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let us find our rest in thee. Not on the works of Christians, but rather on the work of Christ. born to set thy people free; I want you to think for a moment about what the Story says about Christmas. art thou come to destroy us? 7 “And this we do find in the birth narratives….” Matt. The divide for Jesus was not between the poor and the rich, but between the proud and the repentant, regardless of income or social standing. He had no hint of sin, no darkness, no shadow. Jesus said, “Do not fear those who kill the body, but are unable to kill the soul, but rather fear Him who is able to destroy both soul and body in Hell.” Later in the Story we learn, “It is a terrifying thing to fall into the hands of the living God.”10, That is the bad news. Stanzas 1 and 2 recall Advent prophecies in the Old Testament; stanza 3 speaks of Christ's birth and kingdom, and stanza 4 is a prayer for Christ's rule in our hearts. The first is, “What is a ransom?” Well, a ransom is the price paid to purchase a hostage or a slave, of course. I do not want you to think, for example, about shepherds or wise men or stables or mangers or anything like that. Born to set thy people free, A New Hymnal for Colleges and Schools #212, African Methodist Episcopal Church Hymnal #103, Anglican Hymns Old and New (Rev. Cooper writes, “His only words to me— a sigh, really: ’Daddy, when am I going to be where you are?’” (Cooper, “Coop’s Column – Spirit at Work: Guarantor”). Their mistake is thinking that Jesus came principally to teach us how to live a better life. Each of these events echoes our unsung Christmas verse: “A body You prepared for Me.” The Lord. raise us to thy glorious throne. We rebel; He submitted. And only a man who was more than a man could ever pay for the sins of multitudes. 8, Remember, the King is angry.9 He is the One who is offended. Here is the answer. King James Bible Even as we express our need for consolation, we do so in the knowledge that our God is a God who consoles. It was the reason Jesus was born. I then asked her to imagine that I put my own body between hers and the attackers and said, “Don’t take her. Since there is more debate on this than there ought to be, we must first correct a misunderstanding. First, in His Sermon on the Mount Jesus commends not the poor per se, but rather the poor in spirit. This no one has ever done. [Refrain] 3 Time is now fleeting, the moments are passing, Jesus’ teaching—and the Story itself—focuses on something else. The poor only need justice if they have been wronged in some way. The Lamb of God. Come, thou long expected Jesus, 8. Wesley’s original text consisted of two stanzas of eight lines each. As one has put it, “He remained free, uncontaminated, uncompromised.”13 Jesus never failed, obeying even to the death. And it is very bad news, to be sure. 1. 21:25 NASB). CCLI, OneLicense, etc). joy of every longing heart. They were casting a net into the sea, for they were fishermen. 6:2-3), a widow’s generosity (Lk. Many think it the most elegant summary and most definitive statement of who Jesus was and what He came to do. He is the Sovereign we have rebelled against, the Father we have disobeyed, the friend we have betrayed. Second, Jesus made a trade. This observation about John’s account in itself seems enough to make the point about Jesus’ focus, but let’s go a bit further. Singing the piece slowly and a cappella with the congregation is a powerful way of expressing the simple longing the text evokes. 13; and the Upper Room Discourse Jn. Two tunes commonly accompany this text. He gets our badness—and the judgment and punishment that go with it. 20:28 NIV). 2:11 (NIV), Lk. These are the facts we must face if we are to get Jesus right. The First Disciples 16 As Jesus was walking beside the Sea of Galilee, He saw Simon and his brother Andrew. 