Lost People (song)

      As Solomon said under the Holy Spirit's inspiration about what's under the sun- there's nothing new, man. And just like the Pharisees ran off people from The Gospel in their day, people still do that today. Jesus said that the scribes and Pharisees didn't practice what they preached! 

      "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!