Oh, free, rich, glorious grace!
lavished on us, that we should be called
children of GOD! And that is what we are!"
1 John 3:1
What! Did the LORD of all love us,
and give HIMSLF for us?
For us creatures,
for us sinners,
for rebels against HIS crown,
for HIS enemies, and
for haters of HIS ways,
who deserved to be companions with devils,
and were fit fuel for everlasting burnings!
Oh, free, rich, glorious grace!
What could the KING of Glory see
in us to attract HIS love? Were we
not the most loathsome, abominable
objects in HIS sight? And yet we,
even we, found grace in HIS sight!
O! HE loved us freely from the infinite
grace of HIS own heart, and the sovereign
good pleasure of HIS will. And HE so
loved us, that rather than we should die--
HE HIMSELF would die for us; that
rather than we should perish
in our guilt and pollution--
HE HIMSELF, HIS Righteous,
Holy SELF, would . . .
bear our sins,
be made a curse for us, and
endure all that flaming wrath
that we had deserved!
Oh, never was there such a
lover as our dear LORD JESUS!
Oh, never was there such a
lover as our dear LORD JESUS!
Oh, glorious LOVER HE ever lives,
HE ever loves, and from HIS love and
life HE will raise us from all sin and misery--
unto all grace and glory, and crown us
with HIM to reign in life eternal.
And in all, HE will rejoice over
us to do good, with HIS whole
heart and HIS whole soul.
Yes, HE will delight . . .
to honor us,
to lift us beggars from the ash-heap,
to set us among princes, and
to make us inherit the throne of glory!
of the world to be holy and blameless in
HIS sight. In love HE predestined us
to be adopted as HIS sons through
JESUS CHRIST, in accordance
with HIS pleasure and will--
to the praise of HIS glorious grace,
which HE has freely given us in the ONE
he loves. In HIM we have redemption
through HIS blood, the forgiveness of sins,
in accordance with the riches of GOD'S grace!"
Ephesians 1:4-7
Oh, free, rich, glorious grace!
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