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My Lord I Did Not Choose You
Posted by Brian Thornton on January 20, 2008
This rich hymn put to contemporary music by Matthew Smith flies in the face of today’s evangelical mindset which places man’s acceptance (or choice) above God’s sovereign plan of redemption for those whom He chooses. God’s merciful choice of those who are saved is what needs to be emphasized in today’s churches, not the shameful and man-exalting view of God’s regenerating work of salvation which says, “Salvation is God’s free gift to us, but we must accept it.” This self-centered view of man’s ability to secure his own destiny makes God’s ‘gift’ of salvation something that can be denied, and I challenge anyone to demonstrate this belief from Scripture.
Listen to this song while following along with the lyrics. If you don’t believe what is contained here, then I would ask you to ask yourself if you can support your position from the Word and not from rhetoric from man. May God bless you and reveal to you His truths concerning who He is…and who you are in relation to Him.
My Lord I did not choose You
For that could never be
My heart would still refuse You
Had You not chosen me
You took the sin that stained me
Cleansed me, made me new
Of old, You have ordained me
That I should live in You
My Lord I did not choose You
For that could never be
My heart would still refuse You
Had You not chosen me
Unless Your grace had called me
And taught my opening mind
The world would have enthralled me
To heavenly glories blind
My Lord I did not choose You
For that could never be
My heart would still refuse You
Had You not chosen me
My heart knows none above You
For Your rich grace I thirst
I know that if I love You
You must have loved me first
My Lord I did not choose You
For that could never be
My heart would still refuse You
Had You not chosen me
Copyright 2003 Detuned Radio Music. Words by Josiah Conder, Music by Matthew Smith
Butch said
Great song, with accurate doctrine. I hope to have Ty sing this one in church in the near future.
Brian Thornton said
I look forward to that!
Here’s a quote from Spurgeon on the subject, taken from a recent post from Phil Johnson:
I believe the doctrine of election, because I am quite certain that, if God had not chosen me, I should never have chosen Him; and I am sure He chose me before I was born, or else He never would have chosen me afterwards; and He must have elected me for reasons unknown to me, for I never could find any reason in myself why He should have looked upon me with special love. So I am forced to accept that great Biblical doctrine.
Lisa Nunley said
EXCELLENT!!!
Curious Calvinist said
awesome! I just ordered the CD.