"They say still to them that despise Me, the Lord hath said, Ye shall have peace; and they say unto everyone that walketh after the imagination of his own heart, No evil shall come upon you.... The anger of the Lord shall not return, until He have executed, and till He have performed the thoughts of His heart: in the latter days ye shall consider it perfectly" (Jeremiah 23:17,20).
The message that we'd like to hear
May not be what we heed.
Reproof may find no willing ear,
Though this is what we need.
We'd rather hear: You shall have peace;
No evil comes to you.
Yet one day hollow words shall cease,
When judgment is found true.
Surely there is promised blessing
For those who seek the Lord.
Those are not who we're addressing,
When judgment is outpoured.
For God by many is despised:
What peace have they in store?
Why should judgment be disguised,
Deceiving them yet more?
A sinner's own imagination
May think that he's okay
Without receiving God's salvation,
But what does Scripture say?
The anger of the Lord will come
With judgment like a flood.
He would save all, but shall save some:
Those washed in Jesus' blood.
So let the Word of God come through
When speaking to the lost.
It's better that they know what's true,
That they might count the cost.
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