Greetings from India. I have no words to express how beautiful this song is with the powerful lyrics & your soulful rendition. Just last sunday we heard this song sung by the young people in the church we had gone to minister. So moving it was. As a couple we serve the Lord & are involved in Gospel music too. May the Lord give you many more songs to bless His people ! Gbu abdtly, my brother.
This song reminds me of Christ's death on the cross; the pain and suffering he went through just to deliver me from hell. I'm not all I ought to be for God, but at least I can be eternally grateful to him for saving my soul.
“The deepest stroke that pierced him was the stroke that justice gave” - Justice required the “awful load” to be paid for. It PLEASED the Father to crush the Son (Isaiah 53)…. these things are difficult to comprehend, things the Holy Trinity arranged before time began, things that would glorify the Trinity for eternity.
He died a terrible death to redeem us and give us eternal life- "...His face was so disfigured he seemed hardly human, and from his appearance, one would scarcely know he was a man." (Isaiah 52:14)
I sang this in my church last year on Easter Sunday. I had no idea where the tune came from. The words were composed by a minister in the Irish church back then but there was no evidence of a tune so we don’t know what they say it to. I loved the words they were heart rending and joyous at the same time you saw the suffering you heard the suffering and at the same time there was the hope there was the joy such a complicated piece I found out today before I went to church to sing it again who had written the music for it it was wonderful. I love it and I am so glad that he wrote the wrote the music to the hymn
Stricken, smitten, and afflicted, See Him dying on the tree! 'Tis the Christ by man rejected; Yes, my soul, 'tis He, 'tis He! 'Tis the long-expected prophet, David's Son, yet David's Lord; By His Son, God now has spoken Tis the true and faithful Word. Tell me, ye who hear him groaning, Was there ever grief like his? Friends thro' fear his cause disowning, Foes insulting his distress; Many hands were raised to wound him, None would interpose to save; But the deepest stroke that pierced him Was the stroke that Justice gave. Ye who think of sin but lightly, Nor suppose the evil great Here may view its nature rightly, Here its guilt may estimate. Mark the sacrifice appointed, See who bears the awful load; Tis the Word, the Lord’s anointed, Son of Man, and Son of God! Here we have a firm foundation, Here the refuge of the lost; Christ's the Rock of our salvation, His the name of which we boast. Lamb of God, for sinners wounded, Sacrifice to cancel guilt! None shall ever be confounded Who on him their hope have built.
Never will I tire of this song~ so beautiful. Same goes for the voice. *Thanks for sharing the link Lin~ may God continue to bless your efforts, your every step, in Jesus' precious name~ AMEN.
This him pulls you in so many directions you grieve and feel deep sorrow with what happened to Jesus but at the same time you are buoyed up with joy that he overcame all of this and is risen and is the son of God I posted another place this him the words were actually written 1804 by an Irish minister by the name of Thomas Kelly he was in the Irish church he started out to be a lawyer but then decided to join the ministry apparently he had a quite a following because they actually had some of the members were called the Kelly Yates
Of course this is an 317 year old hymn originally written by Thomas Kelly and set to O MEIN JESU, ICH MUSS STERBEN - all public domain, right? This is a very beautiful rendition!
We're doing this song Easter Sunday. I'm the MD at church. It's an humbling honor learning this song and playing it with the respect in which it was written. You didn't make it easy for me lol, but it's such a joy now having it down pack
No better way to spend 6 minutes on this Good Friday. The glory of the resurrection that we will celebrate in two days will seem much brighter against the dark backdrop of the cross.
My church sang this yesterday for our Good Friday service. A very suitable song for the occasion and, having never heard this song before, I'm completely hooked on it.
So touching, beautiful song about the truth of my Lord Jesus, king of Kings! HalleluYah! Hé conquered death, so we have eternal life with Him in heaven.
