Crowder: Red Letters Meaning

Song Released: 2018

Red Letters Lyrics

There I was on death row
Guilty in the first degree
Son of God hanging on a hill
Hell was my destiny

The crowd was shouting crucify
Could've come from these lips of mine
The dirty shame was killing me
It would take a miracle to wash me...

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   anonymous

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   Dec 7th 2018 !⃝

   The man in the song was in BIG trouble (Clearly. I mean, the first lyrics are,"There I was on death row. Guilty in the first degree." So, obviously the man has done something REALLY bad.) But at some point, someone has given him a Bible and he has "Read, the red letters" the words of the Lord, Jesus Christ. Which turned his life around. After this it says "The breath of God entered my lungs." So he has either accepted the Lord and gone to heaven, or has been brought back to life by the Lord's own breath.
   So, I hope this was helpful!
   -Megan

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   anonymous

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   Jan 24th 2019 !⃝

   I read the other comments. While I don't disagree, I read a lot into the lyrics. While it can be interpreted to be about a single, specific individual, who has committed a capital crime and thus sits on death row, or even someone present during the life of Jesus witnessing or hearing of His crucifixion, I take it to refer to the just condemnation we all face as sinners. Further, the promise of salvation, redemption, and forgiveness available to us all when read, believe, and trust in His propritiation revealed in the glorious red letters gives this song and lyrics a rather profound meaning to me
3. anonymous

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   Mar 11th 2020 !⃝

   To me This songs is about when people were picking Jesus or the other guy to be free. And the people took the other guy. If you were that guy the feeling of freedom is amazing! Any prisoners would want to be free. The sad thing about we human is that we take for granted of our freedom from god and keep making mistake. So this song is awesome! It tells you why you are truly free not just the flesh but spiritually.
4. Kassandrabossert

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   May 31st 2019 !⃝

   Every time I hear this song it brings me to tears because I used to be that person locked in those prison walls on death row and Jesus saved me from eternal death and darkness in the lake of fire and damnation screeching forever separated from my Heavenly Father ! God I am humbled to my core and eternally grateful for those Red Letters you spoke into my soul! Praise and Glory belong only to our amazing God Yeshua!
   Thank you Crowder for using your amazing God given talent for the glory of the Lord! He is well pleased in you! God Bless your path! Kassandra
5. anonymous

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   May 23rd 2019 !⃝

   I am also that man (woman) guilty and deserving death and hell, but God sent Jesus to pardon me, and his Holy Spirit swept into me as I received his payment for my sin.
   
   This is about everyman and is in the now.
   
   Recognizing who we were and who changed us.
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   May 10th 2019 !⃝

   I interpret the song as a man who is living his life guilty of sins, being ashamed of things he has done but his time comes and Jesus comes for him, and he breathes life into him and he is awakened by the holy ghost he now is free, which means he is no longer suffering and he is now in heaven with Jesus.
7. anonymous

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   Apr 1st 2019 !⃝

   My thoughts on this song as I listen. I was a sinner guilty of sin and death was my sentence. I am as guilty of calling for Jesus death as the ones who actually were there. I did not see how I could be saved. I have done so many bad things. Then I read the bible and heard Jesus' words. I was changed. I was awakened. I was changed forever. The feeling of fear and sin falling away with freedom rolling in was enormous. Now true worship starts.
8. anonymous

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   Mar 28th 2019 !⃝

   My thought is we are all on death row until we except Jesus. When this man read the red letters in the bible (Jesus words) the ground began to tremble and his prison walls (sin) began to fall away. He was a free man from his dirty shame (sin). A free man to live forever in God's love. The man is us that have been redeemed by Jesus suffering in our place. The Grace of God.
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   Jan 13th 2019 !⃝

   I see this from the perspective of the centurion at the foot of the Cross; we were all on 'death row' destined for Hell. The sign was placed after they nailed Him to the tree - it could have easily been 'red letters' covered and splattered by the blood of the Lamb. In Matthew 27 verse 51 the earth shook when Christ gave up his spirit and in verse 54 the centurion acknowledged that "surely He was the Son of God" which is when he began to feel his freedom as the walls around his heart began to fall.
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    Dec 2nd 2018 !⃝

    The red letters in the Bible is when Jesus spoke

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