And Can it Be? / Amazing Love
Supposedly written shortly after Charles Wesley understood salvation was by grace through faith and was saved, the classic hymn "And Can It Be?" shows the awe of what Jesus would do for our salvation. And Can It Be? by Charles Wesley, 1738 And can it be that I should gain An interest in the Savior’s blood? Romans 3:10-11 as it is written, "There is none righteous, not even one; There is none who understands, there is none who seeks for God ; Died He for me, who caused His pain— For me, who Him to death pursued? Of the Messiah in Isaiah 53:5 But He was pierced through for our transgressions, He was crushed for our iniquities ; The chastening for our well-being fell upon Him, And by His scourging we are healed. Of Jesus in 1 Peter 2:24 and He Himself bore our sins in His body on the cross, so that we might die to sin and live to righteousness; for by His wounds you were healed. Jesus said in Luke 19:10 "For the Son of Man has come to see
