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Once upon a dusty road there walked a man,
Sorrow was all He owned.
But his humble life and death brought,
Greatest change this world has known.
Before He was born,
He set the world in place.
Hung the stars out in the sky.
Before He talked of sparrows that might fall,
He first gave them wings to fly.
This could be no ordinary man,
This Jesus.
Author and servant of God's plan,
This Jesus.
For the Creator, became the creation,
Son of God, Son of Man.
The Saviour of the world was cut down in his prime,
Buried under all our shame.
Knowing as He bore that fatal guilt,
Someday we would praise His name.
Before His hands were scarred,
He made the hands that held,
The very spear that pierced His own side.
Sometime back, before the stones were made,
He chose the one he'd roll aside.
Oh this could be no ordinary man,
This Jesus.
Author and servant of God's plan,
This Jesus.
For the Creator, became the Creation,
Son of God, Son of Man.
So praise our Creator,
Who became our Saviour,
Son of God, Son of Man.
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Meaning & Inspiration
"This Jesus" reflects on the mystery of Christ as both Creator and servant, Son of God and Son of Man. The verses set His humble earthly life beside His authority over stars, sparrows, human hands, and stone. Those contrasts give weight to the refrain’s claim that Jesus is no ordinary man: the One who made creation entered it and accepted suffering within it.
The lyric traces that humility toward the cross and resurrection. Images of scarred hands, the spear, burial, and the stone rolled aside connect Christ’s suffering with the shame He bears for others and with victory beyond the grave. Its language about the Creator becoming part of creation closely aligns with the New Testament’s description of the Word becoming flesh. The closing call to praise follows from that union of majesty and sacrifice. Rather than separating Jesus’ divinity from His humanity, the song holds both together and presents salvation as the work of the Creator who became the Savior.
Related Scripture
- John 1:1-3, 14 The Word is identified with God, as Creator, and as becoming flesh.
- Philippians 2:6-8 Christ humbles Himself, taking the form of a servant and accepting death.
- 1 Corinthians 15:3-4 Paul summarizes Christ's death, burial, and resurrection.