FORBID IT, LORD, THAT I SHOULD BOAST
Don Fortner
(Tune:
My Faith Has Found A Resting Place #228 CMD)
Forbid
it, Lord that I should boast,
Save in
the cross of Christ;
Through
Jesus' death upon the cross
I'm
saved and fully blessed.
The triune God is here revealed
Both
merciful and true;
Christ's
blood has satisfied the law
And
seals my pardon too!
Looking
to Christ upon the cross,
I call the Lord my own
And
God, my Father, smiles on me
From
His pure, holy throne!
When satan turns my eyes away
From Christ
upon His cross,
How quickly then I fall a prey
To
foolish pride and lusts.
Pride
turns and looks within to see
How
much I have progressed;
My flesh would run to
Sinai and
Swell
with self-righteousness!
But
when by faith the cross I see
And
Christ's great love for me,
I'm
kept in peace and strive to please
Him who by blood bought me!