For God So Loved

Original Music: Not What My Hands Have Done (Leominster); George Walter Martin, 1828-1881.
John 3:16

For God so loved the world He gave his only son
That whosoever trust in Him, He would make them his sons.
No condemnation known for sinners who repent,
Who look to Christ for saving grace; who die to self-intent.

For God so loved His name, He would not be denied
Yet all have fled and gone astray, His truth men crucify.
What men intend for ill, Christ overcame in death
And raised to demonstrate his pow’r, to show his righteousness.

For God so loved the Church, He would secure her fate
He loved her long before the world, Salvation full awaits.
No greater love is known for sinners now called, “friends”
Who live to tell what Christ has done; who strive to love all men.