Lay it to Heart

Other Unscriptural Songs

Christ the Lord is Risen Today
Christ, the Lord, is risen today, Alleluia! This is a great tune. It actually does not say anything wrong but it is usually sung around Easter time and in the context that Jesus rose on Sunday morning. Jesus had already risen when the empty tomb was found Sunday morning. See the Resurrection to find out more.

One Day
This song says "Living, He loved me: dying, He saved me ; Buried, He carried my sins far away; Rising, He justified..." This is not correct. John 19:30, "When Jesus therefore had received the vinegar, he said, It is finished: and he bowed his head, and gave up the ghost." Jesus said it was finished on the cross. There were no sins to be buried. When Jesus rose, he did not justify us but instead became the first of the resurrection. The song goes on to say the stone was rolled away and then Jesus was resurrected. Actually, Jesus rose on the sabbath. The stone was not rolled away until the first day of the week. The Lord who made the heavens and the earth, who had power over death did not need to have a stone moved to get out of the grave.

My Saviour's Love
The song talks about Jesus having sweat drops of blood as he prayed in the garden. This didn't really happen. What does the Bible really say? Luke 22:44 says, "And being in an agony he prayed more earnestly: and his sweat was as it were great drops of blood falling down to the ground." Notice the phrase "as it were". This is a comparison only. Jesus was sweating greatly but the Bible does not say he was bleeding.

Tell Me the Story of Jesus
This is a great song. Unfortunately, the part that says, "Tell how the angels in chorus, Sang as they welcomed His birth" isn't accurate. Luke 2:13 uses the word "saying" not "singing".