Garbage Music by Passion City Church, Stop Pretending This Glorifies God - By REFORMATION CHARLOTTE

Found here. Our comments in bold.

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Today Reformation Charlotte hyperventilates over the lyrics to a worship song. While it is certainly true that the song is not particularly deep, it also is not heretical. 

The unnamed author asks some truly ignorant questions, which we shall answer with Scripture.

Lastly, the author manages to quote most of the song, but conspicuously leaves out the chorus. We wonder why that might be? Perhaps because it impedes his narrative? Here is the chorus:

There’s nothing that our God can’t do
There’s not a mountain that He can’t move
Oh praise the name
That makes a way
There’s nothing that our God can’t do

The chorus clarifies the statements of the verses. Again, we are not claiming this song adequately expresses these concepts. We simply desire to note that it is not in any way false or heretical.

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(...) Deleted long, irrelevant rant.

Today, I’m just going to show you one popular song from Passion City Church. If you have any knowledge of Scripture, the first thing you’ll notice is that nothing in this song comes from Scripture. (This is spectacularly false. We shall document our statement below.)

It is simply meaningless drivel. Here is the link to the lyrics, but I’ll post some of the (sic) below:

Just one word
You calm the storm that surrounds me 

Just one word
The darkness has to retreat 

So we have to ask the obvious question: what exactly does it mean to “calm the storm that surrounds me” (Mk. 4:39 He got up, rebuked the wind and said to the waves, “Quiet! Be still!” Then the wind died down and it was completely calm.

Jn. 14:27 Peace I leave with you; my peace I give you. I do not give to you as the world gives. Do not let your hearts be troubled and do not be afraid.)

or that “the darkness has to retreat”? (Jn. 12:46 I have come into the world as a light, so that no-one who believes in me should stay in darkness.

Col. 1:13 For he has rescued us from the dominion of darkness and brought us into the kingdom of the Son he loves...)

The lyrics never exactly explain what the “one word” is that it repeatedly refers to throughout the song. (Ge. 1:2-3 Now the earth was formless and empty, darkness was over the surface of the deep, and the Spirit of God was hovering over the waters. 3 And God said...)

Just one touch
I feel the presence of heaven
Just one touch
My eyes were opened to see
My heart can’t help but believe

Same here in this part of the song, what is the “one touch” the lyrics are referring to? (Mt. 8:3 Jesus reached out his hand and touched the man.

Mt. 8:15 He touched her hand and the fever left her, and she got up and began to wait on him.)

What exactly does it mean to “feel the presence of heaven”? (Ph. 4:5 Let your gentleness be evident to all. The Lord is near.

Mt. 6:10 your kingdom come, your will be done on earth as it is in heaven.)

The Bible never speaks of such a thing. (Ps. 139:7 Where can I go from your Spirit? Where can I flee from your presence?

Ps. 16:11 You have made known to me the path of life; you will fill me with joy in your presence, with eternal pleasures at your right hand.)

The song then goes on to repeat multiple times that there is nothing that our God can’t do, which, of course, is technically true, but the things they’re ascribing to Him cannot be found in Scripture.

The lyrics go on, making repeated references to this “one word” and “one touch” again:

Just one word
You heal what’s broken inside me
Just one word
And you revive every dream

What does it mean to “revive every dream”? (Joe. 2:28 And afterwards, I will pour out my Spirit on all people. Your sons and daughters will prophesy, your old men will dream dreams, your young men will see visions.)

Once again, this is mindless charismatic nonsense. Jesus did not die so we could have our “dreams” revived or fulfilled or anything else.

Just one touch
I feel the power of heaven
Just one touch
My eyes were opened to see
My heart can’t help but believe

Again, what does it mean to “feel the power of heaven”? It means nothing, absolutely nothing. (Mt. 22:29 Jesus replied, “You are in error because you do not know the Scriptures or the power of God.

Ro. 15:13 May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you trust in him, so that you may overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.

1Co. 5:4 When you are assembled in the name of our Lord Jesus and I am with you in spirit, and the power of our Lord Jesus is present...

Ph. 3:10 I want to know Christ and the power of his resurrection and the fellowship of sharing in his sufferings, becoming like him in his death...)

The song then ends with a call to “let faith arise,” whatever that means (Mk. 9:24 Immediately the boy’s father exclaimed, “I do believe; help me overcome my unbelief!"

Jn. 16:31 “You believe at last!” Jesus answered.

Ac. 14:9 He listened to Paul as he was speaking. Paul looked directly at him, saw that he had faith to be healed...

Ac. 16:5 So the churches were strengthened in the faith and grew daily in numbers.)

I will believe, for greater things
There’s no power like the power of Jesus
Let faith arise, let all agree
There’s no power like the power of Jesus

What “greater things” are we to be believing for here? (Jn. 14:12 I tell you the truth, anyone who has faith in me will do what I have been doing. He will do even greater things than these, because I am going to the Father.)

Is there something greater than the cross of Christ? Is there something better we should hope for? (Ro. 5:1 Therefore, since we have been justified through faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ, 2 through whom we have gained access by faith into this grace in which we now stand. And we rejoice in the hope of the glory of God.

Ro. 8:24 For in this hope we were saved. But hope that is seen is no hope at all. Who hopes for what he already has? 25 But if we hope for what we do not yet have, we wait for it patiently.

Ro. 15:13 May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you trust in him, so that you may overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.)

Isn’t that why we worship Christ? Is there anything greater than Christ?

This music, as is with most modern contemporary music, is nothing more than a psycho-stimulus designed to garner an emotional response from the congregation. Sadly, it works for so many because so many are immature in the faith and not being fed good sound doctrine. The congregation lacks discernment and the churches are ruled by their emotions rather than by Scripture. And we predict that it’s only going to get worse.

Here is the song that was referenced in this article, if you can stomach it: