Painted-On Smiles


His Royal Word

Copyright 1996.

This is the first Christian song I ever wrote. Although I really filed for Copyright recently, I've given family members recordings of this song as far back as 1996.

My pastor was giving a sermon on Matthew 26, concerning the last supper, and how Jesus showed by example that we were to all be servants.

And, for the first time, I was struck by the message and started scribbling lyrics. I wrote them through the rest of the sermon, on the back of one of our bulletin inserts.

Enjoy the song, let it speak to your heart. We are to be about the business of being servants, spreading the Good News, Communicating God's Word to others, and finally, going to experience the joy of a family reunion in heaven.



Click here to listen
Click here to download a TAB song sheet


Lyrics


Verse 1:
He was no ordinary king
He came without a scepter or a crown
And He came to be a servant
An example for His own
And He died upon a cross
To buy their passage home

Chorus:
And He came to form a nation
Like this world had never seen
A nation full of servants
Who will serve their God and King
And we, who are His nation
Must obey His royal Word
For we must be His servants
The servants of the Lord

Verse 2:
The joy with which His coming was spread
Brought throngs from every corner of the land
And He came to heal the multitudes
And feed the hungry crowd
And His people would cry praises
And shout His name out loud

Chorus:
And He came to build a Kingdom
Like this world had never seen
Every citizen a herald
To shout the coming of the king
And we, who are His kingdom
Must obey His royal Word
For we must be His heralds
The heralds of the Lord

Verse 3:
His Father, the Creator of us all
Sent Him to redeem us
With His precious blood
And He'll come again in Glory
With a two-edged sword in hand
To fight His Father's battle
And cleanse the land

Chorus:
And He came to raise an Army
Like this world had never seen
Every member a flagbearer
Bearing colors to the king
And we who are His army
Must obey His royal Word
For we must be flagbearers
Flagbearers to the Lord

Verse 4:
And He'll come again to call His children home
And we'll sing His praise forever
There before His throne
For when we slew in anger
God's precious only Son
Well, we died with Him in bondage
To be raised as One

Chorus:
And He came to raise a family
Like this world had never seen
A family of children
Adopted by a King
And we, who are His slayers
Must believe His precious Word
For we must be His children
The Children of the Lord.

Chorus:
And He came to raise a family
Like this world had never seen
A family of children
Adopted by a King
And we, who were His slayers
Have believed His precious Word
And we are now His children
The Children of the Lord.














©2006 Christopher M. Solaas - All Rights Reserved
Last Updated