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Jesus: thereâs nothing greater God could give for us
But before He gave His life, He lived for us
Itâs one of salvationâs massive ingredients
The Lord Jesus Christ and His active obedience (repeat)
Verse 1
Scene 1 of our story takes place at the Jordan River
John the Baptist proclaiming that the LORD delivers
As He shares truth in each and every sentence
Heâs telling them to bear fruit in keeping with repentance
This God you canât handle, man, turn from your scandals
Thereâs One coming: Iâm not worthy to hold His sandals
When John saw Him, his mind was straight in a whirlwind
Behold the Lamb of God, who takes away the worldâs sin!
Jesus- Johnâs heart was to magnify Him
The Lamb surprised Him when He told John to baptize Him
Did John lack eyes to see?
He replied, âNot to chastise, but you should be baptizing meâ
Whatâs enticing is how Christ replied to this:
âWe must do it to fulfill all righteousnessâ
So now we focus on the works of Christ
And how the law was fulfilled in His perfect life
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Verse 2
We know todayâs generation canât stand lectures
Weâre trying to get your attention like hand gestures
The truth is close, like London is to Manchester
To understand better, consider our ancestor
Adam- it took place in the garden of Eden
Yâall know the story- how Satan was talking to Eve then
The snake had her all deceived then she ate & he ate
God had decreed that that would make all of us heathens
Romans 5:12 really got my dome spinning
Adamâs descendants didnât die for their own sinning
But hereâs the thing that you must pay attention to
Although you werenât there, Adam represented you
Now God is free, He doesnât need an apology
For those who struggle though, Iâll make a quick analogy
Think logically before you criticize
One player commits a foul, the whole team gets penalized
We were in need of another representative
To live the perfect life that none of us could ever live
Cause if weâre gonna be freed from our distress
Both sides of the situation need to be addressed
We need a substitute in our place to to be killed
Plus we need the broken law to be obeyed and fulfilled
And Jeremiah prophesied of this
That the LORD Himself would be our righteousness
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Verse 3
Although weâre born into a unholy environment
A Holy God can never lower His requirement
You think Godâs accepting something less than perfection?
You must be living in a dream world like Inception
Take refuge in Jesus, indeed, be safe
The righteousness of Christ is to be received by faith
Alone- thatâs apart from the works of the law
Christ was murdered to reverse the curse of the fall
So now astoundingly, Christâs righteous salary
And Calvary counts for me
Praise the Living God for His amazing wisdom
We get credit for somebody elseâs work like plagiarism
But He does it righteously for the worst of all heathens
Based on 33 years of perfect law-keeping
Believing in Jesus has crazy perks
And I guess you can say weâve been saved by works- His!
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- Album:
- Lyrical Theology Part 1: Theology
- The Church
- Exalted (Psalm 110) [feat. Joint Heirs]
- Storiez
- The Solus Christus Project
- Lyrical Theology, Pt. 1: Theology
- Lyrical Theology, Pt. 1: Theology (Instrumentals)
- Urban Compositions
- 13 Letters
- The Attributes of God
- The Attributes of God: Instrumentals
- Grassroots, Vol. 2
- Lyrical Theology, Part 2: Doxology
- Lyrical Theology, Pt. 2: Doxology
- Lyrical Theology, Pt. 2: Doxology Instrumentals
- The Atonement
- Still Jesus