This is my first attempt at a Gospel presentation in
freeverse form. The more I immerse myself in the riches of the
Gospel I see how this poem falls short of truly illustrating the
Gospel in its entirety. Despite the shortcomings, I am convinced that what God
did allow me to portray through this is definitely worth meditating on.
Our Desperate State
The world assails and flails us with fallacies and lies
Demanding we esteem them as to blind our eyes
Stifling all truth and satisfying our pride
With silly passions deferring us from the great divide
But let us stop
Let us think of sense, and reason
Let us think beyond the attacks
Let us think, of the Heavenly Kingdom
A realm unknown to us
Though more real and relevant
Even to the least of us
It houses the redeemed and reigns supreme
Over all ever heard, touched, smelled, or seen
Brought on by the Messiah – the God-man, Jesus
Who is this man? Why did he proclaim?
Was it for favor, fortune or fame?
No, it was to cure the sick and heal the lame
It was to free our fettered hearts
And make them sane
For we have a problem, you see?
Ever since the Garden, when Eve
Decided to usurp God’s place in her heart with a thing,
We've become devoid of life, defective and disconnected
From the One whose glory we once reflected
This wasn't just a forbidden fruit and tree
It was the genesis of the notion:
“What if I establish the sole worship of me?”
A truly treacherous state
One enslaved and ensnared to a hellish fate
Yet it’s something we chose
We decided to disobey
We made ourselves foes
To God’s goodness, glory, and grace
Now, something we need to realize
Is that God is absolutely perfect, holy, and wise
And without adherence to His design
We bring our soul to eternal demise
This separation with God
Isn't just death and obliteration
Its eternal decay
And God’s wrath brought to consummation
It seems as if there is no hope, however don’t despair
Remember the Preacher
Remember the Kingdom Christ declared
It was He who descended from the heavens above
To manifest to us His infinite, unsearchable love
So again, who is this man? Why did he proclaim?
Was it for favor, fortune, or fame?
No, it was God made man like us
To live perfect, righteous—without blame
It was to carry our chains, endure the pain
And bear the burden of our shame
This was so the depths of our heart that we defiled
Would be cleansed; with our Creator reconciled
And that eternal wrath and separation
Be secured to an everlasting relation
My friend,
Do you now know why Jesus had to die for your sin?
It was so your dead soul could rise
And forever be with Him
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Those of you who haven't experienced salvation and regeneration, you really are in a desperate state. Like the poem says, you are disconnected from the only eternal, infinitely good, righteous, loving, and just being there is. This being is God and separation from Him means being united and enslaved to all He is not; which is self-love, hate, immorality, death, perversion and darkness. You need His Son! You need Him to take your sin, crush it and put it to death at the cross. Your life utterly depends on this man who Himself said "I am the way, and the truth, and the life; no one comes to the Father but through Me". -John 14:6 But don't think that just saying you accept and "believing" in Him is enough. Genuine belief will result giving your life to Him completely and living by His words alone. "For whoever wishes to save his life will lose it; but whoever loses his life for My sake will find it."-Matthew 16:25 Therefore cling to Jesus Christ and throw everything away, because only He is life and only in Him is salvation from the judgment you deserve.