Stricken, smitten, and afflicted See Him dying on the tree 'Tis the Christ by man rejected Yes, my soul, 'tis He, 'tis He 'Tis the long-expected prophet David's Son, yet David's Lord By His Son, God now has spoken 'Tis the true and faithful Word Tell me, ye who hear him groaning Was there ever grief like his? Friends thro' fear his cause disowning Foes insulting his distress Many hands were raised to wound him None would interpose to save Yet the deepest stroke that pierced him Was the stroke that Justice gave Ye who think of sin but lightly Nor suppose the evil great Here may view its nature rightly Here its guilt may estimate Mark the sacrifice appointed See who bears the awful load 'Tis the Word, the Lord's Anointed Son of Man and Son of God Here we have a firm foundation Here the refuge of the lost Christ's the Rock of our salvation His the name of which we boast Lamb of God, for sinners wounded Sacrifice to cancel guilt None shall ever be confounded Who on him their hope have built
Little Flock #20 A "Stricken, smitten and afflicted," See Him dying on the tree! 'Tis the Christ by man rejected! Yes, my soul, 'tis He, 'tis He! Mark the sacrifice appointed! See who bears the awful load! 'Tis the Word, 'tis God's Anointed, Son of Man and Son of God. Here we have a firm foundation; Here's the refuge of the lost; Christ's the Rock of our salvation- His the name of which we boast. Lamb of God! for sinners wounded- Sacrifice to cancel guilt, None shall ever be confounded Who on Thee their hope have built. Amen dear family and our Gracious & Merciful & Loving God! Faith says Amen! "Faith which worketh by love"
We have a ministry of displaying a life-size replica of the burial cloth of the Lord (the Shroud of Turin). It is shown in churches for quiet devotion. We are creating a playlist of hymns to go with the image, and this beautiful, beautiful song is at the top! Thank you, thank you.
the words and melody are enough; sufficient on their own. The "artwork" concerning Jesus' and His sacrifice could never portray what He suffered; it comes from the imagination of men. I find it is distracting from the potency of the message. Besides Paul says that we ought not to think that God can be portrayed by the "art" works of men. Acts 17:28-31. "Then being offspring of God, we ought not to suppose that the Godhead is like gold or silver or stone, engraved by art and the imagination of man." Paul says we now no Christ no more after the flesh (what He physically looked like).... "So as we now know no one according to flesh, but even if we have known Christ according to flesh, yet now we no longer know Him so." 2 Cor 5:16 Besides, how can the very person of God in the flesh be portrayed by corruptible materials that will decay, and who knows what He looked like anyway? The written word is sufficient.
I agree - but neither are there words that can sufficiently convey what the Lord Jesus suffered. Poems, prose, art, music, dance - these are gifts God has given us to help us give thanks to him and honor him. For me, certain paintings have a way of conveying what words cannot. Music, too. The artists represented in my video poured their guts into their creations. God gave them their gifts, and they used those gifts glorify Him. I find their testimony incredibly powerful.
@@Kachitower1 the suffering our Lord Jesus went through was two fold - of the body and of the soul. The former can never be portrayed by any human action MUCH less the latter. It is sufficient to have the eye-witness accounts in the Gospels. While medical information may describe the physical agony Jesus went through, it is the Holy Spirit Himself who alone can impress upon the sinners soul what is necessary. Human experssion of it is no comparison to the Holy Spiriti's work. Mankind is infatuated with the sensory realm and no less so when it comes to the deepest truths in the spiritual realm. We can't do the work of the Holy Spirit - nor does He need our help. We are simply called to proclaim the Gospel account. Let God do what He alone can do.
@@ianmcdonald8648 What you're saying sounds almost Gnostic to me. How can we humans not be sensory? And who created out senses? God, of course. And how does the Holy Spirit express himself though us if not through the work of our hands? I really can't fathom where you're coming from or where you got these notions in your head. It certainly doesn't sound like any kind of orthodox Christian theology to me.
