Swing Low Sweet Chariot
Steve Wagers
Acts 8:26-40
In 1865, an old Choctaw Indian in Hugo, Oklahoma was working near the Red River. He had read that morning of the account of Elijah, in 2 Kings 2, being escorted to Heaven in a chariot of fire. Inspired by the account, he penned some words that have lived on, down through the centuries. Some say that the words also gave reference to the Underground Railroad, that helped the blacks escae from slavery to the North.
In 2002, they were etched into the Library of Congress as 1 of the 50 greatest songs of American history. They were first recorded in 1909 by the Fisk Jubilee Singers. The song experienced a resurgence during the Civil Rights Movement as many artists recorded a rendition of its lyrics. Perhaps the most famous, during that period, was Joan Baez at the Woodstock Festival in 1969. Wallas Willis is the pioneer who penned:
I looked over Jordan, and what did I see?
(Coming for to carry me home)
A band of angels coming after me
(Coming for to carry me home
Swing low, sweet chariot
Coming for to carry me home
Swing low, sweet chariot
Coming for to carry me home
In Acts 8, we find another significant chariot experience. The grace of God swung low, into the chariot of an Ethiopian eunuch, and brought grace to carry him home.
Acts 1:8 is not only the THEME, it outlines the TASK/TRAVELS.
Jerusalem (1-7)
Judea/Samaria (8-15)
Uttermost parts of world (16-28)
3 ways:
(26) ''The way'' - DIRECTION
(36) ''Their way'' - DECISION
(39) ''His way'' - DEVOTION
3 Men:
(27) ''A man'' - SINNER
(31) ''Some man'' - SERVANT
(34) ''Some other man'' - SAVIOR
That chariot started out with one occupant - ''a man''. Then there were two occupants ''a man, the sinner'' and ''some man, the servant''. However, that chariot surely began to shake and rock when the third occupant, which was ''some other man, the Saviour'' came on board.
1) The SEARCHING SINNER!
''A Man''
A) His IMPRESSIVE REP ...
Steve Wagers
Acts 8:26-40
In 1865, an old Choctaw Indian in Hugo, Oklahoma was working near the Red River. He had read that morning of the account of Elijah, in 2 Kings 2, being escorted to Heaven in a chariot of fire. Inspired by the account, he penned some words that have lived on, down through the centuries. Some say that the words also gave reference to the Underground Railroad, that helped the blacks escae from slavery to the North.
In 2002, they were etched into the Library of Congress as 1 of the 50 greatest songs of American history. They were first recorded in 1909 by the Fisk Jubilee Singers. The song experienced a resurgence during the Civil Rights Movement as many artists recorded a rendition of its lyrics. Perhaps the most famous, during that period, was Joan Baez at the Woodstock Festival in 1969. Wallas Willis is the pioneer who penned:
I looked over Jordan, and what did I see?
(Coming for to carry me home)
A band of angels coming after me
(Coming for to carry me home
Swing low, sweet chariot
Coming for to carry me home
Swing low, sweet chariot
Coming for to carry me home
In Acts 8, we find another significant chariot experience. The grace of God swung low, into the chariot of an Ethiopian eunuch, and brought grace to carry him home.
Acts 1:8 is not only the THEME, it outlines the TASK/TRAVELS.
Jerusalem (1-7)
Judea/Samaria (8-15)
Uttermost parts of world (16-28)
3 ways:
(26) ''The way'' - DIRECTION
(36) ''Their way'' - DECISION
(39) ''His way'' - DEVOTION
3 Men:
(27) ''A man'' - SINNER
(31) ''Some man'' - SERVANT
(34) ''Some other man'' - SAVIOR
That chariot started out with one occupant - ''a man''. Then there were two occupants ''a man, the sinner'' and ''some man, the servant''. However, that chariot surely began to shake and rock when the third occupant, which was ''some other man, the Saviour'' came on board.
1) The SEARCHING SINNER!
''A Man''
A) His IMPRESSIVE REP ...
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