Hot Not Cold — The Disciple’s Song of Separation

Verse 1
He opened up the Bible in the midnight hour,
Searching for the truth, not man’s paper power.
The words of red and letters of light,
Spoke like fire through the long dark night.

Pre-Chorus
He read, “You can’t serve two masters, choose the way.”
One holds chains, the other gives you day.

Chorus
He said, “Lord, make me hot not cold,
Not a mask of silver, nor a crown of gold.
Take this name, this debt, this role,
Burn the fiction, free my soul!
For I don’t want to breathe half-alive, half-dead,
Mixing lies in the blood You shed.”
He cried, “Lord, make me hot not cold—
I will not be lukewarm sold.”

Verse 2
He tore the paper birth of the legal man,
A debtor’s script from the Caesar plan.
He saw the serpent’s mark in the registry scroll,
And prayed for the fire that makes a man whole.

Pre-Chorus
He said, “I’ll forsake the fiction, forsake the name,
For grace alone will bear no shame.”

Chorus
“Lord, make me hot not cold,
Not half in truth, half in the fold.
Let me walk as a living flame,
Not a corpse bound to a legal name.
I won’t breathe warmth into the cold of lies,
Nor sign the curse where the serpent hides.”

Bridge (spoken, then sung)

“For the lukewarm He will spew away,
Those who mix the night with day.
Hot means living, by the Spirit made,
Cold is death—the legal trade.”

Then the thunder rolled through heaven’s gate,
The man stood free from the state of fate.
He left his surname in the grave,
And walked in light the Lamb once gave.

Final Chorus
Now he’s hot not cold with holy fire,
Walking pure from legal mire.
No longer split in thought or breath,
Alive in Christ, dead to death.
He sings, “Lord, I’m hot not cold,
No lukewarm chains upon my soul.”

Outro (Refrain)
Make me hot not cold,
Forever bold, forever whole.
I am Yours, and Yours alone—
Jesus Christ, my cornerstone.