SCANDAL OF GRACE
Song by Hillsong UNITED and Matt Crocker
Grace, what have You done?
Murdered for me on the cross
Accused in absence of wrong
My sin washed away in Your blood
Too much to make sense of it all
I know that Your love breaks my fall
The scandal of grace
You died in my place
So my soul will live
All to be like You
Give all I have just to know You
Jesus, there's no one besides You
Forever the hope in my heart
Death, where is your sting?
Your power is as dead as my sin
The cross has taught me to live
In mercy my heart now to sing
The day and its troubles shall come
I know that Your strength is enough
The scandal of grace
You died in my place
So my soul will live
All to be like You
Give all I have just to know You
Jesus, there's no one beside You
Forever the hope in my heart
All to be like You
Give all I have just to know You
Jesus, there's no one beside You
Forever the hope in my heart
And it's all because of You, Jesus
It's all because of You, Jesus
It's all because of Your love that my
soul will live
All to be like You
Give all I have just to know You
Jesus, there's no one besides You
Forever the hope in my heart
All to be like You
Give all I have just to know You
Jesus, there's no one beside You
Forever the hope in my heart
Exalt: “Scandal of Grace”Empower: Revelation 1:8; John 8:58; Matthew 6:34; Jer.29:11
Revelation 1:8 - “I am the Alpha and the Omega,” says the Lord God, “who was and who is and who is to come, the Almighty.”[Alpha (Α or α) is the first letter of the Greek alphabet; while Omega (Ω or ω) is the last]
Si Hesus ang Pasimula at ang Wakas. Siya ay naroon na sa pasimula at siya’y mananatili ngayon at magpakailanman. Siya ang nagpasimula ng lahat ng bagay at alam Niya kung ano ang magiging kawakasan ng mga ito. He knows the end of the beginning. Imagine, alam na Niya kung ano ang kahihinatnan ng buhay ng lahat ng nilalang, lalong-lalo na ang mga nananalig sa Kanya. For I know the plans I have for you, declares the Lord, plans for welfare and not for evil, to give you a future and a hope (Jer.29:11). Ang Kanyang panukala ay para sa ikabubuti natin; isang magandang kinabukasan ang naghihintay sa mga anak ng Diyos. Ito ba ang pinaniniwalaan mo at nakikita mo sa buhay mo? O ikaw ay balot pa rin ng takot at pangamba dahil ang nakikita mo ay kahirapan o masamang bagay sa hinaharap kahit hindi pa man ito nangyayari? [eventually become self-fulfilling prophecies (kung ano ang iniisip ang siyang nangyayari)]
Ang mga tao ay nagbabago; ang mundo o ang mga bagay o pangyayari sa paligid natin ay mabilis magbago; subalit, nakatitiyak tayo na ang Diyos ay hindi magbabago; He is immutable; He never changes. Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, and today and forever (Heb.13:8). Minahal ka Niya noon, minamahal ka Niya ngayon at mamahalin bukas at magpakailanman. Ang Kanyang biyaya (grace) ay hindi natapos noong tinanggap natin Siya; ito’y patuloy Niyang ‘pinaparanas habang nabubuhay tayo dito sa mundo. Siya’y mabuti at tapat noon, mabuti at tapat ngayon at magiging mabuti at tapat sa hinaharap. Ang Kanyang pagibig, kabutihan at katapatan ay hindi nagmamaliw; ito’y laging bago bawat umaga. Halleluiah!
Jesus is our “Great I am”. He is the God of “present”. Ano mang situasyon, laging nandiyan ang Kanyang tulong at pag-iingat (a very present help in times of trouble). Kung ganito (at sa mga naunang talata) ang ating pagkakilala sa ating Panginoong Hesus, walang dahilan upang panghinaan o mawalan tayo ng pag-asa sa buhay. Patuloy natin Siyang kilalanin at ang lahat ay susunod na lamang. He wants us to experience Him personally.
