Christ Restores... (My Identity, Affections & Image)

[Intro]
In His gospel of grace / Jesus Christ restores our identity /

[Verse 1: Timothy Brindle]
Christ restores my identity / torn by the enemy / so no need to work more toward a better me / which before was my tendency / they'll like me more if I dress and be hardcore / I swore with obscenities / gotta act Hip-Hop / talking that slick talk / bomb and graph / disc jock / rocking for big props / act crazy so the ladies will like me / if I act black enough the racists will fight me / gotta be hard and tough / funny for the party rush / then at the job yo / gotta be smart enough / but because of the cross now / that identity of Timothy is literally crossed out / I have been crucified / I'm not a slave to sin / buried in the grave with Him / in Christ I'm raised again / inside He's living / justified / forgiven / in Christ I'm hidden / I won't try to fit in / so when I feel rotten without any honor / I am a spotless child of the Father / holy to the Lord / it so reads my turban (Exodus 28:36-37) / I'm a beloved / chosen priest to serve Him / a heavenly citizen / let this be sinking in / Christ Jesus / my identity it is Him / Christ my rest and haven is my destination / Jesus you are my reputation /

[Interlude]
As we behold His grace in the gospel / the Spirit of Christ also restores our affections /

[Verse 2: Zae da Blacksmith]
Christ restores my affections though it resembles more to a resurrection / cause He tore a heart of stone from my chest and gave me a flesh one / He's the best / that's simple but here's a difficult question / why would He suffer death on a cross for me though I'm wretched? / there's no expression to capture the measure of His compassion / that lasted as they thrashed Him with brutal bashes and lashes / and that's not even half of it cause it really gets drastic when He takes His last gasp along with the Father's wrath for men / how can I live with an attitude of indifference? (anathema) / He's excellent / spotless and magnificent / the Father's given us His Son / the Son's given His life / the Spirit's living in us giving us true delight in Christ / but I'm forced to admit that I'm prone to forget of His glorious grace and the price that He had to pay to redeem me / so I go to His throne and repent / beholding what all of my sin has caused so that I can be brought to the Father so freely / Christ is the Resurrector of all my affections / I'm getting so hyped that I might reventar (burst) like a cuete (rocket) / I'd get excited for lighting spliffs / riffing and living reckless / now I'm delighted in Christ and meditate on His blessed word /

[Interlude]
Though marred by our sin in Adam / Christ is restoring us back into the image of God /

[Verse 3: Stephen the Levite]
Christ restores the image that man was first formed with / not destroyed but distorted / in the garden we lost it / our first father fumbled the ball now we're all benched / all missing the target / when the darts hit the board and the marks miss / it's obvious dawg we all sin / yo it's not hard to call it / apart from the Lord / we're lawless and ignore who the Boss is / wanna be our own bosses / Rick Rosses with hearts full of garbage / you can't hide in the darkness / God sees the offense / and to resolve it will take more than the loss of your foreskin / so when the Lord was incarnate He lived flawless / fulfilling the Law and through the cross we're all His / reborn new Adam offspring / adopted but still rocking the image of God like a garment / it's the clothes of all the godly to show em off / partially until He returns with our bodies / on that day we'll endure seeing His glory / and not cease but give Him props for all restored things /

[Outro]
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