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Why Bother?
03:52
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Ya/ they asking why you even bother?/ what's the point of more theology huh?/ if I wanna hear bout that I'll go listen to Washer/ or maybe Sproul/ well I appreciate the honesty but/ honestly/ i feel we've left out theology proper/ I'm just some clay trying to show the potter/ not a scholar/ I'm just here on display/ like a couple words on the page/ I just pray that you can see the author/ the Father of lights/ ya/ if you looking you could peep it in the book of James/ he came and changed my impoverished life/ irresistibly drawn cuz it was his sovereign right/ and he ain't have to turn around and try to ask for permission/ he was active/ I was passive/ soul was happy imprisoned/ used to love the casket/ now my soul is gladly arisen/ changed my heart of stone to flesh/ that's a lasting incision/ but what's that got to do with you huh?/ or a project like this one/ cats be screaming "we already got the truth son"/ they just hoping that I would spit sum'n/ im trying to stir you by way of reminder ya/ cuz it's right as long as I'm in this body homie/ divinely designed/ but point to the designer/ providing the provider/ and praying that ain't nobody on me/ tell em to get their mind right/ he is infinite/ your homie here is finite/ he's the high life/ one look will blind your eye sight/ highlight/ found in him/ so I could behold the limelight/ but let's get right to the topic/ are the issues that serious?/ they seem so microscopic/ don't you think it's blown a little out of proportion/ a little bit less important than dividing over doctrine/ no/ it sounds dramatic at first/ don't brush it off as nothing more than a passionate verse/ say I'm erratic/ a fanatic/ while over half are dispersed and can't tell the difference between a Protestant and Catholic Church/ we went from battling pressure/ to abandoning the system now we're branded as lesser/ but what we gained was far better/ a compassionate treasure/ but some demand that we recant and start banding together/ man/ for the sake of the culture/ I guarantee that this'll be viewed as hostile/ but what do doves have to do with the vultures huh?/ or the body of Christ with another gospel/ Paul said to let that man be accursed/ I ain't the type of guy to turn and disagree with the Apostles/ Catholicism claimed to handle him first/ but all their unbiblical doctrines present to us a problem/ they claim tradition was known/ but church history can show it was additional though/ we all seem to go through different transitional flows/ that's why the foundation for us must be scripture alone/ in every matter regarding our faith and practice/ and Jesus Christ alone is our way of access/ not by our works/ but faith alone/ we ain't deserve a second chance/ it's by grace alone/ and that's what sets us apart/ but let's go deeper for a minute/ chin up/ and I hope your listening/ it was never bout necessity of grace/ we both affirm that truth/ it's all about the sufficiency/ that there is what displaced the church/ cuz is it grace alone/ or is it grace plus works/ is it faith alone/ or is it faith plus merit/ they claim a treasury of that/ you gotta pray that they'll share it/ but in the end we see that glory is robbed/ the sum of everything we hold is for the glory of God/ alone/ in the end we see that glory is robbed/ the sum of everything we hold is for the glory of God
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Verse 1
Grace Alone/ no additive/ no mixture/ ain't nothing adequate/ we be passing it on quicker/ then laxatives or swishers/ we adamant on the scriptures/ ain't having it when they twist and attacking our only cistern/ cuz everything that glitters ain't gold/ and we ain't buying what they selling cuz they get it from Rome/ nope/ any additions and your missing the boat/ cuz no decision from a sinner gives unequivocal hope/ yea/ they trying to say that God is obligated/ if he save one he gotta try to save em all/ they be mixing categories when they're not related/ then get mad when they find that he ain't playing ball/ there's not a single religion in all the world/ that's listed and when observed'll turn and deny the grace of God/ it's all about where you place it/ the minute you try contain and force his hand/ the finished product ain't grace at all/ and that there is the discrepancy/ I gotta tell em that I respectfully disagree/ cuz a hundred and forty characters ain't enough to share the sovereignty of God every time that they get at me/ it's not necessity/ we agree on that/ but prevenient grace?