How shall we escape,
if we neglect so great a salvation; – Heb 2:3
According to Dr. C.M. Hawn, professor of church
music at Perkins School of Theology, the hymn Nothing but the Blood, is particularly responsible for the
wholesale rejection of all “Blood
hymns” by many today.
Such hymns are considered crude, gory and offensive
to the sensibilities of twenty-first-century singers.
Nevertheless, the lyrics of these hymns, when
honestly considered in their context says nothing of gore or horridness.
Several national anthems, including those of the United States and France,
mention blood; yet no one’s raised a complaint on them.
Perhaps, just perhaps, it’s not “the Blood”
that’s the problem, but the “nothing but” that comes before it.
Robert Lowry’s hymn doesn’t just say that the
Blood cleanses, it says only the
Blood cleanses. This type of exclusivity is clearly anathema in this age of
plurality and open thinking. Videos that stipulate that Christianity is the
only way are being censored on YouTube and preachers who plainly aver that all
religions apart from Christ are wrong are labelled as bigoted, colonialist,
even racist.
But Truth by its nature is exclusive. There’s
only one Queen of England. To say anyone who avers such is insular borders on
insanity and senselessness.
The Blood of Jesus is the only thing that
cleanses from sin. It is God’s solution to Man’s problem. To insist there has
to be other solutions is nothing but naivety and sinful pride.
AMEN.
More Blessings await
you today; you’ll not miss them in Jesus’ Name.
GREG ELKAN
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