Tuesday, July 08, 2008

Heedless Hatred

"Whoso findeth Me findeth life, and shall obtain favor of the Lord. But he that sinneth against Me wrongeth his own soul: all they that hate Me love death" (Proverbs 8:35,36). "But this cometh to pass, that the word might be fulfilled that is written in their law, They hated Me without a cause" (John 15:25).

Why should people hate the One
Who gave Himself to save their life?
What has Christ the Savior done
To warrant all their hateful strife?

What could possibly inflame
Such hatred that would never pause
To question in their senseless shame
Why they hate Him without cause?

Heedless hatred rushes on
Into their judgment's fiery lake.
What a strange phenomenon,
And what a horrible mistake!

Let this world be forewarned,
The time is surely drawing near,
When the Lord whom they have scorned
Shall in His majesty appear.

Let us who are truly His
Thus show how evil and how odd,
Indeed, how dangerous it is,
To hate our loving God.

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