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DC. The sinner that truly believes

1 The sinner that truly believes,
And trust in his crucify'd Lord,
His justification receives,
Redemption in full through his blood:
Though thousands and thousands of foes
Against him in malice unite,
Their rage he through Christ can oppose,
Led forth by the Spirit to fight.

2 Not all the delusions of sin
Shall ever seduce him in death;
He now has the witness within,
United to Jesus by faith.
This faith shall eternally fail
When Jesus shall fall from his throne:
For hell against both must prevail;
Since Jesus and he are but one.

3 The faith that unites to the Lamb,
And brings such salvation as this,
Is more than mere notion or name;
The work of God's Spirit it is;
A principle active and young,
That lives under pressure and load:
That makes out of weakness more strong,
And draws the soul upward to God.

4 It treads on the world, and on hell,
It vanquishes death and despair;
And (what is still stranger to tell)
It overcomes heaven by pray'r;
Permits a vile worm of the dust
With God to commune as a friend;
To hope his forgiveness as just,
And look for his love to the end.

3 It says to the mountains depart,
That stand betwixt God and the soul;
It binds up the broken in heart,
And makes their sore consciences whole:
Bids sins of a crimson-like dye
Be spotless as snow, and as white;
And makes such a sinner as I
As pure as an angel of light.

Text Information

• First Line: The sinner that truly believes
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1829
• Notes: Public Domain.

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