Child of The King

The Gaither Vocal Band's “Child of The King” begins with a before-and-after picture. The speaker was “clothed in the rags of my sin, wretched and poor, lost and lonely within.” Then the king arrives: “With wondrous compassion, the King of all kings, in pity and love, took me under His wings.” The change is not a result of effort, only of being found.

The chorus is an affirmation the singers repeat with relish, “Oh, yes, oh yes, I'm a child of the King, His royal blood now flows in my veins.” The song's best trick is a contrast between “wretched and poor” and the praise sung afterward, set to the same line so that the status change is audible. The last verse names the results: a heavenly home, being “washed by His blood,” being “clothed in His love,” and the hope of one day singing “with the angels above.”

Being a child of God comes from 1 John 3:1, and Romans 8:16 says the Spirit confirms that believers are God's children. The royal blood and inheritance echo Galatians 4:7, where a former slave becomes a son and an heir.