The Bible in Poetry: Galatians to Philemon

 

Extracted from the Bible In Poetry

From Genesis to Revelation

Galatians to Philemon 



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The Galatians were admonished concerning another gospel,
While heeding the traditions of men they too could be sinful;
When the fullness of time had come God sent forth His Son
To redeem those under the under law and give to them freedom.

Christ has called us to freedom, away from the grip of slavery
So we ought to walk in the Spirit reflecting God’s sovereignty;
The deeds of the flesh are evident: immorality, strife, idolatry,
But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy and peace and humility.



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The Ephesians had lost their love; Paul had written to Timothy,
They concentrated on their deeds while forgetting God’s mercy;
In Christ we are redeemed; with the Holy Spirit we were sealed,
Christ’s hope, his glory, his greatness to us are being revealed.


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Paul wrote to the Philippians to thank them for their love gift
But he also paid attention to a dangerous and widening rift;
He admonished us to think on things that are true and pure,
We can do all things through Christ; of this we can be assured.


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The Colossians were being bombarded with a Gnostic heresy,
Paul sought to draw their attention to Christ’s deity and supremacy;
He told them to forgive one another as Christ had forgiven them
And to seek those things are above was another precious gem.

Three more spiritual commodities were peace and love and unity,
The peace of God should rule our hearts for we are all one body;
Wives are to submit to their husbands; husbands love their wives,
Children must obey their parents; this is how the family thrives.

 
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Thessalonians number one: to persevere despite persecution,
To moral laxity and laziness some were showing an inclination;
Paul had to refute charges of preaching to fatten their wallets,
And when he did not return that he was a coward and hypocrite.

Satan having thwarted him he decided to send to them Timothy,
Paul taught on sanctification; abstaining from sexual immorality;
Love one another and lead a quiet life; two of the other concerns
And those who die in Christ will be first to rise when he returns.

The day of the Lord will come, said he just like a thief in the night,
People will say peace and safety then sudden will be their plight;
Do not quench the Spirit and examine all prophecies carefully,
And may the peace from God himself sanctify all of us entirely.


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Thessalonians number two; Paul spoke to the church condition,
The Thessalonians continued to grow in spite of persecution;
But there was some false teaching concerning the Lord’s return,
Some saints had quit their jobs and this was a serious concern.

Some of them were undisciplined and were not working at all,
Let them eat their own bread was the instruction given by Paul;
Do not grow weary in well doing was given to those of diligence,
And the Lord of peace grant them peace in every circumstance.


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Paul’s first pastoral epistle was addressed to Pastor Timothy,
To instruct certain men to restrain from the teaching of heresy;
He spoke of the mercy of God, about His enduring patience,
About fighting the fight of faith and having a clear conscience.

Paul addressed relationship like between a woman and a man,
Adam was created first; how the woman was deceived, not Adam;
Overseers must be above reproach; free from the love of money,
How Deacons must first be tested; they should be men of dignity.

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In the second letter to Timothy Paul was confined to a Roman jail,
He encouraged Timothy even in times of hardship he must prevail;
In God was no spirit of fear but of love, a sound mind and power,
To guard the treasure entrusted him should be his sole endeavour.

For men will love themselves and vigorously attacked the truth,
But all Scripture is good for teaching, for correction and reproof;
Paul had fought a good fight; the time of his departure had come,
He was certainly confident that he would enter God’s kingdom.


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Titus was a Gentile convert that had travelled with the apostle Paul,
Working with the church in Corinth he answered the master’s call
To organise the churches in Crete and appoint elders in every city,
Called to exhort in sound doctrine and refute those that disagree.

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Philemon had a slave, Onesimus, that robbed him and ran away,
But divine providence would have it that he met Paul a certain day;
Philemon was Paul’s brother in Christ so Paul did write him a letter
To receive the repentant Onesimus, not as a slave, but as a brother.


Stewart Russell © 2013

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