15. All That We Were--Our Sins, Our Guilt

C.M.
by H. Bonar, 1845
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All that we were — our sins, our guilt,
 
Our death — was all our own:
 
All that we are we owe to Thee,
 
Thou God of grace, alone.
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Thy mercy found us in our sins,
 
And gave us to believe;
 
Then, in believing, peace we found;
 
And in Thy Christ we live.
“But God, who is rich in mercy, for his great love wherewith he loved us. Even when we were dead in sins, hath quickened us together with Christ, (by grace ye are saved;)” (Ephesians 2:4-5)
“Not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to his mercy he saved us, by the washing of regeneration, and renewing of the Holy Ghost.” (Titus 3:5)
“For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God.” (Ephesians 2:8)
“Therefore being justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ.” (Romans 5:1)
“I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me.” (Galatians 2:20)
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All that we are as saints on earth,
 
All that we hope to be
 
When Jesus comes and glory dawns,
 
We owe it all to Thee.
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