Who Shall the Lord’s Elect Condemn?

Who shall the Lord’s elect con­demn?

’Tis God that jus­ti­fies their souls;

And mer­cy

like a migh­ty stream

O’er all their sins di­vinely rolls.

Who shall adjudge the saints to hell?

’Tis Christ that suf­fered in their stead;

And

the sal­va­tion to ful­fill

Behold Him ris­ing from the dead!

He lives! He lives and sits ab­ove

For ever in­ter­ced­ing there:

Who shall di­vide us from His love?

Or what should tempt us to des­pair?

Shall per­se­cution

or dis­tress

Famine

or sword

or nak­ed­ness?

He that hath loved us bears us through

And makes us more than con­quer­ors too.

Faith hath an ov­er­com­ing pow­er;

It tri­umphs in the dy­ing hour:

Christ is our life

our joy

our hope

Nor can we sink with such a prop.

Not all that men on earth can do

Nor pow­ers on high

nor pow­ers be­low

Shall cause His mer­cy to re­move

Or wean our hearts from Christ our love.