Not Seeing Yet Believing...(or, See, Lifted O'er the Dregs of Desperation)

For the message of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God. See, lifted o'er the dregs of desperation wrought by sinThe cross of Calvary, hope's resolution to begin so sinners may becomeThe righteousness of Christ, the cornerstone of Christendom See there the tree that wears the blood that turns sin's scarlet whiteAnd bears the One who loves beyond comprehension's vague flight He who endured the cross, beheld, while being nailed-engraved Beyond the nature of love's call to all who would be saved See Him suffer then die, so you and I may look and liveHear Him, while being crucified, cry out, 'Father, forgive' He did not hold against us a debt we could never payThen praise the name of Jesus who washes our sins away See, the grave where they laid Him, it is empty, as He saidDeath and hell overthrown by He who arose from the deadSee, lifted o'er the dregs of desperation, Dread's reprieve The power of the cross; salvation for all who believe © Janet Martin Heb12:2Let us fix our eyes on Jesus, the author and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy set before Him endured the cross, scorning its shame, and sat down at the right hand of the throne of God And being found in appearance as a man, He humbled Himself and became obedient to death--even death on a cross. that if you confess with your mouth, "Jesus is Lord," and believe in your heart that God raised Him from the dead, you will be saved.