Gateway Worship (Feat. Claire Smith) – Who Else

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: 2024

Duration: 5:14

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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!