Msg#2516 Easter’s Thousand Tongues
What The Bible Says
Good Samaritan’s Penny Pulpit by Pastor Ed Rice
On this years Resurrection Morning, the Sunday immediately following Passover, “If I had a thousand tongues, I would praise Christ with them all!” In 1739 that phrase was heard by a new convert and on the first anniversary of his conversion to Christ, Charles Wesley wrote an eighteen-stanza poem which he then framed into the familiar hymn “O for a thousand tongues to sing my great Redeemer’s praise, the glories of my God and King, the triumphs of his grace!” It echoes from Rev.5:13 “And every creature which is in heaven, and on the earth, and under the earth, and such as are in the sea, and all that are in them, heard I saying, Blessing, and honour, and glory, and power, be unto him that sitteth upon the throne, and unto the Lamb for ever and ever.” It resonates from Psalm.145:10-12 “All thy works shall praise thee, O LORD; and thy saints shall bless thee. They shall speak of the glory of thy kingdom, and talk of thy power; To make known to the sons of men his mighty acts, and the glorious majesty of his kingdom.”
Every Sunday believers commemorate the resurrection of our Lord Jesus Christ in worship, they have for 1,995 years now; … every Sunday! But this one falls on a Sunday that is special on our calendar, it is the Sunday after Passover, and Passover, 1,995 years ago, was the day they crucified our Lord. It is not difficult for a genuine believer to keep his focus on such a day. The world, its society, overbearing Easter customs, and even the liturgical orthodoxy, strive to draw away from the genuine recognition of the day, but genuine Christians, being genuine students of the Bible, will never miss the importance of this day of worship.
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