SONG STUDIES: BIBLE STUDIES BASED ON HYMNS AND SONGS

SONG STUDY (29) LOVE DIVINE ALL LOVES EXCELLING

Charles Wesley

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Love divine, all loves excelling,

Joy of heaven to earth come down;

Fix in us thy humble dwelling;

All thy faithful mercies crown!

Jesus, Thou art all compassion,

Pure unbounded love Thou art;

Visit us with Thy salvation;

Enter every trembling heart.

Breathe, O breathe Thy loving Spirit,

Into every troubled breast!

Let us all in Thee inherit;

Let us find thy promised rest.

Take away our love of sinning;

Alpha and Omega be;

End of faith, as its beginning,

Set our hearts at liberty.

Come, Almighty to deliver,

Let us all Thy grace receive;

Suddenly return and never,

Never more Thy temples leave.

Thee we would be always blessing,

Serve Thee as Thy hosts above,

Pray and praise Thee without ceasing,

Glory in Thy perfect love.

Finish, then, Thy new creation;

Pure and spotless let us be.

Let us see Thy great salvation

Perfectly restored in Thee;

Changed from glory into glory,

Till in heaven we take our place,

Till we cast our crowns before Thee,

Lost in wonder, love, and praise.

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Questions

1. Understanding the words: divine, excelling, unbounded, Alpha and Omega, hosts.

2. Verse 1 speaks of Jesus coming to earth and entering human hearts. What does this mean? See John 14:23, Romans 5:8, Ephesians 3:14-19 and 1John 3:16.

3. What is the “humble dwelling” in line 3?

4. Verse 2. Why “breathe” in line 1? See John 3:5-8, Acts 2:1-4, John 20:1-3.

5. What is “the love of sinning” in line 5? See Romans 7:14-25.

6. Verse 3. What does the bit in lines 3 and 4 about suddenly returning mean? See Malachi 3:1. Why “temples”? See 1 Corinthians 3:16-17, 6:19-20 and 2 Corinthians 6:16-18.

7. Verse 4. Why is His “new creation” unfinished? See 2 Corinthians 5:17, Ezekiel 36:26-27 and 1 Corinthians 15:51-54.

8. When will we be “pure and spotless”? See 2 Peter 3:14 and Ephesians 5:25-27.

9. What is meant by “cast our crowns before Thee”? See Revelation 4:9-11. Why will we have crowns anyhow? See 1 Corinthians 9:25, 2 Timothy 4:8 and James 1:12.

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