Wednesday, November 01, 2017

Strange Lies vs. Strong Lord


"I hate vain thoughts: but Thy law do I love" (Psalm 119:113).  "How long, ye simple ones, will ye love simplicity?  And the scorners delight in their scorning, and fools hate knowledge?... I will make known My words unto you… Whoso hearkeneth unto Me shall dwell safely, and shall be quiet from fear of evil" (Proverbs 1:22,23,33).  "Ye… rejoice in a thing of naught" (Amos 6:13).  "For what shall it profit a man, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul?  Or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul?" (Mark 8:36,37). 

We ought to hate the vanity
That turns eternal souls from Christ.  
How strange is this insanity
By which so many are enticed!   

How strangely do the simple-minded
Despise the truth and love the lies
By which they willfully are blinded,
Refusing thereby to be wise.   

Rejoicing in a thing of naught,
The lost despise the things that matter. 
The Lord is sifting every thought,
Like chaff the wind at last will scatter.

O Lord, the lies we hear are strange,
For though they are exposed as wrong,
It is for these that souls exchange
Salvation from Your arm so strong!  


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