Two sins have we committed

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Scriptures:
  • Jeremiah 2:13
  • Romans 1:20
Book Number:
  • 1044

Two sins have we committed,
two sins that we cannot deny:
we’ve turned from you, the fount of living water,
and have tried to drink from cisterns cracked and dry.
What fools we are, how blind we are!

Have mercy, Lord, mercy on us.
Forgive us, Lord, and help us see.
Change our hearts that we might live for you,
O Lord, for you, O Lord, always.
2. Two sins have we committed,
two sins are plain before our eyes:
we’ve walked away from the truth that brings us freedom
and have settled for those sweet enslaving lies.
What fools we are, how blind we are!

Have mercy, Lord, mercy on us…
3. Two sins have we committed,
two sins at which we stand appalled:
we’ve turned from you, our glorious Creator,
and have worshipped things that are no gods at all.
What fools we are, how blind we are!

Have mercy, Lord, mercy on us…

Words and music © 1999 SAM CHAPLIN
Sam Chaplin

The Christian Life - Humbling and Restoration

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The story behind the hymn

I wrote Two Sins after reflecting on the writing on John Piper in which he cites the verses in Jeremiah as a description of the heart of sin – ‘the insane swap of joy in God for joy elsewhere’ – which is fruitless. So I then meditated on other ‘swap’ passages of scripture i.e. Romans 1 and Two Sins was the result.  

A look at the author

Chaplin, Sam

Sam is a choir leader, workshop leader, singer, trumpeter and jazz musician, and directs a choir for people affected by homelessness – the Choir With No Name. James runs song-writing workshops in schools, prisons and with people with disabilities and also leads a band called Jazzbomb in which he is lead singer and trumpeter.

Sam has written other songs that have been published: Who is this?, Come bow before your Maker, Christ the Cornerstone.

Sam is published by Praise! online at number 1044.