(for we who share the bond of freedom in Christ)
For now we are apart but someday
worshippers will sing together forever and ever!
This first song is very fitting for the times we are in
(worth the while to read the translation)
1 Thess.4:16-18
For the Lord himself will come down from heaven, with a loud command,
with the voice of the archangel and with the trumpet call of God,
and the dead in Christ will rise first.
After that, we who are still alive and are left
will be caught up together with them
in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air.
And so we will be with the Lord forever.
Therefore encourage one another with these words.
From sea to sea and shore to shore we who believe are bound
By a sweet and communal cord of common, holy ground
The blood that washes sinners clean and sets the cursed soul free
Is Mercy’s universal vein that binds God’s family
Salvation, wrought through Jesus Christ is our saving faith
His death, to pay the debtor’s price no offering could erase
For blood of bulls and rams could not atone and justify
Only a Perfect Lamb, the Son of God could satisfy
And by His outpoured blood we are unified far and wide
To be the family of God; His pure and spotless bride
Not by our works (lest we would boast) but by the grace of He
Who gave his uttermost upon the cross of Calvary
From sea to sea and shore to shore, while onward ages roll
A beautiful, mutual yoke binds soul to soul to soul
Of we who are freed from death’s sting through He came to save
Because He died and rose again, Christ has conquered the grave
Jesus fulfilled salvation’s plan, His name above all names
Has given to the soul of man, hope, without guilt’s past claims
Redemption is the joy we share, His love the song we sing
In universal praise and prayer to Jesus Christ our King
© Janet Martin
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