Notes from Dr. Borkosky

Therefore, as we sing ‘I dare not trust the sweetest frame’ we must think of all those fragile, temporal and earthly things that we put our hope and trust in. Reign of Christ/Thanksgiving Sunday, Year A, Home We magnify Christ when we look outside of ourselves for our security.

Change ), You are commenting using your Twitter account. Mote is writing on the greatest truth of Scripture; that our justification has nothing to do with us but rests completely outside of us, a one-time declaration that we are righteous based on the obedience of Christ on the cross and His perfect living unto the Father. of what is framed in the mind … It seemed my head was always turned toward the “sweetest frame” whenever I walked out my front door. Andrée is a senior writer for WORLD Magazine. I was studying the photo of a woman holding a pro-gay marriage sign in Alaska and I was noticing that she looks like a sweet little old lady, the kind who would give neighborhood children milk and cookies and show them her collection of paperweights. We must challenge ourselves, and remind ourselves to not trust in these earthly frames, but only in the completed and full work of Christ. We look not even to our sweetest frame, but wholly lean on Jesus’ name. Hymnologists note that this is the first time the now common term “gospel hymn” appears. My inner conversations and wonderings are reminiscent of Psalm 42: “Why are you downcast, O my soul?” And yet there is a mysterious beauty about them. And why does our anchor hold there? Change ), You are commenting using your Facebook account. Dr. Young comments on the revised product: “[This hymn’s] compelling topic—the parable about the security of building a house on rock, as opposed to sand (Matthew 7:24-27)—and subsequent redaction and setting to a simple, repetitious, foot-stomping tune have merged to form a hymn of faith that over the generations has proved useful and comforting to many in their daily spiritual journey.” Change ). It is one thing if a bunch of pink-haired, tongue-pierced, sleeved up Gen-Y types say they support same-sex marriage, but if Andy Taylor’s Aunt Bee supports it, you have much bigger trouble on your hands. On Christ the solid rock I stand, Edward MoteThe United Methodist Hymnal, No. The song constantly contrasts our wavering with the sure grace of God rooted firmly in the penal substitutionary death of the Lord Jesus Christ. Barnes’ Notes on the Bible says of the Psalm above. This hymn was written by Edward Mote and published in 1837.

He tempers his dealings to the weakness and frailty of our nature, and his compassion interposes when the weight of sorrows would crush us. Some sources suggest it means our earthly frames, as in bodies, that we are so fragile and mortal, and can put no trust in ourselves or others. Our own success? I dare note trust the sweetest frame, but wholly lean on Jesus’ name. I think this is what the author is getting at. ( Log Out / 

Some sources suggest it means our earthly frames, as in bodies, that we are so fragile and mortal, and can put no trust in ourselves or others. Change ), You are commenting using your Google account. Her commentary has been compiled into three books including Won't Let You Go Unless You Bless Me. Hymns help us to remember truth and to turn that truth into worship of the Triune God. Singing hymns was of great interest to him. But God is pleased to lead us into these times to show us the reality of our sinfulness. Christ calls us to make him our frame. Let’s consider a third and final option. Mote recognizes that our hope for eternal life depends completely upon Jesus’ righteousness, not on some sweet earthly frame. Mote captures in one short phrase the timeless truth of our assurance of salvation and coming before God. Even on your best day, the cross is your only hope. This is given as a reason why he pities us – that we are so frail and feeble, and that we are so easily broken down by a pressure of trial. Indeed, the version in our hymnals today is the result of careful editing of the original six stanzas into four, choosing the most coherent lines from the original. The word is yetser.

Again, it reads: “I dare not trust the sweetest frame, but wholly lean on Jesus’ name.” On the surface this is encouraging. www.amblecotechristiancentre.org.uk, http://www.faithalone.org/journal/1998i/Ward.html, http://us.hillsongmusic.com/cornerstone-bible-study/, Kingdom Living: God and Beauty – Podcast 2.

I dare not trust my frame of mind For he knows our frame; he remembers that we are dust. He says don’t trust this and do trust this.

A deeper look, however, gets to the earth-shattering point I believe that Mote is trying to make here. Twenty-Fourth Sunday after Pentecost, Year A, There Is Now I dare not trust my sweetest tendency I dare not trust my frame of mind I dare not trust my own self. Change ), You are commenting using your Google account.

As we sing these words may we again remind ourselves that we have a sure and steadfast anchor of the soul, that Jesus has gone as a forerunner ON OUR BEHALF! DY8 4BS, Kingdom Living: God and Beauty – Podcast 202/11, T: 01384 370365 If you care to add to my library or just send a gift, click this link, & thank you! On Christ, the solid Rock, I stand; All other ground is sinking sand, All other ground is sinking sand. Never have I appreciated more the hymn of Edward Mote (1797–1874), The Solid Rock: My hope is built on nothing less Having done a bit of research on the word ‘frame’, it could mean a number of different things. Brother Rees of Crown Street, Soho, brought out an edition of hymns (1836) and this hymn was in it.” is common in sense of impulse: of good and bad tendency in man. This is what the latter part of the line calls us to. (Hebrews 6 v 19-20) Sorry, your blog cannot share posts by email. Colton Corter is from Arkansas, student at SBTS, member at Third Avenue in Louisville, and you can follow him on Twitter @coltonMcorter. I dare not trust the sweetest frame, ‘ (http://www.faithalone.org/journal/1998i/Ward.html)   All other ground is sinking sand.”.

But wholly lean on Jesus’ name.   The chorus, reflecting the teaching of that parable reads: “On Christ, the solid rock, I stand. He published his hymns with selections by others in 1836 in Hymns of Praise, A New Selection of Gospel Hymns.

But the moment we lose sight of the gospel as the source of both our justification and our sanctification, we are close to denying the gospel.

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