Words and music by Isaac Wimberley and Nate Calvin. Copyright 2013 The Village Church. All rights reserved. Used by permission.
 

Have you resisted temptation to the point of shedding blood?

Have you endured persecution to the point of giving up?

Do you even recognize that there's a battle raging strong, over your thoughts and purity?
And this battle will last your entire life long?

So here's what I'll do, I'll tell you where this war began

It was Genesis 1 & 2, Adam and Eve in the garden walking hand in hand

Eve sunbathing just working on her tan
Adam running through the fields just trying to be the man

You see, that's when things were right.

There were no murders in the middle of the night
.
There was no cancer invading bodies, there was no strife
.
But sin cut the cord of humanity’s life.

You see Genesis 3, Adam and Eve believed the lies
The lies that to this day is still robbing you and I
Here are the lies:
That we are our own purpose.
That life exists only on this surface.
That love, joy, honor that we deserve it.
You see, we're still listening to the serpent!

The enemy knows you better than you know yourself
And he hates you!
He wants to choke out your breath

Stop your heart like cardiac arrest

Ruin you name, your life, your family, until there's not anything left

But sin set in motion God’s redemptive plan

For God so loved the world that He would send His son to man

To rescue, to redeem, to reconcile all things
 back to Himself

And it was in this God-man that the Father’s fullness was pleased to dwell
And Christ was sent on mission to conquer hell
He would take the sin of the world and He would bear it as His own

And the wrath that you and I both deserve was transferred to Him alone


And like a lamb led to slaughter, our savior didn’t make a sound

Wearing whiplashes as a robe and thorns as a crown
Carrying His cross all the way across town
And with His arms outstretched He hung, blood and water flowing down

With my finite mind, it doesn’t make any sense

That He gets my sin, and I get His righteousness


And so my King was laid in a grave

Not breathing, His mother weeping, the pre-destined dying day

But three days later that stone had been rolled away
!
And truth be told, death couldn’t hold
The enemy couldn’t keep Him in that grave
Because my king is no longer dead

That serpent bruised His heal while Christ’s foot was smashing His head

And our fears and our insecurities, those things have been put to bed


We live the life that Christ provides through His dying breath
He is risen from the grave

And God has given Him a name

A name that is worthy to be praised

The only name that saves is
Jesus
Jesus, God’s only son
There’s a battle raging strong but the war is already won


He sits in victory at His Father’s right side

And yeah, He’s got scars in His hands, scars in His feet, and a scar on His side

But it’s through those scars that we have life

And it’s through those scars that we have the strength to fight
So let’s fight
! Fight with all your might
! Don’t waste your life.

I’m telling you that there’s going to be strife
.
But our King holds the keys to hell and He’s about to turn off the light

So believe on Jesus

He was born, died, and was raised to free
 us
He is the Way, the Truth, and the Life—God’s only Son

There’s a battle raging strong but the war is already won.

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