If Not For Christ

If not for Christ, His life and death
If not for Law fulfilled in breadth
If not for sin in Him was paid
The rest we seek would be in vain

To know the Rock, the living LORD
To mine His everlasting Word
Would to our minds and thoughts be blessed
Yet just to know dost grant no rest

To toe the line, to conscience cling
To hear the Word and do the thing
That lies close by, near’st to our chests
Yet just to do dost grant no rest

If not for Christ, the thoughts we think,
The works we do, our hearts unclean
No deeds, no tears, no other source
If not for Christ, we all fall short

If not for Christ, His life and death
If not for Law fulfilled in breadth
If not for sin in Him was paid
The rest we seek would be in vain

~ an original poem/hymn by Todd Henry Van Voorst