His
Love
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So
Great
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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]
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The
Ballad of The Cross
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(Music
by Elton Smith; Lyrics by Larry Holder)
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(8 Measure Introduction)
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(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.
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(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.
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(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.
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(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.
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(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!
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(Copyright
1997 by Elton Smith and Larry Holder)
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