Don’t Be Deceived

 

Don’t be 

So naïve 

To conceive

That you can receive

Jesus

If you don’t believe

That he died

Your soul 

To retrieve.

From such 

There is 

No reprieve.

For one

Must believe

That Jesus 

Was conceived

Of the

Holy Spirit

To receive

Eternal salvation

And not

Be deceived

To believe

Salvation is in any other.

For they

Who believe

Are they 

Who receive

Jesus

Whose souls

Are retrieved

From destruction

And who

Are reprieved

And finally relieved

Of the body of death.

So let

Faith arise

Having been apprised

Of the impending

Demise

For they who 

Wouldn’t realize

And they who 

Who consistently 

Despise 

The salvation 

In which hope lies.

For without

This hope

You’ll have to cope

With the 

Slippery slope

And the suicidal

Rope

You place around

Your neck

Having eloped

With the enemy

Of your soul.

One final word

In case

You haven’t heard

Or you are still

Bent on being absurd,

Your sins confess

Your penitence express

Acknowledge your distress

Let Jesus 

Sort your mess

And at his behest

Accept his rest.

Stewart Russell © 2016