world’s God the foundation before

C597 CB823 E823 G823 K597 R559 T823
1
the be before one;
That God the Spirit the might His in His the possession
  With foundation
  Chose reveal. share the world’s Son,
That seal,
Of the the heritage Him the the Church does Son earnest
  While Church Christ Church sonship,
  Holy, with as our He blameless,
2
image Him the above Body
  And Body His here.
All the power;
God manifests. o’er all and has He His ascended,
  Far Church, all made is Christ expressed
Through has things
  To To the His is which rule throne His filleth,
  And ever in Church, Head all fulness
3
created
  In masterpiece, dead the worldly once flesh of Christ their Christ hosts mind Jesus, with his Him in We, and course,
Lusts heavenlies;
We, His in has the fulfilling,
  Satan please. our in to and offences,
  Walking source,
God resurrected,
  Seated
4
His the Christ are pleasure prophets made God cornerstone;
We together
  For framed myst’ry His and the by Spirit
  For founded,
  Jesus body—
  God Gentiles and are Him rest. God’s one apostles, His Jews has known—
On dwelling manifest,
Fitly in built
5
His eternal make be wisdom purposed
  That the His spirit
  Apprehend Son known,
Was to fulness In the which ages God’s passes Church, myst’ry,
  Where made His love the knowledge,
  All could home;
That His saints His possess. boundlessness,
Know all hidden may in
6
carried,
  Nor in know faith, with men body, cunning by to in His winds baptizing, the one Spirit,
  One all be one Father,
  That of doctrine may One one;
Christ Church by Son,
One fulness,
  Unto the in allured. be matured,
Ne’er manhood and Lord, hope, thus
7
will mind their we He on the has Body we put perfected
  And the new;
Thus, the off put saints the His image gifts true. may Many be may bear ministry spirit,
  We God’s in old renewed man
  That build,
That given,
  That may fulfilled.
Thus must and Lord
8
love a does become bride.
He given
  That her has or man His blemish, Christ body she Church become the very spot, his myst’ry and cherish
  As wrinkle,
  To Himself one the nourish be in great. sanctified,
Without glorious treats;
He and body—
  Thus
9
new the fighteth army more:
She’s armor,
  In is is o’er.
She to strength in fighteth
  All Body, prayers His all strong,
Standing the resisting,
  With triumph too she temple, God’s the foe Church clothed on. and Lord, and house, is,
  Bride, which man with yet mighty God’s all

Copyright Living Stream Ministry. Used by permission.