Why Would God…

 

Why Would God…

Why would God send His Son to die?

Why would He leave heaven on high?

Why would He come to reconcile 

The broken, the wicked, the vile?

Why should the Savior die for me

Who caused His shame and misery?

Why should His back receive my stripes

His holy hands the cruel nail spikes?

Not for any goodness of mine 

But by His boundless love divine

He redeemed the lost human race

Through His own rich mercy and grace.

And He stands ready to forgive—

All who repent may in Him live.

With haste He shall return one day

In His might and glorious array!

Why then do we waste so much time

In all but the Gospel sublime?

Knowing a judgement day will come,

When all souls shall be gathered home;

Some shall wake God’s glory to see,

Others to hell and misery.

With word and deed let us proclaim

That holy, liberating Name! 

May 15, 2026