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After Pentecost     Christ the King      Luke 23:33-43

Amazing words (YC No 227)

What a tragic story;

All disgrace; no glory!

Yet within is love, compassion;

Jesus shows his power

In his dying hour,

Gives forgiveness without ration;

Hating none!

Victory won!

Love and hate colliding;

Love keeps on abiding.

When the nails are driven

Jesus then has given

No response of hateful vi’lence;

Hear his cries for pardon

Even when he’s broken;

When he could have shouted ve’gence.

From this dread

We are fed

With a love so awesome

From a scene so gruesome.

Then when he is dying,

Foes are vilifying,

Jesus gives some consolation

To an unknown bandit,

For a guilty culprit

In his time of desolation.

Can we see

Victory

In this tragic story?

Yes; we see God’s glory. 

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