friend, John Bray, discovered Martin Luther's Commentary On Galatians and brought it to Wesley, who was sick in bed. 'Tis mercy all, immense and free, For O my God, it found out me! The problem with trusting our good works is that they are not perfect works. God requires that we love Him perfectly from the moment we are born 'til the moment we die, with no lapses. I labored, waited, and prayed to feel 'Who loved me and gave Himself up for me. '"
Wesley replied, "Because I have used my best endeavors to serve God. " This brings us not only, hope, but boldness to claim the crown not because of what we have done, but because of what Christ has done in our place. 4- And you Thomas how did you, doubt that He is raised, When you were not believing, He appeared for your sake? It is all too common to confuse the fruits of the gospel at work in our lives (good endeavors) with the root of spiritual life (the gospel promise believed. )