/ man I don't see all that/ sorry/ heart was darker than neon black/ they preaching Jesus/ good luck tryin to get me on that/ nope/ brushed it off when they'd step to me dog/ what changed?/ you could say I was effectually called/ and I ain't know I had a problem/ couldn't get it resolved until he changed my heart and free will was never involved/ nah/ and that's grace homie/ his ability to save ain't dependent on my faith homie/ plus scripture says that faith is a gift/ so now I sit back and praise God that I'm placed in his grip/ and ain't nothing ever snatching me out/ so ask the Roman Catholic Church what they yapping about?/ huh?/ either his grace is sufficient/ or it isn't/ I'm done with going back and forth/ wondering if I'm in yet/ tell em that they can replay the tapes/ cuz your works fall short when performed in a state of grace/ and there's/ all sorts of responses they try to make cuz they're/ all sure that it's bound to be where they'll stay/ but/ dear God/ if they only knew/ that it ain't by my works Lord/ it's only you/ I pray you peep what's coming out through your speaker/ cuz scripture says there's no God seeker/ affections must be wholly new/ the way that he carry us got my mind blown/ prior to him I was in a valley of dry bones/ Ezekiel 37/ ya boy was John doe'd/ until he told ya homie come forth/ so I could rise oh
Verse 2
Our God was never obligated/ he ain't have to come down to save a single one/ still he sent his son Jesus so he could come and retrieve us/ and that's the truth/ whether or not you believe it son/ best believe that it ain't subject to change/ while unbelievers all complain I got nothing to say/ Arminians turn and try to make a mockery of grace and improperly replace all the doctrines of his grace/ but/ everyone of us is poverty stricken/ and robbery driven while trying to tote some scholarly wisdom/ all turned to our own way/ with velocity spitting and mocking the scriptures thinking that they were improperly written/ brushing off certain passages/ priority driven/ while ignoring the tough ones like we're not gonna listen/ trying to stick in proverbs while you knocking his wisdom is foolish/ keep it moving/ that's a mock of religion homie/ better yet/ that's a mock of relationship/ cuz you twist his words or knock him for saying it/ try to rob him of his glory/ be the sovereign in the story while you ignoring the potter that's shaping it/ so what's the moral of the story/ cats can say it's sorta boring/ ignoring my oratory/ but these truths have put more issues to bed than dormitories/ so we preach more alpha and omega than sorority's/ eternal life is where our sights is set/ and make the most of opportunities/ you might repent/ in the midst of sin/ we've only got this life to rep/ cuz grace is Gods riches at Christ's expense/ I pray you feel your way to him/ but how we free when everyone is just a slave to sin/ peep the situation/ I know on the face it's grim/ that one day when we die/ everyone of us is facing him/ and when we set on the bar/ without absolute perfection/ he ain't letting us off/ nope/ cuz if he did/ he could never be God/ He can't look on evil and we can't get it absolved/ nah/ Christians always gotta come with truth/ the only way we could be saved is by a substitute/ after he came to us/ was beat and took so much abuse/ he rose up to the seat of his Father so we could trust him too/ so who's he save?/ I'd say that he has the right to choose/ and he shouldn't have to answer to the likes of you/ but you say that ain't fair/ ain't nothing like the truth/ fair equals hell and I'd rather take the mercy dude/ here's the fact you gotta stare in the face/ the only difference between us is unmerited grace/ for real/ no Christian could ever carry the weight/ the only difference between us is unmerited grace/ alone
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Sola Fide (Faith Alone)
05:43
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Verse 1
This here is the channel that it moves through/ so let me give a run down/ a little who's who/ who knew that our unity would be useful/ scrutiny and abuse infusing those who were truthful and moving em like some new shoes/ let me give a little demonstration/ I know it's hard to imagine it in our generation/ is the Lord just saving us by our works and staying inside the church/ and gradually accepting payments?/ we need a spiritual reformation/ Luther saw this woven inside the text/ provoking and causing stress/ he was broken and that effect/ forced him on to Wittenberg/ what he wrote was an honest step to it/ even though its probably not what he meant to do/ take a look at how his statements grown/ we make it known/ salvation is by faith alone/ won't break or fold/ even in the face of Rome/ nope
