In Christ Alone, the Remix

I love hymns. They are God centered, glory driven, grace distilling, time tested, biblically rooted gold mines of truth that we sing back to God in response to what He teaches us through the ministry of the preached word. But sometimes, the truth to be found in hymns is a bit tough to find because of the difficult wording... so I like to take some liberties of translation in my head sometimes to get at what the author of the hymn was actually saying. I did this here before with one of my favorite hymns, Before the Throne of God Above, and I'd like to do the same with one of my other favorite hymns, In Christ Alone.

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My one and only hope for salvation is only ever found in Christ,
He is the source of all good and strength in me, and the reason why I worship;
He is my Cornerstone, He is the support of all that I am, He is my solid Ground,
And it is He who stands firm through even the fiercest drought and storm, both physical and spiritual.
How high His love is shown to be, how deep His peace is proven,
When my fears are calmed, and when I no longer have to struggle!
He is my Comforter, He is my Everything,
So it is here, in the love of Christ, that I stand.

Only ever in Christ! He became a human:
The complete fullness of God in the form of a helpless baby!
He gave Himself to us as a gift of love and righteousness,
And was despised by the very ones that He came to save.
And on that cross, as Jesus died,
The just wrath of God toward our sin was answered for, and satisfied,
Because every single sin of God's people was put on Jesus.
I have become alive, and continue to live, in the death of Christ.

His body laid there in the tomb:
The Light of the world, put to death by the darkness of sin.
Then, bursting forth in the fullness of His glory,
He rose again from the grave!
And now, since He stands victorious over sin and death,
The curse of sin and its ability to kill me no longer have any control over me,
Because I belong to Christ, and He belongs to me;
My life and soul have been purchased forever by the precious blood of Christ.

I no longer am bound by guilt in this life, and I no longer fear death:
This is the power of Christ in me.
From the beginning of my life, to my final breath,
Jesus is Lord over my life and my destiny.
And none of Satan's power, nor any plan made by man,
Can ever take me away from His hand.
Until He returns again, or decides to take me home to heaven,
I will stand here in the power of Christ!