“Agree with the Adversary”


Verse 1
I was born in the book of the living,
But the state wrote my name in the dead.
They printed a bond in the darkness,
And called it my cradle of debt.
But Jesus, He whispered softly,
“Child, let the dead bury their own.”
So I laid down the paper persona,
And stood in the grace I was shown.

Chorus
Agree with the adversary, while you walk the way,
Return him his fiction, don’t let your soul pay.
Render to Caesar what bears his face,
But to God give your heart, your name, your grace.

Verse 2
The serpent wrote laws of performance,
But grace tore the veil in two.
He promised the world’s possessions,
But they fade like the morning dew.
So I left the ship of the citizen,
The Titanic of sin and shame,
And sailed to the port of Zion,
Where Christ alone knows my name.

Chorus
Agree with the adversary, while you walk the way,
Give him his bond, then step away.
The surname’s a shackle, the state is clay,
But the Spirit breathes life into Adam’s day.

Bridge
I won’t fight shadows or paper men,
Their kingdom’s built on sand.
My Master’s cross is the true tree,
And my soul’s in His hand.

Final Chorus
Agree with the adversary, make your election sure,
For truth is freedom, and grace is pure.
Lay down the fiction, lift up His Word,
Serve no Mammon—serve only the Lord.