"Looking for Faith" (song)

There are a few themes that are simply repeated over and over and over again in The Bible. Chief among these must be the need for faith. The Christian life cannot be lived without faith. It is necessary to please God (as Hebrews 11:6 tells us) and it's how the righteous of the Old Testament walked with God- by faith. As Jesus told us in John 6:35, He is the Bread of Life and all who come to Him shall never hunger and those who believe in Him shall never thirst. And then verse 40 reminds us that it's The Father's will that everyone who looks on the Son and believes in Him should have eternal life and He will raise us up on the last day. Genuine faith in Christ is demonstrated through the Godly actions that it manifests, but we can't have one without the other. Faith that doesn't produce good works isn't really genuine (as James 1-2 points out), but good works of self-effort that don't come from a place of faith in Christ are worthless as well. Whoever comes to Jesus must have faith that He has spanned the space between us and God with His cross- and through His Resurrection, He has given us the hope of new life in Him for this life and eternal life in the next. So as we follow along the straight and narrow way, we must keep walking as Jesus did in faith.


"Looking for Faith"
(parody of "Looking for Space" by John Denver; copyright by Nathan Ludwick 8/1/2015)
(Deuteronomy 7:9, Isaiah 40:28-31, Psalms 103:1-5, Romans 1:17, 1 John 5:1-5 and 13-15, Habakkuk 2:4, James 2:14-26, 2 Corinthians 5:7, 1 Timothy 4:7-10, Hebrews 12:1-2, Revelation 14:12, Revelation 21:5-8 (ESV), James 5:5-8, Mark 9:14-29, Mark 10:13-16, Mark 10:46-52, Matthew 6:25-34, John 16:29-33, John 17:20-21, John 20:24-29, John 20:30-31, John 14:1-6, John 16:1, John 16:23-24, Matthew 21:18-22, Matthew 15:21-28, Matthew 9:1-8, Matthew 17:14-21, Mark 11:12-14 and 20-26, Luke 5:17-26, Luke 7:44-50, Luke 8:22-25, Luke 8:40-56, Luke 9:37-43, Luke 11:9-10, Luke 12:28, Luke 17:5-6, Luke 17:11-19, Luke 18:15-17, Luke 18:35-43, Luke 21:18-19, Luke 21:36, Luke 22:45-46, Luke 24:39-43, John 1:12, John 1:43-51, John 3:14-21, John 3:36, John 4:46-54, John 5:24, John 6:35-40, John 7:37-38, John 9:35-38, John 11:25-27, Matthew 13:53-58, Matthew 14:22-33, 1 Thessalonians 5:5-6 and 23-24, Matthew 18:1-6, 2 Corinthians 6:2, Matthew 11:15, 2 Timothy 2:7-13, Luke 24:13-36, Hebrews 11:1-6, Matthew 8:5-13, Ephesians 2:8-10, Matthew 8:23-27, Luke 18:1-8, Ephesians 3:1-12, John 10:10, Isaiah 53:1, Romans 3:9-31)


On the road to Emmaus
Near crying, two guys commiserate
Suddenly this other Guy comes join the fray
When they speak, He rebukes them
'Cause their belief's near nil
He explained what Scripture says about Him

And He's looking for faith
Will He find some when He comes?
And He's looking, but no one understands
It's a mystery
One through Holy Ghost is clear
One that's outlined- 3 Ephesians
And one we must preach and declare

And you know, 18 Luke 8 verse
Will He find faith?- Now go read
Judge who's lost gives some justice to widow's plea
When we look to our Father
Certainly He's always fair
We'll find from Him speedy justice when we plead

And He's looking for faith
Will He find some when He comes?
And He's looking but no one understands
Well, His grace redeems
But find this verse right here
11 line 6 in Hebrews
Must have faith to please The Savior

6:2 2nd. Corinthians
Now's the day to get saved
Christ paid our ransom
Jesus said we must have faith

When you look in 1 [one] James
In verse 5 through 8- that part
When you're asking, use faith with all your heart
Faith is the victory!
Substance of what's not seen
Salvation lies (in) 2 Ephesians
It comes by faith in Jesus' grace
God makes me fly like an eagle
Wait on Him though
The right live by faith!
Ooohhhh!

Sacred Mountain High (Song)

It’s easy to forget sometimes that even the disciples struggled with doubts, worries and fears. Even though they had the pleasure of basking in the Sonshine on their shoulders, they still didn’t quite get it all. One day Jesus took Peter, James and John and showed that all the poems, prayers and promises they had heard about Him from The Scriptures were true. They took a camping trip to the mountains and had a real rocky mountain high- and a sacred mountain high, when they got an awesome picture of Jesus in all His splendor and glory. This is one experience that helped it all sink in for them and helped them understand just Who it was who called to them, “Follow Me.”

“Sacred Mountain High”
(Parody of “Rocky Mountain High” by John Denver)
(Matthew 16:13-20, Matthew 17:1-13, Mark 8:27-9:13, Luke 9:18-36, 2 Peter 1:12-21)
(parody copyright by Nathan Ludwick 2/19/2014)

Jesus polled His disciples- Mark 8:27^th. verse
“Tell Me, Who do they say I AM?” asked The Lord
“The Baptizer John, Elijah, and some say a prophet come again”
“What do you say?”- Pronounced Peter, “He’s Christ The Lord”

An excursion to the mountains- ‘cause Christ wants to go pray
Only goes with James and Peter and John
And the things that He had spoken that they didn’t really catch
They’ll believe at last and this will help them along

It’s called in The Bible- Transfiguration of Christ
A scene of His reigning high and glorified
Foreshadows by the bright light, the luster of His holy light
God is glorified! (all around, yo!)
Sacred mountain high (high up down in Israel)

They climbed a high, tall mountain- and left city crowds below
They saw Jesus’ clothes whiter than you can bleach
17 Matt. says His face just shone with a light just like the sun
Mark and Luke 9, friends, recount the memories

Now He talks on all He’s gonna do with Moses and Elijah
Leaving grace in every step He takes
Disciples are beside themselves to try and understand
Christ’s divinity- how more clear can it be made?

And a cloud surrounds them- rocks their world, alright?
They’re hearing Father’s voice from the sky
Talk from God says, “Listen to My beloved Son Christ”
God is glorified! (all around- whoa!)
Sacred mountain high (high up out in Israel)

Now their eyes are full of wonder but their hearts still know some fear
Bowed down fearfully- Then The Master touches them
When they pry their eyes back open now, it’s just them and Christ The Lord
Now Peter and James and John must ask

Why the law profs. say first must come Eli(jah)
Christ said he came- they didn’t recognize
And just like The Son of Man- He will suffer by their hands in time

God sent Christ to die
For desperadoes- every girl and guy
Christ’s rise obtaining us eternal life
Friend Christ now with candor and everything’s alright!
Got eternal life! (Life in Paradise- yo!)
All through Jesus Christ! (Life and Way and Truth- yo!)
God is glorified! (2 [Two] Peter 1:17 [one seventeen], yo!)
Sacred mountain high (high up out in Israel)
Sacred mountain high (high up out in Israel)
God is glorified! (on high for all time- yo!)

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