When Christ is exalted.

When CHRIST is EXALTED


When Christ is exalted there responds within
The heart of each believer that’s trusted in him
A song if you will a Joy that you feel
A special Involvement A oneness that’s real

If I be lifted up to me will I draw
Each man woman child can respond to the call
When it comes to freewill installed in each one
The heart though deceitful just must be won

By Love ? His is greater than heaven itself
By Ransom? what can one give greater than self
By Sacrifice? His was the greatest Involved
By Grace? Can anyone condescend more

Jesus your awesome Jesus you gave
Jesus you even went into the grave
Though resurrected and alive evermore
Was I even worth the point of one thorn

Those lashes the spittle of vile mocking men
Deserved not by Jesus the giver of life
Whose righteousness demanded Perfection not sin
Whose Love and Forgiveness is Greater than Death

How long you put up with frail mortal man
How long will you offer this infinite plan
That forgives even murder and envy and strife
That confronts every evil and exposes all sin

Condemned yet forgiven How can this be
I’m so glad you’ve revealed it to poor simple me
Thank you and thank you and thank you again
To the Lord up in Heaven Your just beyond words

contributed by Stephen Griffin