Hymn Stanzas and their References

Question 1

Ere the blue heavens were stretched abroad, From everlasting was the WORD:
With God He was; the Word was God,
And must as God be here adored.

Answer 1

John 1:1

Question 2

But see, He leaves His home above, A BODY takes on earth below,
That He may show His glorious love, And save us from our guilt and woe.

Answer 2

Philippians 2:5-8

Question 3

Mortals with joy beheld His face,
The eternal Father’s only Son;
How full of TRUTH! How full of GRACE!
When through His eyes the Godhead shone!

Answer 3

John 1:17-18

Question 4

We who walk in darkness deep
Now see the light of morning
The Mighty God, the PRINCE OF PEACE A child to us is born

Answer 4

Isaiah 9:2, 6

Question 5

Wanderers in the wilderness
O hear a VOICE is crying
Prepare the way, make straight the path Your King has come to die

Answer 5

Matthew 3:1-3

Question 6

Chorus: Behold, the LAMB OF GOD Who takes away our sin
Behold the Lamb of God
The life and light of men
Behold the Lamb of God Who died and rose again

Answer 6

John 1:29

Question 7

All hail the pow’r of Jesus’ Name! Let angels prostrate fall;
Bring forth the royal diadem, And CROWN Him Lord of all!

Answer 7

Revelation 4:10-11

Question 8

Ye CHOSEN seed of Israel’s race,
Ye ransomed from the fall,
Hail Him Who saves you by His grace, And crown Him Lord of all!

Answer 8

Psalm 105:5-7

Question 9

Let every KINDRED, every TRIBE, On this terrestrial ball,
To Him all majesty ascribe, And crown Him Lord of all!

Answer 9

Revelation 14:6-7

Question 10

Crown Him, ye martyrs of your God, Who from His ALTER call;
Extol the Stem of Jesse’s Rod,
And crown Him Lord of all!

Answer 10

Revelation 6:9

Question 11

To God be the glory, great things He hath done, So LOVED He the world that He gave us His Son, Who yielded His life an atonement for sin,
And opened the life gate that all may go in.

Answer 11

John 3:16

Question 12

Refrain:
Praise the Lord, praise the Lord, let the earth hear His voice! Praise the Lord, praise the Lord, let the people REJOICE!
Oh, come to the Father, through Jesus the Son, And give Him the glory, great things He hath done.

Answer 12

Psalm 40:16

Question 13

Oh, perfect redemption, the purchase of blood, To every believer the promise of God;
The VILEST OFFENDER who truly believes,
That moment from Jesus a pardon receives

Answer 13

Luke 23:39-43

Question 14

Great things He hath taught us, great things He hath done, And great our rejoicing through Jesus the Son;
But purer, and higher, and greater will be
Our wonder, our transport, WHEN JESUS WE SEE.

Answer 14

1 John 3:2

Question 15

HOLY SPIRIT of Messiah, you we praise and you we love. Guarantee of our salvation, sent to earth from heav’n above. At the time of God’s appointment came the Spirit of the Lord, on a lowly virgin resting to fulfill God’s cov’nant Word.

Answer 15

Luke 1:26-35

Question 16

Jesus grew in pow’r and WISDOM through the Spirit of the Lord. To the sacred Scriptures open, grace and truth on him outpoured.
Knowing more than all his teachers, Jesus loved his Father’s will; all the Spirit’s fruit indwelling, perfect man did he fulfill.

Answer 16

Luke 2:41-52

Question 17

In the Jordan River BAPTIZED, stood our Prophet, King, and Priest. God the Spirit tore the heavens, coming down on him to rest. Like a dove on Christ remaining, fitting him to bear our sin,
“You, my Son, beloved and pleasing”—heaven testified of him.

Answer 17

Mark 1:9-11

Question 18

Hallelujah! Christ is risen, mighty conqueror of our doom, by the Spirit vindicated, breathing life into his tomb.
Christ is now life-giving Spirit, raising up those dead in sin, by his Word and by his Spirit, GATH’RING all the nations in.

Answer 18

Psalm 107:2-3

Question 19

Crown him with many crowns, The Lamb upon his THRONE;
Hark! how the heavenly anthem drowns, All music but its own:
Awake, my soul, and sing, Of him who died for thee, And hail him as thy matchless king, Through all eternity

Answer 19

Revelation 7:9-10

Question 20

Crown him the Lord of heaven! ONE with the FATHER known,
And the blest Spirit, through him given, From yonder triune throne! All hail! Redeemer, —Hail! For Thou hast died for me;
Thy praise shall never, never fail, Throughout eternity!

Answer 20

John 10:30

Question 21

Crown him the Son of God, Before the worlds began,
And ye, who tread where He hath trod, Crown him the Son of Man; WHO EVERY GRIEF HATH KNOWN, That wrings the human breast,
And takes and bears them for His own, That all in him may rest

Answer 21

Hebrews 4:15

Question 22

Crown him the Lord of life, Who triumphed o’er the grave, And rose VICTORIOUS in the strife, For those he came to save; His glories now we sing, Who died, and rose on high.
Who died, eternal life to bring, And lives that death may die.

Answer 22

1 Corinthians 15:53-55

Question 23

BEHOLD THE LAMB who bears our sins away, Slain for us - and we remember
The promise made that all who come in faith Find forgiveness at the cross.

Answer 23

John 1:29

Question 24

The body of our Saviour Jesus Christ,
Torn for you - eat and remember
The WOUNDS that heal, the death that brings us life Paid the price to make us one

Answer 24

Isaiah 53:5

Question 25

The BLOOD that cleanses every stain of sin, Shed for you - drink and remember
He drained death’s cup that all may enter in To receive the life of God.

Answer 25

Matthew 26:27-28

Question 26

Chorus: So we SHARE in this BREAD of life And we drink of His sacrifice
As a sign of our bonds of grace
Around the table of the King.

Answer 26

1 Corinthians 10:16-17