Any Theological Problems with Before the throne of God above?

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Before the throne of God above
I have a strong, a perfect plea;
A great High Priest, whose Name is Love,
Who ever lives and pleads for me.

My name is graven on His hands,
My name is written on His heart;
I know that while with God He stands
No tongue can bid me thence depart.

When Satan tempts me to despair,
And tells me of the guilt within,
Upward I look, and see Him there
Who made an end of all my sin.

Because the sinless Savior died,
My sinful soul is counted free;
For God, the Just, is satisfied
To look on Him and pardon me.

Behold Him there, the risen Lamb!
My perfect, spotless Righteousness,
The great unchangeable I AM,
The King of glory and of grace.

One with Himself, I cannot die;
My soul is purchased by His blood;
My life is hid with Christ on high,
With Christ, my Savior and my God.
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Theologically sound? It’s one of my favorite hymns, so I’d hate for it to be ruined the way “Mary Did You Know” was for me.
 
Yes! 🙂 Just wanted to make sure I wasn’t missing anything. I’m updating my worship playlist right now.
 
There are some reinterpretations to some lyrics I’ve had to adopt. But I think it’s still alright.

Btw, Shane and Shane have a great version
 
Kei said:
What’s wrong with Mary did you know?
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“The child that you’ve delivered will soon deliver you” implies that Mary needed deliverance, in other words she was an ordinary sinner like everybody else. Which she wasn’t. She was the only sinless non-divine human ever.
 
Ah. I see, she was already delivered by her savior.

But, I think it can depend on what is meant by deliverance. If it is to Heaven, then yes, since Jesus opened up Heaven. But of course they probably meant something else.
 
Wasn’t it written by a Protestant? If so, I doubt the author believed the Catholic teachings about the sinless nature of Mary.
 
Yes, I’m pretty sure it is.
Sadly, probably not, but it is not unknown for Catholics to take a bad thing and make it good.
 
Yes, but the only reason Mary was sinless was because Christ saved her by his death on the cross, which he hadn’t yet done when he was born. So IMO it’s correct to say that her child would soon deliver her.
Of course God has adapted (I was going to say “messed with” but that’s not a good choice of words) the time line to suit his purposes. Christ died for us before the foundations of the world but it really happened on Golgotha. He was able to institute the Eucharist before he died, which is taking events outside of time.
I think we can say that Christ delivered Mary just as he saved all of us.
 
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