A Funeral In Song
Jeff Strite
Psalm 96:1-5
Psalm 96:1-5 Sing unto the LORD a new song; sing unto the LORD, all the earth! Sing unto the LORD, bless his name; tell of his salvation from day to day. Declare his glory among the nations, his marvelous works among all the peoples! For great is the LORD, and greatly to be praised; he is to be feared above all gods. For all the gods of the peoples are worthless idols, but the LORD made the heavens.
As part of her funeral message, Betty asked for us to sing a couple of hymns and, because those songs apparently meant so much to her, I thought it would nice to build the message around those songs.
Join with me as we sing the first of these 2 songs: ‘‘Jesus, Jesus, Jesus; there’s just something about that name. Master, Savior, Jesus, like the fragrance after the rain. Jesus, Jesus, Jesus; let all heaven and earth proclaim. Kings and kingdoms will all pass away, but there’s something about that name.’’
Jesus... there’s just something about that name. But why? Why is there something about that name? When the angel appeared to Joseph (Mary’s husband to be), he said this: ‘‘You shall call his name Jesus, for he shall save his people from their sins.’’ Matthew 1:21
The name Jesus literally means ‘‘Rescuer’’ or ‘‘Savior.’’ But why was that important? Notice, He was to be called Jesus... because... he would save us from our sins. The reason that was going to be important was because, as we were we had no chance of getting into heaven. Scripture explains that ALL OF US have sinned and fall short of glory of God. In fact, the book of Ephesians even says that (without Jesus) we would ALL be children of wrath. Our sins would literally cut us off from God.
Now, a lot of people think: ‘‘Well, yeah. I’ve messed up in my life. But if I could just do enough good stuff to pay off all my bad stuff, all my sins would be covered (‘‘paid off’’) and then God would love me and everything would be OK.
But that’s not the way ...
Jeff Strite
Psalm 96:1-5
Psalm 96:1-5 Sing unto the LORD a new song; sing unto the LORD, all the earth! Sing unto the LORD, bless his name; tell of his salvation from day to day. Declare his glory among the nations, his marvelous works among all the peoples! For great is the LORD, and greatly to be praised; he is to be feared above all gods. For all the gods of the peoples are worthless idols, but the LORD made the heavens.
As part of her funeral message, Betty asked for us to sing a couple of hymns and, because those songs apparently meant so much to her, I thought it would nice to build the message around those songs.
Join with me as we sing the first of these 2 songs: ‘‘Jesus, Jesus, Jesus; there’s just something about that name. Master, Savior, Jesus, like the fragrance after the rain. Jesus, Jesus, Jesus; let all heaven and earth proclaim. Kings and kingdoms will all pass away, but there’s something about that name.’’
Jesus... there’s just something about that name. But why? Why is there something about that name? When the angel appeared to Joseph (Mary’s husband to be), he said this: ‘‘You shall call his name Jesus, for he shall save his people from their sins.’’ Matthew 1:21
The name Jesus literally means ‘‘Rescuer’’ or ‘‘Savior.’’ But why was that important? Notice, He was to be called Jesus... because... he would save us from our sins. The reason that was going to be important was because, as we were we had no chance of getting into heaven. Scripture explains that ALL OF US have sinned and fall short of glory of God. In fact, the book of Ephesians even says that (without Jesus) we would ALL be children of wrath. Our sins would literally cut us off from God.
Now, a lot of people think: ‘‘Well, yeah. I’ve messed up in my life. But if I could just do enough good stuff to pay off all my bad stuff, all my sins would be covered (‘‘paid off’’) and then God would love me and everything would be OK.
But that’s not the way ...
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