Check out this hymn

Take a look at the words of this hymn. They were written in 1707 by Isaac Watts (You know, the dude with the lightbulb... Or was he the apple man? No that was Newton...). They describe the truth of the gospel in three verses so simple and yet so powerful. Take a look:

Adam, our father and our head,
Transgressed, and justice doomed us dead;
The fiery law speaks all despair:
There’s no reprieve nor pardon there.

But, O unutterable grace!
The Son of God takes Adam’s place;
Down to our world the Savior flies,
Stretches His arms, and bleeds, and dies.

Justice was pleased to bruise the God,
And pay its wrongs with heav’nly blood:
What unknown racks and pangs He bore!
Then rose; the law could ask no more.

In essence he's saying Adam (representing us) sinned so therefore we are punished to death. But through God's grace His Son Jesus takes our place, opens his arms and dies. Justice was done but death was defeated as he rose again.

Amazing to think that even 300 years ago there were still people with a faith so strong and an understanding of the bible so amazing that they often put us to shame!

Laterz