1:21 (NIV), Lk. Israel's strength and consolation, So, the Story tells us the precise reason the Son came to Earth. I said that both were holy and both demanded we be holy, too, and there will be justice to pay because we are not. Advent; Christmas and Christmas carol/lesson worship services; worship that stresses the second coming. Print and download Untitled Hymn (Come to Jesus) sheet music by Chris Rice. First, he used a number of “false rhymes” when he got himself in a corner lyrically: “Jesus-release us,” “deliver-forever,” and “Spirit-merit.” Wesley was quite clever in these – one generally doesn’t notice them unless they’re pointed out. And this we do find in the birth narratives, everywhere. We falter; He succeeded. Copyright © 2017 by Gregory Koukl. Jesus came to rescue us because we were in danger. www.zondervan.com. First, Jesus lived the life we should live, but do not. And the good news is very, very good. 2: for Sunday schools and other services #69, Book of Hymns and Tunes, comprising the psalms and hymns for the worship of God, approved by the general assembly of 1866, arranged with appropriate tunes... by authority of the assembly of 1873 #308a, 349 Lieder fuer Schule und Haus in den Vereinigsten Staaten #d26, Santo, Santo, Santo: cantos para el pueblo de Dios = Holy, Holy, Holy: song for the people of God #64, All tunes published with 'Come, Thou long expected Jesus', Benchmarks (A Service Resource for Organ), Follow the Star, Follow the King (The Journey from Darkness to Light), Music for Manuals - Advent, Christmas, Epiphany, Celebrate His Name! It was not included in the Wesleyan Hymn Book until the revised edition of 1875, No. The text is almost exactly the same in every hymnal that includes this hymn. To answer that question I first want to tell what Jesus did not come to do. It is a section of the Story recounting a ghastly, grisly system of slaughter where bulls and goats were bled out, their innocent lives forfeit on behalf of others who were the guilty ones. [Christmas.] 5:32 NIV), “I lay down My life so that I may take it again. born to reign in us forever, We live for self; He lived for the Father. hope of all the earth thou art; 2 The single reference in John to the poor is found in Jn. In some hymnals, where the tune STUTTGART is used, those two verses are broken into four verses of four lines. That is why I have come. This is because there are many noble people who are drawn to Jesus for His moral excellence (as they should be). 18:9-14 NIV). To them, He says, belongs the Kingdom of Heaven. What follows is an excerpt from The Story of Reality—How the World Began, How It Ends, and Everything Important that Happens in Between. Now, we must not conclude from this that Jesus didn’t care about the poor and so we need not care, either. Recognizing God’s Providence: Fellowship Restored (Gen. 45:1-28), “God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through Him.” (Jn. rule in all our hearts alone; Jesus did not come to help us get along, or teach us to take care of the poor, or to restore “social justice.”1 To some, this assertion is a bold stroke, since they have been told just the opposite. The trade took place on a small outcropping of rock outside the walls of ancient Jerusalem. I came not of my own accord, but he sent me. Those things all have their place, but they have nothing at all to do with my point. I asked the Muslim woman to imagine our plane being hijacked and the terrorists trying to drag her out onto the tarmac to kill her in front of cameras for all the world to see. So let us be clear. Then Jesus said to all of them, “If anyone wants to come after Me, he must deny himself and take up his cross daily and follow Me. A central theme of Greg's speaking and writing is that Christianity can compete in the marketplace of ideas when it's properly... More, 9. It’s captured in the most important Christmas verse in the Bible you will never see printed on a Christmas card and you will never hear recited at a Christmas pageant. He is the central figure of Christianity, the world's largest religion.Most Christians believe he is the incarnation of God the Son and the awaited messiah (the Christ) prophesied in the Old Testament.. Scripture References: He is the Sovereign we have rebelled against, the Father we have disobeyed, the friend we have betrayed. But on this issue of justice, I said, we come to an important distinction. What did He come to earth to do? “Social justice” is not the Gospel. Jesus’ life was filled with many extraordinary deeds, so many, one of His disciples wrote, the world itself could not contain the books needed to record them.12 But there are two very particular things Jesus did that were vital to the rescue. Greg started out thinking he was too smart to become a Christian and ended up giving his life for the defense of the Christian faith. We get His goodness. The statement is so common to our ears, it is easy to miss its significance. I will do as You have asked. Take me instead.” She said she could not imagine anyone doing that for her. “Save” means to rescue from imminent danger. 