Those Three Words

 

 

Those three words, can you guess?

No, it is not the song,

It is not the popular “I Love You”

So my friend, we will move along.

 

Actually it’s about a friend

Who is not a friend at all,

People’s infatuations with this friend

Usually precede their fall.

 

He is a friend who means no good

Already you would have met him,

For the record though, let me say

He is the reason for our sin.

 

He is known by many names

Like Lucifer, the devil and Satan

And in the book of Revelation

He is also called Apollyon.

 

There are three facts I know of him

And they three are negative,

These are characteristics of Almighty God

But not one can Satan give.

Let us look at those three words

Justice, mercy and grace,

Not one does the devil exhibit

Not since he was cast into space.

The devil knows no justice

He does not have a clue,

He received his just desserts

Unlike me and you.

 

We were spared God’s justice

When Jesus died upon the cross,

God’s justice was satisfied

But it was at an infinite cost.

 

Satan’s plan is to kill us

Ever since God’s judgment on him,

He got just what he deserves

But we can be saved from sin.

 

From him don’t expect any justice

It is not part of his makeup,

If you get into a league with him

Yours will be a bitter cup.

 

 

For Satan shows no mercy

He doesn’t possessed a modicum,

Yes, he appears as an angel of light

 But when you see him it’s time to run.

 

Mercy is not his to give

And he prides himself on that,

Were it not for his deception

Many would note that fact.

 

He is desperate to entrap us

Since God has shown us mercy

Satan wishes he could have had

But that is not a possibility.

 

No justice and no mercy

Satan is a dunce,

He recalls what he had in heaven

Now all that is renounced.

 

 

Satan knows no grace

To him God’s grace extends not,

Ever since he fell from heaven

Hell is his eternal lot.

 

If you happen to meddle with him

I warn you to expect no grace,

He will promise to you the world

But remember he is two-faced.

 

No justice, no mercy, no grace

In Satan, there’s not even a trace,

Deception is his pedigree

And such cannot be replaced.

 

Stewart Russell © September 2019