The Truth Will Set You Free
'It's a sin to tell a lie',
old crooners used to sing,
Yes to tell a lie is quite
a dreadful thing,
So always tell the truth,
an honest person be,
Because you know, the truth
will set you free.
The first lie told to Eve,
it caused a lot of strife,
Brought untold anguish to
Adam and his wife,
Mankind in bondage to sin,
held in captivity,
Until the day that Jesus
brought the truth to set men free.
"I bear witness to the truth,"
said Jesus to the governor of the land,
"What is truth?" asked Pilate,
he didn't understand,
And so on a cross our Lord,
he died in agony,
The truth of which, from
sin has set us free.
He rose and then ascended
to His throne on high,
His victory it has broken
the power of the lie,
In heaven now, He intercedes
for you and me,
And so the truth of Jesus,
is the truth that sets us free.
"Tell the truth and shame
the devil," so they say,
Why tell a lie, do you want
to make his day?
Only to the Lord, make sure
you bow the knee,
And then you'll find the
truth will set you free.
Jesus' sacrifice, our sins
has washed away,
No more the price of sin
we have to pay,
Soon Jesus will return, and
every eye will see,
This is the truth that surely
sets us free.
by Pauline Manville