Misc Praise Songs – Lo The Conflict Of The Ages (Guitar)

C
Lo, the conflict of the ages

C
Is upon us today,

        G
And the forces of rebellion

       Dm      E
Are in total array.

    C
The humanity of Jesus

        E              Am
Now the saints must possess,

         D            G
His true image and dominion

       D        G
On the earth to express.

       C
Let us stand up in Jesus

                  G
In His full human life,

G
Human virtues prevailing

G
’Gainst corruption so rife;

        C             F
In this wickedness concerted,

        D                G
In this age perverse, perverted,

      C         Am
The humanity of Jesus

         Dm         G  C
Must the church now display.

C
Lo, how Satan came to damage

C
Human life on the earth;

        G
But the Lord in all this ruin

         Dm          E
Raised a man full of worth!

         C
From the seed of the woman

      E         Am
God incarnate became

        D              G
The man Jesus—the last Adam—

      D            G
To destroy Satan’s aim!

       C
Let us stand up in Jesus

                  G
In His full human life,

G
Human virtues prevailing

G
’Gainst corruption so rife;

        C             F
In this wickedness concerted,

        D                G
In this age perverse, perverted,

      C         Am
The humanity of Jesus

         Dm         G  C
Must the church now display.

C
It’s by calling, drinking, eating

C
The man Jesus today,

    G
His humanity enjoying

        Dm         E
Bruises Satan each day.

       C
To the Lord we must be turning,

        E           Am
All our soul life deny,

      D                G
To destroy all Satan’s working

        D          G
And the new man supply.

       C
Let us stand up in Jesus

                  G
In His full human life,

G
Human virtues prevailing

G
’Gainst corruption so rife;

        C             F
In this wickedness concerted,

        D                G
In this age perverse, perverted,

      C         Am
The humanity of Jesus

         Dm         G  C
Must the church now display.

C
See the ruin of a nation

C
Going downward in sin;

      G
All humanity is fallen

      Dm          E
And corrupted within.

       C
But as children of the kingdom

       E           Am
We are salting the earth;

      D                G
His humanity preserves us

       D             G
In the midst of such dearth.

       C
Let us stand up in Jesus

                  G
In His full human life,

G
Human virtues prevailing

G
’Gainst corruption so rife;

        C             F
In this wickedness concerted,

        D                G
In this age perverse, perverted,

      C         Am
The humanity of Jesus

         Dm         G  C
Must the church now display.