hi guys, just wanted to share a poem i wrote recently with ya'll. it's an exhortation for biblical unity and a return to the "old path" which i know is something near and dear to everyone on this forum. hope you're blessed by it :)
I have looked out onto a dry and weary land as but a lonely grain lost in a vast sea of sand
littered with towering monoliths and grand looking structures wowing the passersby but all just conjecture
a facade of fullness, a mere mirage of worship in reality vain, empty, desolate, and worthless
for the shepherds have deceived the flock the prophets have prophesied lies for the gospel they do mock and on greed they fix their eyes
for a pretense they make a show of their prayers with loud shouts and cries lifting hands in the air
they speak lofty and great spiritual sounding words when in fact they are only trying hard to be heard
not by God, but rather by men not in true repentance, but all just pretend
for they like to quote scripture and mention Jesus Christ but never preach the gospel or the reason why He died
why He lived and died and rose again isn’t this the very purpose, the absolute end
of our existence and being and praying and singing the breath we are breathing the life we are living
for people do not need “spiritual” things of shaking and baking and so called “blessings”
no, what they, what I, what we need is Christ to go back to the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ
not about spiritual warfare and trying to talk to the devil or claiming empty promises and deeper spiritual levels
where do you find all this stuff in scripture I mean the contextual, logical means of the mature
the pure doctrine and traditions handed down to us from Christ to the apostles now entrusted to us
entrusted, I say! entrusted! the gospel…was…entrused…to…us
and what have we done with it what have we done to it the very means for our salvation what have we done to it
we have turned it into a license for narcissism and licentiousness about false prosperity, false destiny, false dreams and covetousness
glory clouds and glory explosions? portals and drunken dispositions?
your best life now? You are a revivalist?? we are little gods??? And all this in the name of the Spirit?!?
the very things the gospel was supposed to save us from like the dumb and mute idols we worship we have become
we’ve confused the flesh for the spirit and the spirit for the flesh thinking that the miracles we experience are the ultimate test
of authenticity and biblical accuracy by which we are to discern rather than actually reading the bible and knowing all its concerns
and this at the hands of those presuming to be preachers this at the hands of those claiming to be shepherds
who like to go and yell “fire, fire, fire” make absolutely clear what their hearts actually desire
power, glory, recognition, and fame but we who honor them are all just the same
brothers, please listen and hearken unto my voice who will you serve, here and now you must make a choice
for it says in the Word that false prophets will come and even claim Christ and deceive more than just some
but even the elect if that were even possible though you might think this is just totally improbable
that such days have yet to come, they are still far away but it is nearer than you think, it is here now today
I plead with you dear brothers, open up your eyes and look out into the land and see through the lies
let’s turn back to the Word and find the old path in which is fullness of life and deliverance from wrath
the way clearly marked through the history of the ages of which saints of old have walked and filled up its pages
that we may read and follow in like manner taking up our cross and Christ’s glorious banner
though this desert road lead us through darkness and despair my dearest brothers, we still have each other and our Father’s loving care
so join me as I make my way to the Celestial City heart in heart, hand in hand, in truth and in unity
for I would not that I should come to it all alone but you and I, we together, should one day make it home
so take my hand and come with me as I follow Christ that we may join our faithful brethren unto eternal life _________________ Will
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