Salme nektet inntatt i salmebok fordi den nevner Guds vrede

The Presbyterian Committee on Congregational Songs for den presbyterianske kirken i USA har bestemt at i deres nye salmebok skal ikke den kjente salmen: In Christ alone få være med.

Årsaken er at salmen inneholder en setning om Guds vrede!

Mange presbyterianere er forferdet over det som nå skjer i deres kirkesamfunn. At denne kjente og kjære salmen ikke lenger passer inn i kirkens teologiske syn er dråpen som har fått det til å renne over for mange. Sakte men sikkert har dette kirkesamfunnet i USA blitt mer og mer liberalt.

Her er teksten på salmen skrevet av Stuart Townend og Keith Getty:

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
Fulness 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.

Og her kan du høre på en vakker innspilling av salmen:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JU5E4fBXObg