Christ's Righteousness
The perfect holy righteousness of Jesus Christ the Lord
That binds the hearts of those He loves in perfect one accord
Who also love Him in return with heart and soul and mind
Will be the qualifying Truth that all in Christ will find
For perfect holy righteousness is more than what most think
In truth it draws us from the mire of sin in which we sink
But more than that it fashions us in life to be like Him
In every thought and purpose as we seek the souls of them
Who know not of the story that began before this earth
Before the light that graced this world was spoken into birth
Before there even was this rock all lacking form and void
All covered by the waters unlike other asteroids
For back before our time began back further than we know
God had in mind each precious soul and how far He would go
To prove His love beyond degree as He would pay the Price
That only could be paid by Him by grace through Jesus Christ
This Price that knows no equal for no equal could exist
That could embrace humanity with all the joy we've missed
Pent up within His Father's heart just wanting to express
Emotion equal to the pain on Calvary that stressed
His heart beyond the limit our humanity could know
And still He drank that bitter cup His love for us to show
Until in deathly silence He was laid within the grave
To rest awhile to signify He has the power to save
For as He lay that Sabbath in the tomb among the dead
He blessed again His Sabbath as in Exodus He said
His Sabbath was memorial of our creation week
And also of salvation for which everyone must seek
Who want to live in life again the way God first had planned
Embracing all eternity with faith that understands
The beauty of abandonment to Christ and Christ alone
Who laid aside His royal robes and left His royal throne
And lived as our Example leaning on the strength of God
The Way we too can lean upon His presence when we trod
This world of moral darkness walking daily in His Light
Clothed with His perfect righteousness until He ends the fight
Matthew 13:34-35; Ephesians 1:1-14