While we were still sinners

While we were still sinners
willful , disobedient children
thinking we know better
than our Father in heaven
unwilling to follow the rules
stomping off in a huff
flailing about, running amuck
getting the whole thing wrong

While we were still sinners
older, more “mature”,
still not conforming to God’s will
breaking every single rule
hurting those we love
callous toward neighbors in need
stomping off in a huff
flailing about, running amuck
getting the whole thing wrong

While we were still sinners
God entered the world
emptied of his holiness
yet faithful to God’s Word
the Word come alive, God, Emmanuel
walking the earth as a man
yet following every single rule
calling to us, to show us the way
a new covenant of love
a covenant of peace, through his blood
salvation through his cross

March 21, 2012
Romans 5:8
bible study with Jean Anocibar on March 20, 2012
John 18:1-11
Jesus Arrested
John 6:39
Philippians 2:5-11
Philippians 2:9-11
Genesis 17:1-3
John 18:12-14
Jesus taken to Annas
John 18-15-18
Peter’s First Denial
Romans 5:6-8
Romans 5:6-11
Genesis 3 (Fall of Man)
Genesis 4 (Cain and Abel)
Psalm 51:6 (born sinful)
Ephesians 5:1-2
Romans 7:19
Romans 6:1-7
Romans 6:1-14

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