@@Kachitower1 We are not to use our experiences as the standard by which we understand Scripture. Centuries of practice can grow on you and it becomes the normal for succeeding genertaions. We only have authority to use the Scriptrues themselves as our standard of conduct, and for the disciple of Jesus by what He taught and His apostles. If you cannot see this then nothing I can say will help you. And, I am not saying I am infaillble or that I have all the answers - no way. As to God Himself, How can the Divine be portrayed by anything other than what He has prescribed to portray His Life? God has chosen to dwell in human vessels that have been washed in the blood of Jesus, and that has been filled by the Holy Spirit, redeemed, justified and sanctified . Paul under the inspiration oif the Holy Spirit testifies that humanityt is the "offspring" of God, that is issued from God by His creating man. He says - "Then being the offspring of God, we OUGHT NOT to suppose that the Godhead is like gold or silver or stone, engraved by art and the imagination of man." Acts 17:29 Man is so materialsitically minded, so much so that he supposes that it is a noble thing to try and create an image or likeness of God acfcording to his imagination. In man's view this is delightful, beautiful, wonderful, and very praiseworthy. It doesn;t matter how skillful the 'artist' may be, how exquisite his work may appear, his image is lifeless, and made from materials originating from the dust of the earth. People argue that God instructed Moses and later Solomon to make images of angels, and so forth. So they reason God is happy if anybody does this. God NEVER gave Israel the nation the right to make or have any likeness of anything in Heaven. He only gave permission to two of His servants to do any such thing, and this was to be for a limited time until Messiah should come. The Tabernacle in the wilderness has gone. The Temple of Solomon is gone. God wanted His people to gaze upon His Word, adn marvel at the wisdom and beauty, the power and the understanding, the glory and majesty of His Word, which we have now in text. When Messiah came, then humanity could see God in the flesh, at least a particular generation. Now that Messiah has ascended into the Heaven, it is we ourselves who are called to bear the image of God. God has not sanctioned anyone, any group of people to make articstic representations of Himself to be put on canvas, or to form is marble of clay or plastic or metal. All such things ARE LIFELESS. Now God has chosen to live with the human vessel that has been born again by the Spirit of God. This is the only lawful 'image and likeness' that man has to gaze upon to get an idea of God. God calls His chhildren by faith in Jesus Christ, the body of Christ, we are to be the living expression of God on earth. This is the whole thrust of the apostolic teaching, which they received from Jesus. The words we speak, the thoughts we think, the actions we do are all meant to point others to God - Jesus Christ and thus to the Father. Paul says we are new creations in Christ - 2 Cor 5:17. Don't take my word for it, examine carefully and prayerfully the New testament and ask Jesus and the Father in Heaven to show you the truth.
@@Kachitower1 you ask "And how does the Holy Spirit express himself though us if not through the work of our hands?" The Holy Spirit expresses Himself - the Life of Jesus through our L I V E S, our living. Whatever we may do with our hands that contradicts Scipture IS NOT the work of the Holy Spirit. At best it is out of our own carnal nature, and at worst it is the work of the devil. Jesus DID NOT go about making paintings or images of His Father. If anybody could have known what the Father looks like, Jesus could have. The apsotles who saw Jesus in the flesh and in His resurrection body had the opportunity to paint, draw, sketch, engrave, fashion an image of Jesus Christ for the posterity of humanity. BUT THEY DID NOT. They DID NOT because it would havebene contrary to the will of God. If it had been acceptable to God, God would have instructed them to do just that. He did not. And they gave no advice or counsel for the Early church to do so. We are not greater than Jesus. Jesus did not do - what artists do today in making such images. Whether on canvas, or in any other material - making eyes that cannot see; ears that cannot hear; hands that cannot work; mouths that cannot speak; freet that cannot walk - supposedly an image of God or an angel, or supposdly of one of the apsotles or the mother of Jesus, James and Joses, Simon and Judas (Matthew 13:55). ANd then treating such images as if they were God!!!! This is obscene. It is idolatry. There is no command to do so for disciples of Jesus. To revere paint and bits of metal adn plastic that have no life int hem is idolatry. But for centuries, a certain branch of Chsitendom has claimed this to be necessary and beautiful and woe betide if anyone desecrates thse lifeless images of "GOD" or of the angels, or of "Mary". "Or do you not know that UNJUST ones WILL NOT inherit the Kingdom of God? DO NOT be led astray, neither fornicators, NOR IDOLATORS, nor adulterers, nor male porstitues, nor homosexuals, nor theives, nor covetous ones, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor pludnerers shall inherit the Kingdom of God." 1 Cor 6:9-10, also in Galatians 5:19-21, also Revelation 22:14-15. In each of these three passages Idolators are specifically mentioned. Seacrh the Scriptures. The Holy Spirit will not lead us to do something contrary to what God has already revealed through Jesus Christ. It's your journey and you are respsonsible for it.
