Need 4 Creed
Puritan Board Freshman
One of my favourite modern hymns is 'How Deep the Father's Love'.
I was listening to it tonight, when the following lines struck me.
'It was my sin that kept Him there; Until it was accomplished,'
The wider context is:
Behold the Man upon the cross
My sin upon His shoulders
Ashamed to hear my mocking voice
Call out among the scoffers
It was my sin that kept Him there
Until it was accomplished
His dying breath has brought me life
I know that it is finished
Obviously, it is because of our sins that Jesus was suffering one the cross. But can we say that was our sins that 'kept him there, until it was accomplished?'
Was it not the good, and merciful purpose of God?
I understand that the hymn writer wants us to see that it is our sin that held Jesus there, and kept him there for as long as he had to suffer. So maybe in that sense it is true.
What do others think about it?
I was listening to it tonight, when the following lines struck me.
'It was my sin that kept Him there; Until it was accomplished,'
The wider context is:
Behold the Man upon the cross
My sin upon His shoulders
Ashamed to hear my mocking voice
Call out among the scoffers
It was my sin that kept Him there
Until it was accomplished
His dying breath has brought me life
I know that it is finished
Obviously, it is because of our sins that Jesus was suffering one the cross. But can we say that was our sins that 'kept him there, until it was accomplished?'
Was it not the good, and merciful purpose of God?
I understand that the hymn writer wants us to see that it is our sin that held Jesus there, and kept him there for as long as he had to suffer. So maybe in that sense it is true.
What do others think about it?