"Chosen In Jesus"

Chosen in Jesus, before earth was made,
Destined to glory that never shall fade;
Holy and blameless, before Him I'll be;
For God's rich blessings have fallen on me.
"Tis not that I did choose Thee,
For, Lord, that could not be,
This heart would still refuse Thee
hadst Thou not chosen me;
My heart owns none before Thee,
For Thy rich grace I thirst,
This knowing: if I have loved Thee,
Thou must have loved me first."

Dead in transgressions wherein I once trod,
Dead to the knowledge of my sin and God,
Captured by Satan, in bondage was I,
Wrath was my portion, 'till Jesus came by!
"Your love had no beginning, No cause in me was found,
That You should choose to save me,
A sinner strongly bound;
But grace not earned or sought for
Was purposed for my soul,
For me salvation bought,
For Christ has paid the awful toll.

God, Who, in mercy, had pity on me;
Punished my sins in His Son on the tree;
In heav'nly places, I'm seated with Him,
For I was chosen, predestined in Him!
'Twas sov'reign mercy called me
And taught my op'ning mind;
The world had else enthralled me,
To heav'nly glories blind.
Thou from the sin that stained me,
Hast cleansed and set me free,
Of old Thou hast resolved for me
That I should live to Thee.