I have no words, this type of beauty in song telling of what the Son of God Jesus went through is NOT played in modern American churches. 😥
My favorite hymn growing up as a Lutheran. Haven’t heard it in years. Love your version.
My favorite also
Greetings from India. I have no words to express how beautiful this song is with the powerful lyrics & your soulful rendition. Just last sunday we heard this song sung by the young people in the church we had gone to minister. So moving it was. As a couple we serve the Lord & are involved in Gospel music too. May the Lord give you many more songs to bless His people ! Gbu abdtly, my brother.
This song reminds me of Christ's death on the cross; the pain and suffering he went through just to deliver me from hell. I'm not all I ought to be for God, but at least I can be eternally grateful to him for saving my soul.
“The deepest stroke that pierced him was the stroke that justice gave” - Justice required the “awful load” to be paid for. It PLEASED the Father to crush the Son (Isaiah 53)…. these things are difficult to comprehend, things the Holy Trinity arranged before time began, things that would glorify the Trinity for eternity.
We are rescued from the justice of God BY the justice of God.
He died a terrible death to redeem us and give us eternal life- "...His face was so disfigured he seemed hardly human, and from his appearance, one would scarcely know he was a man."
(Isaiah 52:14)
This is an incredible masterpiece. So piercing, convicting, yet comforting and full of hope. A treasure. What a blessing!
I sang this in my church last year on Easter Sunday. I had no idea where the tune came from. The words were composed by a minister in the Irish church back then but there was no evidence of a tune so we don’t know what they say it to. I loved the words they were heart rending and joyous at the same time you saw the suffering you heard the suffering and at the same time there was the hope there was the joy such a complicated piece I found out today before I went to church to sing it again who had written the music for it it was wonderful. I love it and I am so glad that he wrote the wrote the music to the hymn
Stricken, smitten, and afflicted,
See Him dying on the tree!
'Tis the Christ by man rejected;
Yes, my soul, 'tis He, 'tis He!
'Tis the long-expected prophet,
David's Son, yet David's Lord;
By His Son, God now has spoken
Tis the true and faithful Word.
Tell me, ye who hear him groaning,
Was there ever grief like his?
Friends thro' fear his cause disowning,
Foes insulting his distress;
Many hands were raised to wound him,
None would interpose to save;
But the deepest stroke that pierced him
Was the stroke that Justice gave.
Ye who think of sin but lightly,
Nor suppose the evil great
Here may view its nature rightly,
Here its guilt may estimate.
Mark the sacrifice appointed,
See who bears the awful load;
Tis the Word, the Lord’s anointed,
Son of Man, and Son of God!
Here we have a firm foundation,
Here the refuge of the lost;
Christ's the Rock of our salvation,
His the name of which we boast.
Lamb of God, for sinners wounded,
Sacrifice to cancel guilt!
None shall ever be confounded
Who on him their hope have built.
So absolutely profound.....
Amen !!!!!!!
"Tis the true and faithful Word." ❤
I want to cry when listen to this song ! Oh My Lord !
I wept when I heard this song. What amazing love...how can I ever comprehend His sacrifice?
Never will I tire of this song~ so beautiful. Same goes for the voice.
*Thanks for sharing the link Lin~ may God continue to bless your efforts, your every step, in Jesus' precious name~ AMEN.
I saw Fernando at Moody Bible Church for a concert years ago. It was life transforming. Grateful for his ministry to the Lord.
And He did it to redeem us. Beautiful, Fernando.
😥 Crying all the way through. This rendition has caught the spirit of this hymn. Thank you. Thank God.
