4th century BC
Plato
- Idealism — forms over particulars
- The Republic ethic: “God is not the author of evil”
Notes
Track 4 of Hand It Down -- made-sin doctrine in careful compact hymnody.
Source: 2 Corinthians 5:21 (he hath made him to be sin for us, who knew no sin), Appendix A1 of the book, and the long-standing slander vector that has dogged B for over twenty years.
Doctrine: Christ was made sin in His body -- He bore the shame, the grief, the wrath of God in His flesh -- but He never bore the rebellion, the corrupt will; His will stayed bowed to the Father to the end. Consequence, not rebellion. The careful line the song's whole work is to hold.
Form: Common Meter, six short verses, no chorus, male lead. The companion hymn to The Measure (Still the First Time) -- that song reads the slander; this hymn states the doctrine.
Lyrics
[Verse 1]
The Father made the sinless Son
To be our very sin,
The verse is plain in Paul's own hand,
The wrath was laid on Him.
[Verse 2]
He bore the shame His people earned,
He bore their grief and groan,
He bore the wrath of God Almighty,
And bore it all alone.
[Verse 3]
But here we hold the careful line,
And we must hold it still:
He bore the cost of sin in full,
He never bore the will.
[Verse 4]
He bore the wrath, He did not rage,
He bore the shame, not pride,
His will stayed bowed before the Lord
Until the day He died.
[Verse 5]
And so we sing the gospel plain,
With care for what we say:
He bore the wrath, He did not bear
The will that turns away.
[Verse 6]
And though they call it heresy,
And lay their measure down,
The Book itself will speak the truth,
And keep us safe and sound.
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