"They tie up heavy burdens, hard to bear, and lay them on people's shoulders, but they themselves are not willing to move them with their finger." (See Matthew 23:1-4 and verses 13-14- and really just the whole chapter.) They shut men off from Heaven, not entering themselves or letting anyone else in. The long and the short of it is that there are some people who think they are righteous before God- and more righteous than others- who look down on all those lost people and don't actually carry out the Great Commission and reach to these people in love with grace God has offered us all in Christ.
Look what Jesus says in comparison in Matthew 11:28-30. He calls us the weary and heavy-burdened to come to Him because He will give us rest. Remember that Jesus didn't come to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance. Jesus loves all people and wants all to come to repentance. We must do the same.
(Note: Just to be very clear, please understand that this song is meant to be satirical, of course. There is definitely some sarcasm but it's there to make a spiritual point. And I acknowledge that I can far too easily become Pharasaic myself at times and need Jesus' love and grace to keep shaping my heart to be more like His.)
"Lost People"
(Parody of "Short People" by Randy Newman)
(copyright Nathan Ludwick 1/10/2021)
(Romans 1, Jonah 4, Psalms 14, Matthew 23 (particularly v. 12-15), Matthew 21:28-32, Luke 18:9-14, Romans 2:1-5, Matthew 25:31-46, Luke 11:45-54, Mark 12:38-40, Matthew 28:18-20, Acts 1:6-8, Matthew 7:21-23, Acts 10:9-16, Luke 6:27-36, John 8:1-11, Matthew 5:17-20, Matthew 9:9-13, Matthew 11:28-30, Mark 2:13-17, Luke 5:27-32, Luke 7:31-35)
Lost people got no reason
Lost people got no reason
Lost people got no reason
To live
They got futile plans
And little drive
And they walk around
Telling atheist lies
They got risque clothes
They got wine and nicotine
They got tattoos too
And some piercings through their cheeks
Well, I don't want no lost people
Don't want no lost people
Don't want no lost people
'Round here
Lost people have not been
saved by faith in Christ
(They're fools who deny)
Heaven's for others who
look the same as I
(Jonah's run- sinful world)
Lost people got no Bible
Lost people don't know God so
Lost people got no morals- no love
They got lots of evidence
As Romans 1 shows
We're gonna write them off
Just as satanist trolls
(That) make hearts bleed, bleed, bleed
They're all pro-choice (and)
Go and Tweet, Retweet
Crackpot commie, liberal figures
With dirty, little minds
They won't get me- I'm a scribe!
Well, I don't want no lost people
Don't want no lost people
Don't want no lost people
'Round here!
