The Law and the Gospel

The Law is ho­ly

just and good

And each com­mand we should ob­ey;

For Mo­ses wrote the ve­ry things

The Lord re­quires of us to­day.

But none have kept

with per­fect heart

The Ten Com­mands from Si­nai heard

For we are weak

and break the Law

In dai­ly thought and deed and word.

The Sav­ior kept the per­fect Law

For us He bore the guilt of sin;

He died to pay the debt we owe

He lives to make us pure with­in.

The Gos­pel is the bless­èd news

Of par­don bought

at high­est cost;

Redemption now is full and free

And none who trust Him shall be lost.

Then jus­ti­fied by faith are we

By grace and mer­cy from ab­ove;

And peace with God

thro’ Je­sus Christ

Is ours thro’ His re­deem­ing love.

We long to be like Christ our Lord

For be ye ho­ly is His word;

We long to spread the glad good news

Which our re­joic­ing hearts have heard.