Beautiful Scandalous Night

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Verse 1

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Go on	up to the mountain of mercy

	A
To the	crimson perpetual tide

	E	D	A
Kneel	down on the shore be	thirsty no m	ore

	A	E	A
Go	under and	be purif	ied

Verse 2

	A	D	A
Follow	Christ to the	holy m	ountain

	A	E	A
Sinner	sorry and w	recked by the	fall

	E	D	A
Cleanse	your heart and soul in the f	ountain that fl	ows

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For	you for	me and for	all

Chorus 1

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At the	wonderful tragic myst	erious tr	ee

	E	D	A
On the	beautiful scandalous n	ight you and m	e

	E	C#M/F	F#m	D
Were at	oned by His b	lood and for	ever washed	white

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On the	beautiful	scandalous n	ight

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Verse 3

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On the hillside you will be de	livered

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At the	foot of the	cross justif	ied

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And your s	pirit restored by the	river that p	ours

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From	our blessed	Savior's	side

Chorus 2

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At the	wonderful tragic myst	erious tr	ee

	E	D	A
On the	beautiful scandalous n	ight you and m	e

	E	C#M/F	F#m	D
Were at	oned by His b	lood and for	ever washed	white

	A	E	Asus	A
On the	beautiful	scandalous n	ight

Chorus 1

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	E	D	A
At the	wonderful tragic myst	erious tr	ee

	E	D	A
On the	beautiful scandalous n	ight you and m	e

	E	C#M/F	F#m	D
Were at	oned by His b	lood and for	ever washed	white

	A	E	(F#m)
On the	beautiful	scandalous n	ight

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Verse 1

	A	D	A
Go on	up to the	mountain of m	ercy

	A	E	A
To the	crimson per	petual ti	de

	E	D	A
Kneel	down on the shore be	thirsty no m	ore

	A	E	A
Go	under and	be purif	ied

Chorus 1

	E	D	A
At the	wonderful tragic myst	erious tr	ee

	E	D	A
On the	beautiful scandalous n	ight you and m	e

	E	C#M/F	F#m	D
Were at	oned by His b	lood and for	ever washed	white

	A	E	(F#m)
On the	beautiful	scandalous n	ight

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	A	E	F#m
On the	beautiful	scandalous n	ight

	A	E	(F#m)
On the	beautiful	scandalous n	ight

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	F#m	E	D	A	F#m	E	D	(hold)

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The life of the believer is marked by tension.

Rejoice in your suffering.

Love your enemy.

The first will be last.

Blessed are those who mourn.

God is good; evil is everywhere. God is sovereign; terrible things befall us. God is love; He pours out wrath on sin. We are called to be “perfect”; we are entirely incapable of it on our own.

Push…pull…push…pull.

The tension is confrontational to our human hearts, but we need it if we are ever going to see a real glimpse of the Kingdom of God in all of its complexity and wonder. Our God is not simple, and neither is it simple to truly know Him as He is. But He has given us what we need to do it, the greatest of which is found in the world’s most difficult tension: the cross of Christ.

At the wonderful, tragic, mysterious tree
On that beautiful, scandalous night, you and me
Were atoned by His blood and forever washed white
On the beautiful scandalous night.

At the cross, innocence was mangled, righteousness was mocked, love incarnate pierced with hate. Torture for the spotless Lamb; shame for the King.

Scandalous. Beautiful.

No death more grisly and demeaning and yet no act more powerful and glorious. Because He chose it. His life was not taken – it was laid down. It’s easy to find the scandal in a crucifixion, but here is where the beauty lies: the God of the universe, willingly humbled to enter into creation as a vulnerable man, hanging on a cross of His own choosing, filled with compassion for those who would scorn Him.

As they mocked, Jesus pleaded: “Father, forgive them, for they know not what they do.”

As the criminal cried out, Jesus promised: “Today, you will be with me in paradise.”

As He breathed His final breaths, Jesus declared on our behalf: “It is finished.”

In His deepest, darkest agony, the light of Christ’s love shone with greater strength and splendor than ever before.

Scandalous. Beautiful.

Go on up to the mountain of mercy
To the crimson perpetual tide.
Kneel down on the shore, be thirsty no more.
Go under and be purified.

