Our song for the month of May is “Jesus Paid it All” . The hymn draws on a wide range of Bible passages to highlight the sufficiency of Christ’s penal (taking our sins’ punishment) substitutionary (in our place) atonement (to turn away God’s wrath) on the cross.
Verse 1
I hear the Saviour say,
“Thy strength indeed is small;
Child of weakness, watch and pray,
Find in Me thine all in all.”
Jesus paid it all, all to Him I owe;
Sin had left a crimson stain,
He washed it white as snow.
Verse 2
Lord, now indeed I find
Thy power and Thine alone,
Can change the leopard’s spots
And melt the heart of stone.
Jesus paid it all, all to Him I owe;
Sin had left a crimson stain,
He washed it white as snow.
Verse 3
For nothing good have I
Whereby Thy grace to claim,
I’ll wash my garments white
In the blood of Calv’ry’s Lamb.
Jesus paid it all, all to Him I owe;
Sin had left a crimson stain,
He washed it white as snow.
Verse 4
And when before the throne
I stand in Him complete,
“Jesus died my soul to save,”
My lips shall still repeat.
Jesus paid it all, all to Him I owe;
Sin had left a crimson stain,
He washed it white as snow.
- John 19:30
- Isaiah 1:18
- Romans 5:5-9
- Jeremiah 13:23 / Ezekiel 11:19 /Ezekiel 36:26
- Hebrews 9:22-27