All I have in Adam is but sin and death
I in Christ inherit life and righteousness;
When in flesh abiding
Adam I express
But when in the spirit Christ is manifest.
When I am in Adam
though I may not sin
Unto death
a sinner
sentenced I have been;
When in Christ I need not righteously to act
I’m already righteous
justified in fact.
In the flesh I need no effort to express
Marks of Adam’s nature and its sinfulness;
In the spirit I need not to strive or strain
I can live as He is and in spirit reign.
Thru my death with Christ
from Adam I am free
Thru my life with Christ
new life is given me!
Minding not the flesh
old Adam cannot move
Minding just the spirit
life divine I prove.
Minding just the spirit is God’s saving way
Minding just the spirit
Christ we will display;
Minding just the spirit
we can overcome
Minding just the spirit
we the race may run.
Minding just the spirit
we the cross will know
And His resurrection pow’r thru us will flow;
Minding just the spirit
Christ will live thru me
And His life within will reach maturity.
In the spirit Christ is life and all to me
Strengthening and blessing all-inclusively;
Living in the spirit
holiness I prove
And the triune God within my heart doth move.