Lesson 3: A Humanitarian to an Evil World
Art & Music That Matters
The Lord is My Salvation
Song Lyrics
The grace of God has reached for me
And pulled me from the raging sea
And I am safe on this solid ground
The Lord is my salvation
I will not fear when darkness falls
His strength will help me scale these walls
I’ll see the dawn of the rising sun, the Lord is my salvation
Who is like the Lord our God? Strong to save
Faithful in love
My debt is paid and the victory won
The Lord is my salvation
My hope is hidden in the lord
He flowers each promise of his word
When winter fades, I know spring will come
The Lord is my salvation
Who is like the Lord our God? Strong to save
Faithful in love
My debt is paid and the victory won
The Lord is my salvation
Glory be to God the Father, glory be to God the son
Glory be to God the Spirit, the Lord is our salvation
Who is like the Lord our God? Strong to save
Faithful in love
My debt is paid and the victory won
The Lord is my salvation
Written by Keith and Kristyn Getty; Performed by Shane & Shane
Questions to Consider
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If only we could see the seas God held back to deliver us from sin, how much more prone might we be to stop and sing about his majesty?
We can only comprehend a fraction of the power of Satan, the hideousness of our sin, and the fury of hell. Before Christ pulled us from the stormy waves, Satan ruled over every fiber and impulse of our being, leading us on the path of death with his breadcrumb trail of lies. Before God sent his Son to the cross and broke into our lives by his Spirit, sin-filled our souls like water in a sinking ship, drowning our hope with our own filth. Before we received the gift of faith — and through faith forgiveness, joy, and eternal life — hell stood taller than the tallest wave in the worst hurricane, threatening a pain we cannot imagine that gets worse every day forever.
But God parted the seas, calmed the waves, and raised our sinking ship to life. And he has placed us safe on solid ground. (HT: Marshall Segall)
Illustrating Our Sin & Our Savior
Artwork by Chris Powers
I do set my bow in the cloud, and it shall be for a token of a covenant between me and the earth. And it shall come to pass, when I bring a cloud over the earth, that the bow shall be seen in the cloud: And I will remember my covenant, which is between me and you and every living creature of all flesh; and the waters shall no more become a flood to destroy all flesh. And the bow shall be in the cloud; and I will look upon it, that I may remember the everlasting covenant between God and every living creature of all flesh that is upon the earth.
Genesis 9:13-15
Questions to Consider
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The rain “bow” is God’s weapon of cataclysmic judgment, set aside and aimed at heaven rather than the earth. Ultimately, the promise was that a day would come when God–not man–would bear the arrows of divine judgment deserved by human sin.
Because of my sin, I am deserving of God’s wrath and punishment. But the rainbow gives me a promise that God will never judge the whole world with a flood ever again. In Christ, like Noah was in the Ark, I am safe from the wrath of God and will be brought safely to God one day.
God has turned his wrath from man to his perfect Son. Every time a rainbow appears, God is saying, “Remember my covenant.”
No One Seeks God by The Seed Sower
There is no one righteous, not even one; there is no one who understands; there is no one who seeks God. All have turned away; they have together become worthless; there is no one who does good, not even one.
Romans 3:10-12
Questions to Consider
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We live in a world where everyone is on a happiness quest; if God hinders that, then so much for God.
We love to place ourselves at the center of our worlds and surround ourselves with treasures bright and shiny, forgetting about the treasure we have in God.
God is not content to leave us where we are comfortable. He seeks us out amid our mess.
