Wednesday, June 17, 2009

Discernment Denied

"Wherefore is there a price in the hand of a fool to get wisdom, seeing he hath no heart for it?" (Proverbs 17:16). "And Herod said, John have I beheaded: but who is this, of whom I hear such things? And he desired to see Him.... His disciples were with Him: and He asked them saying.... Whom say ye that I am? Peter answering said, the Christ of God" (Luke 9:9,18-20).

Why do some discern what's right,
While others are without a clue?
Why are some deprived of sight,
While others clearly see what's true?

Discernment comes not by a school
Where only the elite have learned;
The intellect may be a fool,
No matter what degree is earned.

The fool, by Scripture's definition,
Is one who has no heart for God,
Exchanging heaven for perdition,
Refusing grace for judgment's rod.

The reason some will not discern
The truth to which Christ testified,
Is that their hearts refuse to turn,
And thus, by choice, they are denied.

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