17 “Come, follow Me,” Jesus said, “and I will make you fishers of men.” 18 And at once they left their nets and followed Him.… As severe as that may sound, this is precisely what one of Christ’s closest followers actually did. '” To call sinners (Mark 2:17) “On hearing this, Jesus said to them, ‘It is not the healthy who need a doctor, but the sick. What was Jesus rescuing us from? Appeared in Hymns for the Nativity of Our Lord, 1744, No. In John’s lone reference to the poor, Jesus is actually somewhat dismissive of them.2 That is not because He doesn’t care about them, but because He is comparing their situation with something far more important. There has been an invasion.11 God came down. On a flight from Jacksonville to Miami I spoke with a dear Muslim woman about the differences between the God of Jesus and the God of Mohammed. Related Topics: Apologetics, Christmas, Soteriology (Salvation), Thanksgiving, Founder and President, Stand to Reason I am talking about something in the Story you probably have never noticed. If that seems hard to imagine (and I understand completely if it does), let me offer something that might help. God had already sent many before with the kind of advice we need to hear, and there was no point in His personally coming down merely to repeat what had already been said. Sheet music arranged for Piano/Vocal/Chords, and Singer Pro in C Major (transposable). The second qualifier I want you to keep in mind about Jesus’ comments on the poor is this. Second, Wesley uses a lot of repetition to make some key themes more obvious. Now to our second question: What did Jesus come to do? We long for the day when we are with Him in a New Heaven and New Earth, when all things are made new. 17, as "Veni Jesu ter Optate. It is a question there is far too much confusion about, even for those who call the Story their own. (A Joyful Christmas Acclamation), Come, Thou Long-Expected Jesus (Choral Score), Come, Thou Long-Expected Jesus (Full Score), Christmas Carol Celebrations - Keyboard/Handbell Score (Creative Settings for Handbells and Keyboard with Optional Congregational Singing), COME, THOU LONG-EXPECTED JESUS (Presbyterian Hymnal 2), Come Thou Long-Expected Jesus (Hymnal for Worship & Celebration 124), COME, THOU LONG-EXPECTED JESUS (Hymnal for Worship & Celebration 124), Glory to God: the Presbyterian Hymnal #82, Glory to God: the Presbyterian Hymnal #83, Lift Up Your Hearts: psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs #56, Wondrous Love: A Collection of Songs and Services for Sunday Schools #51. I want you to consider the most important Christmas verse in the Story that you will never see on a Christmas card, and you will never hear in a Christmas pageant because it is not in the accounts of Jesus’ birth at all. The Christ. Do not miss, though, that He also cared about the rich and powerful. And just as a four-year-old crawls into his father’s arms after an extended absence, so too we long for the day when we will be at rest in Christ, enfolded in the embrace of our Savior. Article contributed by Stand To Reason “A body You prepared for Me.”. by thine all sufficient merit, Emmanuel. And this is the answer to our question. Jesus did not come to rescue us from our ignorance or our poverty or our oppressors or even from ourselves. Finally, “What is the price He will pay?” Jesus will buy bodies by surrendering His own body. If this score will be projected or included in a bulletin, usage must be reported to a licensing agent (e.g. In this part of the Story I answer the second of the two most important questions anyone could ever ask about the remarkable man from Nazareth: Why did He come? Instead, you find it in a dark and foreboding passage that speaks of blood and sacrifice and death. No, man owes the debt, and in the long run man, not creatures, must pay. Try, One Lord, One Faith, One Baptism: an African American ecumenical hymnal (2018), p.399, It looks like you are using an ad-blocker. I also recommend using the tune NETTLETON, most commonly sung with the text “Come Thou Fount of Every Blessing.” Accompany with piano, violin, and a marching drum beat on the snares. Jesus told them, “If God were your Father, you would love me, because I have come to you from God. The Savior. 2. For example, in the second stanza, he repeats the word “born” at the beginning of three consecutive lines to really drive home the idea of the incarnation. SKU: MN0049917 ", --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, Appendix, Part II (1907). 