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Gateway Worship is an American worship band. Following the structural trend of Hillsong, Elevation, and Bethel, it is a church-led band hailing from Gateway Church in Southlake, Texas.
Their discography is massive.
Lyrics can be found at https://genius.com/Gateway-worship-who-else-live-lyrics.
Also, check out my reviews of Crowns Down and Greater Than.
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1. What message does the song communicate?
God/Jesus is:
- Exalted
- Worthy
- Infinite
- Physician
- Glorious
- Lamb of God
- Anointed
- Holy
- Righteous
- Sacrificial
My only reservation is with Verse 1, line 4. It sounds presumptuous and arrogant to have a song “only I can bring”.
Side Note: To those annoyed by massive repetition, Bridge repeats the same eight lines 3 times in a row.
Score: 8/10
2. How much of the lyrics line up with Scripture?
Despite my reservations about Verse 1, line 4, I still firmly believe that the whole song aligns with Scripture.
[Verse 1]
Lines 1 and 2: Gateway Worship, whom God has formed, will praise Him (Isaiah 43:21).
Line 3: All creation praises too (Psalm 19:1-4, Psalm 66:4, Psalm 103:22, Psalm 148:7-11, Psalm 150:1-6, Isaiah 55:12, Luke 19:40, and Revelation 5:13).
Line 4: Each person is fearfully and wonderfully made (Psalms 139:14). Thus, each unique individual will bring their unique flavor of worship to the table, including Gateway’s.
[Chorus]
Lines 1 and 2: God alone is worthy of praise (1 Chronicles 16:25, 2 Samuel 22:4, Psalm 96:4-5, Psalm 145:3, and Revelation 4:11).
Lines 3 and 4: Repeats lines 1 and 2.
[Verse 2]
Line 1: God is eternal (Deuteronomy 33:27, 1 Chronicles 16:34, Job 36:26, Psalm 48:14, Psalm 90:2-4, Psalm 102:12, Psalm 102:26-27, Proverbs 8:23, Isaiah 40:28, Isaiah 41:4, Habakkuk 1:12, John 17:5, Romans 1:20, 1 Corinthians 2:7, Ephesians 1:4, Hebrews 1:11-12, 1 Peter 1:20, 2 Peter 3:8, Revelation 1:8, Revelation 11:17, and Revelation 22:13).
Line 2: Gateway Worship’s body is a living temple (2 Corinthians 6:16).
Line 3: Gateway Worship was healed by Jesus’ touch, though not nearly as literally as Matthew 8:3, Matthew 9:29-30, Matthew 20:34, Mark 1:41-42, Mark 8:22-25, Luke 5:13, Luke 7:14-15, and Luke 22:51. He also showed Gateway Worship His glory, perhaps similarly, but not nearly as dramatic, as Exodus 33:18.
Line 4: Angels are not marred with sin nor do they war with their sin nature (Romans 7:21-25). Our songs often come from a place of imperfection and, as some of my reviews indicate, questionable to downright unbiblical lyrics. Why would the angels want to sing our songs when they have better, newer songs to sing (Revelation 5:9 and Revelation 14:3)? So this is true, but perhaps not in the way Gateway Worship originally intended.
[Bridge]
Line 1: That is, the Lamb that was slain (Isaiah 53:7, John 1:29, John 1:36, Acts 8:32, 1 Peter 1:19, Revelation 5:6-8, Revelation 5:12-13, Revelation 6:1, Revelation 7:9-17, Revelation 12:11, Revelation 13:8, Revelation 14:1-10, Revelation 15:3, Revelation 17:14, Revelation 19:7-9, and Revelation 21:9). He is also anointed (Isaiah 61:1 and Luke 4:18).
Line 2: See Verse 2, line 1.
Line 3: That is, at the right hand of the Father (Matthew 22:44 and Matthew 26:64).
Line 4: Jesus is holy (Mark 1:24, Luke 4:34, Acts 3:14, Acts 4:27-30, 1 John 2:20, Hebrews 7:26, and Revelation 4:8).
Line 5: He was sacrificed for Gateway Worship’s salvation (Isaiah 53:1-12, Matthew 20:28, Mark 10:45, John 1:29, John 3:16, John 19:30, Acts 4:12, Acts 20:28, Romans 5:6-10, Romans 6:23, 1 Corinthians 1:30, 1 Corinthians 6:20, 2 Corinthians 5:21, Galatians 1:3-4, Galatians 3:13, Ephesians 1:7, Colossians 2:14, 1 Timothy 2:6, Titus 2:14, Hebrews 9:12, Hebrews 9:15-26, 1 Peter 1:17-21, 1 Peter 2:24, 1 John 1:7, 1 John 2:1-2, and Revelation 5:9).
Line 6: As summarized in John 3:16.
Line 7: Covered in all the praising in Verse 1 and Chorus.
Line 8: Repeats line 4.
Lines 9-24: Repeats lines 1-8.
