I’ve been studying this week on what salvation means in Islam. And just to give a sneak peak on this week’s lesson, part of what is means is a striving to stay on the “straight path”, the path Allah laid out in the Qur’an and Muhammad exemplified in his life (Hadith).
Well, time and time again in this study I’ve had to go back and re-articulate the Gospel. (This has become especially true for this class.) And in so doing my mind has often drifted to my responsibility to fight the good fight of faith (1 Tim. 6.11-12). This afternoon I was studying while listening to Indelible Grace’s remake of “For All The Saints” and was struck by these words. I hope you too are encouraged by them.

For all the saints, who from their labors rest,
Who Thee by faith before the world confessed,
Thy Name, O Jesus, be forever blessed.
Alleluia, Alleluia!

Thou wast their Rock, their Fortress and their Might;
Thou, Lord, their Captain in the well fought fight;
Thou, in the darkness drear, their one true Light.
Alleluia, Alleluia!

O may Thy soldiers, faithful, true and bold,
Fight as the saints who nobly fought of old,
And win with them the victor’s crown of gold.
Alleluia, Alleluia!

And when the strife is fierce, the warfare long,
Steals on the ear the distant triumph song,
And hearts are brave, again, and arms are strong.
Alleluia, Alleluia!

The golden evening brightens in the west;
Soon, soon to faithful warriors comes their rest;
Sweet is the calm of paradise the blessed.
Alleluia, Alleluia!

But lo! there breaks a yet more glorious day;
The saints triumphant rise in bright array;
The King of glory passes on His way.
Alleluia, Alleluia!

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