They Will Know
They will know we are Christians by our love by our love
They will know we are Christians by our love
Oh love what a word what a thought what a concept
If only we all embodied it from the onset
If only we would be living it in a way to celebrate
While elevating an ever remaining precept
But I'm looking around with my ear to the ground
And I'm hearing the sound of ideologies pounding
Things into this generation
Now I'm starting to see the cracking in our foundation
No wonder everybody is so confused
When the words we use no longer serve the truth
'Cause now fear is just awe and faith a mere hope
And grace became mercy love an emotion
How will they know where to go
They will know we are Christians by our love by our love
They will know we are Christians by our love
Stuffy people call it religion but not me
I know better never fetter to religiosity
I can pat myself on the back and while I'm at it
Mark it safe from religious hypocrisy
'Cause I wouldn't want to be a pharisee
No rules for me He set me free so I can be
Anything my heart desires I think
I guess I know I shouldn't say it
But I show it every day
And if I run around proclaiming
That to love means to obey
Then everybody put to shame
Will never look at me the same
And I can think of any way to make it sync with
They will know we are Christians by our love by our love
They will know we are Christians by our love
It's no wonder we're living like we have everything to lose
I made this life for me so I get to choose
To give a little to God maybe I'll toss Him a bone
'Cause He'll be tickled pink I even thought of Him at all
He would never command me to fully lay down my life
That must've been a metaphor for something I really like
Could it be that following Him is turning my back on what is dear
Or fully embracing the God that humanity should fear
Maybe walking in truth means running from lies
And saying goodbye to things I once thought were totally fine
'Cause if we wanna love each other we gotta know what it is
And the only definition of love that matters is His
How else will we be growing
How else will we be showing
How else will they be knowing where to go
They will know we are Christians by our love by our love
They will know we are Christians by our love
They will know we are Christians by our love by our love
They will know we are Christians by our love
Now I'm gonna choose to celebrate the truth
And be a little ruthless heaping up abuses
Now I gotta do this done with my excuses
Let me introduce and see what this produces
Even if it bruises I will not reduce
His word to what it's use is everyone solutes it
Even though the fruit is rotten it seduces
All who are amused we're ending up confused
And now love should be leading us into respecting
The truth of the Father in every directing
And this is the way we are to be effective
At bringing the love of God into perspective
If we wanna love each other we gotta be loving God
Or the effort we expend in the end will be all for naught
This is how we know we are loving humanity
With a 1 John 5:2 kind of love
They will know we are Christians by our love by our love
They will know we are Christians by our love
They will know we are Christians by our love by our love
They will know we are Christians by our love
They will know we are Christians by our love by our love
They will know we are Christians by our love
They will know we are Christians by our love by our love
They will know we are Christians by our love
What a word what a thought what a concept
Love
They will know we are Christians by our love
Oh love what a word what a thought what a concept
If only we all embodied it from the onset
If only we would be living it in a way to celebrate
While elevating an ever remaining precept
But I'm looking around with my ear to the ground
And I'm hearing the sound of ideologies pounding
Things into this generation
Now I'm starting to see the cracking in our foundation
No wonder everybody is so confused
When the words we use no longer serve the truth
'Cause now fear is just awe and faith a mere hope
And grace became mercy love an emotion
How will they know where to go
They will know we are Christians by our love by our love
They will know we are Christians by our love
Stuffy people call it religion but not me
I know better never fetter to religiosity
I can pat myself on the back and while I'm at it
Mark it safe from religious hypocrisy
'Cause I wouldn't want to be a pharisee
No rules for me He set me free so I can be
Anything my heart desires I think
I guess I know I shouldn't say it
But I show it every day
And if I run around proclaiming
That to love means to obey
Then everybody put to shame
Will never look at me the same
And I can think of any way to make it sync with
They will know we are Christians by our love by our love
They will know we are Christians by our love
It's no wonder we're living like we have everything to lose
I made this life for me so I get to choose
To give a little to God maybe I'll toss Him a bone
'Cause He'll be tickled pink I even thought of Him at all
He would never command me to fully lay down my life
That must've been a metaphor for something I really like
Could it be that following Him is turning my back on what is dear
Or fully embracing the God that humanity should fear
Maybe walking in truth means running from lies
And saying goodbye to things I once thought were totally fine
'Cause if we wanna love each other we gotta know what it is
And the only definition of love that matters is His
How else will we be growing
How else will we be showing
How else will they be knowing where to go
They will know we are Christians by our love by our love
They will know we are Christians by our love
They will know we are Christians by our love by our love
They will know we are Christians by our love
Now I'm gonna choose to celebrate the truth
And be a little ruthless heaping up abuses
Now I gotta do this done with my excuses
Let me introduce and see what this produces
Even if it bruises I will not reduce
His word to what it's use is everyone solutes it
Even though the fruit is rotten it seduces
All who are amused we're ending up confused
And now love should be leading us into respecting
The truth of the Father in every directing
And this is the way we are to be effective
At bringing the love of God into perspective
If we wanna love each other we gotta be loving God
Or the effort we expend in the end will be all for naught
This is how we know we are loving humanity
With a 1 John 5:2 kind of love
They will know we are Christians by our love by our love
They will know we are Christians by our love
They will know we are Christians by our love by our love
They will know we are Christians by our love
They will know we are Christians by our love by our love
They will know we are Christians by our love
They will know we are Christians by our love by our love
They will know we are Christians by our love
What a word what a thought what a concept
Love
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Writer(s): Josiah Dean Shenk
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