Saturday, January 16

Poignant

Here is a poem that does a wonderful job of praising our Father in truth. Read through the poem. Think about what it's saying. Then, scroll down a little more and watch the video I posted there. I'll write a little more after the video.

All praise to the name of the savior who reigns.
He’s taken our blame, embraced all our shame,
He’s raised from the grave so his fame we proclaim.
Salvation by grace through faith in his name.

All praise to the name of the savior who reigns.
He’s taken our blame, embraced all our shame,
He’s raised from the grave so his fame we proclaim.
Salvation by grace through faith in his name.

Jesus, the beautiful and blessed Son,
Immutable, majestic one
Who was resurrected from the grave
for the depraved.
He paved the path for some
Place faith in His passion, son
Be saved from the wrath to come.

He’s fabulous, His status is immaculate
I’m lacking the vernacular to adequately capture His glory.
Incomparable, unconquerable, all powerful, unstoppable
Absolutely phenomenal.

No obstacle He can’t navigate.
He’s God and so He fascinates.
With Him it’s impossible to exaggerate.

Lord of all continents,
Source of all consciousness,
His compliments are the consequence of His accomplishments
Every sphere of life, He’s the Lord of it
And every other power is either fraudulent or subordinate.

At first we snubbed Him,
Now His vessels of mercy love Him.
Your highest thought is infinitely unworthy of Him.
Beyond vocabulary His actions vary,
His wrath is scary
All His adversaries are imaginary.

He has no competitors.
Ask Nebuchadnezzar, bro
He’ll mess you up, have you eating grass,
You can bet He’s amazing.

He takes in blatant, flagrant vagrants, breaks them, remakes them, and shapes them
to hate sin.

Jesus!
There’s no better name!
That’ll never change and He’ll forever reign while we spread His fame.

So all praise to the name of the Savior who reigns
He’s taken our blame
Embraced all our shame
He’s raised from the grave so His fame we proclaim
Salvation by grace through faith in His name!

All praise to the name of the Savior who reigns
He’s taken our blame
Embraced all our shame
He’s raised from the grave so His fame we proclaim
Salvation by grace through faith in His name!



Now scroll down to see a short video. Well worth your time to listen to the whole thing, and you need to listen to the whole thing to get the whole message.

For those of you on facebook, who can't see the video, here's the link:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dPZlzDTdSsE

































































Surprised?

Many people would be.

God forgive us for our prejudices, for our "respecting of persons".

God, help us to remember that you are the ultimate in creative capacity, and man thinks up nothing that God has not thought of. Man just twists the beautiful and uses it to consume upon his lusts in sin.

This is how the genre we've labeled "rap" is meant to glorify our Creator God and His Son, Jesus Christ.

Thoughts?

14 comments:

Unknown said...

I cried as I listened to this today. What an outstanding message. I appreciate your view of God as "ultimate in creative capacity."

Thanks for posting.

Anonymous said...

Funny thing is, as I read these words, I read them with a rapper beat. For some reason that came naturally to me after the first two stanzas. Have you seen the Paul Washer message to rappers?
Aunt Sandy G

Luke said...

Sandy,

You're a natural rapper at heart.

I haven't seen Washer's message to rappers. You got a link?

Anonymous said...

I do know how to "wrap" as in gifts. Otherwise, not so much. I saw Washer on utube.

Neal / Kim Kellenberger said...

i love this...thanks for sharing! so much....!

Luke said...

You're welcome. Thanks for the encouragement on this drab Tuesday. :-)

Neal / Kim Kellenberger said...

check out lacrae on youtube. we have some of their songs - they are some amazing belivers and the words of their songs rock...or maybe rap *smile*! check out prayin for you. you will love it!

Luke said...

Kellenbergers: I watched that video this morning and it brought a tear to my eye. What a great way to start the morning. We serve an awesome God.

Neal / Kim Kellenberger said...

ends in a pretty powerful way huh? we just looked at each other and were like 'oh wow!' Go with God today Luke :)

Nick said...

Perhaps this is the message Sandy was referring to:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MfdpFdZq7nA

Anonymous said...

Ya, know....most of his message was pretty close to what I might hear on a Sunday morning in my very white, VERY conservative little church.
Praise be to our God whose love goes far beyond the boundaries we build around ourselves!

Luke said...

Anon: I'm not sure I get what point you're trying to make. I get the point of praising God for his boundless love, but I'm not sure how you wanted your first sentence to tie into that. Care to elaborate?

Anonymous said...

Hmmm..I wasn't really trying to make a "point" exactly.

When I first read your post and started watching the video, I was skeptical. I've never been a rap fan. I'm not sure how I feel about spreading the Gospel through a genre of music that's often associated with violence,etc.
But...I was surprised and humbled at his message.
Surprised that his message was so familiar and moving.
Humbled that my first impression was indeed one of predjudice and "respect of persons"
Hope that makes more sense :) ?

Luke said...

Yep, much better. :-)
Thanks for elaborating.