Posted on March 3, 2008 by thedrennan
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03. A King And A Kingdom
Mockingbird
by Derek Webb
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Lyrics:
Who’s your brother, who’s your sister
You just walked passed him
I think you missed her
As we’re all migrating to the place where our father lives
‘Cause we married in to a family of immigrants
My first allegiance is not to a flag, a country, or a man
My first allegiance is not to democracy or blood
It’s to a king & a kingdom
There are two great lies that i’ve heard:
“The day you eat of the fruit of that tree, you will not surely die”
And that Jesus Christ was a white, middle-class republican
And if you wanna be saved you have to learn to be like Him
But nothing unifies like a common enemy
And we’ve got one, sure as hell
But he may be living in your house
He may be raising up your kids
He may be sleeping with your wife
Oh no, he may not look like you think
Where are our allegiances? and who do you think is your neighbour? It makes me wonder about the pledge of allegiance in the USA or the For God and Ulster that i see and hear at home. Should we so loyal to countries and flags…should we die for our country? How many people die for their country every year, how many of us would die for our God? NOt sure I would too quick to say I would. I wonder if maybe we put too much emphasis on our identity as nations, rather than who we are in Christ. I mean look at any sporting event and how excited we all get, if we our allegiance is with God then should we not get that excited about HIm and the Good News…(jesus came, lived, taught, suffered, died and rose again to free us from sin)
I wonder, cos most of the time i dont…if i am being truly honest |
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