The Wondrous Surprise of Grace


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All hail to him who mercy shows
To we who fall and sin
Who owes to none his saving grace
Yet holds such grace within

When Adam fell the law said just
Partake and you will die
No promise had been sworn before
That God would still draw nigh

Nor when upon the Sinai mount
The tables, God inscribed
The ten commands held no relief
That God would still abide
When Jonah preached to Nineveh
Their nearing sure demise
He gave no word that mercy might
Yet still in grace arise

But how the Gospel shouts to all
Who have such ears to hear
Redeeming grace in Jesus’ cross
Allays all judgment’s fears

Come see the place where God has died
A ransom for the lost
The Son of God in human flesh
Has paid the utmost cost

No sin, no shame, no guilt so black
The stain cannot be purged
His blood avails for all who come
All sinners now are urged

Hold nothing back confessing sin
Bring all your foulness here
And lay it at the Savior’s feet
Let nothing make you fear

His blood can make the foulest clean
Sufficient is his cross
And none who fly in faith to him
Can ever suffer loss

Our Christ has full atonement made
The Spirit then applies
And makes the sinner come to own
What all our Christ supplies

No rest so sweet can any have
But those in Christ alone
Made one again with God by faith
In Christ, and Christ alone

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