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Because the very God
Who commanded light to shine,
Light to shine out of darkness,
Has shined in our hearts.
Who commanded light to shine,
Light to shine out of darkness,
Has shined in our hearts.
Because the God who said,
Out of darkness light shall shine,
Is the One who shined in our hearts
For the illumination
Of the knowledge
Of the glory of God
In the face of Christ,
In the face of Christ.
Out of darkness light shall shine,
Is the One who shined in our hearts
For the illumination
Of the knowledge
Of the glory of God
In the face of Christ,
In the face of Christ.
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In the universe His shining
Produced the old creation,
His new creation's made by
Shining in our hearts.
Produced the old creation,
His new creation's made by
Shining in our hearts.
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God's shining results in
The illumination,
Knowing God's glory
In the face of Christ.
The illumination,
Knowing God's glory
In the face of Christ.
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This enlightenment that
Does make known the glory
Issues from the shining
Of God in our hearts.
Does make known the glory
Issues from the shining
Of God in our hearts.