Nevertheless

Nevertheless is a critical word

That helps us to see both sides,

Be that as it may or nonetheless

Are two other definitions supplied.

In addition to what I have said before

Let me give you just two more,

Notwithstanding is one of those

And yet gets right to the core.

You may wonder why nevertheless

So I will tell you in a while,

It helps to shape the decisions we make

As we confront the enemy’s guile.

Satan is a shrewd strategist

He’s an experience war campaigner,

Nevertheless Jesus is captain of heaven’s hosts

And he is also our Redeemer.

Be that as it may we must be on guard

Whenever the tempter comes,

A contrast Satan will always present

But nonetheless we must heed God’s Son.

There is an occasion in the Holy Word

When this contrast was presented,

Jesus uses the word nevertheless

To show what he had always intended.

Turn to St Luke chapter 22 and verse 42

And pay attention to the words of God’s Son,

Father if you be willing remove this cup from me:

Nevertheless not my will but yours be done.

Two paths before the Lord Jesus Christ

And both going in opposite directions,

Nevertheless he focused on his Father’s will

And on the wonderful plan of redemption.

If only there was another path

Better and different from that of the cross:

Nevertheless there was no better way

That God the Father could redeem the lost.

  

I draw your attention to an occasion

When sorrow filled the disciples’ heart,

In John chapter 16 we understand

That Jesus was getting ready to depart.

“Nevertheless,” Jesus said to them,

“It is expedient for you that I go away.”

For if he went not away as in fact he did

The Spirit could not be in us as he is today.

An interesting word is nevertheless

A very interesting word indeed,

Not withstanding we were condemned to death

Yet Jesus wonderfully met our need.

Stewart Russell © February 2019