People in the world still see You

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People in the world still see You
As a common Nazarene;
While on earth, You were despisèd,
And with death at Calvary,
From man’s view Your story’s finished,
Ever so conclusively.
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But how diff’rent the reaction
In the heav’ns, at Your ascent.
Glorious God, for Your obedience,
Did the universe direct
To prepare to welcome, praise You,
As the universe’s Head.
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God already has appointed
You as Christ, as Lord of all;
Now all those in heav’n and Sheol
Your uniqueness know full well;
Not a one can keep from bowing
And submitting to Your will.
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How can I be so familiar
With the scene so far on high?
God, as proof, sent down His Spirit,
Thus this fact to verify;
He’s become the gift within me,
Christ’s dominion proved thereby.
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Spirit in me, manifested,
Jesus’ Christhood proof affords;
If God’s Christ indeed is Jesus,
On me, too, the Spirit’s poured.
Fact eternal, fixed and constant,
That the Nazarene is Lord!
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He is Lord! The Lord is Jesus!
An eternal, changeless fact!
And the Spirit’s poured out on me;
This gift also is a fact.
Now I can but praise and bless Him
For His gift that now does act.