God's grace to forgive and transform is not conditioned to recognizing Jesus' deity, blood atonement or physical resurrection

[Studyman]

Lol, me and Paul both.

not having my own righteousness, which is from the law, but that which is through faith in Christ (Phil. 3:9 NKJ)

I tried to have this discussion with you, but you completely ignored the Scriptures. And he is speaking about the pharisees religion in this chapter, that he used to be a part of. And in the Levitical Priesthood, there was a temporary LAW, put in place "Till the SEED should come", which was required in order for the sin to be forgiven, making the sinner righteous. It's in your own Bible.

Lev. 4: 27 And if any one of the common people sin through ignorance, while he doeth somewhat against any of the commandments of the LORD concerning things which ought not to be done, and be guilty; 28 Or if his sin, which he hath sinned, come to his knowledge: then he shall bring his offering, a kid of the goats, a female without blemish, for his sin which he hath sinned. 29 And he shall lay his hand upon the head of the sin offering, and slay the sin offering in the place of the burnt offering. 30 And the priest shall take of the blood thereof with his finger, and put it upon the horns of the altar of burnt offering, and shall pour out all the blood thereof at the bottom of the altar. 31 And he shall take away all the fat thereof, as the fat is taken away from off the sacrifice of peace offerings; and the priest shall burn it upon the altar for a sweet savour unto the LORD; and the priest shall make an atonement for him, and it shall be forgiven him.

This is what Paul is saying:

8 Yea doubtless, and I count all things but loss for the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord: for whom I have suffered the loss of all things, and do count them but dung, that I may win Christ, 9 And be found in him, not having mine own righteousness, which is of the law, ( taking a goat to the Levite Priest, and killing it for my sins) but that which is through the faith "of Christ", the righteousness which is of God "by faith": (Not Sacrificial works "of the Law")

This is the Righteousness of a Sinner "Which is of the law"? And if it isn't, then post the Scripture which shows another "law" that a sinner was supposed to partake of, to remove his unrighteousness. And if you can't find another law, then shouldn't you "Yield yourself" and be corrected, "renewed in the spirit of your mind" to what the Scriptures actually teach the Law is?

But now, Paul teaches that if he repents, turns to God, and does Works worthy of Repentance, that God's High Priest Jesus, will remove his sin, making him righteous/perfect, even as his Father in heaven is perfect, as the Jesus of the Bible instructs. This "belief" is called "Faith". If you were to read a little further in Philippians, you would see what Paul's true teaching was. Instead, you cherry pick one sentence in the entire Chapter, and twist it to justify a philosophy that Paul doesn't teach. Much in the same way you justify the insidious falsehood that God was not ever capable of bringing even one sinner, no not one, into His Righteousness, by also twisting Paul's and ignoring David's words. I know it's not you twisting them, rather, the religious business you have adopted and are now promoting. Nevertheless, you are the one promoting these deceptions so I am addressing you, in the hope that you might consider and repent.

Please just listen to what Paul is actually teaching by reading what you omitted in your sermon to me.

12 Not as though I had already attained, either were already perfect: but I follow after, if that I may apprehend that for which also I am apprehended of Christ Jesus.

13 Brethren, I count not myself to have apprehended: but this one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind, and reaching forth unto those things which are before, 14 I press toward the mark "for the prize" of the high calling of God (Which is) in Christ Jesus. 15 Let us therefore, as many as be perfect, be thus minded: and if in any thing ye be otherwise minded, God shall reveal even this unto you.

So why would Paul be "Pressing toward the mark" of the Perfection that was in Christ Jesus? Wasn't Jesus Perfect, sinless, even as His Father in Heaven is Perfect? It is because Jesus, and His Father instructed men to "Be ye perfect, even as your Father in heaven is perfect", and Paul was being a "Doer" of the Christ's Sayings, and not a hearer only?

It's right there in your Bible.

Forsake your trust in your menstrual rags and trust alone in the Cross of Christ.

