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Instead (2 Cor. 5:21; 1 Peter 3:18)

You took the form of a slave-bound man (Phil. 2:7)

Held our children in your gentle hands (Mark 10:16)

You came to us (Luke 2:11)

Opened the eyes of a blind-born man (John 9:6-7)

Touched our lepers and removed their ban (Matthew 8:3-4)

You walked with us (Luke 24:15)

And changed our hearts (Luke 24:32)

You took all our sin and shame (1 Peter 2:24)

Removed every ounce of blame (Psalm 103:12)

And gave us new life in your name (John 1:12, Eph. 2:5)

When we should have bled (Rom 3:10-12)

You gave us your life instead (Isaiah 53:5)

You knew the heart and soul of every man (John 2:24-25)

And still you chose to come and be our Lamb (John 1:29, Isaiah 53:7)

And bear our pain (Isaiah 53:4)

Dead in sin our hearts were paralyzed (Eph. 2:1)

Couldn’t change them even if we tried (Romans 8:7-8, Ps. 51:5)

And there we remained (Eph. 2:3, Gal 3:22)

until you came (Eph. 2:4-5)

And took all our sin and shame

Removed every ounce of blame

And gave us new life in your name

When we should have bled

You gave us your life instead

Bridge:

Well you bled and you bled (Luke 22:44, John 19:34)

And that blood washed the guilt from our head (Heb. 9:14)

And you made us clean (Isaiah 1:18)

You came when it wasn’t too late (Romans 5:6)

And you paid for our hate (1 Timothy 2:5-6; Gal. 3:13)

And you set us free (Hebrews 9:15, John 8:36)

You took all our sin and shame

Removed every ounce of blame

And gave us new life in your name

When we should have bled

You gave us your life instead

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