Lecrae - The Bride lyrics

[Hook:] Yeah she may look gritty When her man come back she gone look so pretty - She the Church You might see her acting crazy, be patient with her tho cause she still God's baby - She the Church Before you dis her get to know her, Jesus got a thing fo her and died just to show her - She the Church She ain't bricks and buildings She all of God's people Men women and children [Verse 1:] A building of beings being constructed Christ is the cornerstone, foundation build on another and you's a goner holmes She' built on em, supported by him, conformed to him, now she's a body of bodies who transform through him A temple that breathes we are the halls, We are the floor board or more we are the walls Manifold wisdom of God no longer a mystery The church is the pinnacle of our salvific history One flesh union homie The Tri-union is glorified through our corporatized communion Still the present reality is she was born a casualty though she's made alive She's affected by depravity Once lived in sin and enslaved by her lust and Folks catch her slippin and they turn away disgusted She's a work in progress Christ is the head of her And He wash her clean with the words that he done said to her She's already pretty but she's really not dressed and sometimes she look silly but she's far from a mess Yes, please so don't be dissin cause Jesus done paid grip an And if you didn't then should caller her Misses. I'm talking bout the church [Verse 2:] Her name is ecclesia meaning the the a**embly Bows to (the Trinity) No other Divinity A body family and community she is all one But on earth you see her in congregational small ones A microcosm or a small scale example But yes it is the church even though it's just a sample Invisible spiritual Physical visible Not a brick temple never that simple This a not a building She is not bricks She's a world changer but ain't bout getting rich Perpetrating fakes cause a lot of folks to hate Plus her hands get dirty and her feet get scraped And sometimes her body parts start acting outa place Legs tryna be arms Arms thinking they the face But she'll never be replaced with a one man band or a small Taliban with no body in command [Verse 3:] Some don't get it so they hate They say she's on a paper chase they say she's really fake So they go start a ministry so they can do the work But they don't understand how Jesus feel about His church And yeah they make disciples They got plenty conversions They take care of the widows and the orphans they be workin But none of them are churchin No church structure No elders and no discipline They don't have a conductor And they so they don't submit But quite a few of them baptize People how I pray that you'd look at this thing from God's eyes Take responsibility inside the whole council not just the area where you might have a mouthful Who should people submit to Who will conduct the discipline If excommunicated what body will they be missing then Look at Ephesians 4 where Paul gets practical 1st timothy and Titus if you thinking I'm irrational