"Not With My Jesus" by John Flynn


In the midst of all the breast-beating and flag-wrapping that's bound to take place today ... this is another song I want to listen to again today. You can get more information about John Flynn and hear snippets of these songs here: http://www.johnflynn.net/lyrics/lyricsframe.htm but try to hear the full versions somehow. They're incredible.



The preacher looked down from the pulpit and cried
"We hold the keys to the kingdom my friends
When others sin it’s for us to decide
It is our duty to judge and condemn."

Then one timid soul made a very brave choice
And from the back of the church came a voice
"Not with my Jesus you don’t!"
A teenage girl said "I am sorry but I…
know that pure love welcomes us when we die
You tell some people it won’t
Not with my Jesus you don’t!"

The Mullah said "Yes the great Satan defiles
the land of the prophet, may his name be blessed
And so we pray that the infidel dies
in jihad which we unleash on the West"

Then one timid soul made a very brave choice
And from the back of the mosque came a voice
"Not with my Allah you don’t!"
One old man cried from his mat on the floor
"It is the great God of love I adore
You say to kill but I won’t
Not with my Allah you don’t!"

Not with my Allah!Not with my Yahweh!
Ha-Shem, Brahma, or Vishnu
What in the name of all that is holy
have we been letting men do?

The Great Spirit looks down upon the blue sphere
As many invoke its holiest names
to spread intolerance hatred and fear
And to those people the Spirit exclaims
"You know that I have been patient with you
but I see your hearts and the damage you'd do
Not with my children... Please don’t!
I gave you each other to care for and love"
But this world ignores God's plea from above
Perhaps if we speak out it won’t ... say
Not with God's children you don’t!

© 2003 Flying Stone Music

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