Wernerkoek.....all very imaginative, but generally rubbish. This song is indeed about grace, as you've said, and to a degree Bono does use the image of a woman to bring across his message. But Once again Bono is drawing heavily on Christian influences for his lyrics. Grace, as Bono says, is the thought that changed the world- Grace is the word used to describe God's undeserving love and goodness to the human race, who although being created by him have rebelled and turned to their own ways. This grace is shown by the fact that the world still exists and by the acts of goodness we see between men, but primarily by the death of God the Son, who was punished/forsaken by God the father, for the rebellion (sin) of anyone who would believe that he took their punishment and would submit their life to him.
'Grace makes beauty out of ugly things' by restoring the ugly things of things world -You and me- to the relationship we are meant to have with God.
'She takes the blame, She covers the shame, Removes the stain' of our sin and gives us the perfectness+ purity in God's sight that Jesus has. And why did God go to all this trouble to restore people who had rejected him? Because he is gracious!
What a thought!
@joeso87 Jesus was not punished. Jesus was an extension of God and was Human too. \r\n\r\nHis separation from God was so that we would grasp and understand and accept that God knows what it means for us to Be separated from him. So we know God “gets it” and loves us anyway. This lets us stand and receive God’s love and grace instead of rejecting it because we feel undeserving. It is that connection to God that matters. Our knowledge of Jesus’ separation lets us hold up our side of that connection.
@joeso87 Jesus was not punished. Jesus was an extension of God and was Human too. \r\n\r\nHis separation from God was so that we would grasp and understand and accept that God knows what it means for us to Be separated from him. So we know God “gets it” and loves us anyway. This lets us stand and receive God’s love and grace instead of rejecting it because we feel undeserving. It is that connection to God that matters. Our knowledge of Jesus’ separation lets us hold up our side of that connection.
Wernerkoek.....all very imaginative, but generally rubbish. This song is indeed about grace, as you've said, and to a degree Bono does use the image of a woman to bring across his message. But Once again Bono is drawing heavily on Christian influences for his lyrics. Grace, as Bono says, is the thought that changed the world- Grace is the word used to describe God's undeserving love and goodness to the human race, who although being created by him have rebelled and turned to their own ways. This grace is shown by the fact that the world still exists and by the acts of goodness we see between men, but primarily by the death of God the Son, who was punished/forsaken by God the father, for the rebellion (sin) of anyone who would believe that he took their punishment and would submit their life to him. 'Grace makes beauty out of ugly things' by restoring the ugly things of things world -You and me- to the relationship we are meant to have with God. 'She takes the blame, She covers the shame, Removes the stain' of our sin and gives us the perfectness+ purity in God's sight that Jesus has. And why did God go to all this trouble to restore people who had rejected him? Because he is gracious! What a thought!
Right on Joeso87.
Right on Joeso87.
yes!
yes!
@joeso87 Jesus was not punished. Jesus was an extension of God and was Human too. \r\n\r\nHis separation from God was so that we would grasp and understand and accept that God knows what it means for us to Be separated from him. So we know God “gets it” and loves us anyway. This lets us stand and receive God’s love and grace instead of rejecting it because we feel undeserving. It is that connection to God that matters. Our knowledge of Jesus’ separation lets us hold up our side of that connection.
@joeso87 Jesus was not punished. Jesus was an extension of God and was Human too. \r\n\r\nHis separation from God was so that we would grasp and understand and accept that God knows what it means for us to Be separated from him. So we know God “gets it” and loves us anyway. This lets us stand and receive God’s love and grace instead of rejecting it because we feel undeserving. It is that connection to God that matters. Our knowledge of Jesus’ separation lets us hold up our side of that connection.