(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.)
(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.
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