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Why Bother?

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Hip-Hop/Rap

Why Bother? was released on October 31, 2018 by Joshua Kriese Music as a part of the album Solas

Song Details

AlbumSolas

Release DateOctober 31, 2018

LabelJoshua Kriese Music

LanguageEnglish

Melodicness

Acousticness

Valence

Danceability

Energy

BPM84

OVERVIEW

LYRICS

Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS

Joshua Kriese

Performer

COMPOSITION & LYRICS

Joshua Kriese

Lyrics, Composer

Lyrics

Yeah, 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, yeah

If you looking you can peep it in the Book of James

He came and changed my impoverished life

Irresistibly drawn 'cause 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 in prison

Used to love the casket, now my soul is gladly arisen

Changed my heart of stone to flesh, now that's a lasting incision, man

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 something

I'm trying to stir you by way of reminder, yeah

'Cause it's right as long as I'm in His body, homie

Divinely designed, but point to the Designer

Providing the Provider and praying it ain't nobody on me

Tell them to get they mind right

He is infinite, your homie here is finite

He's the high life, a look will blind your eyesight

Highlight found in Him so I could behold the limelight

But let's get right to the topic

Other 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!

Might sound dramatic at first

But don't brush it off as nothing more than a passionate verse

Say I'm erratic, a fanatic, well 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

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 them first

But all the unbiblical doctrines present to us a problem

Claiming 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 you're listening

It was never 'bout necessity and grace

We both affirm that truth, it's all about the sufficiency

That there is what displaced the church

'Cause is it grace alone? Or is it grace plus works?

Is it faith alone? Or is it faith plus merit?

They claim a treasury and that you

Gotta pray that they'll share it, but

In the end we see the glory is robbed

The sum of everything we hold is for the glory of God alone

In the end we see the glory is robbed

The sum of everything we hold is for the glory of God alone

It's only Deo Gloria

Written by: Joshua Kriese

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