And Can It Be
Backgrounder: Charles Wesley
is probably the greatest hymn
writer the church has ever known
From the time of his conversion
in 1738, Wesley wrote an average
of two hymns a week for 50 years
composing five to six thousand
hymns during his lifetime. Most
of these hymns were written on
horseback as he travelled with
his brother John, preaching and
ministering to thousands of poor
farmers and illiterate coal miners.
These were people at the margin
of society, people most churches
did not bother to think about. It
was for them that Charles Wesley
composed his hymns, where pple
experienced the love of God.
Lord,we thank U for your grace:
So now there is no condemnation
for those who belong to Christ,
who do not walk according to
the flesh but according to the
Spirit. Jesus has made me free
from the law of sin and death…
God sent his own Son in a body
like the bodies we sinners have.
And in that body God declared
an end to sin’s control over us
by giving his Son as a sacrifice
for our sins (Rom 8:1-3).
Lord, Thank You for paying off
our ransom, thus liberating us
from the law of sin and death.
Sin has no claim on us because
Jesus paid off our debt to sin on
the Cross. We stand before God
as your righteous children, freed
by the work of our Lord Jesus.
Death has no mastery over us
because of Jesus’ resurrection.
There is no condemnation in our
future, only glory. Thank you for
the confidence we have because
of your grace given thro Jesus,
in whose name we pray. Amen.
And can it be that I should gain
An interest in the Savior’s blood
Died He for me, who caused
His pain?
For me, who Him to death pursued
Amazing love! how can it be
That Thou my Lord, should
die for me?
He left His Father’s throne above,
So free, so infinite His grace!
Emptied Himself of all but love,
And bled for Adam’s helpless race
‘Tis mercy all, immense and free,
For O my God, it found out me.
No condemnation now I dread;
Jesus and all in Him is mine;
Alive in Him, my living Head,
And clothed in righteousness
divine,
Bold i approach th’ eternal throne
And claim the crown, through
Christ my own.
Backgrounder: Charles Wesley
is probably the greatest hymn
writer the church has ever known
From the time of his conversion
in 1738, Wesley wrote an average
of two hymns a week for 50 years
composing five to six thousand
hymns during his lifetime. Most
of these hymns were written on
horseback as he travelled with
his brother John, preaching and
ministering to thousands of poor
farmers and illiterate coal miners.
These were people at the margin
of society, people most churches
did not bother to think about. It
was for them that Charles Wesley
composed his hymns, where pple
experienced the love of God.
Lord,we thank U for your grace:
So now there is no condemnation
for those who belong to Christ,
who do not walk according to
the flesh but according to the
Spirit. Jesus has made me free
from the law of sin and death…
God sent his own Son in a body
like the bodies we sinners have.
And in that body God declared
an end to sin’s control over us
by giving his Son as a sacrifice
for our sins (Rom 8:1-3).
Lord, Thank You for paying off
our ransom, thus liberating us
from the law of sin and death.
Sin has no claim on us because
Jesus paid off our debt to sin on
the Cross. We stand before God
as your righteous children, freed
by the work of our Lord Jesus.
Death has no mastery over us
because of Jesus’ resurrection.
There is no condemnation in our
future, only glory. Thank you for
the confidence we have because
of your grace given thro Jesus,
in whose name we pray. Amen.
And can it be that I should gain
An interest in the Savior’s blood
Died He for me, who caused
His pain?
For me, who Him to death pursued
Amazing love! how can it be
That Thou my Lord, should
die for me?
He left His Father’s throne above,
So free, so infinite His grace!
Emptied Himself of all but love,
And bled for Adam’s helpless race
‘Tis mercy all, immense and free,
For O my God, it found out me.
No condemnation now I dread;
Jesus and all in Him is mine;
Alive in Him, my living Head,
And clothed in righteousness
divine,
Bold i approach th’ eternal throne
And claim the crown, through
Christ my own.