{"id":1458,"date":"2012-01-13T17:49:01","date_gmt":"2012-01-13T17:49:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/christcommunitychurch.com\/blog\/?p=1458"},"modified":"2015-04-22T09:37:57","modified_gmt":"2015-04-22T13:37:57","slug":"behold-the-lamb-of-god","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/christcommunitychurch.com\/blog\/2012\/01\/13\/behold-the-lamb-of-god\/","title":{"rendered":"Behold the Lamb of God"},"content":{"rendered":"

We’ve got a big day planned this Sunday. Adult education kicks off what promise to be several great classes<\/a>, and there’s a lunch for college students. The worship team worked on preparing some special music this week that I hope you’ll enjoy. We will be singing “Gather Round, Ye Children, Come”, a great song about the Christ child from Behold the Lamb of God<\/a><\/strong>, Andrew Peterson’s acclaimed Christmas tour-turned-album.<\/p>\n

Peterson is a household name for some in our church, but his work will be new to lots of people. I really enjoy his style of song writing, and I think he crafts music that tells a story well. Behold the Lamb of God was written to tell the Christmas story. As Rob continues to dwell on Christ as a child, the lyrics from this song (written in 2004) began to play in my head. Hopefully it won’t be stuck in yours all next week.<\/p>\n

Gather ’round, ye children, come
\nListen to the old, old story
\nOf the pow’r of Death undone
\nBy an infant born of glory
\nSon of God, Son of Man<\/p>\n

Gather ’round, remember now
\nHow creation held its breath
\nHow it let out a sigh
\nAnd it filled up the sky with the angels
\nSon of God, Son of Man<\/p>\n

So sing out with joy for the brave little boy<\/strong>
\n Who was God, but He made Himself nothing<\/strong>
\n He gave up His pride and He came here to die<\/strong>
\n Like a man<\/strong><\/p>\n

Therefore God exalted Him
\nTo the place of highest praises
\nAnd He gave Him a name above every name
\nThat at the very name of Jesus, Son of God<\/p>\n

So in heav’n and earth and below
\nEvery knee would bow in worship
\nAnd ev’ry tongue would proclaim
\nThat Jesus, He reigns with the angels<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

See you Sunday.<\/p>\n