Why we are doing this guide?

The purpose of this guide is not only to help us focus on Christ and the events that led up to his crucifixion and resurrection, but also to help return our lives to a “holy rhythm.” What do I mean?

One of the side effects of this necessary state-mandated stay-at-home order is a disorientation of our sense of time. I have found myself asking (more than usual!), “What day is it?” Such disorientation is a function of the fallenness of this world. However, God does not want us to be disoriented about time. Scripture is replete with references to time and seasons. God presents himself as the maker and master of time. God commands us to “redeem the time”—that is, to bring the temporal routine of our lives under the Lordship of Jesus. After all, Jesus is the one who brings order out of the chaos of our material world (see, John 1:1-5; Genesis 1:1-5).

In opposition to this, the devil seeks to disorient and disorder the “holy rhythm” of lives. He does this by tricking us into thinking that we are lord of our lives and so have a right to use and manipulate time according to the whim of our desires. He deceives us into thinking that time is a “commodity” that we “spend” instead of a reality in which God has placed us and of which we are commanded to be stewards. In our modern consumer-oriented world, the ironic effect this self-centered and secular way of thinking is that we become slaves of time—running nowhere fast on the 24/7 treadmill. We worship and serve the creature (time) instead of the Creator (The Ancient of Days), and so, monotony becomes our master.

However, Jesus sets us free from all forms of slavery. Part of the way we lean into this freedom and so fight against such slavery is by our divinely mandated cycles of worship. From the beginning of the church Christians gathered to worship weekly, on the first day of the week (Sunday—the “Lord’s Day”—the day of Christ’s resurrection; see e.g. Acts 20:7, 1 Corinthians 16:2, Revelation 1:10, etc.). In the Old Testament, the people of God were given annual feast days in which no work was to be done. Rather, they were to remember how the Lord of Creation had set them free from the house of slavery. They were reminded that God had intervened in time and set them free (the story of Exodus) and that in quietness and rest they were to be saved (Isaiah 30:15).

In God’s good providence, the present stay-at-home order is an opportunity for us to lean into the sanctifying grace of God and let it redeem our understanding of time. Therefore, I am hoping that you will find this daily home devotional guide for Holy Week restorative and refreshing—an opportunity to “redeem the time” with a holy routine. God intends this present crisis to be an occasion for us to order our days around the Word of God instead of the worries of this world (Matthew 6:25, 33).

How to Use this Guide?

My hope is that you would schedule a daily time with your family, roommates or a friend over the phone, in order to share this time of “family worship.” Perhaps you could schedule your daily time before or after dinner, or as a part of your bedtime routine. For the more ambitious perhaps it could be part of your early morning ritual.  Whatever you decide, I recommend that you do it about the same time every day, if at all possible. Most days should take less than 15 minutes.
You should assign who might do the various readings and prayers, as well as who might lead the suggested songs. Perhaps you could print out a copy of the liturgy for each member or share the webpage digitally.  This will keep everyone, quite literally, “on the same page.” In some home situations you may want to do only a portion of the readings for any given day. You have flexibility how you might use this in your particular situation.

Maundy Thursday

For Maundy Thursday, it is our plan for you to have two options. First, we will post the regular daily liturgy which will include an audio recording of a very short sermon. In addition, we hope to post a streaming video of the complete Maundy Thursday worship service, which will go live at 7:00 pm on Thursday the 9th. You will be able to watch and participate in the responsive readings, singing, etc. as a household.

Don’t Forget to Invite your Friends!

I want to express my appreciation to all of you for joining in on this venture of “redeeming the time” together. Likewise, I encourage you to invite your friends to join us by texting/emailing this webpage or by posting this link on social media. People are desperately looking for the hope that only the gospel can give, and in this way, it has never been easier to “invite them to church.”

For the worship of God and the ministry of His gospel!
Don Willeman

Assign a member of your group to pray and/or use the suggested prayer below.

“Almighty God, whose most dear Son went not up to joy but first he suffered pain, and entered not into glory before he was crucified: Mercifully grant that we, walking in the way of the cross, may find it none other than the way of life and peace; through Jesus Christ your Son our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.”

