Monday, April 28, 2014

Opposite Options


“Behold, I set before you this day a blessing and a curse” (Deuteronomy 11:26).  “He that covereth his sins shall not prosper: but whoso confesseth and forsaketh them shall have mercy” (Proverb 28:13).  “Jesus… said unto them, They that are whole need not a physician; but they that are sick.  I came not to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance” (Luke 5:31,32). 

Behold the blessing and the curse! 
The choices couldn’t be more plain
Presenting options so diverse: 
Eternal bliss or endless pain.

How vain is all prosperity
Which does not give consideration
To one’s eternal destiny
And does not value God’s salvation.

Our Savior knew there was a price
To rescue sheep that went astray.    
He came to be our Sacrifice
And thereby take our sin away.

He calls on sinners to confess
And to forsake their life of sin. 
He clothes them in His righteousness
The moment He has entered in! 

Of course, this calls for a decision
Which every person now must make: 
To trust in Christ, our great Physician,
Or turn away, the great mistake!

O Lord, we see why You were sent: 
You paid salvation’s awful cost
To grant the option to repent
And thus be saved instead of lost! 

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