This Church Is Christ's Church

A number of months ago, a few of us were at an Organic Church Conference. There we were introduced to a number of songs that other saints had written to be sung to well known tunes. It was a real joy to sing fresh songs which expressed the hearts of brothers and sisters in our day and their love for their Saviour. We were also encouraged to seek to write songs and hymns of our own to express our worship and things we have appreciated about the Lord Jesus so others can be encouraged as well.

The following song has been sung in our own gathering quite a bit the last few months, so I include it here hoping it might be encouraging and instructive to others...

THIS CHURCH IS CHRIST’S CHURCH
(Tune: This Land is Your Land)

This church is Christ’s church, it is not my church,
It is not our church, but it’s His building.
Hell`s gates can never prevail against it,
This church is built by Jesus Christ!
(Matthew 16:18)

This church is Christ’s church, it is not my church,
It is not our church, it’s bought with His blood.
We are His sheep and He`s our shepherd,
This flock by right belongs to Him!
(John 10; Acts 20:28; Hebrews 13:20; I Peter 2:25)

This church is Christ’s church, it is not my church,
It is not our church, but we’re His temple.
He lives within us, He’s made us holy.
We are the dwelling place of God.
(I Corinthians 3:16,17; Ephesians 2:20-22

This church is Christ’s church, it is not my church,
It is not our church, it is His Body
Where all His saved ones are joined as members.
This church was made for Christ, the Head.
(I Corinthians 12; Ephesians 1:22,23)

This church is Christ’s church, it is not my church,
It is not our church, it’s such a mystery,
That to hell’s demons and heaven’s angels
He`s teaching His wisdom by His church.
(Ephesians 3:9,10)

This church is Christ’s church, she is not my church,
She is not our church, She’s His beloved.
He loved the church and gave Himself for her.
Her Bridegroom’s longing for His bride.
(Ephesians 5:23-33)