But here you come, preaching to me that the Righteousness that was in Christ Jesus, that Paul and I press towards, is filthy as a menstrual rag. Again, taking one sentence out of an entire chapter inspired by God, and Twisting it to justify your religious sect's rebellion and disrespect towards God.

Is. 64: 6 But we are all as an unclean thing, and all our righteousnesses (Not God's, as you deceivingly imply) are as filthy rags; and we all do fade as a leaf; and our iniquities, (Not God's instruction in righteousness, as you imply) like the wind, have taken us away.

7 And there is none that calleth upon thy name, that stirreth up himself to take hold of thee: for thou hast hid thy face from us, and hast consumed us, because of our iniquities. (Not because they trusted God's "way".)

It is because Paul and I trust the Jesus "of the bible" alone, and not the Baptist, JW, Methodists, Catholic, or any of the smorgasbord of religious businesses and sects to choose from, which make up this world's religious system.

This is why the Jesus "of the bible" instructs His people to live by "Every Word" of God, and to "Come out of", and "be not like unto them", who call Him Lord, Lordf, but call the Good Works Jesus walked in, and Paul and I press toward, "A menstrual rag".

Is. 65: 11 But ye are they that forsake the LORD, that forget my holy mountain, that prepare a table for that troop, and that furnish the drink offering unto that number. 12 Therefore will I number you to the sword, and ye shall all bow down to the slaughter: because when I called, ye did not answer; when I spake, ye did not hear; but did evil before mine eyes, and did choose that wherein I delighted not.

13 Therefore (Because of this) thus saith the Lord GOD, Behold, my servants shall eat, but ye shall be hungry: behold, my servants shall drink, but ye shall be thirsty: behold, my servants shall rejoice, but ye shall be ashamed: 14 Behold, my servants shall sing for joy of heart, but ye shall cry for sorrow of heart, and shall howl for vexation of spirit.

 

[civic]

Here are a few hymns most off us know and have sang them many times that some here could never sing. They do not believe in Jesus blood atonement. Its a denial of the gospel, salvation, atonement, forgiveness of sins, Jesus teaching and the Apostles. The trickle down effect goes into most everything involving Soteriology.


Nothing but the blood
1 What can wash away my sin?
Nothing but the blood of Jesus.
What can make me whole again?
Nothing but the blood of Jesus.

Refrain:
O precious is the flow
that makes me white as snow;
no other fount I know;
nothing but the blood of Jesus.

2 For my pardon this I see:
nothing but the blood of Jesus.
For my cleansing this my plea:
nothing but the blood of Jesus. [Refrain]

3 Nothing can for sin atone:
nothing but the blood of Jesus.
Naught of good that I have done:
nothing but the blood of Jesus. [Refrain]

4 This is all my hope and peace:
nothing but the blood of Jesus.
This is all my righteousness:
nothing but the blood of Jesus. [Refrain]


Covered by the blood
1. Once in sin’s darkest night I was wand’ring alone;
A stranger to mercy I stood.
But the Savior came nigh
When he heard my faint cry,
And He put my sins under the blood.

Refrain
They are covered by the blood;
They are covered by the blood;
My sins are all covered by the blood.
Mine iniquities so vast
Have been blotted out at last,
My sins are all covered by the blood.

2. From the burden I carried now I am set free,
For Jesus has lifted my load.
O the love and the grace I received in its place
When he put my sins under the blood. [Refrain]

3. I can ne’er understand why He sought even me,
Why His lifeblood on Calvary flowed.
But sufficient for me,
Since He died on the tree,
He hath put my sins under the blood. [Refrain]

4. Now He comes to my heart and removes ev’ry care;
He bears all my cumbering load.
In a pathway replete
With His love are my feet,
Since He put my sins under the blood. [Refrain]

When I survey the wonderous cross
1 When I survey the wondrous cross
on which the Prince of glory died,
my richest gain I count but loss,
and pour contempt on all my pride.

2 Forbid it, Lord, that I should boast
save in the death of Christ, my God!
All the vain things that charm me most,
I sacrifice them through his blood.

