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Nicest Man In Hell

from Workin' On Commission by Rick Lee James

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I'm a good man
I have a good job
I go to church once a week.
I donate clothes to the needy
I spread kindness when I speak.
I've got two kids and a wife and I support them everyday.
I don't cheat and I don't lie so why must I be saved?

You can be a good man but that doesn't mean you're saved.
You can live a good life but you still don't know the way.
You can be a nice guy who treats everybody well but if you don't know Jesus you could be the nicest man in hell.

I go to the homeless shelter
I give money to the poor.
At Christmas I go caroling from the ones in the old folks home.
I'm at church on Easter Sunday each and every year.
I'm a pillar in my town so why must I fear?

You can be a good man but that doesn't mean you're saved.
You can live a good life but you still don't know the way.
You can be a nice guy who treats everybody well but if you don't know Jesus you could be the nicest man in hell.

Cause Jesus said it's not by works that a man can be saved but it's only by His grace that you will ever know the way.
He's standing at the door and He's waiting to take away your sin but if you don't open up He won't come in.

So just think about the rich man who tried to buy his way through life.
He tried to write a check to Jesus, thought that'd make everything all right.
But Jesus, He won't take it cause there's one thing you can't buy.
If you really want to live then you've got to die.

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from Workin' On Commission, released August 12, 1997

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Rick Lee James Springfield, Ohio

Rick Lee James is a singer and songwriter, a hospital chaplain, a gifted speaker, a worship leader and a Podcast host who has worked with the likes of Jason Gray, Andrew Peterson, Sara Groves, Michael Card, Brian Zahnd, Tripp York, Brett Mccracken, Ian Morgan Cron and many more. ... more

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