Citipointe Worship – Into The Deep

Citipointe Worship (sometimes called Citipointe Live) is another home-grown worship band based out of a home church.  Citipointe hails from Mansfield, Australia, starting in 1974 with 25 people.  They now have six capuses across Queensland, with over 11,000 congregants.  Citipointe offers drug and alcohol-free entertainment and counsel, treat, educate, and provide vocational training for victims of human trafficking and prostitution in Cambodia.

They also released twelve live albums, including the subject of this review: Into The Deep.

Lyrics can be found at https://genius.com/Citipointe-worship-into-the-deep-live-lyrics.

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1. What message does the song communicate?

It communicates primarily on how the singer feels about God.  The singer feels refreshed, made new, unabandoned, and flooded by God’s presence.

The singer states that God’s love has won his heart.  How is this accomplished?  The singer gives us two reasons: unabandonment and refreshment, both of which are experiences that are abundant in Psalms.

Side Note: To those who are sensitive to massive repetition, this song contains a quad-repeat within the Bridge and triple-repeat of the Chorus at the end.

Score: 10/10

2. How much of the lyrics line up with Scripture?

From a technical perspective, all the lines throughout this song agrees with the Bible.

[Verse 1]

Lines 1 and 2: That is, the living water Jesus provides to those who follow Him: the Holy Spirit (John 7:37-39).

Lines 3-5: Jesus also provides rest to those who run to Him for help (Matthew 11:28-30).  The result is a new, changed life (Ezekiel 11:19, Romans 6:1-7, Romans 8:12-13, 2 Corinthians 3:18, 2 Corinthians 4:16, 2 Corinthians 5:17, Galatians 5:16-18, Ephesians 4:22-24, Ephesians 2:14-16, Colossians 3:10, and 1 Peter 2:24).

Lines 6-10: Repeats lines 1-5.

[Chorus]

Lines 1-5: Confirms my view of Verse 1, lines 1-2 is correct using clearer language.

Lines 6-9: See commentary on Verse 1, lines 3-5.

[Verse 2]

Repeats Verse 1, lines 1-5.

[Bridge]

Lines 1-5: That is, a strong desire to become immersed by the Holy Spirit.  This occurs when He lives in us (Acts 6:5, Romans 8:9-11, 1 Corinthians 3:16, 1 Corinthians 6:16-19, Galatians 4:6, Ephesians 5:18, and 2 Timothy 1:14).

As for God’s Presence falling, this does not contradict God’s omnipresence (1 Kings 8:27, Psalm 139:7-12, Proverbs 15:3, Jeremiah 23:23-24, Colossians 1:17, and Hebrews 4:13).  Rather, it expresses sensitivity to detecting His Presence.

Lines 6-22: Repeats lines 1-5.

Score: 10/10

3. How would an outsider interpret the song?

Given the intense focus on feelings, this makes it difficult for unbelievers to connect with its meaning from a spiritual perspective.  Rather, it becomes almost easy for them to alter the lyrics, replacing the word “Jesus” with their human lover.  The first two lines of Verses 1 and 2 makes the “boyfriend” interpretation more difficult, but the rest of the lyrics fit like a glove.

Score: 3/10

4. What does this song glorify?

This song glorifies God through a few nuggets of Scriptural truth intermixed with heartfelt feelings not dissimilar to the Psalms.

Score: 10/10

Closing Comments

Citipointe Worship’s Into The Deep is a good song for believers that glorifying God in the same way as Psalms.  Scripturally sound, my biggest criticisms are the ease in which unbelievers could misinterpret this song.

I recommend this song to worship leaders who are looking for a song that focuses more on how one feels about God than core, Biblical truths.  You may decide on the number of refrains.

Final Score: 8.5/10

Artist Info

Track: Into the Deep (listen to the song)

Artist: Citipointe Worship

Album: Into the Deep

Genre: Contemporary Christian Music (CCM)

Release Year: 2016

Duration: 6:28

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Updates:

03/23/2021 – Updated per repetition announcement.  I moved my commentary to a side note and raised section 1’s, score.  This increased my overall rating from 8/10 to 8.5/10.

05/04/2020 – Commenter Nicholas, using Psalm 63, helped me see that it’s OK for songs to focus on feelings rather than core truths about God.  Given that I already rated it 10/10 for Scripture, I removed this criticism and increased its score from 6.5/10 to 8/10.  I also added clarification on Bridge, line 3.