The Gate of Holiness

Before the gate of holiness I see
A welcome sign, a call to enter in–
All burdened by our effort not to be
As He created us—thus we have sinned.

For each a purpose giv’n from God alone—
His reason He wills each of us to be—
And Father’s Son for us our sin atones
That who we truly are, we then can see.

The gate of holiness is in each one–
Is opened by the Blood on door post marked
And enters every heart; God’s only Son
Makes each unique–takes us on Peter’s Bark.

His holiness in every heart will reign,
And in Him we’re washed clean of sinful stain.