Thursday, April 10, 2008

He Gave Himself

Before the fall of man, God had a perfect plan
To fellowship with us was His desire
But Adam disobeyed, to sin became a slave
Now a perfect sacrifice would be required

An offering must be made, the sin debt must be paid
So God and man could reconciled be
So Jesus said, “I’ll go,” because He loved me so
He shed His blood and paid sin’s penalty

He gave Himself to pay a debt I could not pay
When I was lost He gave Himself to be my way
Though I deserved to be upon the cross that day
In love He took my place and gave Himself

No greater love is known, no greater love is shown
Than when one lays his life down for a friend
But Jesus died for me, when I was His enemy
A love like this I cannot comprehend

He gave Himself to pay a debt I could not pay
When I was lost He gave Himself to be my way
Though I deserved to be upon the cross that day
In love He took my place and gave Himself

My nails were in His hands, my crown of thorns He wore
My stripes were on His back, my heavy cross He bore
And when God turned His back, He turned it on my sin
Jesus won a victory that I could never win

He gave Himself to pay a debt I could not pay
When I was lost He gave Himself to be my way
Though I deserved to be upon the cross that day
In love He took my place and gave Himself

In love He took my place…and gave Himself

By Niki Lott & Alicia Reagan

4 comments:

Anonymous said...

Thank you for posting the lyrics up.
It's such a humbling song, shows us how Gracious God is. :)

God Bless

Anonymous said...

I love this song ! thank u 4 posting dis song. it really blessed me ! do you have the notes or chord of this ? if u have just send it to my ym acc. leyngregori@yahoo.com

hope u have !

thank u in advance and Godbless. :)

Melinda said...

This song has beautiful lyrics. Does anyone know where I could find the sheet music? I have such a hard time finding conservative Christian sheet music.

Hannah said...

Hello! No, I'm sorry. I don't know where the sheet music can be found. I first heard the song sung by the John Marshall family. It is beautiful! =)