3 See, from his head, his hands, his feet,
sorrow and love flow mingled down.
Did e'er such love and sorrow meet,
or thorns compose so rich a crown?

4 Were the whole realm of nature mine,
that were a present far too small.
Love so amazing, so divine,
demands my soul, my life, my all.

 

[civic]

Yes, Messiah literally gave His life as an Asham offering-Isaiah 53.

Nothing "metaphorically" about this stupendous 2Aorist event!

J.

Amen

 

[civic]

Rebuttal to this nonsensical assertion that "God breathed" is an invisible "influence"

Etymological and Syntactical Analysis of θεόπνευστος
The word θεόπνευστος is a compound adjective derived from θεός (theos, "God") and πνευστος (pneustos, "breathed" or "spirated").

The verb root πνέω ("to breathe, blow") underpins πνευστος, emphasizing the active role of divine "breathing."
θεόπνευστος is a predicate adjective, describing the nature of Scripture, not merely its process. The syntax emphasizes that all Scripture exists as God-breathed rather than explaining how it became so.
In its construction, θεόπνευστος conveys:

Source of Origin: The divine ("God-breathed") as the source of Scripture.
Passive Connotation: The text is the product of divine action, with an emphasis on what the text is rather than the process of its production.
This undermines the claim that it refers solely to an "invisible influence" or to varied subjective interpretations.

2. Comparison with Related Terms and Syntax in Scripture

2 Peter 1:20–21: "For no prophecy of Scripture comes from someone’s own interpretation. For no prophecy was ever produced by the will of man, but men spoke from God (λαλῆσαι ἀπὸ Θεοῦ), as they were carried along by the Holy Spirit (φερόμενοι ὑπὸ πνεύματος ἁγίου)."

Here, the syntax explicitly connects the movement or carrying along (φερόμενοι, a participle) of human authors with the Holy Spirit. This parallels the concept of divine breathing, suggesting an active divine guidance in producing Scripture.

Matthew 4:4: Jesus quotes, "Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceeds (ἐκπορευομένης) from the mouth of God."

The verb ἐκπορεύομαι ("proceeds") parallels the imagery of breathing words forth from God's mouth, reinforcing the direct divine origin of Scripture.

3. Biblical Use of Breath/Wind in Divine Action

Genesis 2:7: God "breathed" (ἐνεφύσησεν) into Adam, giving him life. This portrays divine breath as the direct cause of creation, a parallel to the "life-giving" quality of Scripture in θεόπνευστος.

Ezekiel 37:5–10: The Spirit/breath (רוּחַ/πνεῦμα) animates the dry bones, again emphasizing God's active and life-giving work.
The syntactical and thematic parallels show that "God-breathed" refers to direct divine action, not a vague, invisible influence.

4.
YOUR claim that "God-breathed" allows for subjective interpretations is syntactically untenable.

The adjective θεόπνευστος is definitive in its function, asserting a quality of Scripture (direct divine origin). It does not leave room for variance in interpretation regarding its nature.

The active/passive relationship between God (source) and Scripture (product) is linguistically clear, leaving no indication that human authors were the autonomous agents of content production.

5. Dictation Theory and Syntax
While "dictation" may not apply universally, the syntax does not preclude direct divine guidance in specific passages.

Instances of dictation (e.g., "Thus says the LORD" in prophetic literature) indicate that certain parts of Scripture were directly transmitted.

However, θεόπνευστος covers the entirety of Scripture, implying that whether by dictation, inspiration, or guidance, all is under God's active breathing.

J.

Thanks for the word study brother

 

[Pancho Frijoles]

Rebuttal to this nonsensical assertion that "God breathed" is an invisible "influence"

Etymological and Syntactical Analysis of θεόπνευστος
The word θεόπνευστος is a compound adjective derived from θεός (theos, "God") and πνευστος (pneustos, "breathed" or "spirated").