This him pulls you in so many directions you grieve and feel deep sorrow with what happened to Jesus but at the same time you are buoyed up with joy that he overcame all of this and is risen and is the son of God I posted another place this him the words were actually written 1804 by an Irish minister by the name of Thomas Kelly he was in the Irish church he started out to be a lawyer but then decided to join the ministry apparently he had a quite a following because they actually had some of the members were called the Kelly Yates
I am undone 😢
Of course this is an 317 year old hymn originally written by Thomas Kelly and set to O MEIN JESU, ICH MUSS STERBEN - all public domain, right? This is a very beautiful rendition!
A blessed Good Friday to all! We are redeemed!!
We're doing this song Easter Sunday. I'm the MD at church. It's an humbling honor learning this song and playing it with the respect in which it was written. You didn't make it easy for me lol, but it's such a joy now having it down pack
No better way to spend 6 minutes on this Good Friday. The glory of the resurrection that we will celebrate in two days will seem much brighter against the dark backdrop of the cross.
😥😥😥😓🙏🙏🙏FORGIVE US LORD.
Alleluja alleluja glory to the Lamb
Amen and amen!
None shall ever be confounded who on Him their hope have built!
My oh my, this is absolutely beautiful... wow
Beautiful yet agonizing song
My church sang this yesterday for our Good Friday service. A very suitable song for the occasion and, having never heard this song before, I'm completely hooked on it.
It’s an excellent hymn to get hooked on! I love it. Bless you and your loved ones as we celebrate the Resurrection of the Lord Jesus tomorrow.
@@Kachitower1 ..sia la melodia ma anche le parole poi il filmato ..mi fanno peangere .Ringraziamo al nostro caro Signore in eterno.❤️.Grazie .
The use of the the artwork is wonderful.
Rips my heart. 😢
Amazing Jesus.
So touching, beautiful song about the truth of my Lord Jesus, king of Kings! HalleluYah! Hé conquered death, so we have eternal life with Him in heaven.
This hymn has such a haunting, Jewish feel to it! I really love it.
Such a beautiful song with lyrics that are so true and based on the Scriptures. Powerful, beautiful song!
Truly beautiful. Thank you for sharing your gift with the world.
What a beautiful song. 💜
What a beautiful song
.....oh my heart......
It is a very heart-piercing text and melody.
Too Precious!!!Amen
Stricken, smitten, and afflicted
See Him dying on the tree
'Tis the Christ by man rejected
Yes, my soul, 'tis He, 'tis He
'Tis the long-expected prophet
David's Son, yet David's Lord
By His Son, God now has spoken
'Tis the true and faithful Word
Tell me, ye who hear him groaning
Was there ever grief like his?
Friends thro' fear his cause disowning
Foes insulting his distress
Many hands were raised to wound him
None would interpose to save
Yet the deepest stroke that pierced him
Was the stroke that Justice gave
Ye who think of sin but lightly
Nor suppose the evil great
Here may view its nature rightly
Here its guilt may estimate
Mark the sacrifice appointed
See who bears the awful load
'Tis the Word, the Lord's Anointed
Son of Man and Son of God
Here we have a firm foundation
Here the refuge of the lost
Christ's the Rock of our salvation
His the name of which we boast
Lamb of God, for sinners wounded
Sacrifice to cancel guilt
None shall ever be confounded
Who on him their hope have built
So beautiful! I never heard this one before. I saved it to my favorites.
Love this heart-piercheart-piercing song .. Thank you for sharing .. shalom..
Incredible! Probably my favorite hymn of all!
The Gospel in 5 mins.
Beautiful
Little Flock #20 A
"Stricken, smitten and afflicted,"
See Him dying on the tree!
'Tis the Christ by man rejected!
Yes, my soul, 'tis He, 'tis He!
Mark the sacrifice appointed!
See who bears the awful load!
'Tis the Word, 'tis God's Anointed,
Son of Man and Son of God.
Here we have a firm foundation;
Here's the refuge of the lost;
Christ's the Rock of our salvation-
His the name of which we boast.
Lamb of God! for sinners wounded-
Sacrifice to cancel guilt,
None shall ever be confounded
Who on Thee their hope have built.
