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The Love of Christ

“For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers… nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.”

(Romans 8:38-39 KJV, abridged)

About the Song

Romans 8 has long been one of my favorite chapters of scripture. There’s so much lovely doctrine there, that it’s worth constant revisiting.

For years I have wanted to write a song based on some of the things you find in that chapter, especially the final five verses. Alas, setting scripture to music verbatim isn’t my strong suit. So though this song is based on some of the concepts found in chapter 8,  if you’re looking for a verbatim setting, well, keep looking.

In this chapter, Paul declares himself persuaded that nothing shall come between us and the love of Christ. He lists quite a number of examples: tribulation; distress; persecution; famine; peril; sword; death; powers; height…

HeightThat one made me stop to think.

I know that when I ascend to the heights of mortal life, I sometimes start putting mortal gods before Him. I delight in transient things; I love “the garish day and spite of fears,” and pride rules my will. Everything is sunny so I forget to thank the One who made the sun shine.

I don’t know why it should be harder for me to keep Christ’s love for me and mine for Him at the forefront of my mind during times of smooth sailing than it is during all-out tempests. I guess it just feels more urgent in the depths than on the heights. So maybe a greater awareness of that is what I’m supposed to take from Paul’s words.

Since I’ve mused on this one for so long there are quite a few other thoughts which I shall mercifully not inflict on you. Nor did I inflict them on the text. Well, not many of them. 😉

Here’s the song I finally landed on, for Solo (the lower setting.) and for Solo w/optional treble duet (the higher setting). It’s just my take on a chapter I love.

Sheet Music Downloads
Spotify, Soundcloud (inc. free downloads)

Spotify:

The Love of Christ (feat. James Loynes)
The Love of Christ (Accompaniment Track–F Major)
The Love of Christ (Piano Track–F Major)

The Love of Christ – Treble Duet (feat. Rebecca Lord)
The Love of Christ (Accompaniment Track–G Major))
The Love of Christ (Piano Track–G Major))

 

Soundcloud:
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Recording featuring vocals by James Loynes:

Accompaniment Track:

Piano Track:

Recording featuring vocals by Rebecca Lord:

Accompaniment Track:

Piano Track:

YouTube

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The Love of Christ (feat. James Loynes)

The Love of Christ (Accompaniment Track – F major)

The Love of Christ (Piano Track – F major)

The Love of Christ (feat. Rebecca Lord)

The Love of Christ (Accompaniment Track – G Major)

The Love of Christ (Piano Track – G major)

Lyrics

No quiet tears
Nor weight of grief;
No bitter emptiness of loss
Nor heavy heart bereaved;
No depth of pain or doubt by dark of night
Shall separate us from the love of Christ.

In Him our fear
Shall pass away;
All tribulation and distress
Are fleeting as the day.
Our God is nigh; no power shall arise
To separate us from the love of Christ.

When by His grace we stand with ransomed souls,
Heirs with Him to all the Father’s hand bestows,
No lofty heights of gladness or delight
Shall separate us from the love of Christ.

Then praise His name forevermore!
Rejoice! for we are more than conquerors
In Jesus Christ our Lord.
No height nor depth;
Neither life nor death
Shall separate us from the love of Christ.

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