The phrase "Flesh" resonates through 20 hymns, touching hearts across generations.
Flesh
...In Christ Jesus from the law of sin and death.
For the mind set on the flesh is death,
But the mind set on the spirit is life....
In Christ Jesus from the law of sin and death.
For the mind set on the flesh is death,
But the mind set on the spirit is life.
...And I will take away the heart of stone
Out of your flesh,
And I will give you a heart of flesh,...
And I will take away the heart of stone
Out of your flesh,
And I will give you a heart of flesh,
...Hear it, all ye earth born races:
God’s own Son, our flesh embraces!
God’s own Son, God’s own Son,...
Hear it, all ye earth born races:
God’s own Son, our flesh embraces!
God’s own Son, God’s own Son,
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For the mind set on the flesh is death,
But the mind set on the spirit is life and peace....
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For the mind set on the flesh is death,
But the mind set on the spirit is life and peace.
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Absent from flesh! O blissful thought!
What unknown joys this moment brings!...
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Absent from flesh! O blissful thought!
What unknown joys this moment brings!
...Reason has lost its native place,
And flesh enslaves the mind.
While flesh, and sense, and passion reigns,...
Reason has lost its native place,
And flesh enslaves the mind.
While flesh, and sense, and passion reigns,
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He who sows unto his own flesh
Reaps corruption of the flesh, (trouble)...
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He who sows unto his own flesh
Reaps corruption of the flesh, (trouble)
...And the church as His Body, His fullness.
The Lord’s recovery is God becoming the flesh,
The flesh becoming the life-giving Spirit,...
And the church as His Body, His fullness.
The Lord’s recovery is God becoming the flesh,
The flesh becoming the life-giving Spirit,
...How changed is man’s estate by Thee,
How flesh makes pure as flesh did stain,
And Thou, true God, in flesh dost reign....
How changed is man’s estate by Thee,
How flesh makes pure as flesh did stain,
And Thou, true God, in flesh dost reign.
...God ordained Thee such a birth.
Not of flesh and blood the son,
Offspring of the Holy One,...
God ordained Thee such a birth.
Not of flesh and blood the son,
Offspring of the Holy One,
...How changed is our humanity;
That flesh hath purged what flesh had stained,
And God, the Flesh of God, hath reigned....
How changed is our humanity;
That flesh hath purged what flesh had stained,
And God, the Flesh of God, hath reigned.
...Who, to save us, took our nature,
Soul and body, flesh and blood;
God, He saw man’s cruel bondage,...
Who, to save us, took our nature,
Soul and body, flesh and blood;
God, He saw man’s cruel bondage,
...And I will take away the heart,
The heart of stone out of your flesh,
And I will give you a heart of flesh....
And I will take away the heart,
The heart of stone out of your flesh,
And I will give you a heart of flesh.
...And great is the myst’ry of godliness;
That God was manifested in the flesh.
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And great is the myst’ry of godliness;
That God was manifested in the flesh.
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...I'll cast all my cares upon You
My heart, my flesh, may fail
You are my portion, You are my portion...
I'll cast all my cares upon You
My heart, my flesh, may fail
You are my portion, You are my portion
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Lord, Thou didst know when in the flesh,
As such I’d know Thee shallowly;...
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Lord, Thou didst know when in the flesh,
As such I’d know Thee shallowly;
...Therefore is my heart glad, My spirit rejoiceth,
My flesh rests in hope.
Therefore is my heart glad, My spirit rejoiceth,...
Therefore is my heart glad, My spirit rejoiceth,
My flesh rests in hope.
Therefore is my heart glad, My spirit rejoiceth,
...God with us now descends to dwell,
God in our flesh, Immanuel.
Praise ye the Word made flesh!...
God with us now descends to dwell,
God in our flesh, Immanuel.
Praise ye the Word made flesh!
...My soul longs for the courts of the Lord.
My heart and my flesh,
They sing for joy to the living God;...
My soul longs for the courts of the Lord.
My heart and my flesh,
They sing for joy to the living God;
...Oft have I sat in secret sighs
To feel my flesh decay;
Then groaned aloud with frighted eyes,...
Oft have I sat in secret sighs
To feel my flesh decay;
Then groaned aloud with frighted eyes,
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