So
Great
.(Copyright
©1999
by Evanda Rhea Sallinger)
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For
God so loved the world, that He gave His
only
begotten Son, that whosoever believeth
in
Him should not perish,
but
have everlasting life...
[John
3:16 ... the Bible]
The Ballad of The Cross
(Music by Elton Smith; Lyrics by Larry Holder)
(8 Measure Introduction)
(Verse 1)
By the prophets,
God foretold
of the
sending of His Son
Who would
give His life
to set
the captive free.
Stepping
down from His throne
and the
glory He had known,
Jesus came
to give His life for you and me.
Though
He knew well the cost,
He was
prepared to suffer loss
and give
Himself as ransom for us all.
Into our
hopeless world He came,
Endured
the suffering and the shame,
Every moment
staying faithful to the call.
(Verse 2)
Yet the
One who spoke of love
was rejected
and despised;
He knew
all too well the sinful heart of men.
Those with
eyes refused to see;
Those with
ears refused to hear,
as they
sought a way to bring Him to an end.
By a friend
He was betrayed,
By soldiers,
led away,
Yet for
this very hour He had come.
They did
not take - He freely gave;
For those
He came to save,
the road
to the cross He walked alone.
(Bridge 1)
He could
have called a million angels to His side,
Or stepped
down from the cross and walked
away.
Yet His
love held Him there,
Through
the pain and despair,
To free
us from the debt we could not pay.
(Verse 3)
In His suffering
and pain
Took the
guilt and the shame
As He hung
between the heavens and the
ground.
Every nail,
every thorn,
Every stare,
every scorn
pierced
the One who so freely laid it down.
With His
face to the sky,
"It is
finished!" was His cry
The words
that broke the gates of hell.
When His
final words were said,
Breathed
His last, bowed His head,
Darkness
o'er the land so quickly fell.
(Bridge 2)
Yet death
and darkness could not stand against
His power:
He rose,
victorious o'er the grave.
In His
light we now may live,
By the
grace He came to give
All who
call upon His name are surely saved!
All who
call upon His name are surely saved!
(Copyright
1997 by Elton Smith and Larry Holder)
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