The Tree of Life

If we could turn the hands of time Back to Eden’s open gates Standing where the choice was made Beneath the branches, face to face Would you choose the way Eve chose? Most of us would say, “No” Never touch what kills the soul Never let that hunger grow [Chorus] No, no, no I choose the Tree of Life I choose the Tree of Life Peace and joy forevermore No, no, no I won’t eat that other fruit His warning was true It only leads to death [Verse 2] Still we read it line by line Still we wander from His light Knowledge calls and dreams pull hard And we trade the living for a lie Anything can steal our hearts From the Living God we know But His stream keeps calling still Come back home, come back home [Pre-Chorus] So rise with courage Stand and say [Chorus] No, no, no I choose the Tree of Life I choose the Tree of Life Peace and joy forevermore No, no, no I won’t eat that other fruit His warning was true It only leads to death [Bridge] Now the Tree of Life has come Living in the Son Christ, the risen One Crowned forever, glorious Whoever comes and drinks from Him Will never thirst again Whoever has ears to hear Let him hear, let him hear [Chorus] No, no, no I choose the Tree of Life I choose the Tree of Life Peace and joy forevermore No, no, no I won’t eat that other fruit His warning was true It only leads to death [Outro] I choose the Tree of Life I choose the living Christ Forever and forever The Tree of Life =================================== Gen. 3:22 And Jehovah God said, Behold, the man has become like one of Us, knowing good and evil; and now, lest he put forth his hand and take also from the tree of life and eat and live forever— Prov. 11:30 The fruit of the righteous man is a tree of life, / And he who is wise wins souls. Rev. 22:2 And on this side and on that side of the river was the tree of life, producing twelve fruits, yielding its fruit each month; and the leaves of the tree are for the healing of the nations. Rev. 22:14 Blessed are those who wash their robes that they may have right to the tree of life and may enter by the gates into the city. Rev. 2:7 He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. To him who overcomes, to him I will give to eat of the tree of life, which is in the Paradise of God.