• Read Hebrews 9:11-15 and John 12:1-11 and spend 5-10 minutes sharing what you learned from this passage. Perhaps each person can point out one verse that was particularly meaningful to them.
• Alternate Option: Perhaps for those with small children, read the story of the “Washed with Tears” (pp. 280-285) from The Jesus Storybook Bible by Sally Lloyd-Jones.

Hebrews 9:11-15 (ESV)
¹¹ But when Christ appeared as a high priest of the good things that have come, then through the greater and more perfect tent (not made with hands, that is, not of this creation) ¹² he entered once for all into the holy places, not by means of the blood of goats and calves but by means of his own blood, thus securing an eternal redemption. ¹³ For if the blood of goats and bulls, and the sprinkling of defiled persons with the ashes of a heifer, sanctify for the purification of the flesh, ¹⁴ how much more will the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without blemish to God, purify our conscience from dead works to serve the living God.

¹⁵ Therefore he is the mediator of a new covenant, so that those who are called may receive the promised eternal inheritance, since a death has occurred that redeems them from the transgressions committed under the first covenant.

John 12:1-11 (ESV)
¹ Six days before the Passover, Jesus therefore came to Bethany, where Lazarus was, whom Jesus had raised from the dead. ² So they gave a dinner for him there. Martha served, and Lazarus was one of those reclining with him at table. ³ Mary therefore took a pound of expensive ointment made from pure nard, and anointed the feet of Jesus and wiped his feet with her hair. The house was filled with the fragrance of the perfume. ⁴ But Judas Iscariot, one of his disciples (he who was about to betray him), said, ⁵ â€œWhy was this ointment not sold for three hundred denarii and given to the poor?” ⁶ He said this, not because he cared about the poor, but because he was a thief, and having charge of the moneybag he used to help himself to what was put into it. ⁷ Jesus said, “Leave her alone, so that she may keep it for the day of my burial. ⁸ For the poor you always have with you, but you do not always have me.”

⁹ When the large crowd of the Jews learned that Jesus was there, they came, not only on account of him but also to see Lazarus, whom he had raised from the dead. ¹⁰ So the chief priests made plans to put Lazarus to death as well, 11 because on account of him many of the Jews were going away and believing in Jesus.

FAIREST LORD JESUS
(17th Century German hymn)

Fairest Lord Jesus,
ruler of all nature,
O thou of God and man the Son,
Thee will I cherish, Thee will I honor,
thou, my soul’s glory, joy, and crown.

Fair are the meadows,
fairer still the woodlands,
robed in the blooming garb of spring:
Jesus is fairer, Jesus is purer
who makes the woeful heart to sing.

Fair is the sunshine,
fairer still the moonlight,
and all the twinkling starry host:
Jesus shines brighter, Jesus shines purer
than all the angels heaven can boast.

Beautiful Savior!
Lord of all the nations!
Son of God and Son of Man!
Glory and honor, praise, adoration,
now and forevermore be thine.
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Psalm 36 (ESV) — A Prayer of Jesus Christ

Leader’s Statement of Context: “God seeks us and saves us by His Word—most fully through His Living Word, Jesus Christ, who prayed these Psalms in their fullness. Jesus came for us, and fully identified with us. Let us read His Word together.”

LEADER: Your steadfast love, O Lord, extends to the heavens,
your faithfulness to the clouds.

PEOPLE: Your righteousness is like the mountains of God;
your judgments are like the great deep;
man and beast you save, O Lord.

LEADER: How precious is your steadfast love, O God!
The children of mankind take refuge in the shadow of your wings.

PEOPLE: They feast on the abundance of your house,
and you give them drink from the river of your delights.

LEADER: For with you is the fountain of life;
in your light do we see light.

PEOPLE: Oh, continue your steadfast love to those who know you,
and your righteousness to the upright of heart!

ALL: Let not the foot of arrogance come upon me,
nor the hand of the wicked drive me away.

Assign a member of your group and/or use the suggested prayer below.

“Lord God, whose blessed Son our Savior gave his body to be whipped and his face to be spit upon: Give us grace to accept joyfully the sufferings of the present time, confident of the glory that shall be revealed; through Jesus Christ your Son our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.”

