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The Scandalous Son Of God

from This Time Tomorrow by Ian Peacock

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This song was inspired by the book 'The Jesus Scandals' by David Instone-Brewer, in which the author explains how we miss much of how scandalous Jesus really was in his culture. He was not just 'a good man' or a 'great moral teacher, he was a revolutionary, a renegade who caused such a stir in his day that it got him crucified. For those who truly follow Jesus today, it can get them killed too.

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The Scandalous Son of God

V1
Scandal it started before you were born,
your mother a virgin, the family was torn
Who was the father that brought such disgrace,
Mary and Joseph could not show their face
Fled from a tyrant, a child refugee,
grew with the stigma, a shamed family tree
And then in the temple, you opened the scroll,
and claimed: 'This was written of me'

CHORUS
The scandal surrounding the pure Son of God
Such scandal cause by the innocent one
The scandalous Son of God

V2
Scandal surround you all of your life,
an outspoken preacher, no home and no wife
Misunderstood and accused by the proud,
of stirring up trouble, inciting the crowd
They called you a glutton, a drunkard, a fake,
a host of traditions you taught folk to break
Then like a convict, they led you to die, and laughed as they crucified

MIDDLE 8
Our God is not safe, he can't be contained
Offends the religious with outrageous claims
He cleared out the temple, he brandished the whip
He walked on the water and steadied the ship
He calls out the demons and dead men awake
He gives slaves their freedom, the prison chains break
To follow this Jesus might lead you to death
The cross still offends to this day...

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from This Time Tomorrow, released May 3, 2014

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Ian Peacock Manchester, UK

Ian has played in bands for over 20 years, most notably headlining the UK Play stage at Leeds Carling Festival in 2000 with a former band, ‘Coasta’. He has written, produced and self released five albums: 'Life and After' (2009), 'The End of Faith' (2012) and 'This Time Tomorrow' (2014), 'Still Human' (2015), 'Ordinary People' (2016) in addition to several E.P's. ... more

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