To Give Us new Life

A man was murdered
Many years ago,
Because He and His Father,
They loved us so.

He was hung on a cross
Under a red hot sun,
Killed for something
He had not done.

That man was Jesus,
Who died for our sin
Hoping we would open
Our hearts to Him.

Jesus was betrayed
By Judas' kiss,
Thirty silver coins
Were given for this.

Beaten and whipped,
Crowned By thorns,
Upon Him was heaped
Much mocking and scorn.

In the company of thieves,
On His right and His left,
He was hung up there,
In pain, and bereft.

They buried Him in a cave
With a stone at the door,
Expecting not to see Him
Evermore.

But in three days,
As the prophets had said,
Jesus awoke
And rose from the dead.

He had been down to hell
And fought with the devil,
So we could all
Be delivered from evil.

And when Satan was beaten,
Then Jesus went
Back up to heaven,
From where He'd been sent.

The blood that He shed
On the cross that day,
Has washed all our pain
And sins away.

So I praise His name,
And I give Him great blessing
For He has saved me
From a life full of sin.

I thank Him for dying
That I may live,
And to Him all my love
And honour I give.

© Kristin Retallack

"I couldn't have told this story better myself!   Jesus came to give us new life, and He did to give us new life....so that we may live eternally.   He took all our worries, cares and sins with Him to the Cross so we didn't have to die because of them.   The sacrifice He made for us was to give us new life.   And we owe Him our lives.....because He gave His for us."