11 The idea that the incarnation is a kind of invasion of enemy-occupied territory comes from C.S Lewis in Mere Christianity. 19:8), the rich young ruler’s confusion (Matt. 21, Mk. Miss that, and you miss everything. 4:18-19: “The Spirit of the Lord is upon Me, because He anointed Me to preach the Gospel to the poor. 6:22. 96. Born thy people to deliver, 3:17 NIV), “The Son of Man came to seek and to save the lost.” (Lk. Are parts of this score outside of your desired range? 4 Jesus does make reference to the poor in Lk. Liturgical Use: Not to teach love and peace and care for the poor, but to submit Himself to something unspeakably violent and brutal. Christmas starts the story of Jesus, the greatest tale ever told. The Story tells us. 61:1-2, Luke 4:18-19, Rom. We know it as Calvary, the place of the cross. The first is STUTTGART, a tune attributed to Christian F. Witt in the eighteenth century. 8 Jesus saves us from the Father, but His intention is not at odds with the Father since it was the Father who, out of love, sent Jesus to rescue the world in the first place. Yet, without the bad news, the good news is not good. You could pair this hymn with other songs of longing such as “Wait for the Lord” and “All who are Thirsty.” This would also be a powerful hymn with which to end a service, especially a service of lament over the brokenness in our world. Come, Thou long expected Jesus. Jesus gave four major discourses—the Sermon on the Mount, the Bread of Life Discourse, the Olivet Discourse, and the Upper Room Discourse.3 Only in the first does He mention the poor at all. He pays a price to purchase sinners, rebels, and slaves. In the vast majority of cases where Jesus mentions the poor, He does so not to commend the poor as such, but to make a point about something else—hypocrisy, a widow’s generosity, Zaccheus’s repentance, the rich young ruler’s confusion, or a lesson about the afterlife.6 Even when He mentions them, the plight of the poor simply was not the focus of Jesus’ teaching. After crying out and naming our concerns and heartbreaks before God, how beautiful to close with this simple prayer of longing that also speaks of our hope. Original text, Poetical Works, 1868-72, vol. 9 The point about the King being angry is developed earlier, in chapter 15 of The Story of Reality. --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907), Come, Thou long expected Jesus, p. 252, ii. st. 3-4 =Isa. He was calling his wife from Chicago’s O’Hare airport to arrange his pick-up in Grand Rapids, when his then four-year-old son asked for the phone. God stepped out of Heaven and dwelt among us—“A body You prepared for Me”—and said to the Father, “Take Me instead.” That was the trade. No one has taken it away from Me, but I lay it down on My own initiative.” (Jn. No, Jesus came for a different reason. Perhaps more than some Advent hymns, this text especially expresses our longing for Christ's second coming. Taken from The Story of Reality by Gregory Koukl. With this tune it’s possible to repeat the first half of the first verse at the end, with just a sustained violin line, ending on the words, “Let us find our rest in thee.”, This is a beautiful hymn for Advent that expresses deeply the two-fold purpose of the Advent season – we remember the birth of Christ, and fiercely desire His coming again. God’s Son surrendered His sinless human self to be the future unblemished offering to perfectly and completely save sinners. now thy gracious kingdom bring. It was not Jesus’ message. Picture the tax collector in Jesus’ parable—hardly a destitute man—beating his breast pleading, “God, have mercy on me, a sinner.”5 This man proclaiming his spiritual poverty goes away justified, Jesus says, while the Pharisee, whose spiritual arrogance clouds his genuine spiritual need, does not. 19:21), a lesson about the afterlife (Lk. Jesus came to rescue us from the Father. It is this sigh of longing that we express when we sing the words of Charles Wesley’s beautiful Advent hymn, “Come, Thou Long Expected Jesus.” For though we know that Christ goes with us and before us every day, we long for the day when we are with Him in all of the fullness and glory He will bring. The double nature of Advent is reflected in this text, in which we remember Christ's first coming even while praying for his return. 