A decree went out from Caesar    Let the people be numbered    Each in the town of his birth    Let the people obey    A young couple came    To the city of David    She gave birth to the Son of the Lord    In a manger He lay       Jesus of Nazareth    God's only Son    He gave his life as our Saviour    Our lives have only begun       The Son of God; the Son of man    Christ Messiah    Miracles flowed from His hands    But His message was love    He chose twelve from thousands    To witness His teaching    For He knew that He soon must return    To His Father above       Thirty pieces of silver    And Judas betrayed Him    They crcuified Christ on a cross    Where everybody could see    He died to pay for our sin    And our salvation is free know    "Eternal life is God's gift to the world    If you believe in Me