Amen dear family and our Gracious & Merciful & Loving God! Faith says Amen!
"Faith which worketh by love"
Hallelujah hallelujah hallelujah
What a heart piercing song. In Christ alone we hope.
Amazon Love. Amen!🙏
This song sings to my soul and my heart.
Mine too! I’m so glad you like it. Easter blessings to you and your family.
Thank you for this. I was looking for this.
Lin Wood sent me here. So beautiful.
So very deeply spiritual, thank you
Thank you.
Great song!
We have a ministry of displaying a life-size replica of the burial cloth of the Lord (the Shroud of Turin). It is shown in churches for quiet devotion. We are creating a playlist of hymns to go with the image, and this beautiful, beautiful song is at the top! Thank you, thank you.
❤
Muchas gracias, Mae Marin! Muy amable.
🤯🤯🤯
This is great! Still prefer the Context arrangement of this song, but this is still moving.
Beautiful.
Inspired by #DAwithDa
the words and melody are enough; sufficient on their own.
The "artwork" concerning Jesus' and His sacrifice could never portray what He suffered; it comes from the imagination of men. I find it is distracting from the potency of the message.
Besides Paul says that we ought not to think that God can be portrayed by the "art" works of men. Acts 17:28-31.
"Then being offspring of God, we ought not to suppose that the Godhead is like gold or silver or stone, engraved by art and the imagination of man."
Paul says we now no Christ no more after the flesh (what He physically looked like)....
"So as we now know no one according to flesh, but even if we have known Christ according to flesh, yet now we no longer know Him so." 2 Cor 5:16
Besides, how can the very person of God in the flesh be portrayed by corruptible materials that will decay, and who knows what He looked like anyway?
The written word is sufficient.
I agree - but neither are there words that can sufficiently convey what the Lord Jesus suffered. Poems, prose, art, music, dance - these are gifts God has given us to help us give thanks to him and honor him. For me, certain paintings have a way of conveying what words cannot. Music, too. The artists represented in my video poured their guts into their creations. God gave them their gifts, and they used those gifts glorify Him. I find their testimony incredibly powerful.
@@Kachitower1 the suffering our Lord Jesus went through was two fold - of the body and of the soul.
The former can never be portrayed by any human action MUCH less the latter.
It is sufficient to have the eye-witness accounts in the Gospels.
While medical information may describe the physical agony Jesus went through, it is the Holy Spirit Himself who alone can impress upon the sinners soul what is necessary.
Human experssion of it is no comparison to the Holy Spiriti's work.
Mankind is infatuated with the sensory realm and no less so when it comes to the deepest truths in the spiritual realm.
We can't do the work of the Holy Spirit - nor does He need our help. We are simply called to proclaim the Gospel account. Let God do what He alone can do.
@@ianmcdonald8648 What you're saying sounds almost Gnostic to me. How can we humans not be sensory? And who created out senses? God, of course. And how does the Holy Spirit express himself though us if not through the work of our hands? I really can't fathom where you're coming from or where you got these notions in your head. It certainly doesn't sound like any kind of orthodox Christian theology to me.
@@Kachitower1
We are not to use our experiences as the standard by which we understand Scripture.
Centuries of practice can grow on you and it becomes the normal for succeeding genertaions.
We only have authority to use the Scriptrues themselves as our standard of conduct, and for the disciple of Jesus by what He taught and His apostles.
If you cannot see this then nothing I can say will help you. And, I am not saying I am infaillble or that I have all the answers - no way.
As to God Himself, How can the Divine be portrayed by anything other than what He has prescribed to portray His Life?
God has chosen to dwell in human vessels that have been washed in the blood of Jesus, and that has been filled by the Holy Spirit, redeemed, justified and sanctified .
Paul under the inspiration oif the Holy Spirit testifies that humanityt is the "offspring" of God, that is issued from God by His creating man.
He says - "Then being the offspring of God, we OUGHT NOT to suppose that the Godhead is like gold or silver or stone, engraved by art and the imagination of man." Acts 17:29
Man is so materialsitically minded, so much so that he supposes that it is a noble thing to try and create an image or likeness of God acfcording to his imagination.
