The first is when God, speaking to Moses from the Burning Bush, calls Moses to rescue Israel out of Egypt.Įxodus 3:7-15 (ESV) Then the Lord said, “I have surely seen the affliction of my people who are in Egypt and have heard their cry because of their taskmasters. So, right at the beginning, we have an interesting question of “Who am I…?” This question pops up a few times in the Old Testament. Since, therefore, we have now been justified by his blood, much more shall we be saved by him from the wrath of God. For if while we were enemies we were reconciled to God by the death of his Son, much more, now that we are reconciled, shall we be saved by his life. More than that, we also rejoice in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have now received reconciliation. Romans 5:6-11 (ESV) For while we were still weak, at the right time Christ died for the ungodly. For one will scarcely die for a righteous person-though perhaps for a good person one would dare even to die- but God shows his love for us in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us. Let’s build out this nugget with some Scripture: However, it is exceedingly frustrating that the rest of the song is so “me-centric” rather than focusing on Jesus Christ our Lord and Savior. This alone is enough to keep the song in the “middle category”. ![]() In this little nugget, we have Law (I was a slave to sin) and Gospel (Jesus died for me). Let’s open up with an acknowledgment of the Gospel Nugget in the song: Writer(s): Ben Fielding & Reuben Morgan Discussion Publishing: Hillsong Music Publishing (APRA) (admin. Let’s give it a listen and then work through the lyrics. Because of the Gospel nugget, this song lands in the middle category. This song does have nuggets of the Gospel, which we will point out in the discussion of the lyrics however, the song’s focus is still on glorifying “me” and “who I am”. This is a song by Hillsong Worship, who recently declared themselves to be a denomination. Today we’ll be taking a look at “Who You Say I Am” by Hillsong Worship which currently sits at #2 on the Top20 chart at 20theCountdownMagazine. ![]() “There Is More” is now available for pre-order on iTunes, Spotify and anywhere else music is digitally sold.October 11, 2018. With more than 20 million career album sales and over 1.5 billion career streams, the Australia-based team has helped shape praise and worship over the last two decades through its catalog of songs that continue to be sung by an estimated 50 million churchgoers worldwide each week. There Is More Tour Dates, Cities and Tickets: There is more of God, and more to God and His love than we can possible conceive of.” Our personal freedom is for corporate revival. Hillsong Worship’s Brooke Ligertwood said about There Is More, “There is more at stake than we dare realize- souls, communities, families, nations on the other side of our wrestle through the night seasons. The album features brand new, original music from Hillsong Worship, including lead and tempo track “Who You Say I Am,” a live-in-concert Taya Smith-led version of “So Will I (100 Billion X),” and signature ballads like “New Wine.” ![]() Today, the influential worship band behind the fastest-growing single in church history (“What A Beautiful Name”), Hillsong Worship, released a preorder link for their next full length album titled There Is More, a 12-track passion-filled project including a new version of UNITED’s “So Will I (100 Billion X).” Continuing to track an estimated 50 million people singing their catalogue of songs worldwide each week, Hillsong Worship’s “There Is More” will hit the road this April, seeing 14 cities in North America with Hillsong Church’s Senior Global Pastor, Brian Houston.
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