[Outro]
Lines 1-4: Repeats/Essentially repeats Chorus, line 2.
Score: 10/10
3. How would an outsider interpret the song?
Christians worship Jesus. His name is explicitly mentioned. The whole thing is written in plain English. They will also likely agree with me about Verse 1, line 4.
Score: 8/10
4. What does this song glorify?
While it glorifies Jesus that Gateway Worship praises Him, it does not bring Him glory when they sound conceited.
Score: 8/10
Closing Comments
Gateway Worship’s Who Else is a song about praising Christ. It contains the usual suspects of worship: His eternality, sacrifice, and holiness to name a few. These things bring Him glory, Unbelievers should easily interpret this one.
The line “But there’s a song of praise that only I can bring” makes it difficult to recommend for corporate worship.
Final Score: 9/10
Artist Info
Track: Who Else (Live) (listen to the song)
Artist: Gateway Worship (Feat. Claire Smith)
Album: Crowns Down (Live)
Genre: Rock
Release Year:Â 2024
Duration: 5:14
Agree? Disagree? Don’t be shy or have a cow! Calmly and politely state your case in a comment, below.
Updates:
05/18/2025 – Incorrectly stated “Gaither” worship as the artist in several places. I also forgot to include the previous reviews in the introduction. Thanks to Jodi for discovering the first one!
Comments
Isaac
The line in verse 1 seems like youâre taking it too literally. The human experience is unique to the way weâve been created. God gave us unique abilities that no other living creature has. No other creature has the connection with our Father the way that we do, and no other creature has the story of redemption in the way that we do. Does all things point to him? Yes. But, thereâs praises that only humans can raise. God made us for that purpose.
Josh
YES!!! Thank you for pointing this out. I was just on my way down here to make this comment. Verses here should really only be 2 lines to draw continuity of thought. A break in music doesn’t mean a new thought, and this review is treating it as a new thought. I can bring greater praise than creation, and creation cannot bring the praise I can. The same with the last line of verse 2. Angels are not redeemed creatures. Therefore, they cannot sing a song of thanks of being redeemed by the blood of the lamb! It is such a BEAUTIFUL picture of us being created in the image of God!
The same is happening in verse 2. Isaiah 66:1-2 is wonderful to use to understand that the line “Yet You chose to make my heart Your dwelling place” is comparing the immensity of a God so big, looking to those who are humble, contrite in spirit and tremble at the word. As such, this line is likely more of a reference to Ephesians 2:22 and 3:17. It even carries Acts 17:24 within it – God doesn’t dwell in temples made by man, and YET!!! and yet, He chose to dwell in our hearts through faith!!
Andrew M Hardy
Literary device = rhetorical question, âwho else is worthy.â The answer is abundantly obvious and echoes Revelation chapter 5.
Literary device = repetition, which brings emphasis to the point and allows the worshipper to meditate and chew on that truth.
âday and night they never cease to say,
 z âHoly, holy, holy, is the Lord God Almighty,
 a who was and is and is to come!â
Excerpt From
ESV Classic Reference Bible
Crossway
âA song of praise that only I can bringâ does not bring glory to the singer, but rather to God, who created each of his vessels with a unique voice.
https://star991.com/unique-song-of-praise/
A beautiful song from the heart, which we believe will help our congregation draw nearer to the Father through worship in song.
Thanks for reading, God bless!
Jeremy
Others here critiqued the line “there’s a song of praise that only I can bring.” I would like to add to this: Romans 8 says that all creation is groaning for salvation from death and decay, so humans are not unique in benefitting from God’s salvation through Jesus. There are also Bible versus about the rest of creation (animals and even supposedly inanimate objects) praising God. Revelation 5 (also mentioned below) says that “every creature in heaven and on earth and under the earth and on the sea, and all that is in them” praises God the Father and Jesus.
The chorus asks, “Who else is worthy?” “Worthy” means having worth. All humans have worth, being created in God’s image. The Bible says that God loves and cares for even creatures that humans consider almost worthless, like sparrows. Thus, Jesus is far from the only one having worth. The chorus, then, is theologically incorrect.
Some might say that it is elliptical and means “worthy” in the sense of being “worthy of” something or “worthy to do” something. In that case, it should specify this, instead of saying something untrue. For example, if it refers to Revelation 5, in which the only one worthy of opening the scroll is Jesus, then as a corporate worship song, we shouldn’t need to guess what it is saying to say; it repeats the chorus enough times to elaborate and say exactly what it means.
Isaac
You feel like that isnât obvious? I feel like the whole song, especially the bridge points to Revelation 5. Itâs not saying âwho else has worth?â itâs saying whose else is âWORTHY.â
Melisse
I think the chorus is sort of a response to the final lines in verses 1, 2 and the bridge. So, coming out of the verses, ‘Who else is worthy (of praise)?’ and ‘Who else is worthy (of thanks for healing my brokenness and showing Your glory)?’. Then the bridge ends with ‘Jesus Christ be lifted up’, then into ‘Who else is worthy (of being exalted and lifted up)?’