The verb root πνέω ("to breathe, blow") underpins πνευστος, emphasizing the active role of divine "breathing."
θεόπνευστος is a predicate adjective, describing the nature of Scripture, not merely its process. The syntax emphasizes that all Scripture exists as God-breathed rather than explaining how it became so.
In its construction, θεόπνευστος conveys:

Source of Origin: The divine ("God-breathed") as the source of Scripture.

God is also the source of trees and whales. However, we don't consider trees and whales doctrinal authority by themselves.
So, what do you specifically mean by "the source of Scripture"?

Passive Connotation: The text is the product of divine action, with an emphasis on what the text is rather than the process of its production.
This undermines the claim that it refers solely to an "invisible influence" or to varied subjective interpretations.

1. Which divine action? Can you please describe what divine action is that?
2. What is the text, then?

2 Peter 1:20–21: "For no prophecy of Scripture comes from someone’s own interpretation. For no prophecy was ever produced by the will of man, but men spoke from God (λαλῆσαι ἀπὸ Θεοῦ), as they were carried along by the Holy Spirit (φερόμενοι ὑπὸ πνεύματος ἁγίου)."

Here, the "will of man" refers to the evil desires (like power or popularity) that are opposed to the will of God.
Obviously, God did not force Isaiah or violated the will of Isaiah to write what he wrote.

Here, the syntax explicitly connects the movement or carrying along (φερόμενοι, a participle) of human authors with the Holy Spirit. This parallels the concept of divine breathing, suggesting an active divine guidance in producing Scripture.

I agree. Guidance from God.
When God guided the authors, God guided them to use the parables, metaphors, comparisons, cultural references, and words that fitted the culture of the readers.

Matthew 4:4: Jesus quotes, "Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceeds (ἐκπορευομένης) from the mouth of God."

Does God have a mouth? If not, then "proceeds from the mouth of God" is a metaphor. God did not dictate it.

Genesis 2:7: God "breathed" (ἐνεφύσησεν) into Adam, giving him life. This portrays divine breath as the direct cause of creation, a parallel to the "life-giving" quality of Scripture in θεόπνευστος.

Do you mean that God directly created the books of the Bible in a similar way as He created the stars or the trilobites?
In such case, mankind would have discovered the Bible, already complete, hidden under a rock, or descending from heaven.

Ezekiel 37:5–10: The Spirit/breath (רוּחַ/πνεῦμα) animates the dry bones, again emphasizing God's active and life-giving work.
The syntactical and thematic parallels show that "God-breathed" refers to direct divine action, not a vague, invisible influence.

Please describe that "direct divine action" in order to verify if it is less vague than my "invisible influence" statement.

The active/passive relationship between God (source) and Scripture (product) is linguistically clear, leaving no indication that human authors were the autonomous agents of content production.

Were they not autonomous? What do you mean?
Did they act like the mediums of spiritism, that get possessed by a spirit and start writing on a sheet of paper without reading and knowing the text they are producing?
A person who is guided by God, retains his autonomy.

Instances of dictation (e.g., "Thus says the LORD" in prophetic literature) indicate that certain parts of Scripture were directly transmitted.

Certain parts, and even so, "Thus says the Lord" does not mean God was dictating every word. It just means the author was conveying a message from God.

Dear Johann. @civic and readers:

Again, our brother @Johann is applying a linguistic analysis without a philological analysis, not just of the quoted verses, but of the overall context of the biblical teachings.
This is NOT the way to extract truth from the Scriptures.

 

[Dizerner]

The thing some Evangelicals in the forum seem to care less is sin, and, consequently, holiness.
Since everybody is sinful, and salvation is unrelated to holiness, what matters is confession of an orthodox creed based on Jesus deity,. PSA and physical resurrection. Grace is replaced by the merit of intellectual assent.
For example, Oskar Schindler, the Jews he saved, and the Nazis who wanted to kill them, they are all thrown in the same basket because God doesn’t care about vices or virtues. He cares about adhering to the right doctrines and rejecting the false ones.
Salvation, under this morbid perspective, is salvation from hell in the afterlife, rather than a change in a spiritual situation in this life.

The problem here is you are judging morality only based on external results.

