Christ Is My Eternal Rock

1 Christ is the eternal Rock,
On which His church is built;
The Shepherd of His little flock;
The Lamb that took our guilt.

2 Our Counsellor, our Guide,
Our Brother, and our Friend;
The Bridegroom of His chosen bride,
Who loves her to the end.

3 He is the Son to free;
The Bishop He to bless;
The full Propitiation He;
The Lord our Righteousness.

4 His body’s glorious Head;
Our Advocate that pleads;

Our Priest that prayed, atoned and bled,
And ever intercedes.

5 Let all obedient souls,
Their grateful tribute bring,
Submit to Jesus’ righteous rules,
And bow before the King.

6 Our Prophet, Christ, expounds,
His and our Father’s will;
This good Physician cures our wounds,
With tenderness and skill.

7 When sin had sadly made,
‘Twixt wrath and mercy, strife,
Our dear Redeemer dearly paid,
Our ransom with His life.

8 Faith gives the full release,
Our Surety for us stood;
The Mediator made the peace,
And signed it with His blood.

9 Soldiers, your Captain own,
Domestics, serve your Lord;
Sinners, the Savior’s love make known,
Saints, hymn the incarnate Word.

10 The Witness sure and true,
Of God’s good will to men,
The Alpha and the Omega too,
The First and Last. Amen.

11 Poor pilgrims shall not stray,
Who frightened flee from wrath;
A bleeding Jesus is the way,
And blood tracks all the path.

12 Christians in Christ obtain,
The Truth that can’t deceive;
And never shall they die again,
Who in the Life believe.