Jesus Gave it All

Have you heard the story
Of how God so loved the world
That He gave to all of us His only Son?
Jesus grew into a man
He healed the sick, He loved the lonely
He gave God’s love away to everyone
Jesus gave it all

The people followed Him
They’d never seen that kind of love
He loved them all no matter
What they’d done
But not everyone was happy
Some of them were jealous
So they made plans to kill
God’s only Son
Jesus gave it all

One night while He was praying
Some soldiers came to find Him
They took Him to their rulers
Who didn’t know just what to do
They asked the people gathered
Just what they should do with Him
The crowd said, ‘Crucify Him!’
Though He’d done nothing wrong
Jesus gave it all

And the soldiers tried to break Him
The crowds they mocked and scorned
They led Him up a hill called Calvary
And they nailed Him to a cross
Still He asked God to forgive them
They didn’t understand
That it was all for you and me
Jesus gave it all

Then Jesus said, ‘It is finished!’
And He took his final breath
And the sky grew black as midnight
And the earth began to shake
The crowd began to tremble
They shook their heads in wonder
Then a soldier said, ‘I know
That this man was the Son of God.’
Jesus gave it all

And they took Him off the cross
They placed Him in a tomb
Then they rolled a large round stone
In the doorway of the cave
Some soldiers, they stood watching
Making sure no one could enter
Jesus’ friends were sad and hopeless
As they all went home that day
Jesus gave it all

On the morning of the third day
His mother Mary came to see Him
To make His body ready
For the grave where He would lay
But the tom bit was empty
An angel came to tell her
‘He’s not here! He has risen!
See, the stone’s been rolled away!’
Jesus gave it all
Jesus gave it all
Jesus gave it all


Tekst en muziek: Kristen Cox (copyrights: 2012 LifeChurch.tv)

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