Sunday, October 5, 2008

Jesus Paid It All

If you all noticed, today this hymn was played during the Lord's Supper...

I hear the Savior say,
“Thy strength indeed is small;
Child of weakness, watch and pray,
Find in Me thine all in all.”

Refrain:
Jesus paid it all,
All to Him I owe;
Sin had left a crimson stain,
He washed it white as snow.

For nothing good have I
Whereby Thy grace to claim;
I’ll wash my garments white
In the blood of Calv’ry’s Lamb.

Refrain

And when before thy throne
I stand in Him complete
Jesus died my soul to save
My lips shall still repeat

Refrain

(Some versions include the following verses as well)

And now complete in Him,
My robe, His righteousness,
Close sheltered ’neath His side,
I am divinely blest.

Refrain

Lord, now indeed I find
Thy pow’r, and Thine alone,
Can change the leper’s spots
And melt the heart of stone.

Refrain

When from my dying bed
My ransomed soul shall rise,
“Jesus died my soul to save,”
Shall rend the vaulted skies.

Refrain

And when before the throne
I stand in Him complete,
I’ll lay my trophies down,
All down at Jesus’ feet.

Refrain

Text: Elvina Hall
Music: John T. Grape
First published: 1868

“‘Come now, let us reason together,’ says the LORD. ‘Though your sins are like scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they are red as crimson, they shall be like wool’” -Isaiah 1:18.

Indeed, "Sin had left a crimson stain, He washed it white as snow..." May we ever remember this and be eternally grateful....

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