If the motive was not to glorify God—it is sinful. If I save someone just to feel good about myself, I have robbed glory from God.

Now you can claim that unbelievers under the power of Satan are glorifying God, but you definitely cannot ever substantiate that from Scripture, as you seem to claim over and over.

It is not correct to say that we merely assent to a set of propositions and that mental assent is more important than good character or lived out virtue, and this has never been the standard Christian belief. We call these people "antimonian" or "cheap grace."

But the fact is, if we are going to really allow God's standards, and if we all morally fail them—by practicing deception, unlawful sexual desire in our hearts, self-exaltation, exalting of creation over Creator, unbelief, resentment, disrespect, dishonoring possession laws, any number of moral vices—and we all fail them, since we both have lied, stolen, blasphemed in some way, idolized some person or concept over God, lusted when we shouldn't have, then to actually uphold that standard we can no longer be righteous by it.

So this one factual proposition—this one mental assent—is that we admit the truth about ourselves. How can we progress if we excuse away all our sins, try to create a God who does not care about giving sin justice, or gloss over the law. We do not consider a judge just who lets rapists and murders get off scot-free, because we intuitively know that passivity towards evil actually promotes, excuses and encourages it.

So sometimes admitting a fact is in truth the most central thing we can do to make progress and come to salvation. How can someone drowning ever be saved who keeps saying, "No, I got this, I can swim and make it myself," and then refuses to let the life guard carry them? You say, "No, they are not valuing swimming, they are just assenting the mental proposition that they will drown." Well, yeah. But by that act of humble assent they allow someone greater than themselves to step in and do what they cannot.

So accepting a fact can be a life or death scenario, when we are in need of a Savior.

 

[Dizerner]

Exclusive? No. There is no such claim of exclusivity... and exclusivity is not inherent to inspiration.

Those are two separate issues. There definitely is a claim to exclusivity when Christ says, "No one can come to the Father but through me," and "all others are thieves and robbers."

No book of the Bible explains what the meaning is of "God-breathed" or "inspired".

Granted, the Bible is not a dictionary. This is why we must rely on the help of the Holy Spirit to know and interpret it. God-breathed does not just mean "created" here, as God created all things.

This seems to be a non-sequitur fallacy. The Book of Genesis is inspired, but from this fact it does not follow...

Certainly, the Bible allows for other things to be inspired as well, but nothing in the unique and authoritative sense it grants itself.

 

[Pancho Frijoles]

The problem here is you are judging morality only based on external results.

If the motive was not to glorify God—it is sinful. If I save someone just to feel good about myself, I have robbed glory from God.

Now you can claim that unbelievers under the power of Satan are glorifying God, but you definitely cannot ever substantiate that from Scripture, as you seem to claim over and over.

By definition, people under the power of Satan do not glorify God. Is Satan interested in making people glorify God? Of course not. So, how could I claim that?

Now, talking about the motives... how can we know that a motive is to glorify God?
The key is love.
In Corinthians 13, Paul makes a distinction between a good deed motivated by love and one not motivated by love (ie. giving out our possesions to the poor). The author of 1 John tells us that we know we abide in Christ when we love our brothers... and the author of 1 Peter tells us that above all things, we should love our brother because love covers multitude of sins.
Needless to say, Jesus established as distinctive sign of discipleship, and as his personal commandment, to love one another.

So, when we act out of love, we glorify God and people who observe our deeds glorify God ("Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works and glorify your Father in heaven"). Please notice how Jesus didn't say that other people would glorify God by understanding our theological explanations or creeds... they would glorify God by watching what we practice.

So, did Oskar Schindler save 2000 Jews out of love?
Of course only God knows his heart and ours. But for the sake of the scenario, we are assuming what historians tell us... that at first he acted motivated by profit, and then, after some point of inflection in his life, we did it out of love. Otherwise, we can't explain that he risked his life many times, and that the Jews consider Schindler's actions as truly altruistic.
Furthermore, thousands or millions of people have become inspired by the story of Schindler. So, his light has shone and made other people glorify God by repeating the same actions, at different scales.