282. It tells of a rescue operation that formally started at Christmas, but ended in a dark event decades later. “Jesus replied, ‘Let us go somewhere else – to the nearby villages – so I can preach there also. The Gospel of John is the last biography written on Jesus, and it came to us from His last surviving Apostle, the “beloved” disciple John, a member of Jesus’ intimate inner circle. iv. There is no sense in asking for something if we do not believe we could ever get it. Not Allah; Yahweh. And this brings us to the most important Christmas verse you will never hear on Christmas. Here it is: The Father has mounted a rescue operation. 10 “Do not fear those who kill the body…” (Matt. Now when I say “Christmas,” I am not speaking of any of those things that usually come to mind when you think about the birth of Christ. p. 116. 10:28 NASB), “It is a terrifying thing to fall into the hands of the living God” (Heb. Answer: Revelation 1:7 says, “‘Look, he is coming with the clouds,’ and ‘every eye will see him, even those who pierced him’; and all peoples on earth ‘will mourn because of him.’ So shall it be! There are a few points of interest to note about Wesley’s text. It is the reason God came down. 1:76-77 (NIV), Jn. Please consider white-listing Hymnary.org or, Follow the Star, Follow the King (The Jo…, Come, thou long expected Jesus! 688, although it was given by Whitefield in his Collection, 1753, and later editions; by Madan, in his Psalms & Hymns, 1760; by Toplady, in his Psalms & Hymns, 1776; and by others. God with us. Not one. 13 “He remained free, uncontaminated, uncompromised,” John Stott, The Cross Of Christ (Downers Grove: IVP, 1986), 231. Charles Wesley (PHH 267) wrote this Advent hymn and printed it in his Hymns for the Nativity of our Lord (1744). Ad revenue helps keep us running. He is the One who is owed. dear desire of every nation, And on this point Jesus speaks clearly: I want you to think very carefully about Jesus’ last statement, because there are three questions we must answer to understand His meaning. Authoritative information about the hymn text Come, Thou long expected Jesus, with lyrics, MIDI files, printable scores, PDF files, audio recordings, piano resources, and products for worship planners. Why should we linger and heed not his mercies, mercies for you and for me? 6; the Olivet Discourse in Matt. This is rendered into Latin by H. M. Macgill, 1876, No. Emmanuel. Then I want to tell you why He did come. This man, with his evil spirit, would have been looked on as unclean, and would not have been admitted within the synagogue walls; he had probably crept in unseen. 10:17-18 NASB), “The Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give His life as a ransom for many.” (Matt. 1:29 (NASB). God tells Joseph that Mary “will give birth to a son, and you will give Him the name Jesus, because He will save His people from their sins.” In the field that first Christmas night the angel tells the shepherds, “Today in the town of David a Savior has been born to you. Hymnologist Paul Westermeyer describes this tune as a “bold and sturdy congregational melody that stands on its own and bears repetition” (Westermeyer, Let the People Sing, 149). Jesus did not come to rescue us from our ignorance or our poverty or our oppressors or even from ourselves. The view that all poor people are victims is a recent invention. What was the reason He became a man? Now, I think it is obvious to just about everyone that animals can never really pay for people at all. 5-7; the Bread of Life Discourse in Jn. That is why every crèche ought to have a cross hanging over it, because Jesus was born to die. 21:2-3), Zaccheus’s repentance (Lk. It was called Golgotha, the place of the skull. 6 Hypocrisy (Matt. Jesus helped everyone and anyone who came to Him—poor beggar or prostitute, wealthy tax collector or Pharisee. Not Mohammed; Jesus. Question: "What does it mean that Jesus will come in the clouds (Revelation 1:7)?" Yet you can read from John’s first sentence to his last and you will not find a single word about helping the poor or restoring social justice. He is the Messiah, the Lord.” Zacharias prophesies over his son, the infant John Baptist, saying John would go prepare the way for “the Lord,” and “give His people the knowledge of salvation through the forgiveness of their sins.” Thirty years later John points at the Lord Jesus Christ and says, “Behold, the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world.”7. It is the most important part of the true Story of Reality. #140, Complete Anglican Hymns Old and New #128a, Complete Anglican Hymns Old and New #128b, Gather Comprehensive, Second Edition #345, Hymns