By George Larry Groenewald (2017)
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1:
What is man? He was made from the dust!
What is man? Subjected to earthly vanity!
What is man? Corrupt in his vile humanity!
What is man? What is man?
What is man, that God is mindful of him?
What is the son of man, that God visits him?
What is man? God gave rulership unto him.
What is man? What is man?
CHORUS 1:
God counted the cost,
He included the cross,
Long before He made the first Adam.
He knew what it would take,
To make man in His image,
He will conclude His work in us,
When we’re perfected in the Christ.
2:
We see Jesus, brought low to dwell in flesh,
We see Jesus, He was made sin for us!
We see Jesus, the perfect Lamb of God!
Yes we see Him, God’s Servant for all of us!
We see Jesus, rejected and crucified by man,
We see Jesus, raised from the dead victoriously,
We see Jesus, crowned with spiritual immortality,
Yes we see Him, the reigning Christ!
CHORUS 1:
God counted the cost,
He included the cross,
Long before He made the first Adam.
He knew what it would take,
To make man in His image,
He will conclude His work in us,
When we’re perfected in Jesus Christ.
BRIDGE:
Jesus is the first, yes He is the last,
He rules and He reigns in love steadfast,
He works all things after the counsel of God’s will,
God’s government is on Him,
Wonderful, Counsellor, our mighty God,
Our spiritual Father, He is the Prince of Peace.
CHORUS 1:
God counted the cost,
He included the cross,
Long before He made the first Adam.
He knew what it would take,
To make man in His image,
He will conclude His work in us,
When we’re perfected in His Christ.
3.
To get to the new, needs destruction of the old,
To be in Christ, is to belong to His fold,
To enter God’s kingdom, goes through trials manifold,
As He is, so are we!
CHORUS 2:
We are counting the cost,
It includes our own cross,
To be born again through Christ.
We know what it will take,
To be conformed in His image,
He will conclude His work in us,
When we are all perfect through His Christ.
"His Branch" 