Hook
We here to make it known ya/ salvation is by grace Alone (let me know)/ won't ever break or fold (nope)/ cuz salvation is through faith Alone/ it ain't by my works/ or your works/ or our works/ or anything that we had ever chose to do/ so proclaim it/ let em know the truth/ and don't ever let it go/ just keep it close to you cuz
Verse 2
Ya/ this the foundation that our whole faith is built upon/ sealed and guilt is gone/ when his grace is debased and spilt/ so long/ thankfully we know that this faith is a gift of God/ what he started we know he'll accomplish/ we hold on and trust in his promise/ until we staring at him face to face/ we chase his grace in Christ/ this ain't faith in faith/ we never rest in the merit of our own works/ through the body we try to accomplish soul work/ but it's through the body we see his accomplished purpose/ and though we are not yet perfect/ we see that it is his sole work/ his Alone that'll justify/ and anything we try to add to it is just a lie/ we must rely on the one who was crushed and died/ so trust the vine/ and in hims where we must abide
Verse 3
Here's the reason that we mad at you guys/ I could care less how you try to categorize...us/ ain't no way we gonna rationalize with unbiblical views/ cool just anathematize us/ we can't handle your mixture/ we stand with the scriptures/ you crazy to think that we banding together with nothing in common/ you robbing the gospel of power/ you sounding real foreign to us/ so what's the cause of the reformation huh?/ this the material one/ when they hear it they try spear it/ denying we have the spirit/ like Murphy say we delirious/ it's serious trust/ so we breaking it on down/ give em the truth/ wow/ pray scriptures what they be adhering to but/ they dispute it as stupid/ moving but clueless to what they doing/ we excluded unless his merits is imputed to us
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Listen/ I don't put my faith in any of them dogmas/ in Buddha/ Confucius/ you can keep Mohammed/ any other atheistic scholars/ or functional saviours they try to collar/ my sin debt was higher than the purchase price/ only way to pay was by a perfect life/ that there is merits I can't afford/ I needed the payment completely absorbed so I trust in the person and work of Christ/ the only way that I'm getting a pardon/ is if payments exacted from God incarnate/ he snatched me/ took me up outta the darkness/ my carnage and garment was darker than scarlet and tarnished/ was hardened/ his grace was alarming/ he came and pulled me up out the grave/ was dead in sin/ ya I was once depraved/ enslaved to lust and my sinful nature/ set free by our sinless saviour/ nothing short of amazing grace/ hold up/ first Corinthians 15 makes it plain that the fact is Christ was raised/ and if he wasn't/ we been bugging/ verse 14 states that we going on and living this life in vain/ we might refrain/ praying that our sights is changed/ but at the end of the day they say our minds engrained with lies and drains society/ disguised as faith/ and there'll never be a day where we gonna see Christ reign/ they be snapping off with that moralism/ but fail to see that it's just more religion/ it seems the goal is to destroy a Christian/ wanna shut us down with something more than prison/ saying that we just so foolish/ way to exclusive/ be more inclusive/ calling us useless and stupid while trying to seclude us/ you can peep it all on they programs/ I know they say that we just some nomads/ they love to see us fall like we won't stand/ but we flying high and we won't land/ proclaim the name and won't change for y'all/ they call it hateful/ we staying faithful/ proclaim there's only one way to God/ hung on that lowercase tee for our capital crimes/ active and passive obedience/ plus his shed blood is what covered our blasphemous lives/ the masters design is his wrath would reside until Christ would take every sinful desire and smash it to pieces/ our passionate leader is freedom/ we trusting alone in messiah
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This here is the distinction/ this where the lines is drawn/ we recognize that we've been given the mind of God/ so let's define it dog/ by giving a bit of a demonstration/ sola scriptura/ the principle cause of the reformation/ this what we speak when we face the masses/ its our sole authority regarding faith and practice/ so whether facing Catholics/ or the charismatics/ know the word/ so you won't fall prey to their tactics/ let's start with its sufficiency/ a lot of people tend to brush it off flippantly/ grab your bibles and turn to Hebrews 1/ verses one to four/ the lord has spoke to us through his son/ he's the final word/ but another verse bears mentioning/ turn a couple pages back to second Timothy/ verse 15 to 17 are amazing/ the scriptures alone are making us wise unto salvation
