The scribes and Pharisees all thought

The scribes and Pharisees all thought

A leader great would come.

So they to John the Baptist came

To ask if he’s the One.

“Art thou the Coming One?” they asked

To which he made reply:

“I’m not the Christ—I am not He—

A voice

that’s all

am I.”

And on the morrow

John stood there

And spoke to two or three.

And as he lifted up his eyes

He then did Jesus see.

He said

“Behold the Lamb of God

’Tis He Who walks this way.

He’s here to take the sins of all

And bear them all away!”

Yet poor religion counted not

These things of any worth

But seeking for a leader great

It lingered on in dearth;

And looking for a movement strong

Continued in its strife.

Preoccupied with all these things

They missed the Lord of LIFE!

Religion is Christ’s enemy

It’s even so today.

For though they name Him

should He come

They’d put the Lord away.

They did it then

they’d do it now

They’d miss the Lord again.

So let us seek the Lord Himself

The lamb

the dove obtain.

Now in the Lord’s recovery

We’re drawn to Christ alone.

The Spirit as the gentle dove

Has found in us a home.

Let all religion turn away

To movements wide and great;

This testimony of Himself

Our Lord will vindicate!