The Church, The Body Of Christ |
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1. | The
Church is Christ's own Body, The Father's dwelling place, The gath'ring of the called ones, God blended with man's race; Elect before creation, Redeemed by Calv'ry's death, Her character and standing Of heaven, not of earth. |
2. | New
man of new creation, Born through her risen Lord, Baptized in God the Spirit, Made holy by His Word; Christ is her life and content, Himself her glorious Head; She has ascended with Him O'er all her foes to tread. |
3. | Christ
is her foundation, None other man may lay; All that she has, as Christ, is Divine in every way; Her members through the Spirit Their death on Calv'ry own; They're built in resurrection -- Gold, silver, precious stone. |
4. | One
God, one Lord, one Spirit -- Her elements all one -- One faith, one hope, one baptism, One body in the Son; The Triune God is in her, One body members own, By faith they are united, In hope of glory shown. |
5. | From
every tribe and nation Do all the members come, Regardless of their classes United to be one. No high there is, nor lowly, No Jew, no Gentile clan, No free, nor slave, nor master, But Christ, the "one new man." |
6. | One
Body universal, One in each place expressed; Locality of dwelling Her only ground possessed; Administration local, Each answ'ring to the Lord; Communion universal, Upheld in one accord. |
7. | Her
local gatherings model The New Jerusalem; Its aspects and its details Must show in all of them. Christ is the lamp that shinneth, With God within, the Light; They are the lampstand bearing His glorious Image bright. |