FREE

By Steven Curtis Chapman

( Isaiah 42:6-7,  John 8:31-36,   Romans 8:38-39)

This song was inspired by the lives of the free men and women
I’ve encountered behind prison bars in my work with Prison Fellowship.


The sun was beating down inside the walls of stone and razor wire
As we made our way across the prison yard
I felt my heart begin to race as we drew nearer to the place
Where they say that death is waiting in the dark
The slamming doors of iron echoed through the halls
Where despair holds life within its cruel claws
But then I met a man who’s face seemed strangely out of place
A blinding light of hope was shining in his eyes
And with repentance in his voice he told me of his tragic choice
That led him to this place where he must pay the price
But then his voice grew strong as he began to tell
About the One he said had rescued him from hell, he said...

I’m free, yeah, oh, I have been forgiven
God’s love has taken off these chains and given me these wings
And I’m free, yeah, yeah, and the freedom I’ve been given
Is something that not even death can take away from me
Because I’m free - Jesus set me free.

And if the Son has set you free,
Oh, if the Son has set you free
Then you are free indeed
Oh, you are really free
If the Son has set you free
Oh, if the Son has set you free
Then you are free, really, really free

Oh, we’re free, oh, we have been forgiven
God’s grace has broken every chain and given us these wings
And we’re free, yeah, yeah, and the freedom we’ve been given
Is something that not even death can take away from you and me
Because we’re free, yeah! and the freedom we’ve been given
Is something that not even death can take away from you and me!
We are free! We are free!
the Son has set us free!

If the Son has set you free
You are free indeed.....

from the project Signs of Life by Steven Curtis Chapman ©1996
           



"I, the LORD, have called you in  righteousness;
I will take hold of your hand.
I will keep you and will make you
to be a covenant for the people
and a light for the Gentiles,
 to open eyes that are blind,
 to free captives from prison
and to release from the dungeon
those who sit in darkness."

Isaiah 42:6-7

To the Jews who had believed him, Jesus said,
 "If you hold to my teaching, you are really my disciples.
Then you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free."
They answered him, "We are Abraham's descendants
and have never been slaves of anyone.
How can you say that we shall be set free?"
Jesus replied, "I tell you the truth,
everyone who sins is a slave to sin.
Now a slave has no permanent place in the family,
but a son belongs to it forever.
So if the Son sets you free, you will be free indeed.

John 8:31-36

For I am convinced that neither death nor life,
neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor the future,
nor any powers, neither height nor depth,
nor anything else in all creation,
will be able to separate us from
the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord

Romans 8:38-39


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