Just the way we know it, you could say that it's ingrained That we must work to prove ourselves, for everything we gain And though I don't deserve it, Jesus went against the grain When He never asked a thing of me before offering His grace He's given me that I'm not worthy of, on the basis of love! On the basis of love, God gave His son On the basis of love, new life has been won Saved and forgiven, it's finished and done And we'll live for Him on the basis of love! We work and give, we go to church Righteous in our eyes Thinking that we'll measure up, believin' out own lies We feel the need to offer exchanges for His grace But who has given a gift to Him that He might be repaid When His blood shed on the cross it fell on us, on the basis of love Out of love, I will abide And His name will be glorified Oh, apart from Christ we are paralyzed Saved and forgiven, finished and done We'll live for Him on the basis of love