So, let´s not evade what is in front of our eyes by thinking "Well, we can't be 100% sure of Schindler's real motives".

 

[mikesw]

By definition, people under the power of Satan do not glorify God. Is Satan interested in making people glorify God? Of course not. So, how could I claim that?

Now, talking about the motives... how can we know that a motive is to glorify God?
The key is love.
In Corinthians 13, Paul makes a distinction between a good deed motivated by love and one not motivated by love (ie. giving out our possesions to the poor). The author of 1 John tells us that we know we abide in Christ when we love our brothers... and the author of 1 Peter tells us that above all things, we should love our brother because love covers multitude of sins.
Needless to say, Jesus established as distinctive sign of discipleship, and as his personal commandment, to love one another.

So, when we act out of love, we glorify God and people who observe our deeds glorify God ("Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works and glorify your Father in heaven"). Please notice how Jesus didn't say that other people would glorify God by understanding our theological explanations or creeds... they would glorify God by watching what we practice.

So, did Oskar Schindler save 2000 Jews out of love?
Of course only God knows his heart and ours. But for the sake of the scenario, we are assuming what historians tell us... that at first he acted motivated by profit, and then, after some point of inflection in his life, we did it out of love. Otherwise, we can't explain that he risked his life many times, and that the Jews consider Schindler's actions as truly altruistic.
Furthermore, thousands or millions of people have become inspired by the story of Schindler. So, his light has shone and made other people glorify God by repeating the same actions, at different scales.

So, let´s not evade what is in front of our eyes by thinking "Well, we can't be 100% sure of Schindler's real motives".

For Pancho, he can quote Paul's points as doctrine without keeping it in the context of followers of Christ. That is called proof texting. You find scriptures that you like their superficial meaning and you combine a bunch of these together to say what you want. That reflects the disdain for scripture that either is a display of ignorance in scriptural interpretation or is inherent among people who reject God.

 

[Dizerner]

By definition, people under the power of Satan do not glorify God. Is Satan interested in making people glorify God? Of course not. So, how could I claim that?

and the whole world lies under the sway of the wicked one. (1 Jn. 5:19 NKJ)

Sikhs, Muslims, atheists, Bahai, everyone who denies the exclusivity of Christ is under the power of the wicked one.

According to the Bible.

There is no real loophole, though you will likely work hard to make one up.

 

[Pancho Frijoles]

and the whole world lies under the sway of the wicked one. (1 Jn. 5:19 NKJ)

Sikhs, Muslims, atheists, Bahai, everyone who denies the exclusivity of Christ is under the power of the wicked one.

According to the Bible.

There is no real loophole, though you will likely work hard to make one up.

I don’t need to work hard… it is so simple!

A person who is “under the sway of the wicked one” does wicked things.
A person who lives in submission to God does godlly things.
A bad tree cannot bear good fruit and a good tree cannot bear bad fruit.

*******

TO REFLECT

Your theology used to be healthy… it was healthy when you played in the park with your siblings and your dog… when you sat hungry at the table and your mother put in front of you a delicious chicken broth… when you watched Sesame Street on TV and prepared your first project for Science class at school. Your theology was still so healthy when you kissed a girl for the first time and when you wept the first time someone “broke your heart”…
What happened, then? What made your theology so sick, Dizerner?

 

[Pancho Frijoles]

sometimes admitting a fact is in truth the most central thing we can do to make progress and come to salvation. How can someone drowning ever be saved who keeps saying, "No, I got this, I can swim and make it myself," and then refuses to let the life guard carry them? You say, "No, they are not valuing swimming, they are just assenting the mental proposition that they will drown." Well, yeah. But by that act of humble assent they allow someone greater than themselves to step in and do what they cannot.

Jews, Muslims, Zoroastrians and Bahais accept they cannot swim by their own and need the Supreme Lifeguard.
What they don’t accept is that they will be saved only if they a knowledge that 2000 years ago a lifeguard already drowned on behalf of them.

Penal substitutionary atonement is a theological stance. Salvation is a real gift.

