Reject The Lie: Part Two

Reject the lie, because in Adam all die

But in Christ's resurrection we have been made alive

Alive to the extent that adictions aren't binding

Alive to the point that judging our neighbors isn't even an option

Alive to the culturally absurd state thatselflessness is the norm

Alive to a spiritual world that can only perpetuate life



It sounds beautiful, I can almost see it

But then I open my eyes to the reality of my heart

I walk into rooms full of "brothers and sisters" tearing each others favorite toys apart

We sit in conversations that conveniently kill the inconvenient

I watch men pull themselves up by the legs of the throne

To sit in a seat created for the king and He alone



I feel pressure for success driven and determined by the world

We us rulers marked in dollars and cents measuring all the we can unfurl

And we wake up useless to America like John Wayne Bobitt

So comfortable and content that our gag reflex is numb and we can't vomit

Because we've forgotten that the source of the power is the gospel

Not our consistency, our kindness, or how much we tithed to the local chapel



And there's a few that get it, and they live it

While we sit around apathetically saying "well, that's good for them, they're gifted"

And they are, but they're gifted with the same Holy Spirit that we claim

They've been made alive through the death of the only son with a perfect name

So it's not OK to walk through life enjoying the atrophy of apathy

And I will not sleep well at night ignoring all that I know I could, I know I should

Because ignorance is only bliss until the gavel strikes wood

So if you want to show up next week smile at me and tell me everything's just fine

I'll pacify your denial while I pray that our Lord keeps you up at night connecting your heart to your spine



Reject the lie, reject the lie

Reject the lie that God is not good

Reject the lie that the gospel is powerless

Reject the lie that you're not justified

Reject the lie, because in Adam all die

But in Christ's resurrection we have been made alive

Alive to the ability to live for more than ourselves

Alive to the potential to live in power and freedom

Alive to the opportunity to perpetuate life

Alive to perpetuate life

ALIVE!

Reject The Lie

Reject The Lie

Last August my neighbors boyfriend got hooked on drugs again
In September she peed on a stick to realize that she had been impregnated by him
Two days after Our Lord revealed himself to them
Right now there's no fairy tale story ending, but the reason he only sleeps on the streets some nights
Is because she has faith that the God of creation bled for them so she wants to do what's right
Her due dates coming soon and he's still struggling with the pressures from her womb
But because a man died and was prophesied to be resurrected
Every aspect of life has been divinely affected

Now when I talk to him I see different looks in his eyes
On good days I see hopes glaze, on bad the haze of buying lies
Like two women approaching an open tomb
He too will be excited and confused with the vacancy of a womb
For nine months he's known what's coming
But there's no preparation for holding a child of grace so stunning
And all of humanity similarly should have known what was coming through prophecy
But we couldn't understand and now every aspect of life has been affected by one man

It's hard to wrap my mind around it but apparently that was Gods plan
To shatter the ridiculous with the miraculous
To give hope to the hopeless through the mysterious
To give redemption and reconciliation to all men through the sinless
So lay down the idol of the Christ you've resurrected
And go to the source to be permanently affected
With life everlasting, rejecting the lie, because in Adam all die
But in Christ's death we have been made alive
Reject the lie, because in Adam all die
But in Christ we have all thing's for Godliness and life
Reject the lie, because in Adam all die
But in Christ's death we have been made alive