In man's view this is delightful, beautiful, wonderful, and very praiseworthy.
It doesn;t matter how skillful the 'artist' may be, how exquisite his work may appear, his image is lifeless, and made from materials originating from the dust of the earth.
People argue that God instructed Moses and later Solomon to make images of angels, and so forth. So they reason God is happy if anybody does this.
God NEVER gave Israel the nation the right to make or have any likeness of anything in Heaven.
He only gave permission to two of His servants to do any such thing, and this was to be for a limited time until Messiah should come.
The Tabernacle in the wilderness has gone. The Temple of Solomon is gone.
God wanted His people to gaze upon His Word, adn marvel at the wisdom and beauty, the power and the understanding, the glory and majesty of His Word, which we have now in text.
When Messiah came, then humanity could see God in the flesh, at least a particular generation.
Now that Messiah has ascended into the Heaven, it is we ourselves who are called to bear the image of God. God has not sanctioned anyone, any group of people to make articstic representations of Himself to be put on canvas, or to form is marble of clay or plastic or metal. All such things ARE LIFELESS.
Now God has chosen to live with the human vessel that has been born again by the Spirit of God. This is the only lawful 'image and likeness' that man has to gaze upon to get an idea of God.
God calls His chhildren by faith in Jesus Christ, the body of Christ, we are to be the living expression of God on earth. This is the whole thrust of the apostolic teaching, which they received from Jesus.
The words we speak, the thoughts we think, the actions we do are all meant to point others to God - Jesus Christ and thus to the Father.
Paul says we are new creations in Christ - 2 Cor 5:17.
Don't take my word for it, examine carefully and prayerfully the New testament and ask Jesus and the Father in Heaven to show you the truth.
@@Kachitower1 you ask "And how does the Holy Spirit express himself though us if not through the work of our hands?"
The Holy Spirit expresses Himself - the Life of Jesus through our L I V E S, our living. Whatever we may do with our hands that contradicts Scipture IS NOT the work of the Holy Spirit. At best it is out of our own carnal nature, and at worst it is the work of the devil.
Jesus DID NOT go about making paintings or images of His Father. If anybody could have known what the Father looks like, Jesus could have. The apsotles who saw Jesus in the flesh and in His resurrection body had the opportunity to paint, draw, sketch, engrave, fashion an image of Jesus Christ for the posterity of humanity.
BUT THEY DID NOT.
They DID NOT because it would havebene contrary to the will of God.
If it had been acceptable to God, God would have instructed them to do just that.
He did not.
And they gave no advice or counsel for the Early church to do so.
We are not greater than Jesus.
Jesus did not do - what artists do today in making such images.
Whether on canvas, or in any other material - making eyes that cannot see; ears that cannot hear; hands that cannot work; mouths that cannot speak; freet that cannot walk - supposedly an image of God or an angel, or supposdly of one of the apsotles or the mother of Jesus, James and Joses, Simon and Judas (Matthew 13:55).
ANd then treating such images as if they were God!!!! This is obscene. It is idolatry.
There is no command to do so for disciples of Jesus.
To revere paint and bits of metal adn plastic that have no life int hem is idolatry.
But for centuries, a certain branch of Chsitendom has claimed this to be necessary and beautiful and woe betide if anyone desecrates thse lifeless images of "GOD" or of the angels, or of "Mary".
"Or do you not know that UNJUST ones WILL NOT inherit the Kingdom of God?
DO NOT be led astray, neither fornicators, NOR IDOLATORS, nor adulterers, nor male porstitues, nor homosexuals, nor theives, nor covetous ones, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor pludnerers shall inherit the Kingdom of God." 1 Cor 6:9-10, also in Galatians 5:19-21, also Revelation 22:14-15.
In each of these three passages Idolators are specifically mentioned.
Seacrh the Scriptures.
The Holy Spirit will not lead us to do something contrary to what God has already revealed through Jesus Christ.
It's your journey and you are respsonsible for it.
The lyrics coming too slow.