1 

Once I stood in condemnation,

   Waiting thus the sinner's doom;

Christ in death has wrought salvation,

   God has raised Him from the tomb.

Once I was to God a stranger,

   Filled with enmity and fear;

He has rescued me from danger,

   Love revealed and brought me near.

 2 

Now I see in Christ's acceptance

   But the measure of my own;

He who lay beneath my sentence,

   Seated high upon the Throne.

Quickened, raised, and in Him seated,

   I a full deliverance know;

Every foe has been defeated,

   Every enemy laid low.

 3 

Now I have a life in union

   With the risen Lord above;

Now I drink in sweet communion

   Some rich foretaste of His love.

Soon, O Lord! In highest glory,

   All its vastness I'll explore;

Soon I'll cast my crown before Thee,

   While I worship and adore.