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Believers Hymn Book · No. 267 · Words: James George Deck · Tune: Gospel of Thy Grace
The Gospel of Thy grace
Create PowerPoint slides from this hymn →A Plymouth Brethren hymn by James George Deck (1841) reflecting on the gospel message of John 3:16 and the typology of Moses lifting up the serpent in the wilderness as a foreshadowing of Christ's crucifixion.
Verse 1
The Gospel of Thy grace
My stubborn heart has won;
For God so loved the world
He gave His only Son,
Chorus
That "Whosoever will believe,
Shall everlasting life receive!"
Shall everlasting life receive!
Verse 2
The serpent "lifted up"
Could life and healing give,
So Jesus on the Cross
Bids me to look and live.
Chorus
That "Whosoever will believe,
Shall everlasting life receive!"
Shall everlasting life receive!
Verse 3
"The soul that sinneth dies;"
My awful doom I heard;
I was for ever lost,
But for Thy gracious word.
Chorus
That "Whosoever will believe,
Shall everlasting life receive!"
Shall everlasting life receive!
Verse 4
"Not to condemn the world"
The "Man of Sorrows" came,
But that the world might have
Salvation through His Name.
Chorus
That "Whosoever will believe,
Shall everlasting life receive!"
Shall everlasting life receive!
Verse 5
"Lord, help my unbelief!"
Give me the peace of faith
To rest with child-like trust
On what Thy gospel saith.
Chorus
That "Whosoever will believe,
Shall everlasting life receive!"
Shall everlasting life receive!
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