Amazing Love of God

Yesterday at our church we sang one of my favorite songs, Charles Wesley’s And Can It Be?  I never heard this song until we began going to Bible churches instead of Lutheran churches.  I think it has some powerful words to meditate on.

And can it be that I should gain

An int’rest in the Savior’s blood?

Died He for me, who caused His pain?

For Me, who Him to death pursued?

Amazing Love! How can it be

That Thou, my God, shouldst die for me?

Refrain:

Amazing Love! How can it be

That Thou, my God, shouldst die for me?

He left His Father’s throne above;

So free, so infinite His grace.

Emptied Himself of all but love,

And bled for Adam’s helpless race.

‘Tis mercy all, immense and free,

For, O my God, it found out me.

Long my imprisoned spirit lay

Fast bound in sin and nature’s night;

Thine eye diffused a quick’ning ray,

I woke, the dungeon flamed with light.

My chains fell off; my heart was free.

I rose, went forth and followed Thee.

No condemnation now I dread;

Jesus, and all in Him is mine!

Alive in Him, my living Head,

And clothed in righteousness divine;

Behold I approach th’ eternal throne

And claim the crown, thro’ Christ, my own.

I have found texts with more stanzas, but these four are what I usually find in hymnals.