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Beloved (from she must and
shall go free)
by Derek Webb
Beloved these are dangerous times
Because you are weightless like a leaf from the vine
and the wind has blown you all over town
Because there is nothing holding you to the ground
So now you would rather be
A slave again than free from the law
Beloved listen to me
Don't believe all that you see
and don't you ever let anyone tell you
That there's anything that you need
But me
Beloved these are perilous days
When your culture is so set in it's ways
That you will listen to salesmen and thieves
Preaching other than the truth you¹ve received
Because they are telling lies
For they cannot circumcise your hearts
Beloved there is nothing more
No more blessings and no more rewards
Than the treasure of my body and blood
Given freely to all daughters and sons
"...this is basically a love song the
way I see it from Christ, the groom, singing to his bride,
which is us, the church, warning lovingly to stay away from
people who try to add things to the gospel and I’ll say
it like this by way of introduction: please, please if you
hear nothing else this evening never ever let anyone create
a need for you, never try to tell you that there’s anything
that you need in order to achieve a deeper level of spirituality
in order to get God's blessings to you in order to receive
rewards in heaven. never let anyone try to tell you that you
need anything that they can offer you anything that you don’t
already possess in Christ. Jesus is all that there is.
It’s really important that you know that. There is no
more than Jesus and that is more that you can imagine. I hear
terms like 'God has the flood waters of blessings that he
wishes to flow into your life if only you would do this or
that if only you would systematically pray a prayer or live
a certain way God will do this for you'. Man that’s not
true I just, I just...please don’t be deceived by modern
day judiazers who would seek to add something to the gospel
to say yes you have Jesus but in order to be truly blessed
in order for God to be truly pleased with you, you have to
also do this. please reject that kind of teaching it goes
contrary to the gospel and we must defend the gospel...that’s
what the song is about, just the sufficiency of Christ. The
floodwaters of blessings have already been given to you and
they were given to you the day that you received Christ, the
day that you obtained his righteousness as your own was the
day that you received all the blessings, all the rewards,
all the inheritance, there is nothing more please never let
anyone tell you that there is..." - Derek Webb
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