The chorus of this song holds the heartbeat:
Saved by grace, through faith alone,
Not by strength or deed I’ve done.
It is finished, it is won—
By the blood of the risen Son.
That line is nearly a paraphrase of one of the most important gospel summaries in Scripture:
"For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God, not a result of works, so that no one may boast."
— Ephesians 2:8–9
This entire song was shaped by Scripture. Let’s walk through it together, verse by verse, and connect it with the beautiful truths of the gospel story.
Verse 1: A Stained Soul Made Clean
Though my sins were crimson deep,
A stain I could not hide…
This lyric echoes Isaiah 1:18:
“Though your sins are like scarlet, they shall be as white as snow…”
We’ve all been there—knowing the weight of sin, the deep mark of guilt we can’t scrub away. But God doesn’t leave us there:
“He washed me clean in mercy’s flood, now white as winter’s tide.”
— See Titus 3:5: “He saved us… by the washing of regeneration and renewal of the Holy Spirit.”
The chorus then enters with clarity and certainty—we are saved by grace through faith. Not by effort. Not by merit. But by the blood of the risen Son.
Verse 2: From Cross to Crown
He bore the cross, He wore my thorns,
The Lamb for sinners slain.
— Isaiah 53:5–6; John 1:29
The cross is not just a symbol of suffering. It is the place of substitution. The innocent Lamb takes the place of the guilty.
“He crushed the night, rolled back the stone,
And rose to end the pain.”
That’s resurrection hope. The stone rolled away (Matthew 28:2), death defeated (1 Corinthians 15:55–57), and the pain of eternal separation ended for all who trust in Him.
“The law exposed my every fault,
But Love fulfilled its claim…”
— Romans 3:20; Matthew 5:17
God’s law shows us our sin, but it also points to Christ, who fulfilled the law in our place and bore the curse for us (Galatians 3:13).
The Bridge: The Gospel in Declaration
This is the witness, this is the song:
In the Son, I now belong.
He who has the Son has life…
This is straight from 1 John 5:11–12:
“And this is the testimony, that God gave us eternal life, and this life is in his Son. Whoever has the Son has life.”
“…Not to condemn, but to restore—He opened wide salvation’s door.”
Jesus didn’t come to condemn the world but to save it (John 3:17). The cross was not the closing of a door, but the opening of heaven.
It is worth waiting for this bridge that comes pretty late in the song, is a nice worship element.
The Gift of God
So what is The Gift?
Not religion.
Not ritual.
Not reformation.
It is redemption—paid for by Christ, received by faith, and held forever by grace.
“For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.”
— Romans 6:23
A Final Invitation
If you’ve never received that gift, know this: the door is open. Christ is the way, the truth, and the life. You don’t have to clean yourself up. You don’t have to pretend to be better than you are.
You come with empty hands.
You come with faith.
And He gives you everything.
"But to all who did receive him, who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God."
— John 1:12
Listen to the Song
🎵 The Gift
May it be a reminder that the gospel isn’t just a message—it’s a miracle. A gift. Freely given. Forever held.
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