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Lyrics - Charles Wesley (1738)
Music - Thomas Campbell (1825)
“And Can It Be That I Should Gain” is perhaps one of the most joyfully poignant hymns penned by Charles Wesley (1707-1788).
Wesley begins the first stanza by expressing amazement over the love expressed in God the Son dying for him; it is a mystery that we who caused his death now benefits from it.
In the second stanza, Wesley recounts the infinite grace and mercy of Christ’s love and humility in the incarnation, death, and finding of lost sinners.
Now in the third stanza, Wesley turns his attention to the bondage of his own sin and the freedom he found in Christ.
Finally, he explores the results of Christ’s amazing and merciful work: there is no condemnation for those made alive in Christ and clothed in his righteousness; rather, there is bold access to the throne as we have the right to claim the eschatological crown.
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