Gordon D. Fee once said, “Show me a church's songs and I'll show you their theology.”
What songs we sing matter. So we need to recheck the hymn's words before we sing. We need to test whether we sing hymns based on sound doctrine or not.
Today I picked up one hymn ' HE HOLD ME FAST'
When I fear my
faith will fail
Christ will hold me fast
Psalms
139:10 even there your hand would lead me, your right hand would hold me
fast.
When the
tempter would prevail
He will hold me fast
1 Corinthians 10:13 No temptation
has overtaken you except what is common to mankind. And God is faithful; he
will not let you be tempted beyond what you can bear. But when you are tempted,
he will also provide a way out so that you can endure it.
I could never
keep my hold
through life's fearful path
Isaiah 41:10. So do not fear, for I am with you; do not be
dismayed, for I am your God.
Psalm 23:4 “Even
though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no
evil, for you are with me; your rod and your staff, they comfort me.”
Psalm 46:1–3 “God is our refuge and strength, a very present
help in trouble. Therefore we will not fear though the earth gives way, though
the mountains be moved into the heart of the sea, though its waters roar and
foam, though the mountains tremble at its swelling.”
For my love is
often cold
He must hold me fast
Chorus
He will hold me fast
He will hold me fast
For my Savior loves me so
He will hold me fast
Lamentations
3:22-23 "Certainly the faithful love
of the Lord hasn’t ended; certainly God’s compassion isn’t through! They are
renewed every morning. Great is your faithfulness."
Ephesians
1:5-6 “God destined us to be his adopted children through Jesus Christ because
of his love. This was according to his goodwill and plan and to honor
his glorious grace that he has given to us freely through the Son whom he
loves.”
Romans
5:8 “But God shows his love for us, because while we were still sinners
Christ died for us.”
Verse 2
Those He saves are His delight
Christ will hold me fast
Zephaniah 3:17, The LORD your God is with
you, the Mighty Warrior who saves. He will take great delight in
you; in his love he will no longer rebuke you, but will rejoice over you with
singing.”
Psalms 149: 4 For the LORD takes delight
in his people; he crowns the humble with victory.
Precious in His
holy sight
He will hold me fast
Isaiah 43:4 because you are precious
in my eyes, and honored, and I love you, I give men in return for you,
peoples in exchange for your life.
1 peter 2:9 But you are a chosen
race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for his own possession, that
you may proclaim the excellencies of him who called you out of darkness into
his marvelous light.
He'll not let my soul be lost
His Promises shall last
John 10:27-30
My sheep listen to my voice; I know them, and they follow me. I give them eternal
life, and they shall never perish; no one will snatch them out
of my hand. My Father, who
has given them to me, is greater than all; no one can snatch them
out of my Father’s hand. I
and the Father are one.
Romans 8: 28-30
And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love
him, who[a] have been
called according to his purpose. For those God foreknew he also
predestined to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be
the firstborn among many brothers and sisters. And those he predestined, he also
called; those he called, he also justified; those he justified, he
also glorified.
John 6:39 : And this is the Father's will
which hath sent me, that of all which he hath given me I should lose nothing,
but should raise it up again at the last day.
Bought by Him at such a cost
He will hold me fast
1 Corinthians 7:23 You were bought
with a price; do not become bondservants of men.
1 Corinthians 6: 19-20 Or do you not
know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit within you, whom you have
from God? You are not your own, for you were bought with a price. So glorify
God in your body.
Verse 3
For my life He bled and died
Christ will hold me fast
1 Corinthians 5:14-15 For the love
of Christ controls us, because we have concluded this: that one has died for
all, therefore all have died; and he died for all, that those who live might no
longer live for themselves but for him who for their sake died and was raised.
Justice has been satisfied
Hebrews 9:12 He entered once for all
into the holy places, not by means of the blood of goats and calves but by
means of his own blood, thus securing an eternal redemption.
Revelation 5:9 And they sang a new
song, saying, “Worthy are you to take the scroll and to open its seals, for you
were slain, and by your blood you ransomed people for God from every tribe and
language and people and nation,
Raised with Him to endless life
He will hold me fast
1 Peter 1:3: "Praise be to the God
and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! In his great mercy he has given us new
birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the
dead."
Colossians 3:3 For you died, and your
life is now hidden with Christ in God.
Till our faith
is turned to sight
When He comes at last
Colossians
3:3-4 Your crucifixion with Christ has severed the tie to this life, and now
your true life is hidden away in God in Christ. And as Christ
himself is seen for who he really is, who you really are will also be revealed,
for you are now one with him in his glory!
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