DEPART FROM ME - The Verdict (Version 2 Alternative Tribunal)

Songs created from Bible Studies

DEPART FROM ME, I NEVER KNEW YOU https://www.thinkoutsidethebeast.com/depart-from-me-i-never-knew-you/

DEPART FROM ME, I NEVER KNEW YOU – The Verdict by Bro H

[Cold Open — distant congregation, almost reverent] Lord, Lord... Lord, Lord... [Christ — alone] “Why do you call Me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ and do not the things which I say?” [Act I — The Claim] [Congregation — confidence rising] Lord, Lord! We prophesied in Your name. In Your name we cast out devils. In Your name we did many wonderful works. Lord, Lord— open to us! [Christ — controlled] “Not everyone who says to Me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ shall enter the Kingdom of heaven, but he who does the will of My Father who is in heaven.” [The Answer — call and response] [Congregation] Lord, Lord! [Christ] I never knew you. [Congregation] In Your name! [Christ] Depart from Me. [Congregation] Mighty works! [Christ] You worked lawlessness. [Act II — The Witness] [David] “Depart from me, all you workers of iniquity, for the Lord has heard the voice of my weeping.” “A perverse heart shall depart from me. I will not know a wicked person.” [Psalmist] “Depart from me, you evildoers, for I will keep the commandments of my God.” [Narrator] The words were already written. The Kingdom standard had not changed. The Son of David stood as Judge and took the royal sentence on His lips. [The Answer — heavier] [Congregation] Lord, Lord! [Christ] I never knew you. [Congregation] In Your name! [Christ] Depart from Me. [Congregation] Mighty works! [Christ] You worked lawlessness. [Short Guitar-Hammond Exchange — 4 bars, simple answered phrases, immediate cut] [Act III — The Churches] [Christ] You carried My name through generations. You filled your pulpits and raised your steeples. You had a reputation for being alive— but I knew your works. You were dead. You made the commandment of God of no effect by your tradition. You called rebellion grace and obedience bondage. You helped the ungodly. You loved those who hate Me. You strengthened the hands of evildoers and passed My brethren by. You trusted the crowd, the signs, the money, the music, and declared yourself saved. But I knew the tree by its fruit. [Low Breakdown — steady heartbeat pulse, Christ speaks continuously] [Christ — measured indictment, one line per heartbeat] Your lamp had no oil. Your talent lay buried. My brethren went hungry. Your house stood upon sand. Your lips called Me Lord. Your works denied Me. Now— depart from Me. [Final Collision] [Congregation — desperate, overlapping] Lord, Lord! Lord, Lord! Lord— [Christ — above the final chord] I never knew you.