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The Love Of God
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Jul 23, 2026 updated
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MercyMe's song 'The Love of God' is a hymn-like declaration of the vastness and depth of God's love. The lyrics emphasize that human language cannot fully capture God's love, which reaches from the highest heaven to the lowest depths. It references the story of humanity's fall and God's provision of His Son for reconciliation and pardon. The song uses vivid imagery of filling oceans with ink and skies with parchment to illustrate the impossibility of fully writing about God's love. It concludes with praise and the assurance that God's love endures forever, sung by saints and angels.
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The love of God is greater far
Than tongue or pen can ever tell
It goes beyond the highest star
And reaches to the lowest hell
The guilty pair, bowed down with care
God gave His Son to win
His erring child He reconciled
And pardoned from his sin
Could we with ink the ocean fill
And were the skies of parchment made
Were every stalk on earth a quill
And every man a scribe by trade
To write the love of God above
Would drain the ocean dry
Nor could the scroll contain the whole
Though stretched from sky to sky
Hallelujah [3x]
O love of God, how rich and pure!
How measureless and strong!
It shall forevermore endure
The saints' and angels' song