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
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Author:
orchidee (
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.
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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!
Thanks CB. Sometimes 'judgement' can mean 'judging rightly', 'use your own judgement', etc; sometimes it is in the sense of 'condemning'.
Or in the meaning of appraisal and determination of value like an assessing and such!
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having read twice, I can appreciate the difficulty you experienced & need to introduce a few words of your own choosing ... Neville
Thanks Neville.
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