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Theologians and scholars

a song about the foolishness of religious argument


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C                             F
Theologians and scholars all arguing about,
     C                        D                  G
Some verses in the Bible they think they figured out.
F                      C
Where is the wise man, where is the sage,
F                           C
Where's the debater of this age.
F                               C
They're all quite offended and amazed,
                                    G    C
That God has rejected all their man-made ways.
 

C
Remember what the saints of old have said,
                                                   G
"There are certain limits to the brain inside your head.
F                              C               AM
If we know some doctrine, _ we know it just in part.
C                                      G7       C
Our own understanding puts the horse behind the cart.
 C                  F
 The mind of man cannot figure out,
C                    D       G
What the word of God is all about.
F                                C
He prefers to believe what he prefers to be true.
F                    C
His imagination will dream up something new,
F                                  C
Or else his old traditions make it difficult to move.
                                         G      C
Interpreting the Scripture is a thing he cannot do.

C
Paul had to tell them he was set to be
                          G
One of the apostolic ministries.
F                       C            AM
As such he taught  the doctrine as ordained,
C                                        G7         C
And if they were all hearers and doers they would gain.
       C                        F
 If you yield to the Spirit, God will show you the truth.
    C                           D                 G
The natural mind is enmity, but God will pull you through.
F                  C
See the foundation set in it's place.
F                  C
Come in submission to His grace.
    F                C
The proud and their opinions, God will abase.
                                     G        C
But he will not reject any who truly seek His face.
 
 
 

David and his men built a new cart.
                                          G
They had this great idea for carrying the ark.
 F                            C                 AM
God doesn't need ideas as He showed us on that day.
C                               G7           C
He gave us fair warning that he needs us to obey.
           C                   F

They all believe the Bible, at least they say they do.
    C                   D                             G7
But there are just some verses they can't believe are true.
   F                         C
Perhaps they are outdated so that they don't apply.
   F                            C
Or else they're unimportant and easy to deny.
     F                        C
With great intelligence, they keep explaining why.
                                                G7     C
But every time they move their mouth, you hear another lie.
 
 

Jeremiah said, "Be careful what you do."
                                                            G
If you say, "The Lord said," something, just make sure it's true.
    F                                 C               AM
The Lord won't tell me one thing and another thing to you.
C                                       G7     C
If His Spirit leads us, He will end the Hullabaloo.

 C                                     F
 Those who never were sent by God, yet on their own they ran,
C                                  D                   G
They don't want to wait on God, so they form their own plan.
F                                  C
They think they need no healer, so they can't be healed.
F                                C
From these the things of God are all concealed,
F                             C
Whose great and prideful mind could never yield,
                                           G    C
But to the meek obedient heart, God's will is revealed.
 
 

Miriam wouldn't honor and obey!
                                      G
She said, "Couldn't anybody else but Moses lead the way?"
   F                      C               AM
God told her it was He, set Moses in that place.
C                                               G7      C
To some He spoke through visions but to Moses, face to face
C                             F
 Theologians and scholars all arguing about,
     C                        D                  G
Some verses in the Bible they think they figured out.
F                      C
Where is the wise man, where is the sage,
F                           C
Where's the debater of this age.
F                               C
They're all quite offended and amazed,
                                    G    C
That God has rejected all their manmade ways

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