1. Oh, the gospel is power from heaven,
To salvation from sin, for all those
Who believe God can do what He’s promised:
“In the desert shall blossom the rose.”
2. An accused woman stood before Jesus,
“Go your way, sin no more,” He replies.
This is more than mere legal forgiveness,
It is soul-cleansing pow’r from the skies.
3. He is able to keep us from falling,
And to make us without fault or blame.
In the sight of His holy commandments,
We can walk without spot, without stain.
4. Sin shall not have dominion upon us;
All its power is broken and dead.
We’ve a life that is greater and higher,
From the Seed that has bruised Satan’s head.
5. Then rejoice in this present salvation,
Thanks to God for the vict’ry within!
For the weakest believer in Jesus
Can now live ev’ry day without sin.
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The inspiration for this song came from a study on the basic Gospel message that Fred Wright used to present, and which was later written up in the book, Bondage to Freedom (click on the book picture above to download it).
Fred would reiterate to us the importance of learning the promises of victory and new life, and of meditating upon them until they “became ours” (ie. until we believed them and received from God the spiritual power that was in those words). He would usually recite from memory a half dozen promises from the Bible, and then encourage us to also look for others.
In this song, I’ve tried to put some of those basic promises together in a way that shows their unified message: that through the Gospel, Christ offers to give us a life and power that is stronger than the power of sin. It is a radical change. As Fred used to say, “we are not just people with new ideas, we are NEW people!”
The verses referred to in the song are:
Romans 1
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