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.