Lyrics
Verse 1
I was headed for hell until He rescued me
I was stuck in my shame
Now I've been set free
Heaven’s my home for all eternity
I once was blind but now I see
I was headed for hell until He rescued me
I was stuck in my shame
Now I've been set free
Heaven’s my home for all eternity
I once was blind but now I see
Chorus
I believe in Jesus name
I believe He died to save
On the cross He cleared my name
Isn't that amazing grace
I believe on that third day
That He walked right out that grave
Full of life with Him I'm raised
Isn't that amazing?
Verse 2
I was headed for hell until He rescued me
I was stuck in my shame
Now I've been set free
Heaven’s my home for all eternity
I once was blind but now I see
Isn’t that amazing grace
Isn’t that amazing grace
Isn’t that amazing grace
Isn’t that amazing?
Bridge
Hallelujah to the man on the middle cross
Cause He didn’t owe the debt but He paid it off
And He rolled away the stone
Now I'm gettin’ up
I'm gettin’ up
I'm gettin’ up
Verse 3
I was headed for hell until He rescued me
I was stuck in my shame
Now I've been set free
Heaven’s my home for all eternity
I once was blind but now I see
I was headed for hell until He rescued me
I was stuck in my shame
Now I've been set free
Heaven’s my home for all eternity
I once was blind but now I see
Bridge
Hallelujah to the man on the middle cross
Cause He didn’t owe the debt but He paid it off
And He rolled away the stone
Now I'm gettin’ up
I'm gettin’ up
I'm gettin’ up
Chorus
I believe in Jesus name
I believe He died to save
On the cross He cleared my name
Isn't that amazing grace
I believe on that third day
That He walked right out that grave
Full of life with Him I'm raised
Isn't that amazing?
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Meaning & Inspiration
"AMAZING!" is a testimony of rescue told in plain, personal terms. The refrain opens with "I was headed for hell until He rescued me," moves through shame and freedom, and ends on "Heaven's my home for all eternity," while the line "I once was blind but now I see" borrows the familiar words of the hymn "Amazing Grace."
The second section lists what the singer believes: Jesus' name, His death to save, and the resurrection "on that third day." The bridge turns to the cross, naming "the man on the middle cross" who "didn't owe the debt but He paid it off" and then "rolled away the stone," before the singer declares "I'm gettin' up."
The language follows the apostolic teaching that Christ's death cancelled a debt and that the resurrection happened on the third day, and the blind-now-seeing line also echoes a healed man's testimony in John's Gospel. The repeated question "Isn't that amazing?" works as an invitation to answer with praise.
Related Scripture
- John 9:25 A man healed of blindness testifies that he was blind and now sees.
- Colossians 2:13-14 Christ cancelled the record of debt by nailing it to the cross.
- 1 Corinthians 15:3-4 Christ died for sins and was raised on the third day.