(8 Measure
Introduction)
(Verse 1)
By the prophets, God foretold
of
the sending of His Son
Who would give His life
to set the captive
free.
Stepping down from His throne
and the glory He had known,
Jesus
came to give His life for you and me.
Though He knew well the cost,
He was
prepared to suffer loss
and give Himself as ransom for us all.
Into our
hopeless world He came,
Endured the suffering and the shame,
Every moment
staying faithful to the call.
(Verse 2)
Yet the One who spoke
of love
was rejected and despised;
He knew all too well the sinful heart
of men.
Those with eyes refused to see;
Those with ears refused to
hear,
as they sought a way to bring Him to an end.
By a friend He was
betrayed,
By soldiers, led away,
Yet for this very hour He had
come.
They did not take - He freely gave;
For those He came to
save,
the road to the cross He walked alone.
(Bridge 1)
He
could have called a million angels to His side,
Or stepped down from the
cross and walked away.
Yet His love held Him there,
Through the pain and
despair,
To free us from the debt we could not pay.
(Verse
3)
In His suffering and pain
Took the guilt and the shame
As He
hung between the heavens and the ground.
Every nail, every thorn,
Every
stare, every scorn
pierced the One who so freely laid it down.
With His
face to the sky,
"It is finished!" was His cry
The words that broke the
gates of hell.
When His final words were said,
Breathed His last, bowed
His head,
Darkness o'er the land so quickly fell.
(Bridge
2)
Yet death and darkness could not stand against His power:
He rose,
victorious o'er the grave.
In His light we now may live,
By the grace He
came to give
All who call upon His name are surely saved!
All who call
upon His name are surely saved!
Copyright © 1997 by Elton Smith and Larry Holder
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