Not Inserted but Asserted

 

 

Some in arguing a point

Will speak to a particular word

And if that word is not in the text

They will consider you absurd.

 

For example: take the Bible

And some of the things therein,

If the word is not entered

Then your point is rather dim.

 

It’s not inserted, is their point

Hence, you don’t have a case,

And though the evidence is strong

Asserted is still displaced.

 

Not inserted but asserted

Major on the concept not a word,

If the evidence is holding true

Then it’s full time that you concur.

 

Now for just two examples:

I will take them from the Word,

Give careful consideration to each

Before writing me off as absurd.

 

I will start at the beginning

With the most important of all,

The Trinity is where I am at

That is my first port of call.

 

John 1:1-2

 

In the beginning was the Word

And the Word was with God

And the Word was God.

 

All things were made by him

And without him was nothing made

That was made.

 

John was given a glimpse

Of what the beginning was like

And exactly as God inspired him

Was just the way he did write.

 

In the beginning God created…

But how could that be?

When the Word was the Creator

In John, that’s what we see.

 

Unless of course,

These two were one,

Let’s take a look at verse two

And then we can move on.

 

Genesis 1:1-3

 

Now who is this Spirit

That can move over the deep

And cause light to come alive

As though from its sleep?

 

Of course, God spoke by the Word

And His Spirit did move,

Right in these three verses

The Trinity was proved.

 

John 14:26

 

The Father sends the Spirit

In the name of His Son

And out of his coming

We have the Church and salvation.

 

John 15:26

 

It is the other way around

In John 15:26

So, tell me, Is this a mix-up?

Is someone playing tricks?

 

These three are one

That’s how they operate,

They do everything together

That’s how they relate.

 

 

Genesis 1:26

 

“Let us make man

In our image and likeness”

Couldn’t have been the angels,

They couldn’t pass this test.

 

In the image of God

Must have been the Word

And certainly, the Holy Spirit

As in creation they concurred.

 

Acts 2:24; Romans 8:11; John 2:19

 

Take the resurrection of Jesus:

Who raised him from the dead?

It was God and the Holy Spirit

And note, Jesus himself.

 

1 Peter 1:1-2

 

See their operation in the born again

In 1^st Peter 1 verses 1 and 2,

If you are born again, here you will see

The Trinity’s operation in me and you.

 

Elect by the foreknowledge of God

And sanctified through the Holy Spirit,

Sprinkled by the blood of Jesus Christ

The expression of Holy Writ.

 

So, Trinity is not in the Bible

But the evidence is there,

Not inserted but asserted

That is definitely clear.

 

Let us take another one

Maybe I will settle for two,

I don’t want this to be too long

And neither do you.

 

Rapture is another one

I am certain you have heard,

Again, follow me closely

And please, don’t call me absurd.

 

It is not in the Bible

You can search up and down,

So please don’t go arguing it’s there,

You will look like a clown.

 

Not inserted but asserted

In a minute I will show

Straight from the pages of the Bible

And for certain you’ll know.

 

1 Thessalonians 4:15-17

 

First them that sleep then the living

When the Lord from heaven shall come,

With a shout and with the voice of the archangel…

The “Lord himself” is God’s Son.

 

The dead in Christ shall rise first

Then we which are alive and remain,

In the air we’ll be caught up with Jesus

Forever with the Lord who shall reign.

 

This is the comfort of the believer

Of all them that are born again,

You won’t find rapture in the Bible

But you’ll find “caught up” all the same.

 

Understand I am not here to argue

Exactly when this will be

But it is there in the Bible

And some sweet day we will see.

 

Not inserted but asserted

It is as clear as ABC,

The Trinity and the rapture:

It’s there for all to see.

 

Stewart Russell © April 2020