Martin Luther's Small Catechism glorifies the Jesus of the cross with a true theology of the cross, saying that He "has redeemed me, a lost and condemned person, purchased and won me from all sins, from death, and from the power of the devil; not with gold or silver, but with His holy, precious blood and with His innocent suffering and death." The hymn "Glory be to Jesus" (LSB 433) tells how through Christ's suffering and death, we have been bought back, or redeemed, by grace through faith in Him!
1 Glory be to Jesus,
Who in bitter pains
Poured for me the lifeblood
From His sacred veins!
Who in bitter pains
Poured for me the lifeblood
From His sacred veins!
2 Grace and life eternal
In that blood I find;
Blest be His compassion,
Infinitely kind!
In that blood I find;
Blest be His compassion,
Infinitely kind!
3 Blest through endless ages
Be the precious stream
Which from endless torment
Did the world redeem!
Be the precious stream
Which from endless torment
Did the world redeem!
4 Abel’s blood for vengeance
Pleaded to the skies;
But the blood of Jesus
For our pardon cries.
Pleaded to the skies;
But the blood of Jesus
For our pardon cries.
5 Oft as earth exulting
Wafts its praise on high,
Angel hosts rejoicing
Make their glad reply.
Wafts its praise on high,
Angel hosts rejoicing
Make their glad reply.
6 Lift we, then, our voices,
Swell the mighty flood;
Louder still and louder
Praise the precious blood!
Swell the mighty flood;
Louder still and louder
Praise the precious blood!
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