• Read Hebrews 12:1-4 and John 13:21-32, 18:1-11 and spend 5-10 minutes sharing what you learned from this passage. Perhaps each person can point out one verse that was particularly meaningful to them.
• Alternate Option: Perhaps for those with small children, read the story of the “A Night in the Garden” (pp. 294-301) from The Jesus Storybook Bible by Sally Lloyd-Jones.

Hebrews 12 (ESV)
1 Therefore, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us also lay aside every weight, and sin which clings so closely, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us, 2 looking to Jesus, the founder and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is seated at the right hand of the throne of God.

3 Consider him who endured from sinners such hostility against himself, so that you may not grow weary or fainthearted. 4 In your struggle against sin you have not yet resisted to the point of shedding your blood.

John 13:21-32 (ESV)

21 After saying these things, Jesus was troubled in his spirit, and testified, “Truly, truly, I say to you, one of you will betray me.” 22 The disciples looked at one another, uncertain of whom he spoke. 23 One of his disciples, whom Jesus loved, was reclining at table at Jesus’ side, 24 so Simon Peter motioned to him to ask Jesus of whom he was speaking. 25 So that disciple, leaning back against Jesus, said to him, “Lord, who is it?” 26 Jesus answered, “It is he to whom I will give this morsel of bread when I have dipped it.” So when he had dipped the morsel, he gave it to Judas, the son of Simon Iscariot. 27 Then after he had taken the morsel, Satan entered into him. Jesus said to him, “What you are going to do, do quickly.” 28 Now no one at the table knew why he said this to him. 29 Some thought that, because Judas had the moneybag, Jesus was telling him, “Buy what we need for the feast,” or that he should give something to the poor. 30 So, after receiving the morsel of bread, he immediately went out. And it was night.

31 When he had gone out, Jesus said, “Now is the Son of Man glorified, and God is glorified in him. 32 If God is glorified in him, God will also glorify him in himself, and glorify him at once.

John 18:1-11 (ESV)

1 When Jesus had spoken these words, he went out with his disciples across the brook Kidron, where there was a garden, which he and his disciples entered. 2 Now Judas, who betrayed him, also knew the place, for Jesus often met there with his disciples. 3 So Judas, having procured a band of soldiers and some officers from the chief priests and the Pharisees, went there with lanterns and torches and weapons. 4 Then Jesus, knowing all that would happen to him, came forward and said to them, “Whom do you seek?” 5 They answered him, “Jesus of Nazareth.” Jesus said to them, “I am he.” Judas, who betrayed him, was standing with them. 6 When Jesus said to them, “I am he,” they drew back and fell to the ground. 7 So he asked them again, “Whom do you seek?” And they said, “Jesus of Nazareth.” 8 Jesus answered, “I told you that I am he. So, if you seek me, let these men go.” 9 This was to fulfill the word that he had spoken: “Of those whom you gave me I have lost not one.” 10 Then Simon Peter, having a sword, drew it and struck the high priest’s servant and cut off his right ear. (The servant’s name was Malchus.) 11 So Jesus said to Peter, “Put your sword into its sheath; shall I not drink the cup that the Father has given me?”

YOU ARE MY KING (AMAZING LOVE)
(Billy Foote)

I’m forgiven, because You were forsaken.
I’m accepted, You were condemned.
I’m alive and well, Your Spirit is within me,
Because You died, and rose again.

CHORUS:
Amazing love, How can it be
That You my King would die for me?
Amazing love, I know it’s true,
It’s my joy to honor You,
In all I do, I honor You.

You are my King.
You are my King.
Jesus, You are my King.
Jesus, You are my King.
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Psalm 70 — The Lord Jesus Crying out for Deliverance.

Leader’s Statement of Context: “God seeks us and saves us by His Word—most fully through His Living Word, Jesus Christ, who prayed these Psalms in their fullness. Jesus came for us, and fully identified with us. Let us read His Word together.”

For our Maundy Thursday service, you have two options from which to choose:

• First: You may follow along on the regular daily liturgy posted below—similar to what you have seen on previous days. Please note, though, the special audio recording of a very short sermon towards the end of the service. If you would prefer this first option, please simply continue to scroll down this webpage to the place that begins with “Welcome and Introduction”.
• Second: You may join us at 7:00 pm for a video of the complete Maundy Thursday worship service. (The video will also be available earlier or later in the day as well.)  You will be able to watch and participate as a household—along with the rest of the church—as we follow the order of worship below. If you would prefer this option, please click here for the video.

