Curse Made Curseless

orchidee



Tune: Hereford

('O thou who camest from above')

Based on Galatians 3 v.10-14

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We are made right, are justified

God, His grace to us not denied

We made righteous through Christ the Son

He redeems, saves us, holy one

 

I cannot bring an offering

Of my good deeds, no, not one thing

Will it achieve for salvation

Christ only saves, calls each nation

 

But now in Christ good deeds I do

Empowered by His Spirit new

Cursed every one hung on a tree

Christ on the cross-tree died for me

 

My sins there taken, there my place

He did take my curse by His grace

The curse to e'er fulfil the law

In each detail, I fail for sure

 

My punishment on Jesus laid

He that day by Judas betrayed

Salvation now for all is seen

Washed in His blood, I now made clean

 

Not I alone, but all who will

Trust Him for their redemption still

Redeeming price, His life He paid

When He for us His life down laid

 

  • Author: orchidee (Offline Offline)
  • Published: April 4th, 2019 01:55
  • Comment from author about the poem: A hymn-poem in 8.8.8.8. metre.
  • Category: Spiritual
  • Views: 17
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  • Neville

    A curse made curseless maybe but clearly not verseless the old 8, 8, 8, 8's always get me..

    • orchidee

      Thanks Neville. Oops, yes, very technical - 8888 is Long Metre. It can't be 7 or 9! Is curseless a word? Spell-checker don't like it.

      • Neville

        spell checker is the curse of the 21st century..

        • orchidee

          Woof! Fido won't let me give an example of a naughty word that slipped in, when the spell-checker thought it was a word spelt correctly. Come on Fido - Woof! Now no-one will ever know that word.

          • Neville

            You never can tell

            • orchidee

              Guess the word?! I can't reply in public though.

            • Fay Slimm.

              I admire the metre and also the rhyming in this lovely verse - - fine write again Orchi

              • orchidee

                Thanks Fay. If I don't stick to me metres it throws everything out! lol.

              • Suresh

                There are too many of us and only one of HIM
                The words expressed are beautiful in this HYMN
                From all these words let's take a lead
                Lessen HIS load by taking responsibility for our deeds

                • orchidee

                  Thanks Suresh. And yet the Bible says to 'Cast our cares (loads, burdens, etc) on Him; for He cares for us'. Not that we just dump them on Him, and live irresponsibly though.

                • Goldfinch60

                  Good one Orchi.

                  • orchidee

                    Thanks Gold.



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