Go Tell It On The Mountain

Go Tell It On The Mountain is a Christmas carol celebrating the birth of the Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. And here are some Bible verses, Scripture readings for call to worship relevant to the song Go Tell It On The Mountain.

Matthew 28:18-20
And Jesus came and said to them, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you. And behold, I am with you always, to the end of the age.”

Psalm 98:2
The LORD has made known his salvation; he has revealed his righteousness in the sight of the nations. He has remembered his steadfast love and faithfulness to the house of Israel. All the ends of the earth have seen the salvation of our God.

REFRAIN
Go, tell it on the mountain,
Over the hills and everywhere;
Go, tell it on the mountain
That Jesus Christ is born.

VERSE 1
While shepherds kept their watching
O’er silent flocks by night,
Behold, throughout the heavens
There shone a holy light.

VERSE 2
The shepherds feared and trembled
When lo! above the earth
Rang out the angel chorus
That hailed our Savior‘s birth.

VERSE 3
Down in a lowly manger
The humble Christ was born,
And God sent us salvation
That blessed Christmas morn.

Words and Music by John Wesley Work ©Public Domain

When Christ was born, God’s presence came down to His people in a new form, in the helplessness of a baby. And the story doesn’t end there – Christmas points us to Easter, when Christ ripped the curtain in the temple and became the bridge between us and the Father, God’s holy presence in and among us. When Christ was transfigured, he had with him Peter, James and John. The glory of the LORD was no longer barred from His people. The mountain is no longer a barrier between us and God, but a place to shout the good news of God’s presence among his people in the incarnation of Christ Jesus, to “Go Tell It On the Mountain.” –hymnary.org