Welcome to our Maundy Thursday worship service. The Thursday of Holy Week is a remembrance of Jesus’s celebration of the Passover meal with his disciples. Unbeknownst to his disciples, later that evening Jesus would be arrested and on the next day crucified. At this meal Jesus calls his disciples to love one another even as he has loved them—his holy mandate to the church. Would you join with us as we allow God’s Word to call us to him in worship?

Assign a member of your group to pray and/or use the suggested prayer below.

“Almighty Father, whose dear Son, on the night before he suffered, commanded his people to love one another even as he loved us. Help us by your Holy Spirit to live in his live, so that we might be strengthened to fulfill his command. We love, because we are so loved by your dear Son; who now lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.”

Psalm 116:1-2, 12-17 – A Praise Song of the Lord Jesus

Leader’s Statement of Context: “God seeks us and saves us by His Word—most fully through His Living Word, Jesus Christ, who prayed these Psalms in their fullness. Jesus came for us, and fully identified with us. Let us read His Word together.”

• Read Exodus 12:1-15 and John 13:12-17, 34-35 and spend 5-10 minutes sharing what you learned from this passage. Perhaps each person can point out one verse that was particularly meaningful to them.
• Alternate Option: Perhaps for those with small children, read the story of “God to the Rescue!” (pp. 84-91)from The Jesus Storybook Bible by Sally Lloyd-Jones.

Exodus 12 (ESV)

1 The Lord said to Moses and Aaron in the land of Egypt, 2 “This month shall be for you the beginning of months. It shall be the first month of the year for you. 3 Tell all the congregation of Israel that on the tenth day of this month every man shall take a lamb according to their fathers’ houses, a lamb for a household. 4 And if the household is too small for a lamb, then he and his nearest neighbor shall take according to the number of persons; according to what each can eat you shall make your count for the lamb. 5 Your lamb shall be without blemish, a male a year old. You may take it from the sheep or from the goats, 6 and you shall keep it until the fourteenth day of this month, when the whole assembly of the congregation of Israel shall kill their lambs at twilight.

7 “Then they shall take some of the blood and put it on the two doorposts and the lintel of the houses in which they eat it. 8 They shall eat the flesh that night, roasted on the fire; with unleavened bread and bitter herbs they shall eat it. 9 Do not eat any of it raw or boiled in water, but roasted, its head with its legs and its inner parts. 10 And you shall let none of it remain until the morning; anything that remains until the morning you shall burn. 11 In this manner you shall eat it: with your belt fastened, your sandals on your feet, and your staff in your hand. And you shall eat it in haste. It is the Lord’s Passover. 12 For I will pass through the land of Egypt that night, and I will strike all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, both man and beast; and on all the gods of Egypt I will execute judgments: I am the Lord. 13 The blood shall be a sign for you, on the houses where you are. And when I see the blood, I will pass over you, and no plague will befall you to destroy you, when I strike the land of Egypt.

14 “This day shall be for you a memorial day, and you shall keep it as a feast to the Lord; throughout your generations, as a statute forever, you shall keep it as a feast.

John 13:12-17, 34-35 (ESV)

12 When he had washed their feet and put on his outer garments and resumed his place, he said to them, “Do you understand what I have done to you? 13 You call me Teacher and Lord, and you are right, for so I am. 14 If I then, your Lord and Teacher, have washed your feet, you also ought to wash one another’s feet. 15 For I have given you an example, that you also should do just as I have done to you. 16 Truly, truly, I say to you, a servant is not greater than his master, nor is a messenger greater than the one who sent him. 17 If you know these things, blessed are you if you do them.

34 A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another: just as I have loved you, you also are to love one another. 35 By this all people will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another.”

1 John 4:16 (ESV)
So we have come to know and to believe the love that God has for us. God is love, and whoever abides in love abides in God, and God abides in him.

HIS MERCY IS MORE
(Matt Papa, Matt Boswell)

What love could remember no wrongs we have done?
Omniscient, all knowing, he counts not their sum.
Thrown into a sea without bottom or shore.
Our sins, they are many, his mercy is more.

