Our Footsteps: Nothing But The Blood

Sunday, April 27, 2008

Nothing But The Blood

"Without the shedding of blood there is no remission of sin." Hebrews 9:22

Robert Lowry wrote this familiar hymn in 1872. It is the kind of song that should be sung in worship services as an affirmation of what we believe from scripture. Its doctrinal content on the blood of Jesus stands in stark contrast to many of the soft, fluffy, clever, catchy contemporary songs that people try to pass off as being ‘Christian’.

I am not against contemporary music. In fact, I like some of it – if the lyrics are doctrinally sound. Some of the older hymns of the faith are slowly disappearing from the modern face of Christianity and being replaced with stuff more shallow than a birdbath. We need to revive these great hymns and celebrate the doctrinal truth they teach.

Nothing But The Blood

What can wash away my sin? Nothing but the blood of Jesus;
What can make me whole again? Nothing but the blood of Jesus.

Refrain
Oh! precious is the flow, That makes me white as snow;
No other fount I know, Nothing but the blood of Jesus.

For my pardon, this I see, Nothing but the blood of Jesus;
For my cleansing this my plea, Nothing but the blood of Jesus.
Refrain

Nothing can for sin atone, Nothing but the blood of Jesus;
Naught of good that I have done, Nothing but the blood of Jesus.
Refrain

This is all my hope and peace, Nothing but the blood of Jesus;
This is all my righteousness, Nothing but the blood of Jesus.
Refrain

Now by this I’ll overcome— Nothing but the blood of Jesus,
Now by this I’ll reach my home— Nothing but the blood of Jesus.
Refrain

Glory! Glory! This I sing— Nothing but the blood of Jesus,
All my praise for this I bring—Nothing but the blood of Jesus.
Refrain

No comments:

Post a Comment

I Believe...

1). I believe that there is one God. I believe God consists of three persons, the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit.
2). I believe that God is holy, righteous, loving, and just.
3). I believe that mankind is separated from God by sin; that sin entered the world through Adam and death through sin.
4). I believe that, because of sin, man is condemned. Because of God’s utter hatred for sin, there is an eternal conscious punishment in hell for all those who do not come to God on His terms, dealing with their sin.
5). I believe that confessing our sins and confessing Jesus Christ as Lord is the only way to properly deal with the sin that has infected everyone. Jesus Christ paid our sin debt on the cross; reconciliation by substitution. There is nothing we can do to add to the finished work of Christ.
6). I believe in the security of the believer, that once he is truly born-again, there is nothing that would cause him to lose his salvation.
7). I believe that upon the death of a true believer in Christ, that he is ushered immediately into the presence of the Lord, where he will live in everlasting joy in Heaven, experiencing eternal fellowship with God.
8). I believe in believer’s baptism by immersion. I don’t believe baptism is necessary for salvation, but it is a beautiful outward profession of an inward possession.
9). I believe in a literal 6-day creation where God created the heavens and the earth and then rested on the seventh day.
10). I believe that the words written in the Bible are truth. I believe that the Bible is inerrant in its parts and in its whole. I believe that the 66 books that make up the canon of scripture make the Bible complete and that God inspired the words written therein. The things that were written down in the Bible are sufficient for every need we have. Not only is God’s Word sufficient, but it is far superior to any other method of handling the problems that man faces, since He has given us all things pertaining to life and godliness.