Adoption in Christ

Verse 1

Now are we sons of God! Nor doth it yet appear What heights of bliss, thro' Jesus' blood, For us prepared are.

Verse 2

This we already know, When Christ, our righteousness, Shall shew himself to men below, We shall be as he is.

Verse 3

Yea in this world are we, As Jesus is above; As him, from sin and Satan free, As perfected in love.

Verse 4

Invisible are we To this blind world below; There's none but such who Jesus see, Can us discern or know.

Verse 5

All that which doth appear Of us, or can be known, By reason's eye, to mortals here, We utterly disown.

Verse 6

We call it dung and dross, The man from whom we cease; To own it our's, is pain and loss, And saps the christian's peace.

Verse 7

Jesus alone we own, And nothing know beside; In him, as free from sin, we're known, His pure and holy bride.

Verse 8

In him we now confess, We are the Lord's delight, His rest, his joy and righteousness, All glorious in his sight.

Verse 9

We are as we would be; Nor have we yet to choose; As Christ the Son, we're ever free, Nor can that sonship lose.