It Is by Grace We’ve Got Salvation

Lyrics © 2011 by Dennis L. Harrison/Jesse L. McCuin

It is by grace we’ve got salvation;
     It is by grace we’ve got salvation.
Yet we work, and we serve, and we try, and we strive.
     It is by grace; it is by grace.

While I was surfin’ my TV Sunday mornin,
     A man came on to tell me how white my soul could be
If I could only just send a little money-gram
     To his call-in ministry.

I said, “Hey, hey! Christ is the way!
     It’s all from Him; let’s say Amen.”

It is by grace we’ve got salvation;
     It’s the only way to sanctification.
Yet we work, and we serve, and we try, and we strive.
     It is by grace; it is by grace.

‘Cause I couldn’t go back to sleep that morning’,
     I was leanin’ back in my Lay-Z-B.
And a voice inside my head was askin, “If he couldn’t go
     To heaven ’cause he didn’t have the same doctrine as me?”

I said, “Hey, hey! Christ is the way.
     It’s all from Him; let’s say Amen.”

It is by grace we’ve got salvation;
     We can’t do enough to earn salvation.
Yet we work, and we serve, and we try, and we strive.
     It is by grace; it is by grace.

You’re a-runnin’ around a stadium track;
     You got a cross and a fish on your t-shirt back.
You’re in a praise band, teach a Sunday school class,
     But it won’t guarantee a heavenly pass.

When grace came down,
     It made us upward bound.
Hey, hey! Christ is the way!
     It’s all from Him; let’s say Amen.

It is by grace we’ve got salvation;
     It is by grace we’ve got salvation.
Yet we work, and we serve, and we try, and we strive.
     It is by grace; it is by grace.