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| 1 | Once we stood in condemnation, | John 3:18; Romans 5:8-9; Acts 13:29-30 |
| Waiting thus the sinner's doom, |
| Christ in death has wrought salvation, |
| God has raised Him from the tomb. |
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| 2 | As strangers then to God we lived, | Ephesians 2:12,19; Romans 5:10; Romans 8:15; John 5:24; 2 Corinthians 1:10; Ephesians 2:13 |
| Filled with enmity and fear; |
| Our souls from death He has reprieved, |
| Love revealed and brought us near. |
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| 3 | Now we see in Christ's acceptance | Ephesians 1:6; Romans 4:25; Hebrews 8:1 |
| But the measure of our own; |
| Him who lay beneath our sentence, |
| Seated high upon the throne. |
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| 4 | Quickened, raised, and in Him seated, | Ephesians 2:5-6; Colossians 1:13; Exodus 14:30 |
| We a full deliverance know; |
| Every foe has been defeated, |
| Every enemy laid low. |
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| 5 | Now we have a life in union | Colossians 3:3; 1 John 1:3 |
| With the risen life above; |
| Now we drink in sweet communion |
| Some rich foretaste of His love. |
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| 6 | Soon, O Lord, in brightest glory, | Revelation 4:10-11 |
| All its vastness we'll explore; |
| Soon we'll cast our crowns before Thee, |
| Whilst we worship and adore. |
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