Glory

A while back, I posted the lyrics for a song title "Before the Throne" that I got on a music sampler CD from Sovereign Grace Ministries. This set of lyrics comes from another song off that CD, one that is one of my absolute favorite songs of any genre. Words fail me as I try to write an appropriate lead in to "The Glory of the Cross." So I'll let the apostle Paul speak for me: "When you were dead in your sins and in the uncircumcision of your sinful nature, God made you alive with Christ. He forgave us all our sins, having canceled the written code, with its regulations, that was against us and that stood opposed to us; he took it away, nailing it to the cross. And having disarmed the powers and authorities, he made a public spectacle of them, triumphing over them by the cross." - Colossians 2:13-15 (NIV)

What wisdom once devised the plan
Where all our sin and pride
Was placed upon the perfect Lamb
Who suffered, bled, and died?
The wisdom of a Sovereign God
Whose greatness will be shown
When those who crucified Your Son
Rejoice around Your throne

And, oh, the glory of the cross
That You would send Your Son for us
I gladly count my life as loss
That I might come to know
The glory of, the glory of the cross

What righteousness was there revealed
That sets the guilty free
That justifies ungodly men
And calls the filthy clean?
A righteousness that proved to all
Your justice has been met
And holy wrath is satisfied
Through one atoning death

And, oh, the glory of the cross
That You would send Your Son for us
I gladly count my life as loss
That I might come to know
The glory of, the glory of the cross

What mercy now has been proclaimed
For those who would believe
A love incomprehensible
Our minds could not conceive?
A mercy that forgives my sin
Then makes me like Your Son
And now I’m loved forevermore
Because of what You’ve done

And, oh, the glory of the cross
That You would send Your Son for us
Oh, the glory
The glory of the cross

And, oh, the glory of the cross
That You would send Your Son for us
(How could You die; how could You die for us?)
I gladly count my life as loss
That I might come to know
The glory of, the glory of the cross
Oh, the cross

Listen to a sample of the song here. Or check out more of Sovereign Grace's music here.