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Called To Praise singing "He Gave Himself" at Cleveland Baptist Church, Thursday night, August 25th, 2005. See words below.

Before the fall of man
God had a perfect plan
To fellowship with us was His desire
But Adam disobeyed
To sin became a slave
Now a perfect sacrifice would be required

An offering must be made
The sin debt must be paid
So God and man can reconciled be
So Jesus said I'll go
Because He loved me so
He shed His blood and paid sin's penalty

He gave Himself
To pay a debt I could not pay
When I was lost
He gave Himself to be my way
Though I deserved to be upon the cross that day
In love He took my place
And gave Himself

No greater love is known
No greater love is shown
Then when one lays his life down for a friend
But Jesus died for me
When I was His enemy
A love like this I cannot comprehend

He gave Himself
To pay a debt I could not pay
When I was lost
He gave Himself to be my way
Though I deserved to be upon the cross that day
In love He took my place
And gave Himself

My nails were in His hands
My crown of thorns He wore
My stripes were on His back
My heavy cross He bore
And when God turned His back
He turned it on my sin
Jesus won a victory that I could never win

He gave Himself
To pay a debt I could not pay
When I was lost
He gave Himself to be my way
Though I deserved to be upon the cross that day
In love He took my place
And gave Himself
In love He took my place
In love He took my place
And gave Himself
In love He took my place
And gave Himself
And gave Himself
He gave Himself