Everything about this song is stunning, but I just noticed now how awesome it is that each lyric slowly fades out as the song progresses, until all that's left is “ Father, into your hands, I commit my spirit.”
Father, forgive them, for they know not what they do Forgive them, they know not what they do Today you will be with me in Paradise You will be with me today Behold your son, behold your mother, behold your son My God, my God, why have you forsaken me? Why have you forsaken me? I thirst, I thirst It is finished, it is finished Father, into your hands, into your hands I commit my spirit
His songs are scriptural and in his performance he makes it about God not himself. So many Christian performers make it about them in the way they sing their songs rather than God.
I hadn't heard this song until the Good Friday service yesterday. It hits so deep and makes me cry. Thank you for sharing such a wonderful song with the world.
My pastor mentioned this the other day after he'd mentioned another AP song in his sermon. Weaving the final words Christ spoke from the cross is mind-bending enough without having crafted it into a musical masterpiece of biblical proportion. Keep letting the Spirit lead, Andrew.
This is a profoundly beautiful song that brings together both the cost of discipleship and the power of simple trust in Christ. Your music is a blessing to me and a gift to Christ's church!
Father forgive them for they know not what they do Today you will be with Me in Paradise Behold your son, behold your mother, behold your son... Oh God, my God, Why have You forsaken Me? I thirst It is finished Father into Thy hands, I commit My spirit. The WAY THESE ALL LAYER THOUGH.
Thank you for sharing, Andrew... a touching and affecting rendition of the last words of Christ on the cross. Your presentation of the mournful heart-rending last moments of Jesus captures both the drowning sadness and undercurrent of hope and purpose. Thank you for using your artistry to render these words.
Such beauty. Such courage. I wonder if when Jesus knocks on the door of our hearts, He's knocking from the inside, saying, "let me out". Thank you, Andrew, for letting Him out. And, this song reverberates and echoes in the chambers of my heart, like Jesus Himself calling to the seed of His Spirit in me, and beckoning me to do the same.
Jesus had to leave His Glory in Heaven - and die for us, beaten, hurt, in naked shame in public, nailed to a tree - in order to pay with His own LIFE so we could be bought back with His blood, and now we can be reconciled with our Father, justified like we never sinned, and we wait eagerly to meet face to face, where death has finally lost its power on us, then we will have eternal life in peace and we will be surrounded by Gods overwhelming love.
