146 - Grace Alone - Dustin Kensrue

This week's episode analyzes a song by Dustin Kensrue called "Grace Alone." The song addresses several core elements of the gospel: that we have no right to approach God, that we have redemption and salvation through Jesus, that the Holy Spirit makes the light of Christ shine on our darkened hearts, and more.

Lyrics:

I was an orphan lost at the Fall, Running away when I'd hear Your call, But Father, You worked Your will

I had no righteousness of my own, I had no right to draw near Your throne, But Father, You loved me still

And in love before You laid the world's foundation You predestined to adopt me as Your own

You have raised me so high up above my station I'm a child of God by grace and grace alone

You left Your home to seek out the lost; You knew the great and terrible cost, But Jesus, Your face was set

I worked my fingers down to the bone; Nothing I did could ever atone, But Jesus, You paid my debt

By Your blood, I have redemption and salvation; Lord, You died that I might reap what You have sown

And You rose that I might be a new creation; I am born again by grace and grace alone

I was in darkness all of my life; I never knew the day from the night, But Spirit, You made me see

I swore I knew the way on my own; Head full of rocks, a heart made of stone, But Spirit, You moved in me

At your touch my sleeping spirit was awakened; On my darkened heart the light of Christ has shone

Called into a kingdom that cannot be shaken; Heaven's citizen by grace and grace alone

So I'll stand in faith by grace and grace alone; I will run the race by grace and grace alone

I will slay my sin by grace and grace alone; I will reach the end by grace and grace alone