20Schemes Music: Christmas Song - What Christmas Is All About
(from www.20schemesequip.com)
We wanted to bring you this re-mix and master of our Christmas song, which was the first song we wrote for 20schemes music that is suitable for congregational singing.
Next week we’ll release a new version of Come Thou Long Expected Jesus, with a new verse written by Pete Stewart from Hope Community Church Barlanark.
We’re releasing both of these songs in the hope that they might serve your local church this Christmas. Both songs work congregationally and have been written to try and clarify the centrality of the gospel—which is the very heart of the Christmas story—a vital and wonderful truth we want to sing about amidst the madness, emptiness, and hopelessness familiar to so many in our schemes at this time of year.
Music Video
LYRICS
VERSE 1
For God so loved this broken world
With all its sadness, all its pain
He sent His one and only Son
To take our guilt and bear our shame
VERSE 2
So long ago in Bethlehem
Angels appeared to working men
“Joy to the world from heav’n above”
Proclaimed the birth of Christ the King
CHORUS
And that’s what Christmas is all about
This newborn baby in the hay
Is Jesus Christ and He has come to us
To drive the darkness far away
VERSE 3
This child would crush the serpent’s head
And grow to conquer sin and death
This Christ would die in agony
Then rise in power and victory
CHORUS
And that’s what Christmas is all about
The Son of God became a man
To live a sinless life we couldn’t live
To die the death that we deserve
VERSE 4
“All glory to the Lord on high!”
Sang angel choirs which filled the sky
There’s now no need to be afraid
When you believe in Jesus’ name
CHORUS
And that’s what Christmas is all about
God’s great compassion for the lost
When we were powerless to save ourselves
God sent His own beloved Son
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Sol Fenne
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Sol Fenne is the music coordinator at 20schemes.