The words of this song flow directly from Psalm 145:8-9 and Psalm 103:12. The song repeats the lines of those verses again and again. “The Lord is gracious and compassionate, slow to anger and wealthy in love” followed by a bridge which guarantees that “the Lord is sweet to all; he has compassion on all that he has made. This is followed by the chorus: “so far as the east is from the west, that’s how far he has removed our transgressions from us.”
Of all of the songs listed here, this one is most reliant on Scripture for its lyrics. When you repeat this song in church again and again (and the song will cycle over these verses untii the worship leader gets drained), you can not help but memorize the words if not Chapter and verse. You know, though, that this can be a Psalm, it has that ring about it; that grammatical rhythm which is so unlike a set of contemporary lyrics in an undefinable way. That said, the trendy translation getting used here makes it easy to set this particular Psalm to a Western tune. That will not be all the time easy, which is one reason lyricists will adapt relatively than simply singing Scripture to music as-is.
9. No Longer Slaves
“I’m not a slave to fear, I’m a baby of God”. This is the refrain from “No Longer Slaves” by Bethel Music. David Cain writes: “No lower than five people were originators of the words that got here together in ‘No Longer Slaves’ around 2014”. There were 4 Twentieth-century musicians and the Apostle Paul, writing in Galatians. While “The words of ‘No Longer Slaves’ talk about their very own certain feelings, in addition to recall a history of belief within the Red Sea episode,” in addition they echo Paul’s confidence that faith in Christ’s salvific work equals freedom from slavery to sin.
Paul insisted: “So you are not any longer a slave, but God’s child; and since you’re his child,” (Galatians 4:7), the writers of “No Longer Slaves – Jonathan David and Melissa Helser, Brian Johnson, and Joel Case – wrote something very close. “I’m not a slave to fear, I’m a baby of God.” This is the memorable refrain, a triumphant and beloved song sung in worship services, but with the facility to enchant any crossover audience that likes intense vocals. You might call it an influence ballad with echoes of Bonnie Tyler.
These are only nine of the numerous tunes on the market designed to stimulate Scripture memory and teach the meaning of God’s Word. For visitors to a church, trying to know what the Christian faith is about, songs like these often break through where preaching doesn’t. With this straightforward technique of remembering, we more easily recall the words we’d like in times of struggle
and doubt, and seekers are replaying latest and puzzling ideas as they hum these catchy tunes at work or within the shower. As for Christians, memorizing the Word, singing joyfully, and offering our worship to the Lord is each loving and obedient.
Sources: https://songscoops.blogspot.com/2017/01/no-longer-slaves-brian-johnson-joel.html
https://www.lyrics.com/lyric-lf/457374/Keith+Green/Create+in+Me+a+Clean+Heart
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https://www.praisecharts.com/blog/the-story-behind-revelation-song/
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