Freedom From The Judgement Of People - Series(6)

orchidee



Tune: Thornbury

('Thy hand, O God, has guided')

Colossians 2 v.11-17

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Cut off from old life of sin

By Christ, made new within

Living out His life, power

He gives to us each hour

Baptised with Him, and old life be

Buried with Him we see

And also risen with Him we

Are, by God's workings free

 

Dead in sins, that our old state

Yet God does work things great

With Christ He brings us to life

Without our effort, strife

Forgiving us our sins, blotting

Out our debts, e'en each thing

The laws which we cannot obey

By human will today

 

As the sets of laws written

He took out of way then

And nailed them unto Christ's cross

With things that caused our loss

He spoiled spiritual powers

He triumphed in those hours

Through Christ His Son, victory

O'er sin and death, so be

 

Let no one therefore judge you

In food, drink, what you do

Or do not do, what observed

Or what is not preserved

Man's laws if holy days, seasons

Or sabbath's restrictions

Which are a shadow of things

Christ the true substance brings

  • Author: orchidee (Offline Offline)
  • Published: November 29th, 2022 02:58
  • Comment from author about the poem: A hymn-poem in 7.6.7.6. 7.6.7.6. format. Quite a difficult poem to write, using an old Bible version (KJV). A modern version did not help much more. Some marginal or alternative words included here too. The 'judgements of people' are in man-made rules, rituals, etc, that others may want us to observe. But none of those observances can help to save us, as we cannot earn salvation.
  • Category: Spiritual
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  • arqios

    Here, judgmental people are quite important to those who value self esteem and quite damaging to those who have very little. The legalists have it but what they have ain't what salvation truly is!

    • orchidee

      Thanks CB. Sometimes 'judgement' can mean 'judging rightly', 'use your own judgement', etc; sometimes it is in the sense of 'condemning'.

      • arqios

        Or in the meaning of appraisal and determination of value like an assessing and such!

        • orchidee

          Yep, and Fido says 'Use your own judgement, man, as to whether a poem may be swoony or not!'

          • arqios

            ah! so Fido, thanks.

          • Neville

            having read twice, I can appreciate the difficulty you experienced & need to introduce a few words of your own choosing ... Neville

            • orchidee

              Thanks Neville.



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