Every Knee Shall Bow

Ch.

Every knee shall bow,

Every tongue confess

To the glory of our God,

That Jesus Christ is Lord.

Verse 1

I'm not my own, the price was paid

With the blood of Jesus my Saviour.

He's chosen me, and set me free,

Surrounding me with favour.

Verse 2

My Shepherd King, my soul will sing;

He covers me with mercy;

He watches me; my heart is free,

Protected by his glory.

Ch.

Every knee shall bow,

Every tongue confess

To the glory of our God,

That Jesus Christ is Lord.

Verse 3

Greater is he that is in me;

I have the Spirit of God in my heart;

You are my God, I am your child;

No power of hell can tear us apart

Bridge

I'm washed and forgiven,

Saved and delivered,

Declaring that Jesus Christ is Lord.

I'm bought with a price,

His supreme sacrifice;

Believing and trusting in his Word.

Ch.

Every knee shall bow,

Every tongue confess

To the glory of our God,

That Jesus Christ is Lord.

Coda

If the Son therefore has set me free,

I shall be free indeed!

To the glory of our God,

Jesus Christ is Lord.

 

c.2012 M.Scott-Branagan

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The following scriptures inspired the verses in this song:

Ch.

Every knee shall bow,

Every tongue confess

To the glory of our God,

That Jesus Christ is Lord.

Therefore God has exalted him and bestowed on him a name, That at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of those in heaven, and of those on earth, and of those under the earth, and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.

Philippians 2:9-11

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V1

I'm not my own, the price was paid

With the blood of Jesus my Saviour;

He's chosen me, and set me free,

Surrounding me with favour.

"... You are not your own. You have been bought for a price ..."

1 Cor 6:19-20

You did not choose me, but I have chosen you,

& appointed you to be fruitful,

so I can bless you (paraphrased MSB).

John 15:16

But let all those rejoice who put their trust in You; Let them ever shout for joy, because You defend them; Let those also who love Your name Be joyful in You. [12] For You, O LORD, will bless the righteous; With favor You will surround him as with a shield.

Psalm 5:11-12 (NKJV)

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V2

My Shepherd King, my soul will sing;

He covers me with mercy;

He watches me; my heart is free,

Protected by his glory.

The Lord is my shepherd ...

Psalm 23

Let us therefore come boldly to the throne of grace,

that we may obtain mercy and find grace to help in time of need.

Heb 4:16

For I, says the Lord, shall be to (Zion) a wall of fire all around her,

& I will be the glory in the midst.

Zechariah 2:5

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V3

Greater is he that is in me;

I have the Spirit of God in my heart;

You are my God, I am your child;

No power of hell can tear us apart.

 Little children, you have overcome them (the Antichrist spirits),

for greater is He who is in you than he who is in the world.

1 John 4:4

...You have received the Spirit of adoption as sons ...

The Spirit himself bears witness with our spirit that we are the children of God

... If sons then heirs, & co-heirs with Christ.

Rom 8:15-17

... In all these things we are more than conquerors through Him that loved us ... NOTHING can separate us from His love!!!

Not Powers, not my past, not my present,

NOTHING!!

Rom 8:37-39

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There are some pretty good assurances here.

I am not my own - I was bought with a price:
 the Blood Price of the Son of God.

He has paid the ransom,
and I have been translated out of the kingdom of darkness
into God's Kingdom.  I am God's responsibility:
I am adopted by God,
sealed with the Holy Spirit as a down-payment on my salvation. 
The devil and his cohorts have NO right of access to my life,
regardless of what is in my past:
because I now belong to God.

 So I can stand on the promises of liberty, peace, and protection. 
As I said, I am now God's responsibility. 
Remember, I am not my own. 
I was bought. 
Purchased.  Redeemed. 
Ransomed. Translated.

So I am standing on the Word, declaring that Jesus Christ is Lord.  The enemy may have known which buttons to push in my life until now, but now I know I have been given the victory.

This is a song of declaration and deliverance,
of "Sowing to the Spirit"
(compare with Galatians chapter 6 -
by consciously sowing to the Spirit,
by choosing to think and speak positively according to the Word.)

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