STORY BEHIND THE SONG: The God Who Saves

Inspired by William Cowper's "There is a Fountain", 'The God Who Saves' is a proclamation of thanksgiving to, you guessed it, the God who saves.  The entire meta-narrative is littered with God laying out the plans of salvation for his people. From Genesis to Revelation, it is revealed over and over and over again that GOD is the author of salvation, it is his work to do, and it is an act of wonderful grace to us. From the Old to New Covenant, story after story of Him offering himself to us is clearly laid out. This song celebrates that. Along with saving us from eternal separation from him he also makes us into new creations. He replaces our old hearts with new ones, old ways with new ways, and our own righteousness with Christ's. What an amazing truth from THE amazing God!

Here are the lyrics:

There is a fountain filled with blood drawn from Immanuel's vein

And sinners plunged beneath that flood lose all their guilty stains

Lose all their guilty stains

Dear dying lamb thy precious blood shall never lose it's power

Til all the ransomed church of God be saved to sin no more

Be saved to sin no more

And all of our stains are washed away and we have no more chains

We're not the same as we were

We have come face to face with the Holy One

Whose overwhelming grace claimed us from the grave

You're the God who saves

When will the church arise and be the anthem of His grace?

Then will we shine forth and see salvation of this place

Salvation of this place

And all of our stains are washed away and we have no more chains

We're not the same as we were

We have come face to face with the Holy One

Whose overwhelming grace claimed us from the grave

You're the God who saves

Holy, Holy Lord, worthy of worship we adore

You're the God who saves us

The God who claims us for Your fame alone, by Your grace alone

And all of our stains are washed away and we have no more chains

We're not the same as we were

We have come face to face with the Holy One

Whose overwhelming grace claimed us from the grave

You're the God who saves

Lyrics by William Cowper & Jason Dunton

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