No Love
Transform Your Heart: Unveiling the Deeper Message in Deliverance's 'No Love'
Lyrics
Though you speak with tongues of angels
Despite speaking eloquently or spiritually, referencing angelic tongues or divine language.
Was said so long ago
Refers to a statement made in the distant past, emphasizing the enduring nature of the message.
If love is not the motive
If love is not the driving force behind actions, the speaker considers them to be aligned with evil.
Your evil as our foe
Describing actions devoid of love as adversarial, positioning them as an enemy.
I don't care if you prophesy
Expressing indifference towards skills like prophecy or healing if they lack a foundation of love.
Or have the power to heal
Highlighting the importance of love as a prerequisite for genuine spiritual abilities.
If His love does not abide in you
Actions without the essence of God's love are considered insincere or lacking authenticity.
What you do is not real
The speaker questions the reality of one's deeds if they are not rooted in love.
All you do is make the noise
Characterizing someone's actions as mere noise, lacking substance or significance.
You use the gifts just like toys
Comparing the use of spiritual gifts to playing with toys, suggesting triviality or misuse.
All you are is a sounding bell
Portraying the individual as a sounding bell, emphasizing the hollowness or emptiness in their actions.
With no love
Summarizing the critique: actions are devoid of love, emphasizing a deficiency.
You might be fooling everyone else
Suggesting that others may be deceived by superficial actions, but not the speaker.
But you're not fooling me
Challenging the authenticity of the person's actions, asserting that the speaker sees through them.
You might even think you're fooling God
Asserting that even if the individual believes they are deceiving God, God perceives the truth.
But believe me He sees
Emphasizing the omniscience of God, reinforcing that God sees beyond outward appearances.
Don't be a fool
Advising against foolish behavior, implying a lack of wisdom in actions devoid of love.
God is not mocked
Quoting a biblical principle that God cannot be mocked, suggesting consequences for insincere actions.
For whatever you sow you'll reap
Highlighting the concept of reaping what is sown, underscoring the importance of genuine actions.
Let God change your heart
Encouraging a transformation of the heart by surrendering to God's influence.
Don't conform to other's ways
Advising against conformity to societal norms, urging a distinct and godly way of life.
Or let your heart remain where it is
Cautioning against a stagnant or unchanging heart, urging growth and improvement.
In a garbage heap
Metaphorically placing a heart in a garbage heap signifies a state of spiritual decay or degradation.
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