Verse
So what do we base its sufficiency and authority on?/ it's safe to say without this point that the authority's gone/ cuz let's be honest/ everybody wanna knock religion/ we not gon' listen to scriptures filled with contradictions/ and I don't blame you/ man I wouldn't do that either/ not a schemer so I'd never attempt to try to mislead ya/ so while we readily stressing the scriptures clarity/ we also pressing upon the doctrine of its inerrancy/ those contradictions that you yapping about/ ain't contradicting when you take some time for hashing it out/ nah/ so while some verses might seem rather complex/ there ain't no problems when you honestly examine the text/ and we could tell you all day/ but you won't hear it at all/ you'd never heed it cuz what's needed is the Spirit of God/ last point/ if it's any consolation/ Peter said no text is from mans private interpretation
Verse
Listen up/ I'm not here to cause trouble guys/ so in this brief time left/ allow me to summarize/ (authority)/ it's the only rule for us as Christians/ unless it's plainly listed we ain't following traditions/ (sufficiency)/ some cults can be rather persuasive/ but scriptures all we need to become wise unto salvation/ so even though it might sound real fresh/ Your "thus saith the Lord" better be found in the text/ (clarity)/ this a point we can't be stressing enough/ a lotta people under the steeple be messing it up/ and no doubt a lotta these cats need to be reprimanded/ cuz the gospels so clear that a child could understand it/ (inerrancy)/ this is where we see the most hostility/ but our book is unified with a hundred percent consistency/ these the reasons we won't give into rivals/ spurgeon said to visit many books but to live in the bible/ sola scriptura
Hook
If you aint got the scriptures/ we don't need your opinion/ the scripture is God breathed/ while given through some penman/ God is authoritative/ got sovereign dominion/ He spoke and made the universe/ we stand in submission
Sola Scriptura/ We using Scripture alone x4
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Listen/ every herd/ every beast/ every bird/ every tree/ all the land/ and the sea/ bear witness to every word that he speaks/ when he tells the water swallow the land/ it obeyed the very second God gave the demand/ when Moses spoke and Korah then disobeyed the command/ God spoke and made the ground beneath them break and expand/ man/ swallowed by nothing but dark/ or what about when he struck uzzah just for touching the ark/ or Ananias and sephira killed while sitting in church/ the thoughts that oughta emerge is he's totally set apart/ too pure for beholding my wicked ways/ bones broken/ arms folded/ I sit and pray/ cuz I know that soon there'll come a day/ when everybody will bow in order to give him praise cuz
Hook
It's for the glory of God Alone/ there'll never be a day when he's not enthroned/ He's made known to us through his son/ and shown us that he's the one/ the only way that our God is known/ he's shown us we're not alone/ he's the light in the dark that we follow home/ when were asked why somebody had to die/ our only reply/ is for the glory of God Alone
Verse
Everybody knows the truth/ we just suppress it/ it's not a matter of no answer to our questions/ that's why his love is always met with aggression/ and his commands brushed off like a suggestion/ we neglected his affection in redemption/ and rejected any conception of election/ our sin debt must be paid by pure perfection/ yet we don't see the glory in his condescension/ in his active pursuit of us from eternity/ how he knows his sheep with absolute certainty/ how he died the death that we all deserved to see/ and every sinner he chooses/ he saves them perfectly
Verse
As we all stand before the throne up in heaven/ what a terrifying thought to be in the midst of his presence/ it's only through the son/ that I am loved and accepted/ because his blood covered every stain/ every blemish/ on that day/ we'll be pronounced as victorious saints/ and all to the praise of his/ glorious grace/ and when creation all falls before him/ offering praise/ I'll follow suit/ in pursuit of our conquering king/ there won't be any attraction to sin/ nothing left in our presence that could distract us from him/ so Haste the day when this wicked flesh is at rest and mortified/ cuz God is most glorified when our satisfaction's in him
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How Then Shall We Live?
