My Hope is Built on Nothing Less

In this fallen, sinful world, one thing stands unchanging: the love of God in Christ Jesus. Christian hope is built on Christ and His work and not on our human merit. His blood was shed to cleanse us from all sin (1 John 1:7). He alone is righteous, but He has clothed His people with righteousness and declared them to be the redeemed children of God (1 Corinthians 1:30). Christians live in this certain hope. This hope is expressed in the hymn "My Hope is Built on Nothing Less" (LSB 575):

1 My hope is built on nothing less
Than Jesus’ blood and righteousness;
No merit of my own I claim
But wholly lean on Jesus’ name.

On Christ, the solid rock, I stand;
All other ground is sinking sand.

2 When darkness veils His lovely face,
I rest on His unchanging grace;
In ev’ry high and stormy gale
My anchor holds within the veil.

On Christ, the solid rock, I stand;
All other ground is sinking sand.

3 His oath, His covenant and blood
Support me in the raging flood;
When ev’ry earthly prop gives way,
He then is all my hope and stay. 

On Christ, the solid rock, I stand;
All other ground is sinking sand.

4 When He shall come with trumpet sound,
Oh, may I then in Him be found,
Clothed in His righteousness alone,
Redeemed to stand before His throne! 

On Christ, the solid rock, I stand;
All other ground is sinking sand.

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