Not of This World | John

Описание: A faithful rock / metal adaptation of John 17:14-26 in a classic 80s NWOBHM-leaning style. This song follows Jesus' prayer for His people: kept from the evil one, sanctified in the truth, sent into the world, made one in divine love, and destined to behold His glory.

Passage theme: not of the world, yet sent into it.
Key lines: "Your word is truth," "make us one," and the love of the Father living in believers through the Son.

Scripture (John 17:14-26):
I have given them your word, and the world has hated them because they are not of the world, just as I am not of the world. I do not ask that you take them out of the world, but that you keep them from the evil one. They are not of the world, just as I am not of the world. Sanctify them in the truth; your word is truth. As you sent me into the world, so I have sent them into the world. And for their sake I consecrate myself, that they also may be sanctified in truth. “I do not ask for these only, but also for those who will believe in me through their word, that they may all be one, just as you, Father, are in me, and I in you, that they also may be in us, so that the world may believe that you have sent me. The glory that you have given me I have given to them, that they may be one even as we are one, I in them and you in me, that they may become perfectly one, so that the world may know that you sent me and loved them even as you loved me. Father, I desire that they also, whom you have given me, may be with me where I am, to see my glory that you have given me because you loved me before the foundation of the world. O righteous Father, even though the world does not know you, I know you, and these know that you have sent me. I made known to them your name, and I will continue to make it known, that the love with which you have loved me may be in them, and I in them.”

Lyrics:
[Verse 1]
You placed Your word
Like steel in our hands
The world strikes back
It cannot understand
We walk its roads
But we don't wear its chains
Another kingdom
Is burning in our veins

[Pre-Chorus]
Don't pull us out
Of the dust and strain
Keep us guarded
When the night takes aim
From the evil one
Hold us fast
We are Yours
Through the blast

[Chorus]
Not of this world
Still sent into the fight
Your word is truth
Set us apart tonight
Make us one
Make us one
So the world may know
The Father sent the Son

[Verse 2]
You came with purpose
On the road of love
Now You send us out
Where the hearts grow numb
You gave Yourself
For the sake of Your own
So truth can make us holy
Deep in soul and bone

[Pre-Chorus]
Through the clash of lies
Through the sleepless age
Keep us guarded
In the battle's rage
From the evil one
Hold us fast
We are Yours
Till the last

[Chorus]
Not of this world
Still sent into the fight
Your word is truth
Set us apart tonight
Make us one
Make us one
So the world may know
The Father sent the Son

[Verse 3]
And far beyond
The ones beside You there
You saw the souls
Who'd hear this witness shared
You gave Your glory
To bind our scattered hearts
One in the Father and the Son
Never torn apart

[Bridge]
Before the worlds
Before the morning stars
Love was alive
And knew just who You are
Bring us where
Your blazing splendor stays
Let us behold
What time cannot erase

Righteous Father
Though the blind don't know
We know the One
You sent into the world
You made Your name known
And You will make it clear
Till the love You gave the Son
Lives in us here

[Solo]
Carry the word
Stand in the flame
Guarded by truth
Sent in His name

[Chorus]
Not of this world
Still sent into the fight
Your word is truth
Set us apart tonight
Make us one
Make us one
So the world may know
The Father sent the Son

[Outro]
Keep us in the world
But clean from its lies
Make us one in love
Before all eyes
Your word is truth
Your name lives on
Your love in us
And You in us