85. O Lord, Thy Love's Unbounded

7,6.
by J.G. Deck
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O Lord, Thy love’s unbounded!
 
So full, so vast, so free!
 
Our thoughts are all confounded
 
Whene’er we think of Thee:
 
For us Thou cam’st from heaven,
 
For us to bleed and die,
 
That, purchased and forgiven,
 
We might ascend on high.
“That Christ may dwell in your hearts by faith; that ye, being rooted and grounded in love. May be able to comprehend with all saints what is the breadth, and length, and depth, and height. And to know the love of Christ, which passeth knowledge, that ye might be filled with all the fulness of God.” (Ephesians 3:17-19)
“For I came down from heaven, not to do mine own will, but the will of him that sent me.” (John 6:38)
“I came forth from the Father, and am come into the world: again, I leave the world, and go to the Father.” (John 16:28)
“But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.” (Romans 5:8)
“In whom we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of his grace.” (Ephesians 1:7)
“Which is the earnest of our inheritance until the redemption of the purchased possession, unto the praise of his glory.” (Ephesians 1:14)
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But oh! the hope of being
 
Forever with the Lord,
 
The joyful hope of seeing
 
That face for us so marred!
 
It fills our heart with comfort,
 
It fills our lips with praise,
 
So that amidst our sorrow
 
A joyful song we raise.
“Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord. Wherefore comfort one another with these words.” (1 Thessalonians 4:17-18)
“And they shall see his face; and his name shall be in their foreheads.” (Revelation 22:4)
“As many were astonied at thee; his visage was so marred more than any man, and his form more than the sons of men.” (Isaiah 52:14)
“As sorrowful, yet alway rejoicing; as poor, yet making many rich; as having nothing, and yet possessing all things.” (2 Corinthians 6:10)
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O Lamb of God, we thank Thee,
 
We bless Thy holy name;
 
Thy love once made Thee willing
 
To bear our sin and shame.
 
And now Thy love is waiting
 
Thy saints like Thee to raise;
 
Firstborn of many brethren,
 
To Thee be all the praise.
“The next day John seeth Jesus coming unto him, and saith, Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world.” (John 1:29)
“And looking upon Jesus as he walked, he saith, Behold the Lamb of God!” (John 1:36)
“Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.” (John 15:13)
“Hereby perceive we the love of God, because he laid down his life for us: and we ought to lay down our lives for the brethren.” (1 John 3:16)
“Who his own self bare our sins in his own body on the tree, that we, being dead to sins, should live unto righteousness: by whose stripes ye were healed.” (1 Peter 2:24)
“Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith; who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God.” (Hebrews 12:2)
“And the Lord direct your hearts into the love of God, and into the patient waiting for Christ.” (2 Thessalonians 3:5)
“Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it doth not yet appear what we shall be: but we know that, when he shall appear, we shall be like him; for we shall see him as he is.” (1 John 3:2)
“For whom he did foreknow, he also did predestinate to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brethren.” (Romans 8:29)
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