By Grace
Lyrics & Music by Sam Powell © 2004
Not by giving your last dime to charity
Not by living a life of integrity
Not by swallowing a symbol of his body
Can we ever be seen righteous in his eyes
Not by going to church every sunday
Not by throwing away sinful ways of yesterday
Not by hanging a cross around your neck
Can you ever be acquitted of your lies
Cause by grace you have been saved through faith
Not of works, but by the life he gave
You can spend life in an endless chase
Cause without his grace you’ll never reach the Father
Not by obeying law officers and traffic signs
Not by praying the Lord’s prayer a hundred times
Full immersion in a pool or a river
May wash you clean of dirt but nothing more
Not by leading a blind man across the street
Not by reading your Bible faithfully
Not by loving every neighbor as himself
Can a man be reconciled to the Lord
Your good deeds make you proud
You count them every day
But how can filthy rags wipe all your sins away
Beneath a crown of thorns god hid a shining pearl
Behold the Lamb of God
Who takes away the sins of the world
And when you realize it was you he suffered for
Then good works will show you truly are a child of the Lord
You can be a saint from now till kingdom come
but without the grace of Jesus Christ the race of life can never be won
Nothin’ you can do, there’s nothin’ you can do
Nothin’ you can do but accept the gift he’s given you