After Pentecost Pentecost 19 Matthew 22:15-22 These lyrics concentrate on Matthew 22:15-18 and linked with Matthew 21:45-46
After Pentecost Pentecost 19 Matthew 22:15-22 These lyrics concentrate on Matthew 22:15-18 and linked with Matthew 21:45-46
Jesus in Conflict (YA No 73)
Jesus in Conflict (YA No 73)
We should not marvel, be surprised
We should not marvel, be surprised
That in his day he was despised;
That in his day he was despised;
Jesus, by foes, was victimised;
Jesus, by foes, was victimised;
He was a threat!
He was a threat!
He disobeyed religious law;
He disobeyed religious law;
He gave real honour to a whore;
He gave real honour to a whore;
He criticised the priests, therefore
He criticised the priests, therefore
He was a threat!
He was a threat!
Disciples of the Pharisees –
Disciples of the Pharisees –
Sinister were their strategies;
Sinister were their strategies;
He knew they were his enemies –
He knew they were his enemies –
They were a threat.
They were a threat.
The questions asked were not sincere;
The questions asked were not sincere;
‘Should we pay tax to Rome each year?’
‘Should we pay tax to Rome each year?’
They thought they’d trapped him; they could sneer;
They thought they’d trapped him; they could sneer;
They are a threat!
They are a threat!
These actions of disharmony
These actions of disharmony
Are closely linked quite tragically
Are closely linked quite tragically
To Roman gross brutality
To Roman gross brutality
And so he died.
And so he died.
For God’s regime to prosper well,
For God’s regime to prosper well,
To counter schemes conceived in hell,
To counter schemes conceived in hell,
We need our martyrs who rebel;
We need our martyrs who rebel;
And so he died.
And so he died.
Tune Almsgiving Not in AHB or TiS Methodist Hymnbook 969 Presbyterian Hymnary 19.
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