Jordan Dominguez
Love this song for the declaration that no one but Jesus is worthy to be praised. Also for the idea that nobody else could be the Messiah and the anointed Lamb of God except for God himself in the man Jesus Christ who shed His blood, and He alone deserves for us (and all creation) to be instruments of His exaltation. However, I had one concern and Iâm wondering what other peopleâs thoughts are on this subject.
Verse 2 talks about how God heals our brokenness and because this we have a different song of praise than the angels. Iâm completely fine with this and believe that it is biblical, but the concern is the way that it leads directly into the chorus saying âwho else is worthy?â. The first time I heard it I immediately thought to myself âwait a minute, angels absolutely would sing about Jesus being the only one worthyâ. Revelation 5 even talks about angels shouting âworthy is the lamb who was slainâ. The lyrics would read fine if you separate the 2 thoughts.
Thought 1: âI have songs of praise not even angels singâ.
Thought 2: âWho else is worthy?â.
The problem I see is that if the thoughts are meant to tied together in the sense of âI have a unique song and that unique song is âwho else is worthy?ââ then I think the song is misleading the listener. Especially when you think about the book of Revelation.
The other connected issue is that verse 1 essentially does the same thing where it seems like the song might lead the listener to think that the âsong of praise that only I can bringâ is âWho else is worthy?â.
What do you guys think? Do you think this is misleading? Or is my train of thought a little off?
Jacob Turner
Hey guys!
Iâve never commented on one of these before but I enjoy having these conversations about biblical worship and worship teams should have them more often. Thank you guys for creating a space for that to happen!
Obviously, I think this song in a personal time of worship is great and could be very beneficial.
Corporately, I have a similar issue with this song. I would agree that it certainly glorifies God when looking at its entirety but in certain sections I sense a familiarity with a type of theology that canât make up its mind on whether itâs us-centered or Christ-centered and that can be very dangerous.
The biggest concern I have is just more of a poor song writing choice for a corporate setting. By writing the verses in a place that is talking about our song that ONLY we bring, and then immediately asking the question âWho else is worthy?â, you have me waiting on the edge of my seat to wonder if youâre going to say âJesusâ or âusâ. Itâs just confusing and distracting and while I realize the destination is the correct landing point I donât think the setup does a good job making it obvious what that answer is going to be.
The verses and the chorus individually have great theological thoughts but together theyâre just one confusing package. Yes, we are created in the image of God as a tool for specific worship that the rest of creation really canât bring. Yes, our songs are intrinsically different from angels because we got a redemption plan and they didnât. But the last lines of these verses set up a white knuckle effect for a listener hoping youâre going to say Jesus is the one thatâs worthy after asking a question thatâs been framed in a world of âme and my songâ.
As a worship leader, I personally wouldnât lead it for my congregation in its entirety. If I was to maybe just do from the second chorus through the end and skip the verses completely, I can see a real situation where I would tag that onto some other song talking about God and how worthy He is of our praise or possibly if weâre talking through Godâs eternality through Isaiah or Revelation due to the bridge reference to âHe who was and is and is to comeâ.
Still, we have other songs already in our liturgy that paint a much better picture of Godâs worthiness and arenât as distracting and while this one may have good bits and pieces I would rather stick to those.
Andy Johnson
Vince!
Always happy to read your reviews!
ââŚonly I can bringâŚâ
Although both of us are saved by grace through faith in Jesus Christ (I assume you areâŚlol); our stories are most assuredly different. So, my song of praise about the redemptive work of Christ in my life would be different than yours. We may share some similarities but there will be differences and my song about how He has redeemed me would be different-maybe minutely-and unique only to me.
It would be the same thing as a thumbprint. My DNA is different than yours and even though we are created by the same God; we are created uniquely and with a purpose to glorify God with our entire life.
So, could it be that every person who worships joins with all heaven and nature to bring a song of praise that is unique to our story, our voice, our DNA, and our personal testimony of the grace and mercy of the Lord Jesus Christ?
Just a thoughtâŚnot trying to be argumentative.
Respectfully-
Andy Johnson
Vince Wright
Andy,
Thank you for your comments!
I’ll have to think about it.
-Vince Wright
Joe Fillmer
I agree! Additionally, as humans only WE are born into sin. The fall of Adam has been passed on to all of us. 1 Corinthians 15:22 tells us this along with the hope for redemption we as humans can find in Christ and that only we as humans require to be one with Him. This is unique to us. Not all of creation, not the angels, not anyone or anything else. Only we need the grace of God to be saved from an eternity in hell by faith. This, along with my unique one of a kind story that led to my day of salvation indeed results in a song of praise that only applies to me. Great song.
Jodi
A quick question about a potential typo where under verse 1 it says Gaither Worship and then several times after, my guess is an auto correct changed it from Gateway Worship????