This is your invitation. Run to His mercy; bathe in the cleansing flood; be satisfied. Not because you are worthy, but because He has chosen you as His own. Yet another tension: we who were far off and had nothing to offer but sin and need are welcomed in and made clean; we who would have mocked with the others at the foot of the cross are declared righteous by the work accomplished there; we who should be dead are, instead, made eternally alive.

Scandalous. Beautiful.

Remember, chosen one of God, what was achieved on your behalf. May it never grow dull to you. May you not be overcome by the tensions of the Christian life, but rather be moved to worship by the impossible glory of Jesus’s lovingkindness toward you. May you go forward, day-by-day, rejoicing in the beautiful scandal of the cross.

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Matthew 27:32-56

"32As they went out, they found a man of Cyrene, Simon by name. They compelled this man to carry his cross. 33And when they came to a place called Golgotha (which means Place of a Skull), 34they offered him wine to drink, mixed with gall, but when he tasted it, he would not drink it. 35And when they had crucified him, they divided his garments among them by casting lots. 36Then they sat down and kept watch over him there. 37And over his head they put the charge against him, which read, This is Jesus, the King of the Jews. 38Then two robbers were crucified with him, one on the right and one on the left. 39And those who passed by derided him, wagging their heads 40and saying, You who would destroy the temple and rebuild it in three days, save yourself! If you are the Son of God, come down from the cross. 41So also the chief priests, with the scribes and elders, mocked him, saying, 42He saved others; he cannot save himself. He is the King of Israel; let him come down now from the cross, and we will believe in him. 43He trusts in God; let God deliver him now, if he desires him. For he said, I am the Son of God. 44And the robbers who were crucified with him also reviled him in the same way. 45Now from the sixth hour there was darkness over all the land until the ninth hour. 46And about the ninth hour Jesus cried out with a loud voice, saying, Eli, Eli, lema sabachthani? that is, My God, my God, why have you forsaken me? 47And some of the bystanders, hearing it, said, This man is calling Elijah. 48And one of them at once ran and took a sponge, filled it with sour wine, and put it on a reed and gave it to him to drink. 49But the others said, Wait, let us see whether Elijah will come to save him. 50And Jesus cried out again with a loud voice and yielded up his spirit. 51And behold, the curtain of the temple was torn in two, from top to bottom. And the earth shook, and the rocks were split. 52The tombs also were opened. And many bodies of the saints who had fallen asleep were raised, 53and coming out of the tombs after his resurrection they went into the holy city and appeared to many. 54When the centurion and those who were with him, keeping watch over Jesus, saw the earthquake and what took place, they were filled with awe and said, Truly this was the Son of God! 55There were also many women there, looking on from a distance, who had followed Jesus from Galilee, ministering to him, 56among whom were Mary Magdalene and Mary the mother of James and Joseph and the mother of the sons of Zebedee."

Mark 15:16-39

"16And the soldiers led him away inside the palace (that is, the governor's headquarters), and they called together the whole battalion. 17And they clothed him in a purple cloak, and twisting together a crown of thorns, they put it on him. 18And they began to salute him, Hail, King of the Jews! 19And they were striking his head with a reed and spitting on him and kneeling down in homage to him. 20And when they had mocked him, they stripped him of the purple cloak and put his own clothes on him. And they led him out to crucify him. 21And they compelled a passerby, Simon of Cyrene, who was coming in from the country, the father of Alexander and Rufus, to carry his cross. 22And they brought him to the place called Golgotha (which means Place of a Skull). 23And they offered him wine mixed with myrrh, but he did not take it. 24And they crucified him and divided his garments among them, casting lots for them, to decide what each should take. 25And it was the third hour when they crucified him. 26And the inscription of the charge against him read, The King of the Jews. 27And with him they crucified two robbers, one on his right and one on his left. 28And those who passed by derided him, wagging their heads and saying, Aha! You who would destroy the temple and rebuild it in three days, 29save yourself, and come down from the cross! 30So also the chief priests with the scribes mocked him to one another, saying, He saved others; he cannot save himself. 31Let the Christ, the King of Israel, come down now from the cross that we may see and believe. Those who were crucified with him also reviled him. 32And when the sixth hour had come, there was darkness over the whole land until the ninth hour. 33And at the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, Eloi, Eloi, lema sabachthani? which means, My God, my God, why have you forsaken me? 34And some of the bystanders hearing it said, Behold, he is calling Elijah. 35And someone ran and filled a sponge with sour wine, put it on a reed and gave it to him to drink, saying, Wait, let us see whether Elijah will come to take him down. 36And Jesus uttered a loud cry and breathed his last. 37And the curtain of the temple was torn in two, from top to bottom. 38And when the centurion, who stood facing him, saw that in this way he breathed his last, he said, Truly this man was the Son of God! 39There were also women looking on from a distance, among whom were Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James the younger and of Joses, and Salome."

