Friday, July 31, 2015

Woe to the World!


"O LORD... enter not into judgment with Thy servant: for in Thy sight shall no man living be justified... Teach me to do Thy will" (Psalm 143:1,2,10).  "Open thy mouth for the dumb in the cause of all such as are appointed to destruction" (143:8-11).  "They shall know that I am the LORD, and that I have not said in vain that I would do this evil (רַע `rah, calamity) unto them" (Ezekiel 6:10).  "Woe, woe, woe, to the inhabiters of the earth by reason of... the trumpet... yet to sound!" (Revelation 8:13). 

Since no one can be justified
Without the saving grace of God
And time is short before we've died,
Should not our silence now seem odd?

The Lord has made His judgment plain,
Though many now continue scorning,
Yet God has spoken not in vain
Of wrath by His prophetic warning. 

How shall the lost escape His wrath
When they refuse what God reveals? 
How woeful is their darkened path
And great the danger it conceals!

O Lord, we hear the fearful woes
As scrolls of judgment are unfurled! 
We take Your Gospel to disclose
Salvation offered to the world. 


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