sin and to bring people to a place of knowing Jesus, of knowing the adventure He has in store for us. is better than is also better than Jesus thought so, and demonstrated it by “We” “they”; “we” “I.” what He did. His incarnation, His life, His death, His resurrection, and His ascension happened so that we could join Him in a new creation of the world. When I think about the choruses and songs in the that I normally Salvation Army Song Book choose for times of meditation and altar calls, I realize that most of them are in the first person singular: surrender all”; there is of Lord”; no longer that liveth”; days me, I my “I “All “It’s “All and all hours.” But many of the songs and choruses are in the first person plural. my “warfare” The concept of an Army is a shared journey. There cannot be an Army of one. There can only be an Army of many people joined in a task together. Together, we the fight for the right, in “Join His everlasting might, and sing our marching song.” #932) That joyful march will take us (SASB, from this life into eternity. We’ll sing in the morning the songs of salvation, We’ll sing in the noontide the of His love, And when we arrive at the end of our journey We’ll sing the songs of Zion in the courts above. (SASB, #555)
sin and to bring people to a place of knowing Jesus, of knowing the adventure He has in store for us. “We” is better than “they”; “we” is also better than “I.” Jesus thought so, and demonstrated it by what He did. His incarnation, His life, His death, His resurrection, and His ascension happened so that we could join Him in a new creation of the world. When I think about the choruses and songs in the Salvation Army Song Book that I normally choose for times of meditation and altar calls, I realize that most of them are in the first person singular: “I surrender all”; “All there is of me, Lord”; “It’s no longer I that liveth”; “All my days and all my hours.” But many of the “warfare” songs and choruses are in the first person plural. The concept of an Army is a shared journey. There cannot be an Army of one. There can only be an Army of many people joined in a task together. Together, we “Join the fight for the right, in His everlasting might, and sing our marching song.” (SASB, #932) That joyful march will take us from this life into eternity. We’ll sing in the morning the songs of salvation, We’ll sing in the noontide the of His love, And when we arrive at the end of our journey We’ll sing the songs of Zion in the courts above. (SASB, #555)
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