Salvation and Its Jargon 8

 

 

Just a few more I will mention

Deliberately left for the last:

“The Kingdom of God” will ever be

Even after “The Church” is passed

 

The Church is the “called out”

That is the “body of saints”:

It comprises all of the born again

Whom Satan cannot taint.

 

Jesus Christ is its Head,

For the Church he gave his life

And as such his relationship to it

Is likened to a husband and wife.

 

The Kingdom of God has always been

From where the Godhead rules alone,

God the Father, the Son and Holy Spirit

Sits upon its throne.

 

Holy are they: all three of them

And their holiness is imputed to us,

Our fellowship is in the Holy Spirit

And we are united with Jesus.

 

Salvation therefore is in no other

Save in the Lord Jesus Christ,

In him resides the glorious Gospel

And naught but him will suffice.

 

These several salvation terms

Explain our present hope,

With faith and trust in Jesus Christ

In this life we can cope.

 

But not only in this life

Does the “Christian” have hope

But in the life to come

There will be unlimited scope.

 

Stewart Russell © June 2018