1: Crisis of Identity – Singing with Inspiration
Welcome to the First Quarter of lesson study for 2021.
Our memory verse gives us a number of hymns about our scarlet and crimson sins being made as white as snow:
Hymn 184 – Jesus Paid It All,
Hymn 279 – Only Trust Him,
Hymn 296 – Lord, I’m Coming Home,
Hymn 297 – God Be Merciful to Me,
Hymn 412 – Cover With His Life,
Hymn 567 – Have Thine Own Way, Lord, and
Hymn 318 – Whiter Than Snow.
Along with the hymns about white as snow, the words crimson and scarlet appear in other hymns, too:
Hymn 94 – Nature With Open Volume Stands,
Hymn 298 – I Lay My Sins On Jesus,
Hymn 302 – Deeper Yet, and
Hymn 332 – The Cleansing Wave.
To whom do we belong? In
Hymn 190 – Jesus Loves Me it may say little ones to Him belong (as in the story on Sabbath afternoon), but we all belong to Jesus.
We do not wish to forget our God and King who made the Heavens and the Earth (Sunday) as did the Israelites so long ago, therefore
Let All the World in Every Corner Sing, My God and King! – Hymn 9 and
Hymn 26 – Praise the Lord! You Heavens Adore Him.
Hymn 61 – God Is Here “helps keep us faithful to the gospel” as did the rituals of so long ago (Monday). We ask in
Hymn 69 – Lord Make Us More Holy, and make us more faithful.
On Tuesday, we learn of God’s argument of forgiveness and find we may sing this in
Hymn 53 – All Praise to Thee (verse 2).
There may be an “Ominous Love Song” on Thursday, but we may sing
God Is Love – Hymn 349, and further in
Hymn 521 – Depth of Mercy and
Hymn 579 – ‘Tis Love That Makes Us Happy.
A very Happy New Year to each of you. May 2021 bring us so very close to Jesus coming again! Come, Lord Jesus, hasten Your coming.
If you do not know any of the hymns listed above, you will find the music for each one at: https://sdahymnals.com/Hymnal/
2 Timothy 2:15 KJV – “Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.”
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