06:13
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So what's the outflow?/ huh?/ how then shall we live/ yo what you bout though?/ can you see your sin/ or is the gospel outgrown like some old clothes/ so you won't go and you moving on/ and it's blow for blow while going toe to toe with anybody you think won't move along/ here's the first way that this oughta affect you/ start with the vertical personal presence of merciful God and allow it check you/ not just outwardly/ but your motivations/ ask the Lord bout your reasoning why?/ you seeking the high or you reaching for God and you feel your relationship deepen inside/ I know I'm forgiven/ I know I'm forgiven/ but sometimes it's so hard to let go of this prison/ I'm no longer bound by my slave to sin/ he set me free and my chains been rent/ now he's next to me and my faiths in him/ without this relationship first in its proper position my works distorted/ I felt the need to come tell you to heed it/ indeed its of first importance/ if this ain't evoking your praise then I'd say in the end that his glory is robbed/ the sentence/ repentance/ redemption took place in the end so that we could give glory to God
Verse
So what's the outflow?/ huh?/ how then shall we live?/ yo what you bout though?/ man/ have you yet to see a change/ where you need his grace/ when we speak of faith it's in Jesus name/ and you run from constraints/ used to think church was just nothing but fakes/ now you coming because your in love with the saints/ he said that they'd know us by love for each other/ how can I claim that I love him if I turn and ain't got no love for my brother/ you can't/ all that shows is that what you talk about/ is head knowledge from dead scholars/ but nonsense cuz you don't walk it out/ if he died for me then he died for you/ and you'd die for me so I'd die for you/ he ain't lie to me/ I won't lie to you/ and I need your help/ you gonna need mine too/ I can see your sin/ and you can see mine too/ I'ma point it out/ so you do the same/ and over time we both gonna see a change/ ima keep it real as it get dawg/ when that devil come/ im'a be in your corner/ I got your back like a brick wall/ covered/ likewise if I ever crack to pieces/ lost in silence/ give me guidance and just point me back to Jesus
Verse
So what's the outflow?/ huh?/ how then shall we live?/ yo what you bout though?/ man/ can you feel that weight within?/ for those co-workers and family friends/ do you bring it up or you glad it ends when they conversate bout that gospel grace/ or you brush it off cuz it's not the place/ huh?/ I'm curious/ what kinda steps you taking?/ or is your witnessing more bout your necklace placement/ or are you more worried bout reputation/ one of those people who say you should live out the gospel and never proclaim it/ (nonsense)/ if you believe in the doctrines presented then what are you worried about?/ you know that you can't change the heart of the hearer/ the spirits the one that'll carry it out/ and that's no excuse for lenience/ or blatant disobedience/ don't change the menu/ just keep it simple/ the gospels the main ingredient/ the only means that he's chosen to bless/ anything less is just foolish/ won't move em to ever repent/ and I know that you hope for the best/ whenever you stepping you wanna be fully equipped/ but don't improvise cuz they sick of lies/ and it's better to stick to the scripts
Hook
We're saved by Grace Alone through Faith Alone in Christ Alone by Scripture Alone and to the Glory of God Alone
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Chrys Jones:
Sola Gratia/ by grace alone is how he saves men/ the will has no freedom to change the soul cuz we’re depraved since/ in our debauchery/ thinking that we would be paid/ spent all of our treasure on whats forbidden/ what a great sin/ since then we’ve been fenced in/ needing someone to offer us sovereign grace to repent sin/ a perfect seed would be sent in/ to keep the law when offered/ grace abiding in the holy lynch pin/ Jesus Christ kept the law/ he’s our wrath of David/ before creation was plan A/ activated/ when grace appeared he saved us/ hows that for payment?/ hit the pavement and praise him/ he’s gracious and audacious/ our filthy deeds are atrocious before the Most High/ its false security to think by them we won’t die/ Christ imputed his righteousness to disown pride/ you must be clothed in his garments or else you won’t rise
