O Jesus Christ, the Resurrected

 

Tune: Dich will Ich lieben

 

O Jesus Christ, the Resurrected,

Lord over Satan, sin, and death;

Who came to men, by men rejected,

To give the dead new life by faith

In You who bore all shame and sin

And rose to life again,

 

I pray You, Christ, my only Savior,

When I am locked in fear and dread,

Oh, enter in my heart forever,

And show my sin and doubting dead;

Enlarge my heart to grasp the joy

That You my death destroy.

 

But I am weak, and still am bearing

This Adam who will stray from You;

Unless You constantly are sharing

Your words that will make all things new;

So teach me now in tears to sow

Until life’s joy I know.  

 

I praise You for your love’s creation

Of everything You give to me;

I praise You for Your incarnation,

And for Your death that ransomed me,

For all Your sufferings on the cross

That have redeemed my loss.

 

But chiefly am I bound to praise You

For Your sweet resurrection here;

And with my heart and mouth I raise You

The song that’s new and casts out fear,

That I by faith can hear You speak,

“Peace” to the poor and weak. 

 

For by Your death my death is dying,

And by your life this sinner lives;

And peace You speak is still supplying

That grace that every sin forgives,

And I have hope that will not leave

No matter what I grieve. 

 

There is no joy on earth that’s greater

Than what You pour into my heart,

You are my Brother and Creator

Whose words Your Spirit’s life impart,

So that I may through death and grave

Your life and love still have. 

            4/22/22