ApologetiX- Song Lyrics: Ephesians

Chart History
From the album The Reason, The Reason was a #2 Pop, #1 Modern Rock hit for Hoobastank in 2004.

Songwriter:
Douglas Robb, Dan Estrin, Markku Lappalainen, and Chris Hesse

J's Journal:
The Bible says we are saved by God's grace (undeserved favor) and not by our good deeds. The proof is right before your eyes in passages like Ephesians 2:5-10, Titus 3:4-7, 2 Timothy 1:9, Galatians 2:16-21, Romans 11:5-6, and Acts 15:11. Those same directions apply to everyone, because God is no respecter of persons. Yet, for some reason many professing Christians have an "every man for himself" attitude, thinking they can or must work their way into heaven. Consequently, they miss the target. Did you know that the Bible never says "the Lord helps those who help themselves"? Rather, the Lord helps those who can't help themselves but confess that their sins are out of control, and come to Him for mercy. Unfortunately, many "religious" people still keep running away from the truth rather than running to the Lord -- crawling in the dark when they could and should be walking in the light. The goodness you need to get into Heaven isn't inside of you unless the Christ is inside of you. That's the only way to make your sins disappear. We originally considered spoofing Hoobastank's "Crawling in the Dark" on our "Adam Up" CD, and we hated to miss the opportunity to spoof a group with a name like that. Thankfully, we got a second chance when Hoobastank released "The Reason." We treaded cautiously, because "The Reason" had a positive message and was a song that probably meant a lot to many people as did "In the End" by Linkin Park. So we thought about how we'd turned "In the End" into "Corinthians" and lo and behold, "The Reason" became "Ephesians"!

Stats:
Genre: Modern Rock
Length: 3:53

Ephesians
Parody of "The Reason" by Hoobastank
(Ephesians 2:5-10; 2 Timothy 1:9; Titus 3:4-7; Galatians 2:16, 21; Romans 4:16, 5:2, 5:8, 11:5-6)

I'm not allergic to workin'
But many things religious people do
Are cause they think they're earnin'
A Heaven they must work their way into
But no one has to pay before they go
The Bible wants you to know

I've found salvation is free
And changed how I view good deeds
From readin' I started to do
In Ephesians chapter 2

It's not about our virtue
It's something that's a gift we get through grace
And all the things for good you do
Are just the icing you put on the cake
Ephesians 2:8 makes all that clear
That's why I'm leading you here

I've found Ephesians to read
It changed why I do good deeds
Salvation is not what we do
Are you readin' it too? Are you readin' it too?
Are you readin' it too? Are you readin' it too?

Another perfect person
Was Heaven-sent to do those things for you
And so no one who's saved can ever boast
In any one but the Lord

I've found salvation's a tree
And faith's what you use for seed
But grace is the start of the roots
And good deeds are just fruit
1:9 Second Timothy shows
And Titus 3:5 says it's so
And Romans provides added proof
In 11:6 too

Ephesians 2:8-10
For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith—and this not from yourselves, it is the gift of God— not by works, so that no one can boast. For we are God's workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do.