 

[mikesw]

Jews, Muslims, Zoroastrians and Bahais accept they cannot swim by their own and need the Supreme Lifeguard.
What they don’t accept is that they will be saved only if they a knowledge that 2000 years ago a lifeguard already drowned on behalf of them.

Penal substitutionary atonement is a theological stance. Salvation is a real gift.

Maybe somebody can ask Pancho Frijoles what the wrath of God is about.

 

[mikesw]

I don’t need to work hard… it is so simple!

A person who is “under the sway of the wicked one” does wicked things.
A person who lives in submission to God does godlly things.
A bad tree cannot bear good fruit and a good tree cannot bear bad fruit.

*******

TO REFLECT

Your theology used to be healthy… it was healthy when you played in the park with your siblings and your dog… when you sat hungry at the table and your mother put in front of you a delicious chicken broth… when you watched Sesame Street on TV and prepared your first project for Science class at school. Your theology was still so healthy when you kissed a girl for the first time and when you wept the first time someone “broke your heart”…
What happened, then? What made your theology so sick, Dizerner?

hmm. it seems God would see the denial of Christ, his identity, his death and resurrection, and his teachings as bad fruit.

 

[Pancho Frijoles]

Here are a few hymns most off us know and have sang them many times that some here could never sing. They do not believe in Jesus blood atonement. Its a denial of the gospel, salvation, atonement, forgiveness of sins, Jesus teaching and the Apostles. The trickle down effect goes into most everything involving Soteriology.


Nothing but the blood
1 What can wash away my sin?
Nothing but the blood of Jesus.
What can make me whole again?
Nothing but the blood of Jesus.

Refrain:
O precious is the flow
that makes me white as snow;
no other fount I know;
nothing but the blood of Jesus.

2 For my pardon this I see:
nothing but the blood of Jesus.
For my cleansing this my plea:
nothing but the blood of Jesus. [Refrain]

3 Nothing can for sin atone:
nothing but the blood of Jesus.
Naught of good that I have done:
nothing but the blood of Jesus. [Refrain]

4 This is all my hope and peace:
nothing but the blood of Jesus.
This is all my righteousness:
nothing but the blood of Jesus. [Refrain]


Covered by the blood
1. Once in sin’s darkest night I was wand’ring alone;
A stranger to mercy I stood.
But the Savior came nigh
When he heard my faint cry,
And He put my sins under the blood.

Refrain
They are covered by the blood;
They are covered by the blood;
My sins are all covered by the blood.
Mine iniquities so vast
Have been blotted out at last,
My sins are all covered by the blood.

2. From the burden I carried now I am set free,
For Jesus has lifted my load.
O the love and the grace I received in its place
When he put my sins under the blood. [Refrain]

3. I can ne’er understand why He sought even me,
Why His lifeblood on Calvary flowed.
But sufficient for me,
Since He died on the tree,
He hath put my sins under the blood. [Refrain]

4. Now He comes to my heart and removes ev’ry care;
He bears all my cumbering load.
In a pathway replete
With His love are my feet,
Since He put my sins under the blood. [Refrain]

When I survey the wonderous cross
1 When I survey the wondrous cross
on which the Prince of glory died,
my richest gain I count but loss,
and pour contempt on all my pride.

2 Forbid it, Lord, that I should boast
save in the death of Christ, my God!
All the vain things that charm me most,
I sacrifice them through his blood.

3 See, from his head, his hands, his feet,
sorrow and love flow mingled down.
Did e'er such love and sorrow meet,
or thorns compose so rich a crown?

4 Were the whole realm of nature mine,
that were a present far too small.
Love so amazing, so divine,
demands my soul, my life, my all.

God has forgiven your sins, my Brother civic, out of his love and Mercy.
Every single time you have come to God in tears, with a broken Spirit, He has forgiven you, asking you nothing in exchange.
That is the size of his Love and Mercy.

Now it is your turn to embrace your brothers and sisters of all Nations, tongues, races and religions, and manifest to them the same Mercy that God shows them.