God's Gonna Cut You Down Lyrics

Lyric discussion by pengbuzz 

Cover art for God's Gonna Cut You Down lyrics by Johnny Cash

This sng spells out what the wicked, the mocking, the unbelieving and the outright evil don't want to think about: no matter how long you think you can "get away with it", there comes a point where the time the Lord was giving you to come to Him and repent is OVER. Many out there insultingly call it "Christian porn", thinking believers derive some pleasure from seeing "evil sinners burn". The truth is: if someone claiming the name of Chris is acting like that, then they would do well to take this warning to heart as well!

The Lord has dealt with mankind in varying ways, according to dispensations (or ways of running a household): this has given people the idea that there is an "Old Testament God" and a "New Testament God", but the truth is: same ZGod, just different ways of running the show. And all the different ways always pointed to two things: 1) if you turn to the Lord and repent (change your mind about sin and trust in Him alone), you will be saved; 2) play stupid games and sooner or later end up in hell for eternity.

So this song is basically calling the listener (any listener) out on their sins and telling them "come to the Lord while you can." And I echo that: you don't want to find out what "being wrong" on this looks like...

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