Salvation's Source

"Salvation belongeth unto the LORD: Thy blessing is upon Thy people" (Psalm 3:8).  "Who can say, I have made my heart clean, I am pure from my sin?" (Proverbs 20:9).  "Jesus therefore, knowing all things that should come upon Him, went forth... Then said Jesus unto Peter, Put up thy sword into the sheath: the cup which My Father hath given Me, shall I not drink it?" (John 18:4,11). 

Salvation has a single Source;

God's Lamb for us was sacrificed.  

There is no hope in human force;

Redemption comes by Jesus Christ. 

There's no one who can truly say

That he has made his own heart clean,

For none but Jesus Christ could pay

The price His prophets had foreseen. 

To Jesus, therefore, it was clear:

He saw the sorrows on His path

As judgment for our sins drew near,

Awakening God's sword of wrath. 

Though Peter's sword would then be drawn,

The Lord would say to put it up.   

The wrath for sin would not be gone

Unless our Savior drank its cup. 

You are the only Source, O Lord,

By which we have received salvation. 

The wrath of God's awakened sword

Consumed You with our condemnation! 

O Lord, receive our grateful love  

For Your compassions ever new!

Salvation's Source is from above

Because it only flows from You.