It is time to choose a theme for my New Testament seminary year. Having a theme allows me to review the important messages I want my students to keep in their hearts. I do a lot of reviewing because my students just don't recall much from a lesson. I feel I am creating a scaffold on which to hang new information. Last year I highlighted Exodus 6:6-7 and we labeled it "His Mission" and this year we are using Matthew 1:23 to open and enlarge who he is. Emmanuel, God with us, has multiple meanings. This title, Emmanuel, will help us remember that Jesus is the messenger of the covenant (Malachi 3:1) with our Father, who came to teach us in the likeness of our Heavenly Father. This title will also remind us that Jesus Christ is a God, a creator and Father of our new hearts. These are big concepts which need
repetitions to understand.
I like to sing in seminary and so I choose, or write, a song to match our theme. I just couldn't get Amy Grant's "Emmanuel" out of my head.
But it needs new words. So with the help of The Living Christ document I rewrote the words. Sorry, Amy, but there is more information.
Emmanuel, God With Us
Creator of
The world he was
Jehovah of the past.
Sinless one, he was still baptized
To fill the laws of righteousness.
He walked the roads of Palestine
He went about doing good.
Despised, rejected
He died for us
And rose upon the third day
To be again This Living Christ.
Emmanuel, God with us,
Emmanuel.
Emmanuel, God with us
The King of Israel.
His eyes were as
Flamng fire,
His hair as white as snow
His countenance bright as the sun
For those who've seen Him let us know,
He taught the truth
Flamng fire,
His hair as white as snow
His countenance bright as the sun
For those who've seen Him let us know,
He taught the truth
Of eternity,
Of pre-existent life
The purpose of our life on earth
The promise of what we could
Be in the life to come.
Emmanuel, God with us,
Emmanuel.
Emmanuel, God with us
The King of Israel.
And His life began
Not in Bethlehem
Nor ended in Calvary
Our Father sent him as messenger
To show his charity.
Emmanuel, God with us,
Emmanuel.
Emmanuel, God with us
The King of Israel.
No comments:
Post a Comment
What do you think?