The Forsaken Son
Could God the Father turn His back
Upon His Son at Calvary?
For hear, the Saviour cries, “My God,
O why has Thou forsaken me?”
His Father is the God of love,
Yet He is holy too, and just:
He cannot look upon our sin
But when He comes to judge it must
Forsake the bearer of the sin
Nor look upon the cursed one;
The wages still of sin is death
E’en though it be upon His Son
Made sin for us, who knew no sin.
There on the cross when Jesus died
The love of God was manifest,
His perfect justice satisfied.
And I, a child of God by faith,
Can face the Father unafraid,
Because I know at Calvary
My judgment fell, my debt was paid.