GHS 115 : Lift Him Up Lyrics
GHS 115, “Lift Him Up,” is a hymn with a single, clear answer to the question of how to reach every kind of person with the gospel. The answer comes directly from the words of Jesus in John 12:32: if He is lifted up from the earth, He will draw all men to Himself. The hymn takes that promise and turns it into a method and a calling. Do not promote the preacher or the pew. Do not complicate the message. Simply lift Christ up in preaching, in living, and in worship, and trust the promise He gave.
Each stanza unpacks a different way of lifting Him up: through the word, through a life lived as a Christian ought, through straightforward gospel proclamation. This hymn appears as number 115 in the Gospel Hymns and Songs (GHS) collection, used in Deeper Life Bible Church and related assemblies across West Africa.
Hymn Lyrics – GHS 115: Lift Him Up
- How to reach the masses, men of every birth, For an answer Jesus gave the key: “And I, if I be lifted up from the earth, Will draw all men unto Me.”
Lift Him up, lift Him up, Still He speaks from eternity: “And I, if I be lifted up from the earth, Will draw all men unto Me.”
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Oh! the world is hungry for the living bread, Lift the Saviour up for them to see; Trust Him, and do not doubt the words that He said, “I’ll draw all men unto me.”
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Don’t exalt the preacher, don’t exalt the pew, Preach the Gospel simple, full and free; Prove Him and you will find that promise is true, “I’ll draw all men unto me.”
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Lift Him up by living as a Christian ought, Let the world in you the Saviour see; Then men will gladly follow Him who once taught, “I’ll draw all men unto Me.”
