When to this world I say goodbye, Whether Christ shall come or I shall die;
I shall not fear my future state, Nor yet resign my soul to fate;
βTis neither boast no carnal pride, Nor natural worth I have inside;
My trust is not in human creeds, Nor in my good religious deeds.
If man, by works, could heaven gain, Then βtis true, Christ died in vain.
There was no power on earth could save, Nor offer hope beyond the grave.
Salvation is from heaven above; Godβs book declares that God is love.
God loved the world and sent His Son To die for sinners, for every one.
Christ tasted death for every man: It was Godβs own redemption plan.
On Calvaryβs cross the debt was paid, For there on Christ our sins were laid.
In death the Saviour bowed His head, There His precious blood was shed.
God has for sin no other cure. By Christβs shed blood the way is sure.
When Christ had put our sin away, In Josephβs tomb His body lay.
But on the third day Christ arose To conquer thereby all His foes;
Then He ascended through the sky To take His Fatherβs throne on high.
Now in the Fatherβs presence there Unceasing is the Saviourβs prayer.
Still He prays, βAll Thine are Mine,β Forever kept by power Divine.
Christ promised to prepare a place For all who will receive His grace.
Some day the age of grace will end; The Lord from heaven shall descend.
The dead in Christ will hear the shout, And from their graves they will come out.
The living saints shall with them rise, And meet the Saviour in the skies;
And we shall then His glory see, And like the Saviour we shall be.
When we reach our heavenly home, Throughout the ages yet to come,
Godβs grace in Christ the saints shall know, For God has promised this to show.
Eternal life, Godβs gift, is free βTis all by grace for you and me.
So in Godβs Word I rest my case, Trusting His unfailing grace.
God cannot lie, His Word is sure; And in His Son I am secure,
Because Christβs work has satisfied, And by that work Iβm justified.
God has pardoned every sin; My hope of glory, Christ within.
I am prepared my God to meet, For in His Son I am complete,
And sealed unto redemption day. So if by death, or Iβm caught away.
I shall not fear my future state, But, loving Christ, Iβll serve and wait. source
