They have another line in the song, “With a million lies, the truth will rise to tear you apart.” Jesus is the Truth that rose to destroy Satan’s lies. And the line, “This ain’t no cross to bury,” as a reference to Jesus being alive. I interpreted the line, “We are the judge and jury” to mean the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit as God who judges us, not people, and that the judges are the Trinity and not us as human beings, therefore our duty is to love others and not judge. (Hence, all the people today who think Christians hate people because of believers who have forgotten this most critical, important command.) like the Pharisees), that they forget that their greatest duty is to love others, no matter what, as Jesus did and commands us to do. When they say, “It’s not what you believe, those prayers will make you bleed, but while you’re on your knees, how did you love?” they are making a reference to people who are so caught up in being religious and what the law says (i.e. So that is what I believe Shinedown is saying. The point of the song is that the most important question to ask yourself as you go about life, is how did you love? Jesus said the two greatest commandments He gave us are to love God and to love your neighbor as yourself. I attend a Foursquare church in Florida and Brent Smith has somehow managed (I believe with God’s help) to incorporate the general aim of my church’s beliefs into one song and get it played on mainstream radio. To me, the song has always been a beautiful summary of all the things my church believes in. I respect the conviction and commentary of previous posters and would like to add my interpretation of Shinedown’s “How Did You Love.” Nonetheless maybe this will help someone else. Alas, He already told us this would happen, and we are living in the days His prophecies are being fulfilled. I am getting very tired of unbelievers telling people all faiths are bad and unloving (especially Christianity) and that God is unloving, and that his followers are unloving because they bare their cross and crucify their flesh to walk after the Spirit as He walked, when they clearly have no understanding of the Gospel and refuse to be corrected and ministered to. The Spirit does not agree with the lyrics in this song :ĭisciples of Christ know that it does matter what you believe = faith that God sent His Son to be crucified for our iniquity and resurrected for us to become the righteousness of God in Christ, Jesus IS the love of God, He is the way, Jesus tells us to pick up and carry our cross and that we will be hated by the world for following Him Yes, we love all people and give mercy, but God is holy and will judge all people righteously. This is my response based on the Holy Spirit: The latest one is called “How did you love?” If they were they would first and foremost acknowledge the Son. He keeps sending me Shinedown songs, and I know he has a desire to understand, but the lyrics in the songs are not Christian. He is not at the place in his walk to give up the worldly things nor does he yet understand worship. The particular situation I am experiencing is with my relative who is newly coming to Christ and is still seeking Him in secular music. Hello brethren, I just came on this forum looking for other discernment on this matter.
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