........Anyone out there in BB land knows of any really good hymns and or "praise/worship" songs that praise God for His Limited Atonement (The "L" in the proverbial TUlIP"?
I'm especially interested in any children's songs/choruses that praise our sovereign God for His Limited Atonement.
Thanking you in advance for any help that my BB friends can offer regarding this.:godisgood::jesus:
Just Wondering If........
Discussion in 'Music Ministry' started by ktn4eg, Oct 6, 2012.
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Got a song about Noah and the ark? God elected who would be saved and only those were drawn into the boat.
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Gadsby's Hymns is just chock full of that type of thing.
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Fixed was the eternal state of man,
Ere time its rapid course began;
Appointed, by God’s firm decree,
To endless joy or misery.
Fixed was the vast eternal deep
Between the goats and chosen sheep;
Nor can a union e’er take place
’Twixt heirs of wrath and heirs of grace.
Yet erring men make much ado,
And strive to force a passage through;
But, ah! what vain attempt is this,
To strive to ford that deep abyss!
All glory to the great I AM,
Who chose me in the blessed Lamb;
Whilst millions of the human race
Will never know or taste his grace;
And blessings on atoning blood,
By which I’m reconciled to God;
And praise be to the Spirit given,
Who frees from sin and leads to heaven. -
They aren't children's songs. Why not write some and put them to music? It should be relatively simple to write them and put them to a popular tune.
Here are a few big people ones in the meantime.
Here is one song that appears to have been written by Calvin himself.
http://songsandhymns.org/hymns/lyrics/i-greet-thee-who-my-sure-redeemer-art
This one by Augustus Toplady directly references limited atonement in the second stanza. I can't find anywhere online where you can actually listen to it, but a clip of the music is on this link, along with the lyrics and the sheet music so whoever plays music in your church should have an easy time of it: http://musescore.com/user/23708/scores/40313
There's a song by Newton called "In Evil Long I Took Delight" that was written with the view in mind, but it probably is more in the eyes of the person singing/hearing it as to the interpretation. Here's the notes and lyrics, but fair warning...eat a few carrots before you try to look and read it. :laugh:
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How about To God Be the Glory?
To God be the glory, great things He hath done;
So loved He the world that He gave us His Son,
Who yielded His life an atonement for sin,
And opened the lifegate that all may go in. -
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Mrs. Mark Dever recommends that song for the Atonement unit of her "Praise Factory" juvenile theology curriculum out of Capitol Hill Baptist Church:
http://www.praisefactory.org/component/content/article/23/178-ssaw-downloads
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Sure..:rolleyes: that is why God had him preach the gospel for 120 years. -
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Please explain to me in detail what you mean by Limited Atonement?
But here is some kickin rap to tell ya da troof:
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You also might try contacting the 'Calvinist Cadet Corps' or the 'Calvinettes' (the Reformed youth auxiliaries) for songbooks.
I see their CCC anthem is "Living for Jesus", which mentions the atonement:thumbs:
It's the one that goes "Living for Jesus a life that is true. . .
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I've sung it many times (to myself, thus sparing the ears/stomach/nerves of those sitting/standing near me!:applause: ), yet (to me at least) this hymn nowhere even makes an attempt to clarify/define what is actually meant by the expressions I've emphasized.
Yes, I know, to some this may appear as an attempt to "make a mountain out of a mole hill," but I contend that more "theology" is acquired/retained by the average Christian in our pews by the songs that "we" play and sing than by the vast majority of what the preacher(s) proclaim from behind the so-called "sacred desk."
While I cannot produce any proven, scientifically-verifiable, statistically accurate documentation to support this "notion," I do believe that I am fairly "safe" in stating that more "average 'pew-sitters'" will remember the songs played and/or sung during a corporate worship service than they will the sub-, sub-point(s) of the fourth in a six-month-long series on exegeting the current eschatological controversies regarding the "Day of the Lord" as set forth in a comparison and/or contrast of Old and/or New Testament prophetical passages. (Did I just post what I thunk I done did post???? :tonofbricks: )
Bottom line (to me anyway :wavey: ) is this: Either Jesus's atonement is LIMITED or it is NOT! -
I'm with you, brother. The songs we choose must reflect and reenforce sound biblical doctrine.
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How's that like good old super-ultra-ultra-hyper Calvinist "traditional ('therefore, of necessity, much, much more Biblical than that un-godly, satan-inspired "trash" that was written in the 1980's - on') hymn" music, right??!!?? :wavey: :tonofbricks: -
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Originally Posted by Jerome
How about To God Be the Glory?
To God be the glory, great things He hath done;
So loved He the world that He gave us His Son,
Who yielded His life an atonement for sin,
And opened the lifegate that all may go in.
>Nice hymn, but where specifically, does this hymn praise God for HIS LIMITED ATONEMENT? (Just asking, BTW!)
Not limited enough for the editors of the CRC Gray Psalter who changed the words to "so WE may go in." -
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Fair enough for you, billwald??!!??