Sunday's Hymn

The Power of the Cross

Oh, to see the dawn
Of the darkest day:
Christ on the road to Calvary.
Tried by sinful men,
Torn and beaten, then
Nailed to a cross of wood.

Chorus
This, the pow’r of the cross:
Christ became sin for us;
Took the blame, bore the wrath—
We stand forgiven at the cross.

Oh, to see the pain
Written on Your face,
Bearing the awesome weight of sin.
Ev’ry bitter thought,
Ev’ry evil deed
Crowning Your bloodstained brow.

Now the daylight flees;
Now the ground beneath
Quakes as its Maker bows His head.
Curtain torn in two,
Dead are raised to life;
“Finished!” the vict’ry cry.

Oh, to see my name
Written in the wounds,
For through Your suffering I am free.
Death is crushed to death;
Life is mine to live,
Won through Your selfless love.

Final chorus
This, the pow’r of the cross:
Son of God—slain for us.
What a love! What a cost!
We stand forgiven at the cross.

—Words and Music by Keith Getty and Stuart Townend

Other hymns, worship songs, sermons etc. posted today:

• All Glory Laud and Honor at threegirldad
• “It Is Finished!” at Tried With Fire
• O Love That Will Not Let Me Go at Rosemary at Home
• Bless Jesus, When Thy Cross I View at The Happy Wonderer
• Arise, O God, and Shine at Field Stone Cottage
• I Bring My Sins to Thee at Whatever Things
• Come Faithful People, Come Away at Conjubilant with Song
• Lord’s Day 16, 2010 at The Thirsty Theologian
• Voices of the Past - April 17, 2011 at The Upward Call
• The Safe Place at Daily on My Way to Heaven
• Jesus Enters Jerusalem at Theology for Girls
• Update: Sabbath Keeping at Thistle Grove Farms
• Update: Your Weekly Dose of Spurgeon at Pyromaniacs: The Right Kind of Zeal

Have you posted a hymn (or sermon, sermon notes, prayer, etc.) today and I missed it? Let me know by leaving a link in the comments or by contacting me using the contact form linked above, and I’ll add your post to the list.

Comments

[Kim Shay]

We sang this at the conference. The Gettys had recently written a song that is kind of a "precursor" to this one, and we sang them together. It was so amazing.