321 How Could God Forgive Those Who Forsake His Words?
Verse 1
When God stretched out the heavens
and created all things,
He did not allow creatures
to partake as they pleased,
or disrupt His management
however they wished.
Tolerating no one, how could God
spare those cruel to Him?
Chorus
How could He forgive
those who forsake His words?
How could He spare those who disobey Him?
Verse 2
If you were loyal to Jehovah,
would you take God’s sacrifices?
Or use your poison tongue
to blaspheme God’s name?
Could you rebel against His words
or treat His glory and name
as a tool to serve Satan, the evil one?
Verse 3
God’s life is for
the enjoyment of the holy ones.
How could He let you play with
His life as you wish?
Or use it as a tool for your conflicts?
How could you be so heartless,
lacking in the way of the good?
Chorus
How could He forgive
those who forsake His words?
How could He spare those who disobey Him?
Verse 4
Hasn’t God written your evils
in these words of life?
How could you escape wrath
when He chastises Egypt?
How could He let you oppose
and defy Him again and again?
God endures in your evildoings
and will chastise you on that day.
Pre-chorus
Won’t you suffer wrathful judgment
when God’s endurance ends?
Chorus
How could He forgive
those who forsake His words?
How could He spare those who disobey Him?
Verse 5
Aren’t all things in the hands
of the Almighty?
How could He let you disobey
Him beneath the heavens?
Your lives will be hard
because you’ve met the Messiah
whose coming was foretold
but yet had never been fulfilled.
Bridge
Jesus has befriended you,
yet you’re enemies of the Messiah.
Don’t you see your evil’s filled
the vessels of the detestable?
Though you’re close to Jehovah,
He’s heard your evil words.
They’ve provoked His wrath.
So how could He be close to you?
How couldn’t He burn your evil vessels
and be your enemy?
Chorus
How could He forgive
those who forsake His words?
How could He spare those who disobey Him?
Adapted from The Word, Vol. 1. The Appearance and Work of God. No One Who Is of the Flesh Can Escape the Day of Wrath