God's Call

Philip, a man from Bethsaida
Came to Jesus, our Provider
He found Nathanael and told him
We found Him of whom it’s written
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Jesus of Nazareth I share
Can anything good come from there!
Philip said to just come and see
Nathanael showed no falsity
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Jesus saw him under a tree
He saw Jesus’ divinity
Of his belief he had spoken
And would soon see heaven open

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Your Testimony

There was a man from God name John
He came a witness to pass on
Sent to bear witness of that Light
Which to all in the world shines bright

The world which He made, He was in
But it did not recognize Him
Among His own was no welcome
But as many as received Him

To all who in His name believed
He gave to them authority
To become children of God
Who were born, not of human blood

Nor born of the will of the flesh
Nor man’s will, but of God afresh
The Word became flesh, lived with us
And we saw He was glorious

Glory as of the only Son
Full of grace, the truthful One
John bore witness of Him saying,
This was He whom I’m conveying

He who comes has priority
For He existed before me
From His abundance we’ve received
And have grace upon grace indeed

The law was given through Moses
But grace and truth Jesus shows us
No one has seen God any time
The one and only Son sublime

In the bosom of the Father
Has declared Him, had the honor
Now the Jews asked him, Who are you?
He said, I am not the Christ (That’s true)

They asked then, Are you Elijah?
And he said, I am not. (So, nah)
Are you the Prophet? He said, No
Tell us who you are, then we’ll go

He said: I’m a voice in the wild
Saying, Make the Lord’s way straight-styled
And so they asked him, Why baptize?
Someone’s here you don’t recognize

He’s coming, preferred before me
To loose His shoes I’m not worthy
In Bethabara John’s work was
A baptist witness was his cause

The Lamb of God

John said as Jesus came to him
“The Lamb of God who removes sin
He’s the next one successively
Who existed long before me

With water I’ve been baptizing
For in Israel His revealing”
The Holy Spirit like a dove
Resting on Him from up above

Just like God said, and I was awed
As I looked at the Son of God
And John said Jesus was the Lamb
And two disciples followed Him

He invited them to come and stay
So they stayed with Him all that day
And Andrew, he was one of them
And he told His brother Simon

When Simon went to say hello
The Lord said, your name’s Peter though

John 1:29-42

Receive the Word

In the beginning was the Word
The Word with God, God was the Word
Always with God from origin
Everything was made through Him

Without Him nothing came to be
Not one thing that has come to be
In Him life was
And the life was
The light of all humanity

And the light shines in the darkness
Which the darkness could not possess
God sent a man whose name was John
To bear witness concerning one

To testify about the Light
That all through him believe alright
He was sent and was not that Light
Sent to bear witness of that Light

The true Light, every man lighting
Into the world He was coming
He was in the world, made through Him
The world He made did not know Him

Even His own rejected Him
But as many as received Him
Their right as God’s children became
To those who believe in His name

Not born of blood, nor fleshly thrill
But of God, not of human will

The Word became flesh and with us dwelled
And so His glory we beheld
Of the Father’s one and only
Full of grace and truth in glory

John bore witness and cried and said
“This was He of whom I had said
‘He who follows me is preferred
For long before me, He was heard.’”

Of His fullness we’ve all received
And even more gifts, grace for grace
The law was given through Moses
Grace and truth came through Christ Jesus

No one has seen God ever yet
The only one God did beget
In the Father’s intimate zone
He has come and made Him known

John 1:1-18