Refrain 1 God of Love You Came to Earth, Born in a Manger the Incarnate Word

Hymn In C

By Matt Papa

Key – G [capo 2]

Intro G : Em : | C : Em : | G/D : D G/B | C Am G : |

G Em C Em G/D D G/B C Am G

Refrain 1 God of love You came to earth, born in a manger the incarnate Word

G Em C Em G/D D G/B C Am G

Full of grace and full of truth, you healed the leper You made all things new

D Em C G D B/D# Em A/C# D

Religion despised Your word of love, condemned You to die in Your inn - ocence

G Em C Em G/D D G/B C Am G (intro. 4 meas)

A crown of thorns and mockery, were Yours my Savior my precious King

G Em C Em G/D D G/B C Am G

Refrain 2 Stained with blood and bruised with pain, the Lamb of God on a cross of shame

G Em C Em G/D D G/B C Am G

Never before and never again, was love so great was death so grim

D Em C G D B/D# Em A/C# D

There on the hill You died for me, you took my sin gave me lib - erty

G Em C Em G/D D G/B C Am G (intro. 4 meas)

I'll never boast but in Your cross, and all my gains I now count as loss

G Em C Em G/D D G/B C Am G

Refrain 3 When sins they rob my heart of joy, when condemnation seems to steal even more

G Em C Em G/D D G/B C Am G

This I recall You rose again, and I rose with You Hallelujah amen

D Em C G D B/D# Em A/C# D

So if I live in want or die in shame, to live is You and to die is gain

G Em C Em G/D D G/B C Am G

I in You and You in me, my God my brother my identity

G Em C Em

Ending Were I tempted with the best of earth, all its pleasures and all its gold

G/D D G/B C Am G

And if fame in all its kingdoms was in my hands to hold

G Em C Em

I'd scorn it all for You've given me the treasure of Your Son

G/D D G/B C Am G

And now I'm richer than the richest, for You've given me Your love

CCLI Song No. 5619065