The Price Is Paid is a very early example of Graham Kendrick’s developing skill as a song writer from back in 1983.
That’s right, this song is nearly thirty years old. Which isn’t very old in song terms. But it does date those who were singing this as a ‘new song’ back in the day.
Traditionally structured, I think the lyrics strike a healthy balance in praising God for that which Jesus has done in terms which relate to our ongoing personal and corporate experience as Christians.
Here are those lyrics:
1.
The price is paid,
Come let us enter in
To all that Jesus died
To make our own.
For every sin
More than enough He gave,
And bought our freedom
From each guilty stain.
Chorus.
The price is paid,
Alleluia,
Amazing grace,
So strong and sure;
And so with all my heart,
My life in every part,
I live to thank You for
The price You paid.
2.
The price is paid,
See Satan flee away;
For Jesus crucified
Destroys his power.
No more to pay,
Let accusation cease,
In Christ there is
No condemnation now.
3.
The price is paid,
And by that scourging cruel
He took our sicknesses
As if His own.
And by His wounds,
His body broken there,
His healing touch may now
By faith be known.
4.
The price is paid,
‘Worthy the Lamb’ we cry,
Eternity shall never
Cease His praise.
The church of Christ
Shall rule upon the earth,
In Jesus’ name we have
Authority.
Graham Kendrick
Copyright © 1983 Thankyou Music
This one’s so old that I can’t even find a YouTube of it.
Here’s a link to an online music retailer of Kendrick’s material.
If you go there you can play a short sample of it.
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