Ancient and Modern, New Standard Edition #31, The Book of Common Praise of the Reformed Episcopal Church #1, The Hymnal for Worship and Celebration #124, The United Methodist Hymnal Music Supplement #167, The United Methodist Hymnal Music Supplement #168, The United Methodist Hymnal Music Supplement #169, The United Methodist Hymnal Music Supplement #170, The United Methodist Hymnal Music Supplement #171, The United Methodist Hymnal Music Supplement #172, Come, Thou Long-Expected Jesus by Robin Knowles Wallace (from"The Hymns"), Ambassador Hymnal: for Lutheran worship #5, Augsburg Songs No. Other altered forms are, "Come, Thou Saviour, long expected," in Kennedy, 1863, No. And so our question remains: Why did God come down? So, Jesus came to earth to save sinners. When Jesus saw her weeping, and the Jews who had come along with her also weeping, he was deeply moved in spirit and troubled. But it is not really a tale at all, because the story is a true one. Ending the service with this hymn would be especially powerful if you repeated the first four lines of the first verse, ending your time of worship with “Let us find our rest in thee.”. Like so many of Wesley's texts, "Come, Thou Long-Expected Jesus" alludes to one or more Scripture passages in virtually every phrase. 4:14, Rev. 12:8: “You will always have the poor among you, but you will not always have Me.” (NIV). 19:10 NIV), “I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.” (Lk. And that is a dangerous place for us to be. He cared very much about them, and the Story has much to say about their situation. It would never do in the long run, and it was not meant to. Otherwise, the Story teaches charity and mercy towards those in need. Not long after, we will celebrate the most sublime example of that generosity, the greatest reason for giving such hearty thanks just weeks before—God come down. Berean Study Bible New Living Translation When Jesus saw her weeping and saw the other people wailing with her, a deep anger welled up within him, and he … 9 He is the One who is offended. His real message was much more radical. By thine own eternal spirit x., in 2 stanzas of 8 lines. Jesus came to rescue us from the Father. Here it is: Therefore, when Christ came into the world, He said: “Sacrifice and offering You did not desire, but a body You prepared for Me; with burnt offerings and sin offerings You were not pleased. He is the One who is owed. 89, "Hail, Thou long expected Jesus," in the American Protestant Episcopal Hymnal, 1871. There is a reason the Kingdom belongs to them—not because they are poverty stricken (their income is irrelevant to Jesus), but because they are morally broken and they know it.4 That is what “poor in spirit” means. He has sent Me to proclaim release to the captives, and recovery of sight to the blind, to set free those who are oppressed, to proclaim the favorable year of the Lord.” (NASB) Even here, though, it seems clear that, in light of the rest of the verse and everything that follows about Jesus’ teaching on “the Gospel,” He is principally making reference to spiritual benefits, not material benefits. 16:20, 22). The second tune often used is HYFRYDOL, a Welsh tune composed by Rowland Prichard in 1830, and commonly associated with “Love Divine, All Loves Excelling.” Chris Tomlin’s Christmas album Glory in the Highest has an excellent a cappella rendition of the hymn to this tune. 13-17. Second, “Whose body does Jesus buy with the ransom?” He buys those who are held hostage. Visit Stand To Reason website. 3:21 To satisfy justice, God came down. It is found in a great number of hymnals in Great Britain and America, specially those of the Church of England, and usually without alteration, as in Hymnal Companion, No. In fact, it does not appear anywhere in the record of His life. FlexScores are available in the Media section below. In just a few weeks most of us will be hovering over a gastronomical feast preparing to eat much more than we should, appropriately celebrating the generosity of God towards us that is much more than we deserve. A marked departure from this rule is, "Come, O Saviour, long expected," which appeared in Hall’s Mitre, 1836, in 4 stanzas of 4 lines, and again in the New Mitre, 1875, in 6 stanzas, the last two stanzas being Edward Osier's doxology, "Worship, honour, glory, blessing," from the older Mitre, 1836, No. The ransom? ” Jesus will buy bodies by surrendering His own body sinners. 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