2 Samuel 3:31-34: Lament over Abner Marvelle Figueroa sings "For Want of Forgiveness"
This scripture passage is so interesting and complex. A real cautionary tale.
This scripture passage is so interesting and complex. A real cautionary tale. Chad sorts it all out for us, pointing us to Christ and His forgiveness, and warning us to resist taking matters of retribution into our own hands.
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Lyrics to "For Want of Forgiveness"
Let me go, and leave my heart of stone
I’ll walk away
From getting even
For the times I was betrayed
And thought revenge
My only solution
Sunlight
flooding into darkness
You hold me up, and I’m letting go
Jesus, walking on the water
You come for me, and I’m letting go
Chorus:
But Abner;
Your hands were not bound;
your feet were not fettered;
No man showed you mercy
Forgiving his debtor
as one falls before the wicked
you have fallen.”
For want of forgiveness
Deliver me from seeking my revenge
At the shrine of retribution
And I trust that Lord You have forgiven me
And I received Your absolution
Sunlight
flooding into darkness
You hold me up, so I’m letting go
Jesus, walking on the water
You come for me, and I’m letting go
Chorus:
But Abner;
Your hands were not bound;
your feet were not fettered;
None showed you mercy
You were the debtor
as one falls before the wicked
you have fallen.”
For want of forgiveness
Don’t want to live a lie
Empty and alone
For want of forgiveness
A fool without friends
Take my heart of stone
I have been forgiven
