Emmanuel (God With Us) - Matthew
The inspiration for this song came for me thinking about the culmination of the perfect life of Jesus that is lived between Christmas (Celebrating his birth) and Easter (Celebrating his Death and Resurrection). The This song brings together in one work, those miraculous events into a lyrical soliloquy.
Lyrics
In a little town… called Bethlehem… is where this story begins
A child unknown…. far from a royal throne….
Who would have thought he’d be a King?
And as he left that stable… he grew and found favor…
As He traveled throughout the land
Teaching and preaching… repent all you people…
For The kingdom of heaven is at hand
Emmanuel, you name will tell… the world that God is with us
And death won’t prevail… the grave can’t rebel… and sin will never condemn us
The spirit fell like a dove…
And God Spoke from above
“This is my son in whom I’m well pleased”
Emmanuel, Lord of lords and King of all kings
On that old, rugged cross… is where his life was lost…
And where my salvation was found
For our sins he died… for our shame crucified…with love He laid his life down
But the grave couldn’t keep him… death couldn’t defeat him…
He rose with all power from on above
He gave the Holy Spirit…even when we didn’t deserve it…
And the Gift of His amazing Love!