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One
Reaching all four corners
of the earth, this tree has grown
A canopy that's large enough for all
One undivided union with the Father and the Son
One Spirit and one hope to which we're called
There must be only one body
As there is only one Son
Praying to His God and Father
"Make them one"
One Lord, one faith, and
one baptism
One God and Father of all
One Lord, one faith, and one baptism
One God who is over all
In peace we tie the union
with our brothers everywhere
In unity we share the family meal
We break one loaf together and we have one cup to share
Which calls for every broken limb to heal
There must be only one body
As there is only one Son
Praying to His God and Father
"Make them one"
One Lord, one faith, and
one baptism
One God and Father of all
One Lord, one faith, and one baptism
One God who is over all
Being diligent to preserve
the unity of the Spirit
We lay down our pride
In humility and gentleness, in patient endurance
May love... may love be our guide
One Lord, one faith, and
one baptism
One God and Father of all
One Lord, one faith, and one baptism
One God who is over all
One God who is in all and through all and over us all
Words and Music by Karl
Kohlhase
© 2000 karl kohlhase
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STORY BEHIND THIS SONG...
(Read John 17:20; Ephesians 4: 1-6)
"I therefore, the prisoner of the Lord, entreat
you to walk in a manner worthy of the calling with which
you have been called, with all humility and gentleness,
with patience, showing forbearance to one another in love,
being diligent to preserve the unity of the Spirit in the
bond of peace. There is one body and one Spirit, just as
you were called in one hope of your calling; one Lord, one
faith, one baptism, one God and Father of all who is over
all and through all and in all."
This song is basically a paraphrase of
this passage in Ephesians, chapter 4. Brothers and sisters,
are we being diligent to preserve the unity of the Spirit?
We ought to be working hard at it. The Christian ecumenical
movement seems to be a topic very near to our Lord's heart
since it was what He prayed for on the night of His betrayal.
"...that they may be one, even as
Thou, Father, art in Me, and I in Thee, that they also may
be in Us; that the world may believe that Thou didst send
Me."
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