Christ, the Lamb of God

                                                                              (photo by my daughter, Christy)

This is another Easter song that I wrote right after the previous one – Our Risen Lord.  The tune for this one is one that I started to compose for the words to Our Risen Lord, but the tune just didn’t fit the mood of the words to me.  So I put it aside and started a new tune for that song.  When it was done I went back to this tune and finished it for this song – Christ, the Lamb of God.

In Israel, lambs were slain by the priest for the sins of the people.  The lamb had to be perfect – without spot or blemish, male, and first born.

Jesus fulfilled all the requirements as a sacrificial lamb. His death on the cross, His body broken, His blood shed, all in our place.  We are the ones deserving of death, but He paid the price instead.



(At the bottom of this post is a video with the tune playing or a link to the video on You Tube.)
 

Christ, the Lamb of God

Christ, the Lamb of God,       

There on Calvary’s tree,          

All my sins He took on             

And suffered there for me.         

And suffered there for me.

Christ, the son of man,

For our guilt bore the shame.

He purchased our redemption there

Lost sinners to reclaim.

Lost sinners to reclaim.

Christ, the sacrifice,

Dying in agony,

Forgave the ones who put Him there

And gave His life freely.

And gave His life freely.

Christ, the Paschal Lamb,

Was for all sinners slain

His body broken, His blood shed

But now He lives again.

But now He lives again.

Christ, the risen King,

Conquering o’er the grave

He defeated sin and death

For all mankind to save.

For all mankind to save.

or watch it on You Tube

Our Risen Lord

I decided to start a blog so I can share my hymns with you.  I pray that they will bless you and draw you closer to the One Who loves us! This first one I chose is for Easter called Our Risen Lord.

As I have been pondering the meaning of Easter, God has impressed something on my heart that I have never really thought much about.  We all know that Jesus was rejected as Messiah by the Jews, He was condemned to death by crucifixion by sinful men, but did you ever think about the fact that He was forsaken by His Father?  "My God, My God, why hast Thou forsaken Me?" (Matt. 27:46b)

Some of you may know the pain of being forsaken by an earthly father, spouse or other family member, or even a close friend.  But I can’t fathom what it was like for Jesus to feel forsaken by the Father.  I invite each one of you to spend some time contemplating how much He must love each one of us to have endured what He did for us.

(At the bottom of this post is a video with the tune playing or a link to the video on You Tube.)

This song I wrote is based on a poem I wrote when I was 12.  Here is the poem:

He who knew no sin

Died for you and me

He was scorned and beaten

Just to make us free.

He left His Father’s presence

And riches far above.

He died upon the tree

To show us His great love.

He was placed in a tomb

Sealed with a great stone.

But God could not leave Him there

For He was His own.

On the third day at dawn

Mary came to see

The sepulcher where Jesus

Had laid so silently.

But Jesus was not there

For He was set free

By a Heavenly angel

That came with victory.

Now He is in Heaven

Ready to forgive

Any sins that we commit

So that we can live!

I had to change the words some and add more to make it fit the tune in my head, so this is the song:

Our Risen Lord

He who knew no sin died for you and me                     

He was scorned and beaten just to make us free        

Rejected as Messiah, condemned by sinful man         

Forsaken by the Father, all a part of God’s great plan. 

Mankind was condemned to eternal death

God sent His only Son to the wicked earth

Who left His Father’s presence and riches far above

To die upon Calv’ry’s tree for to show us His great love

All our sins He bore hanging on that tree

And there He died suff’ring such great agony

He was placed inside a tomb sealed with a great stone,

But God could not leave Him there because He was still His own.

The third day at dawn Mary came to see

The place where Jesus had lain so silently

But Jesus was not there, our risen Lord is He

And conquered sin and death and He gained the victory!

Now He’s in Heaven ready to forgive

Any sins we commit so that we can live

Eternally there with Him by His own Holy Word.

We’ll praise His name forever; He’s our glorious risen Lord.

(2/22/2014)

Or, here it is on YouTube.