[Verse 1]
“God did not send His Son to judge…
He sent Him… to rescue love.
The Savior… not the sentence…
The Lamb reveals our innocence.”
[Chorus]
“Faith, not flesh… defines me”
“I am rescued… no condemnation”
“Sonship is my only identity…”
“The grace of God… shines like the morning…
Shines over every nation… over every name…
No judgment… only Jesus…
Only rescue… only love…”
[Verse 2]
“Every family… every face…
Originates in You alone.
You unveiled sonship in me…
That I may unveil it to the world.”
“Every family… every face…
Originates in You alone.
You unveiled sonship in me…
That I may unveil it to the world.”
[Chorus]
“The grace of God… shines like the morning…
Shines over every nation… over every name…
No judgment… only Jesus…
Only rescue… only love…”
[Bridge]
“Who am I ?”
“A son of the Father.”
“What defines me ?”
“Not flesh, but faith.”
“What has He done ?”
“He rescued us.”
“No condemnation, no rejection… only love”
[Outro]
“We are rescued…
We are loved…
We a His”
The song opens from John 3:17 — God did not send the Son to judge the world but to save it. "The Savior, not the sentence." It sets the whole song against a picture of God as first a judge.
The title is Romans 8:1, no condemnation for those in Christ. "Faith, not flesh, defines me" is the Pauline contrast (Philippians 3:9). Identity rests on Christ's faithfulness, not on the person's record.
"Sonship is my only identity" makes adoption the ground of the self (Galatians 4:5-7). "Every family, every face, originates in You alone" is Ephesians 3:15 — every family in heaven and on earth named from the Father. The song reads reconciliation outward: sonship revealed in the person is meant to be unveiled to the world (Romans 8:19, creation waiting for the revealing of the children of God).
The bridge is a catechism in call and response. "Who am I? A son of the Father. What defines me? Not flesh, but faith. What has He done? He rescued us." This is teaching set to music, the old method of learning the faith by question and answer.
We sing this to hear the verdict already given: no condemnation, only rescue.
The song opens from John 3:17 — God did not send the Son to judge the world but to save it. "The Savior, not the sentence." It sets the whole song against a picture of God as first a judge. The title is Romans 8:1, no condemnation for those in Christ. "Faith, not flesh, defines me" is the Pauline contrast (Philippians 3:9). Identity rests on Christ's faithfulness, not on the person's record. "Sonship is my only identity" makes adoption the ground of the self (Galatians 4:5-7). "Every family, every face, originates in You alone" is Ephesians 3:15 — every family in heaven and on earth named from the Father. The song reads reconciliation outward: sonship revealed in the person is meant to be unveiled to the world (Romans 8:19, creation waiting for the revealing of the children of God). The bridge is a catechism in call and response. "Who am I? A son of the Father. What defines me? Not flesh, but faith. What has He done? He rescued us." This is teaching set to music, the old method of learning the faith by question and answer. We sing this to hear the verdict already given: no condemnation, only rescue.
- Text origin
- 21st century
- Melody origin
- 21st century
- Recording
- 2025
- Original language
- English
- Performed language
- English
- Musical form
- Gospel
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