Isaiah 53:4-12

"4 Surely he has borne our griefs and carried our sorrows; yet we esteemed him stricken, smitten by God, and afflicted. 5 But he was pierced for our transgressions; he was crushed for our iniquities; upon him was the chastisement that brought us peace, and with his wounds we are healed. 6 All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turnedevery oneto his own way; and the Lord has laid on him the iniquity of us all. 7 He was oppressed, and he was afflicted, yet he opened not his mouth; like a lamb that is led to the slaughter, and like a sheep that before its shearers is silent, so he opened not his mouth. 8 By oppression and judgment he was taken away; and as for his generation, who considered that he was cut off out of the land of the living, stricken for the transgression of my people? 9 And they made his grave with the wicked and with a rich man in his death, although he had done no violence, and there was no deceit in his mouth. 10 Yet it was the will of the Lord to crush him; he has put him to grief; when his soul makes an offering for guilt, he shall see his offspring; he shall prolong his days; the will of the Lord shall prosper in his hand. 11 Out of the anguish of his soul he shall see and be satisfied; by his knowledge shall the righteous one, my servant, make many to be accounted righteous, and he shall bear their iniquities. 12 Therefore I will divide him a portion with the many, and he shall divide the spoil with the strong, because he poured out his soul to death and was numbered with the transgressors; yet he bore the sin of many, and makes intercession for the transgressors."

Matthew 26:26-28

"26Now as they were eating, Jesus took bread, and after blessing it broke it and gave it to the disciples, and said, Take, eat; this is my body. 27And he took a cup, and when he had given thanks he gave it to them, saying, Drink of it, all of you, 28for this is my blood of the covenant, which is poured out for many for the forgiveness of sins."

Hebrews 9:12–14

"12he entered once for all into the holy places, not by means of the blood of goats and calves but by means of his own blood, thus securing an eternal redemption. 13For if the blood of goats and bulls, and the sprinkling of defiled persons with the ashes of a heifer, sanctify for the purification of the flesh, 14how much more will the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without blemish to God, purify our conscience from dead works to serve the living God."

John 4:13-14

"13Jesus said to her, Everyone who drinks of this water will be thirsty again, 14but whoever drinks of the water that I will give him will never be thirsty again. The water that I will give him will become in him a spring of water welling up to eternal life."

Romans 5:6-18

"6For while we were still weak, at the right time Christ died for the ungodly. 7For one will scarcely die for a righteous personthough perhaps for a good person one would dare even to die 8but God shows his love for us in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us. 9Since, therefore, we have now been justified by his blood, much more shall we be saved by him from the wrath of God. 10For if while we were enemies we were reconciled to God by the death of his Son, much more, now that we are reconciled, shall we be saved by his life. 11More than that, we also rejoice in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have now received reconciliation. 12Therefore, just as sin came into the world through one man, and death through sin, and so death spread to all men because all sinned 13for sin indeed was in the world before the law was given, but sin is not counted where there is no law. 14Yet death reigned from Adam to Moses, even over those whose sinning was not like the transgression of Adam, who was a type of the one who was to come. 15But the free gift is not like the trespass. For if many died through one man's trespass, much more have the grace of God and the free gift by the grace of that one man Jesus Christ abounded for many. 16And the free gift is not like the result of that one man's sin. For the judgment following one trespass brought condemnation, but the free gift following many trespasses brought justification. 17For if, because of one man's trespass, death reigned through that one man, much more will those who receive the abundance of grace and the free gift of righteousness reign in life through the one man Jesus Christ. 18Therefore, as one trespass led to condemnation for all men, so one act of righteousness leads to justification and life for all men."

Ezekiel 36:26

"26And I will give you a new heart, and a new spirit I will put within you. And I will remove the heart of stone from your flesh and give you a heart of flesh."

2 Chronicles 7:14

"14if my people who are called by my name humble themselves, and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven and will forgive their sin and heal their land."

Psalm 23:3

"3 He restores my soul. He leads me in paths of righteousness for his name's sake."

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