200. Once We Stood in Condemnation

8,7.
by G.W. Frazer
1
Once we stood in condemnation,
 
Waiting thus the sinner’s doom,
 
Christ in death has wrought salvation,
 
God has raised Him from the tomb.
2
As strangers then to God we lived,
 
Filled with enmity and fear;
 
Our souls from death He has reprieved,
 
Love revealed and brought us near.
“But now in Christ Jesus ye who sometimes were far off are made nigh by the blood of Christ.” (Ephesians 2:13)
3
Now we see in Christ’s acceptance
 
But the measure of our own;
 
Him who lay beneath our sentence,
 
Seated high upon the throne.
“To the praise of the glory of his grace, wherein he hath made us accepted in the beloved.” (Ephesians 1:6)
“Who was delivered for our offences, and was raised again for our justification.” (Romans 4:25)
“Now of the things which we have spoken this is the sum: We have such an high priest, who is set on the right hand of the throne of the Majesty in the heavens.” (Hebrews 8:1)
4
Quickened, raised, and in Him seated,
 
We a full deliverance know;
 
Every foe has been defeated,
 
Every enemy laid low.
“Even when we were dead in sins, hath quickened us together with Christ, (by grace ye are saved;) And hath raised us up together, and made us sit together in heavenly places in Christ Jesus.” (Ephesians 2:5-6)
“Who hath delivered us from the power of darkness, and hath translated us into the kingdom of his dear Son.” (Colossians 1:13)
“Thus the Lord saved Israel that day out of the hand of the Egyptians; and Israel saw the Egyptians dead upon the sea shore.” (Exodus 14:30)
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Now we have a life in union
 
With the risen life above;
 
Now we drink in sweet communion
 
Some rich foretaste of His love.
“For ye are dead, and your life is hid with Christ in God.” (Colossians 3:3)
“That which we have seen and heard declare we unto you, that ye also may have fellowship with us: and truly our fellowship is with the Father, and with his Son Jesus Christ.” (1 John 1:3)
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Soon, O Lord, in brightest glory,
 
All its vastness we’ll explore;
 
Soon we’ll cast our crowns before Thee,
 
Whilst we worship and adore.
“The four and twenty elders fall down before him that sat on the throne, and worship him that liveth for ever and ever, and cast their crowns before the throne, saying. Thou art worthy, O Lord, to receive glory and honor and power: for thou hast created all things, and for thy pleasure they are and were created.” (Revelation 4:10-11)
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