1. CCM Song Alert:
I Could Sing Of Your Love Forever by Hillsong
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[Intro:]
Over the mountains and the sea
Your river runs with love for me
And I will open up my heart
And let the Healer set me free
I'm happy to be in the truth
And I will daily lift my hands

2. For I will always sing of
Of when Your love came down
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[Chorus:]
I could sing of Your love forever (x4)
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[Bridge:]
Oh I feel like dancing
It's foolishness I know
But when the world has seen the light
They will dance with joy
Like they're dancing now
I could sing of your love forever (5x)
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Question 1: How many “I”s can we see in this song?
Answer 1: FOURTEEN (including the repetition of the lyrics)
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Question 2: How many “you” or “yours” do we see here?
Answer 2: ELEVEN (including the repeats)
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Question 3: WHO is YOU?
Answer 3: It could be ANYONE you IMAGINE it to be.
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Question 4: WHO is being exalted in this song?
Answer 4: (See for yourself)
“I WILL open up my heart”
“I AM happy to be in the truth”
“I WILL daily lift my hands”
“I WILL always sing of…”
“I COULD sing of…”
“I FEEL like dancing”
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3. Question 5: Where is the GOD of the Bible and CHRIST His
Son in this song?
Answer 5: NOWHERE to be found!
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Question 6: Who is being praised here?
Answer 6: NOT the GOD of the BIBLE or CHRIST the LORD!
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FEEDBACK: As believers, we must understand that we are to
praise the NAME of the LORD; praise Him according to His
works and praise HIS glories (comp. w/ Psalm 107:8); praise
Him in TRUTH, praise HIM with specific words, Bible words,
according to HIS revealed truth (John 4:24, 1Corinthians 14:8).
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We are supposed to be singing with UNDERSTANDING to edify
ourselves, and NOT mindlessly “repeating” lyrics without
thinking about what we are saying, such as can be found in so
many modern Christian songs (e.g. CCM):
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1Corinthians 14:15, What is it then? I will pray with the spirit,
and I will pray with the understanding also: I will sing with the
spirit, and I will sing with the understanding also.
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Another interesting point, is that when we have songs such as
this enter into the church that use AMBIGUOUS vocabulary,
rather than being specific, it does not help us:
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1Corinthians 14:8, For if the trumpet give an uncertain sound,
who shall prepare himself to the battle?
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Another writer comments on the THEOLOGY of this song like
this:
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4. It is a nice sentiment to sing that you could sing of the love of
Christ forever. However, there are at least a couple of serious
problems with this song. As stated previously this song has too
few lyrics which means you will be repeating those lyrics over
and over again until you get into a trance. There is also false
doctrine in the lyrics of this song: When the world sees the
return of Jesus Christ they will NOT be dancing, NOR are they
dancing now in anticipation. They will NOT dance with joy but
be sorrowful:
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Luke 13:28, “here will be weeping there, and gnashing of teeth,
when you see Abraham, Isaac and Jacob and all the prophets
in the kingdom of God, but you yourselves thrown out.
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The world neither knows Him or those who are true believers. It
is clear that the world follows the devil and does NOT rejoice at
the coming of the Messiah, but rather joins with the anitchrist to
fight Him. The reason the world does not know us is that it did
not know him because:
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2Corinthians 4:4, The god of this age has blinded the minds of
unbelievers, so that they cannot see the light of the gospel that
displays the glory of Christ, who is the image of God.
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Revelation 13:3, One of the heads of the beast seemed to
have had a fatal wound, but the fatal wound had been healed.
The whole world was filled with wonder and followed the beast.
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Revelation 13:8, All inhabitants of the earth will worship the
beast—all whose names have not been written in the Lamb’s
book of life, the Lamb who was slain from the creation of the
world.
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5. Revelation 16:14, They are demonic spirits that perform signs,
and they go out to the kings of the whole world, to gather them
for the battle on the great day of God Almighty.
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It is unclear where those who wrote this song got their theology,
but it is BAD DOCTRINE and yet another reason to TEST ALL
Hillsong music.
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More on Hillsong here (please take the time to READ more
and LEARN to WALK in TRUTH before GOD, “prove all things”
(1Thessalonians 5:21), “test the spirits whether they be of God”
(1John 4:1), and “study to show yourself approved unto God”
(2Timothy 2:15):
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http://www.jesus-is-savior.com/…/Ap…/hillsong_music_cult.htm
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http://coercioncode.com/…/hellsong-the-music-of-hillsong-i…/
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http://www.cwm.org.au/…/66-hellsong-the-music-of-hillsong-p…
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Pastor Jerry
http://ptrjerrysblog.blogspot.com/