If Christ had not come
to the earth long ago,
All our hearts would be sad;
our lives filled with woe.
There’d be no glad message
to offer the lost
no hope of salvation
no death on the cross.
If Christ had not come
There’d be no Christmas story
No Luke chapter two
No angels of Glory
There’d be no “Silent Night,”
No “Joy to the World”
No singing of carols
No glad news to herald.
If Christ had not come
There’d be no more Easter
No breaking of bread
with brother and sister.
There’d be no redemption
no Sunday School teachers
No forgiveness of sins
no long-winded preachers.
If Christ had not come
to the world long ago
Some things would still
be the same, — don’t you know?
There’d still be religion
in man’s vain attempt
to answer the questions
of life and of death.
If Christ had not come
on this earth to dwell,
The agnostics could lead
all the people to Hell.
There’d still be the shopping,
the carousing and drinking
of wine and of whiskey
to keep folks from thinking.
If Christ had not come
from Heaven above
There would be no grace,
no peace, joy, or love.
No hope for the future —
could we have within;
just lostness and darkness
and black clouds of sin.
If Christ had not come
to the earth with a mission
our faith would be vain
our church . . . mere tradition.
God’s restraint of the Devil
and the power of the Spirit
would not be a part
of our earthly experience.
There would be no Gospel
to tell of the story
of God’s wonderful plan
to take us to glory.
No John three sixteen,
to tell of God’s love,
No plan of redemption
brought down from above.
There’d be no more hope
of a better world coming
There would be no promise
of His Second Coming.
Our hearts would be filled
with bitterness and dread
at the news that our friends
and loved ones were dead.
But Jesus did come
to a bed in the hay
a stone for His pillow
in a manger that day.
He accomplished the plan
of His Father above
and brought to the world
the power of His love.
Christ Jesus did come
to the earth long ago
To die for our sins
and suffer such woe.
Christ came down to seek
and to save all the lost
He paid the great price
His blood covered the cost.
Christ lit up the world
with the radiant glow
of truth and of love
to us sinners of woe.
The plan of salvation
He offers to all
who hear His sweet voice
and heed the great call.
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