What patience would wait as we constantly roam?
What father, so tender, is calling us home?
He welcomes the weakest, the vilest, the poor.
Our sins they are many, his mercy is more.

CHORUS:
Praise the Lord,
His mercy is more.
Stronger than darkness, new every morn.
Our sins they are many, his mercy is more.

What riches of kindness he lavished on us.
His blood was the payment, his life was the cost.
We stood ‘neath a debt we could never afford.
Our sins, they are many, his mercy is more.
(CHORUS)
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1 John 3:1 and 4:7-12 (ESV)

LEADER: See what kind of love the Father has given to us, that we should be called children of God; and so we are…. Beloved, let us love one another, for love is from God, and whoever loves has been born of God and knows God.

PEOPLE: Anyone who does not love does not know God, because God is love.

LEADER: In this the love of God was made manifest among us, that God sent his only Son into the world, so that we might live through him. In this is love, not that we have loved God but that he loved us and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins.

PEOPLE: Beloved, if God so loved us, we also ought to love one another.

LEADER: No one has ever seen God; if we love one another, God abides among us and his love reaches it perfect fullness in us.

PEOPLE: Amen.

 Printable Holy Week Guide (Friday)

Find eight candles in your home and place them on your dining table. They do not have to be matching candles but, ideally, should be candles that can be easily blown or snuffed out. Gather your group at the table and light all the candles.

Good Friday is the celebration of Jesus sacrificial death for our sins. For this time of worship we will consider the seven last words of Jesus from the cross.

Assign a member of your group to pray and/or use the suggested prayer below.

“Almighty God, we pray that you would graciously look upon this your family, for whom our Lord Jesus Christ was willing to be betrayed, and given into the hands of sinners, and to suffer death upon the cross; who now lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.”

Assign the readings to various people in your group. After each person reads their passage have them extinguish one candle. If you have varying sizes of candles, you may want to extinguish the candles starting with the smallest to the largest. This will save the largest candle for end. After the last person has read, he/she will extinguish the seventh candle. There should then be only one candle remaining lit. After each reading all present should respond with “The Word of our Lord”.

First Word
Luke 23:32-34 (ESV)

32 Two others, who were criminals, were led away to be put to death with Jesus. 33 And when they came to the place that is called The Skull, there they crucified him, and the criminals, one on his right and one on his left. 34 And Jesus said, “Father, forgive them, for they know not what they do.”

EVERYONE RESPONDS: The Word of our Lord.

Second Word
Luke 23:39-43 (ESV)

39 One of the criminals who were hanged railed at him, saying, “Are you not the Christ? Save yourself and us!” 40 But the other rebuked him, saying, “Do you not fear God, since you are under the same sentence of condemnation? 41 And we indeed justly, for we are receiving the due reward of our deeds; but this man has done nothing wrong.” 42 And he said, “Jesus, remember me when you come into your kingdom.” 43 And he said to him, “Truly, I say to you, today you will be with me in paradise.”

EVERYONE RESPONDS: The Word of our Lord.

Jesus’s Third Word
John 19:26-27 (ESV)

26 When Jesus saw his mother and the disciple whom he loved standing nearby, he said to his mother, “Woman, behold, your son!” 27 Then he said to the disciple, “Behold, your mother!” And from that hour the disciple took her to his own home.

EVERYONE RESPONDS: The Word of our Lord.

Jesus’s Fourth Word
Matthew 27:45-46 (ESV)

45 Now from the sixth hour there was darkness over all the land until the ninth hour. 46 And about the ninth hour Jesus cried out with a loud voice, saying, “Eli, Eli, lema sabachthani?” that is, “My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?”

EVERYONE RESPONDS: The Word of our Lord.

Jesus’s Fifth Word
John 19:28 (ESV)

28 After this, Jesus, knowing that all was now finished, said (to fulfill the Scripture), “I thirst.”

EVERYONE RESPONDS: The Word of our Lord.

Jesus’s Sixth Word
John 19:30 (ESV)

29 A jar full of sour wine stood there, so they put a sponge full of the sour wine on a hyssop branch and held it to his mouth. 30 When Jesus had received the sour wine, he said, “It is finished.”

