The Parent Stock
He felt the words as keenly as a slave can feel the whip
This Man Who ever only wanted love and fellowship
And yet not for a second did He pause in His pursuit
To carry out the plan He made to be the parent root
Of all who would be grafted into Him through love and grace
Some whom at that same moment even spit upon His face
Not knowing they were soon to see the evidence of love
The Father purely poured on them the scriptures told them of
For as Christ hung there dying for the world that hated Him
They did not realize the Gift that God was giving them
Nor did they realize the pain Christ took in their behalf
To give them opportunity to miss the Father's wrath
When He will stop the evil that's pervaded earth 'til now
When Christ returns in glory as the scriptures tell us how
With angels all around Him and His crown upon His head
The Victor over death and hell to call the quick and dead
Who've seen Him as Messiah as the perfect Lamb of God
Who lived as Man among all men to walk the path we trod
To give us His Example of what we in Him should be
The branches of One Parent Stock through faith and purity
Who know the world as He did as a mission field for them
Who have His heart embedded deep within the soul of them
His heart that sees all others as the misinformed and slow
Who simply need the Truth and will to go the Way they know
Will lead to endless ages with the One Who paid the Price
The One and only Saviour Who became our Sacrifice
Who's never failed to love us never failed to call our name
To be among the faithful few who will not bear the blame
For all their past misgivings all their past of sin and grief
As in the One Who reigns on high their soul can find relief
And on that brow that wore the crown of thorns they have confessed
The sins that have been wiped away to have His righteousness
So friend if you've misgivings for the life you've lived before
Call now upon the Saviour Who is waiting at your door
And ask Him to embrace you as He's wanting now to do
And save you to His Kingdom He's established just for you
Romans 11:17-24; John 3:16-17
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