embracing accusation

i'm not usually one to post lyrics of a song.. maybe a line or two here and there. but this song is put together by the last line - just quoting a few lines wouldn't sum it up, really. a friend of mine recently reminded me that while satan sickly delights in preying on calloused hearts and defiant souls, we serve a God who is much more powerful and can penetrate even the hardest of hearts. since then, this shane and shane song has been in the front of my mind...

embracing accusation

father of lies, coming to steal kill and destroy

all my hopes of being good enough

i hear him saying, "cursed are the ones who can't abide"

he's right, hallelujah, he's right

the devil is preaching the song of the redeemed -

that i am cursed and gone astray

i cannot gain salvation

embracing accusation

could the father of lies be telling the truth of

God to me tonight?

that if the penalty of sin is death, then death is mine

i hear him saying, "cursed on the ones who can't abide"

he's right, hallelujah, he's right

the devil is preaching the song of the redeemed -

that i am cursed and gone astray

i cannot gain salvation

---- oh, the devil's singing over me an age old song

that i am cursed and gone astray

singing the first verse so conveniently over me,

he's forgotten the refrain:

JESUS SAVES!