A Blessing Or A Curse?

A BLESSING OR A CURSE? Is the public invitation
A blessing or a curse?
It's the church's new tradition
That leads to something worse.

It adds an element of "doing,"
To something that is "done."
Adding works to God's amazing grace,
Confusing almost everyone.

"It wasn't easy for Our Lord;
It shouldn't be easy for you."
The trouble with their statement is,
It simply isn't true." The hard part was the Savior's death,
It's finished, and victory's won.
The easy part is to just receive
What on the cross was done.

"If you want to know the way to Heaven,
Christ comes with you all the way."
When you get to the front of the church,
What will the "personal worker" say? Will he say Christ died to pay for your sin,
And that payment must be received?
Or, will he mix the gospel with works
And the seeker goes home deceived.

Preach the gospel from the pulpit,
Preach it loud and clear,
With words easy to be understood
By every listening ear. And you will reach that timid one,
Too shy to step out of his pew.
Tell them Christ died to pay for their sin,
None can explain it better than you.

Pastor, tell people they can trust the Lord
Wherever they happen to be.
Don't play games with people's souls
And risk their eternity.

If you want to be a reaper,
Plant God's seed God's way.
And you will reap the harvest
In Heaven on that day.

Don't count the numbers on the wall;
They just don't tell the story.
For those who fear the altar call
Might not make it into Glory!

Poem: A Blessing Or A Curse?, Page xiv, by Marjorie A. Younce

" He that believeth on him is not condemned: but he that believeth not is condemned already, because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God." - John 3:18 God's Work Done God's Way Yields A Bountiful Harvest.
A Clear Gospel Produces Believers; Not Counterfeit Christians.