SONG STUDIES: BIBLE STUDIES BASED ON HYMNS AND SONGS

SONG STUDY 27 IN CHRIST ALONE

Stuart Townend and Keith Getty

These two great songwriters have combined to write many modern Christian song. This song is one of their best.

In Christ alone my hope is found

He is my light my strength my song.

This Cornerstone this solid Ground

Firm through the fiercest drought

and storm.

What heights of love what depths of peace

When fears are stilled when strivings cease

My comforter my All in All

Here in the love of Christ I stand.

In Christ alone who took on flesh

Fullness of God in helpless babe.

This gift of love and righteousness

Scorned by the ones he came to save.

Till on that cross as Jesus died

The wrath of God was satisfied

For every sin on Him was laid

Here in the death of Christ I live.

There in the ground His body lay

Light of the world by darkness slain.

Then bursting forth in glorious Day

Up from the grave He rose again.

And as He stands in victory

Sin's curse has lost its grip on me

For I am His and He is mine

Bought with the precious blood of Christ.

No guilt in life no fear in death

This is the power of Christ in me.

From life's first cry to final breath

Jesus commands my destiny.

No power of hell no scheme of man

Can ever pluck me from His hand

Till He returns or calls me home

Here in the power of Christ I'll stand.

Play this video:In Christ Alone

Questions

1. Understanding the words: Cornerstone, strivings, All in All, fullness, scorned, destiny, pluck.

2. Acts 4:8-12 is a key passage for verse 1. See these verses for other mentions of the cornerstone” or “capstone” in Scripture: Psalm 118:21-22, Isaiah 28:16, Zechariah 10:4, Matthew 21:41-42, Ephesians 2:19-21 and 1 Peter 2:4-9.

3. List the various ways in which Christ is described in verse 1.

4. Verse 2 insists that God was fully in Christ from his birth. What does this mean? See Luke 1:29-37, 2:10-12, 2:25-35.

5. Why did the wrath of God have to be satisfied? Nahum 1:1-2, Romans 1:18-20, Colossians 3:5-6 and 1 Thessalonians 5:19-21.

6. Verse 3 speaks of light and darkness. What does each represent and which is always victorious? See Matthew 4:15-16, John 3:19, Acts 26:15-18 and 1 John 2:8-9.

7. The final verse makes an important point about guilt and fear. What is it? See Hebrews 10:19-23 and 2:14-15.

8. Explain the second last line of the final verse. See 1 Corinthians 15:50-54 and 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18.

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