ATONEMENT
Rebellious
and unwilling to be rescued
You
saved us
You
gave us
Life,
hope and love
Reaching
us with stretched arms
Pierced
side
Grieving
heart
Bleeding
brows
Displayed
so all men may see
Love unafraid
to die
Hope beyond
this life
Glory
in Suffering
Captured,
our hearts raptured by love
Not by
law
But
your love
Beaten,
battered and butchered
To this
cross shall all men come
In gross
darkness thee we saw
Where
on the tree thou hung
Light
brightest shone thee
The Son
of God
We bless
thee
Mournful
mourning for sinners’ plight
No
hammer or nails
No spit
or whip
Dravest
tears out the saviour’s eyes
Not
stones and screams to
“Crucify
him!”
But the
verdict of Condemnation upon all
If this
cross He wouldn’t embrace
Sin, righteousness
slayed
Death
and sorrow’s debt paid
Where
nothing else prevailed
Oh! The
passion and fierce love that came
That
tore our rags away
And
broke my chains
All
blinded eyes see
The
emblem of mercy revealed
Deaf
ears listen
To
rushing sounds of grace rising within
From
the saved and redeemed
The
dead shall live again
Sweet
fragrance on dumb lips
By the
beating, bleeding of my King
Jesus
the spotless Lamb of God
By whose stripes the world was healed
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