Omri:
Saved by faith, add "alone," not faith that's alone/ (Rom. 4:4-5; Jas. 2:14)
You can trace that alone through Scripture, take that approach/ (Gen. 15:6; Ps. 32:1-2; Prov. 3:5-7; Jn. 3:16; Rom. 4:1-5; Jas. 2:14-26)
The obedient were justified by faith, not what's inside/
When they trusted God, with no strings attached, like cut the ties/ (Prov. 3:5-7; Rom. 4:4-5)
A bunch of guys, they suffer lies and face/ (Gal. 1:6-7)
A just demise because they nullify His grace/ (Gal. 2:21)
They're full of pride and other crimes and just deny what's plain/
They're covered by a righteousness that's fake, a faith of another kind/ (Jas. 2:18-26)
Therefore, let us explore how he paid it for men/
The payment for sin we could never afford/ (Ps. 49:7-9, 15; Mk. 10:45)
The massive mass of wrath amassed by your passive praxis/ (Ezra 8:22b; Rom. 2:1-5; I Cor. 16:22)
Can't become passed by practicing Mass/
Or Sacraments, in that system hope is abhorred/
If sola fide, the one who boasts, boasts in the Lord/ (Rom. 3:27-28; I Cor. 1:26-31)
So praise be to God whose sympathy stays boundless/ (Neh. 9:19, 27, 31; Rom. 11:30-32; Eph. 2:4-5)
And blessed is the man whose iniquity ain't counted/ (Ps. 32:1-2)
Hallé Barrantes:
Yea/ Christ said it himself/ John 14 verse 6/ no one can save themselves/ except the one substituted for the payment itself/ no way to add to whats been given cuz the payments been dealt/ Solo Christo/ the way/ the truth/ the life/ no one goes to the Father/ except if its through Christ/ Nah/ none of this intermediate/ Rome had them praying to idols like idiots/ oblivious/ they’re adding to this freebie gift/ all these saints they would be furious/ worship goes to the Most High/ like satellite/ thats serious/ Christ completed his task/ theres nothing you can do/ so why you seeking to add?/ He said we’d be able to follow him/ better gird up your loins/ there ain’t no doddlin’/ the word of God is always what we gotta let conform us to a Protestant/ spittin’ with the modest men/ who trust in Christ alone like the song that Getty’s sang
Evident:
The principle of Sola Scriptura is its sufficiency/ the biblical interpretations of its efficiency/ not hard to see the weightiness of its authority/ no man can be higher in knowledge in the supremacy/ No Pope can be wiser/ its tragic to place dependancy on mans belief/ everything must give an account/ on the Scriptures alone and not point to themselves/ the sole rule for salvation is the Scriptures themself/ Its impossible to have biblical faith on whats not aligning with the word of God homie/ see that thats why/ only way to be compelled is if the Spirit has got you conscience captive to the Scriptures that you stand on/ don’t be deceived and fall into this grand plot/ teaching contrary to the Word/ this we can spot/ Jackpot/ when the teaching follows suit to see the maximum amount of all of Gods glory
Joshua Kriese:
Listen/ this is where everything culminates/ where your love of theology oughta cultivate/ cuz if it's all just a nasty facade for masking your pride then step aside/ cuz we need to get something straight/ all the means that he deemed worthy of saving ya/ have stretched more minds than hamstrings torn in gymnasiums/ his glory reigns from Banff springs to Arabia/ so cats can miss me with all their claiming it's egomania/ we don't praise him cuz we worried/ but because he worthy/ he pulled me outta the grave/ ya I was dead and buried/ and I ain't show him a single ounce of resistance/ cuz without assistance he spoke the world into existence/ true indeed/ took you and me from a eulogy/ from our mutiny to a unity through the proven seed/ the humble lamb will then stand to become a warrior/ while every one of us is yelling soli deo Gloria!!!
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