Christ my Righteousness

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  • Key: D
  • Tempo: Slow
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  • Theme: Assurance of Pardon, Grace of God, Mercy of God, Salvation, Justification and Forgiveness

Lyrics

Your works, not mine, O Christ
Speak gladness to this heart
They tell me all is done
They bid my fears depart

Your pains, not mine, O Christ
Upon the shameful tree
Have paid the laws full price
And purchased peace for me

O Christ, by Your sacrifice you’ve paid the debt I owe
O Christ, You’re my righteousness, I cling to you alone

Thy cross, not mine, O Christ,
Has borne the awe-full load
Of sins that none could bear
But the incarnate God.

Thy death, not mine, O Christ,
Has paid the ransom due;
Ten thousand deaths like mine
Would have been all too few.

O Christ, by Your sacrifice you’ve paid the debt I owe
O Christ, You’re my righteousness, I cling to you alone

Words by Horatius Bonar (Written 1857) music and additional lyrics by Josh Sczebel and Brian Eichelberger © 2015

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