Wow! What a beautiful doxology! This one is focused on Jesus. Look at all the things he has done for us!
Nothing but the blood of Jesus,
All my praise for this I bring –
Nothing but the blood of Jesus.
- “He loves us,” even though we’ve made a mess of things and are so unlovable. This fact is shocking when you stop to meditate on it for a while.
- “He freed us from our sins by his blood.” This is the proof that he loves us. Read the words of that old song, “Nothing But the Blood.”
Nothing but the blood of Jesus,
All my praise for this I bring –
Nothing but the blood of Jesus.
- “He made us to be a kingdom and priests.” What is the purpose of kingdoms and priests? To serve. All subjects in a kingdom serve the king. Priests function as servants to their god. For millennia, every Jewish boy or girl dreamed of being a member of the kingdom that would never pass away, one that would never be overcome by any other king, one that would literally be the apex of the world system. But Jesus’ kingdom is qualitatively different. All kingdoms based on the world system will of necessity go into decline and vanish. But Jesus’ kingdom is not OF the world system and there is nothing of that system to corrupt it. Being a servant in that kind of kingdom is truly a blessing. Being a priest in that kind of kingdom is a distinct privilege.
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