Hymn of Praise to Our Lord

 Hymn of Praise to Our Lord  

  by Danny C. Wash  

                                                                            

Oh Lord, Who is our eternal rock

Come in wonderful mercy near

and rescue us from all our fear.

How can we resist His great love

Who came to take our just place

and suffer the penalty of the race.

He was the perfect eternal lamb for the Passover sacrifice

having been found by God without blemish or spot

to pay for our sins and bring the devil’s deeds to naught.

He was beaten with whips that tore away his skin

But much worse was the pain and guilt of our sin

He suffered that our souls finally He might win.

He was hung upon the cross in shame

to shed His blood and sacrifice His life

so that all are saved that believe in His name.

All our sin in His beaten body in love He did undertake.

Our old self was crucified in Him by taking our place

and because He became sin as us, God did Jesus forsake.

Jesus’ weakened body and heart could no longer bear the loss

of His Father for a moment and so in that place of His desertion

Jesus said “It is finished” and breathed his last upon the cross.

The devil, sin, and death did not know that in their prize

they gained at the cross in Jesus was instead to be their defeat

because God accepted Jesus’ sacrifice and from death would arise.  

On the third day after being sealed in His grave

an angel came and the heavy stone was rolled away.

God rescued Jesus from death and eternal life He gave.

He has been exalted above every power and throne

by His bodily resurrection from death in victory

and in this great sacrifice for all our sins to atone.

Because Jesus Christ has been raised in glory

the Holy Spirit has been poured out upon men

that they will no longer live under the power of sin.

Hallelujah to the Father for this glorious union

Hallelujah to the Son Who has brought the reunion

and made us one with Them in blessed eternal communion.