EVERYONE RESPONDS: The Word of our Lord.

Jesus’s Seventh And Final Word
Luke 23:44-46 (ESV)

44 It was now about the sixth hour, and there was darkness over the whole land until the ninth hour, 45 while the sun’s light failed. And the curtain of the temple was torn in two. 46 Then Jesus, calling out with a loud voice, said, “Father, into your hands I commit my spirit!” And having said this he breathed his last.

EVERYONE RESPONDS: The Word of our Lord.

The eighth candle remains lit as a reminder of the hope of the resurrection.

Sing together or just play the recording via the attached link.

WERE YOU THERE
(Frederick J. Work, John Wesley Work Jr., 1899)

Were you there when they crucified my Lord?
Were you there when they crucified my Lord?
O sometimes it causes me to tremble! tremble! tremble!
Were you there when they crucified my Lord?

Were you there when they nail’d him to the cross?
Were you there when they nail’d him to the cross?
O sometimes it causes me to tremble! tremble! tremble!
Were you there when they nail’d him to the cross?

Were you there when they pierced him in the side?
Were you there when they pierced him in the side?
O sometimes it causes me to tremble! tremble! tremble!
Were you there when they pierced him in the side?

Were you there when the sun refused to shine?
Were you there when the sun refused to shine?
O sometimes it causes me to tremble! tremble! tremble!
Were you there when the sun refused to shine?

Were you there when they laid him in the tomb?
Were you there when they laid him in the tomb?
Oh, sometimes it causes me to tremble, tremble, tremble.
Were you there when they laid him in the tomb?

Were you there when God raised him from the tomb?
Were you there when God raised him from the tomb?
Oh, sometimes it causes me to tremble, tremble, tremble.
Were you there when God raised him from the tomb?
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Psalm 118:19-24

LEADER: Open to me the gates of righteousness, that I may enter through them and give thanks to the LORD.

PEOPLE: This is the LORD’s gate; the righteous shall enter through it.

LEADER: I will give thanks because you have answered me. You have become my salvation.

PEOPLE: The stone that the builders rejected has become the chief cornerstone.

LEADER: This has come from the LORD.

PEOPLE: It is marvelous in our eyes.

LEADER: This is the day on which the Lord has acted.

ALL: Let us shout with joy and rejoice in it.

John 1 (ESV)

LEADER: In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God. All things were made through him, and without him was not any thing made that was made. In him was life, and the life was the light of men. The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it…

And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we have seen his glory, glory as of the only Son from the Father, full of grace and truth.

PEOPLE: Amen!

Turn on the lights and blow out the remaining lit candle.

Assign a member of your group to pray and/or use the suggested prayer below.

“O God, Creator of heaven and earth: Grant that, as the crucified body of your dear Son was laid in the tomb and rested on this holy Sabbath, so we may await with him the coming of the third day, and rise with him to newness of life; who now lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.”

I LIFT MY EYES UP
(Brian Doerksen, Psalm 121)

I lift my eyes up, up to the mountains.
Where does my help come from?
My help comes from You
Maker of heaven, creator of the earth.

CHORUS:
Oh how I need You, Lord
You are my only hope
You are my only prayer
So I will wait for You
To come and rescue me
To come and give me life.

I lift my eyes up, up to my keeper
For you watch over me.
My help comes from You,
For you are faithful, and you will keep my life.
(CHORUS)
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HALLELUJAH WHAT A SAVIOR
(Phillip Paul Bliss, 1875)

“Man of Sorrows,” what a name
For the Son of God who came
Ruined sinners to reclaim!
Hallelujah! what a Savior!

Bearing shame and scoffing rude,
In my place condemned He stood;
Sealed my pardon with His blood;
Hallelujah! what a Savior!

Guilty, vile, and helpless, we,
Spotless Lamb of God was He;
Full atonement—can it be?
Hallelujah! what a Savior!

Lifted up was He to die,
“It is finished!” was His cry;
Now in heaven lifted high;
Hallelujah! what a Savior!

When He comes, our glorious King,
All His ransomed home to bring,
Then anew this song we’ll sing
Hallelujah! what a Savior!
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