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Cannot Keep You Lyrics
They tried to keep you in a tent
They could not keep you in a temple
Or any of their idols
To see and understand
We cannot keep you in a church
We cannot keep you in a Bible
It's just another idol
To box you in
They could not keep you in their walls
We cannot keep you in ours either
For You are so much greater
Who is like the Lord?
The maker of the heavens
Who dwells with the poor
He lifts them from the ashes
And seats them among princes
Who is like the Lord?
We've tried to keep you in our tents
We've tried to keep you in our temples
We've worshiped all our idols
We want all that to end
So we will find you in the streets
And we will find you in the prisons
And even in our Bibles, and churches
Who is like the Lord?
The maker of the heavens
Who dwells with the poor
He lifts them from the ashes
And seats them among princes
Who is like the Lord?
We cannot contain
Cannot contain the glory of Your name
We cannot contain
Cannot contain the glory of Your name
We cannot contain
Cannot contain the glory of Your name
Who is like the Lord?
You took me from the ashes
And healed me of my blindness
Who is like the Lord?
They could not keep you in a temple
Or any of their idols
To see and understand
We cannot keep you in a Bible
It's just another idol
To box you in
We cannot keep you in ours either
For You are so much greater
The maker of the heavens
Who dwells with the poor
He lifts them from the ashes
And seats them among princes
Who is like the Lord?
We've tried to keep you in our temples
We've worshiped all our idols
We want all that to end
So we will find you in the streets
And we will find you in the prisons
And even in our Bibles, and churches
The maker of the heavens
Who dwells with the poor
He lifts them from the ashes
And seats them among princes
Who is like the Lord?
Cannot contain the glory of Your name
We cannot contain
Cannot contain the glory of Your name
Cannot contain the glory of Your name
You took me from the ashes
And healed me of my blindness
Who is like the Lord?
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I'm confused as to why he says that the Bible is an idol. That's like saying a definition is bad because it limits a thing.
@forest51690 "It's just another idol" should be corrected to "OR it's just another idol."
@forest51690 "It's just another idol" should be corrected to "OR it's just another idol."
Also, the later verse should be corrected to "our": We've tried to keep you in OUR tents We've tried to keep you in OUR temples We've worshiped all OUR idols We want all that to end
Also, the later verse should be corrected to "our": We've tried to keep you in OUR tents We've tried to keep you in OUR temples We've worshiped all OUR idols We want all that to end
What makes the Bible an idol? It's when it becomes an object rather than the words of the living God. We follow what he wants, we don't manipulate him like an object. We want that to end.
What makes the Bible an idol? It's when it becomes an object rather than the words of the living God. We follow what he wants, we don't manipulate him like an object. We want that to end.