The Bible in Poetry: Romans, 1st & 2nd Corinthians

 

Extracted from the Bible In Poetry

From Genesis to Revelation

Romans, 1st & 2nd Corinthians

Romans highlights the gospel given to a man through grace,

About Jesus departing heaven and taking a sinner’s place;

Providing our justification and progressive transformation,

Complete in the image of Christ and our coming glorification.

In the book of Romans we read how eternal life we can receive,

The Gospel is the power of God to salvation to any who believe;

Being justified by faith we have peace with God through Jesus,

For while we were yet sinners the Lord Jesus Christ died for us.

  

Therefore we are dead to sin and alive in God in Christ Jesus,

Sin should not reign in our bodies nor should we obey its lusts;

The result of sin is death but obedience ends in righteousness,

Being freed from sin and enslaved to God leads unto holiness.

To those who are in Christ Jesus there is now no condemnation,

Not only are we justified but in Christ Jesus we have redemption;

Christ fulfills the law of righteousness to every one that believes,

Both to the Jew and Gentile and all those that Christ receives.

We should never be conceited but show love without hypocrisy,

Bless those that persecute and be subject to them in authority;

Put aside the deeds of darkness and put on the armour of light,

Put on the Lord Jesus Christ as we walk by faith not by sight.

Corinthians number one tells of a church that is struggling,

God’s Spirit less counting, the spirit of the world pervading;

Taken up with the gift but ignoring Him that did the giving,

Concerning Christianity Paul sought to bring understanding.

The cross is folly to the lost but the power of God to the saved,

Wisdom to the fool He promised, strength to the weak He gave;

Concerning things of the Spirit the natural man cannot discern,

But to flee from immorality should be each Christian’s concern.

We are the servants of God and stewards of God’s mysteries,

And so as God’s custodians we ought to be found trustworthy;

Our body is the Spirit’s temple meaning really it is not our own,

We must glorify God in our body, His Son and His Spirit alone.

Knowledge can make one arrogant but love will edify,

The discipline of the Lord is critical; on Him we must rely;

The greatest gift is love and we should desire to prophesy,

That they were given to the church we should never deny.

 

In Corinthians number two Paul defends his apostleship,

Conferring praise to the Father lest they should let this slip;

Satan blinds the unbeliever; stops him from seeing the light

But they that are in Jesus Christ walk by faith and not by sight.

If a man sows in abundance an abundant harvest will be reaped,

A determination to sow a little is a creed we should not keep;

For God loves a cheerful giver and to him He gives sufficiently,

He multiplies the sower’s seed and gives harvest abundantly.

Paul who was taken to heaven saw things he couldn’t describe,

To keep him in humility a thorn in the flesh was prescribed;

God’s grace is sufficient for us; in our weakness it is perfected,

The power of Christ indwells us; therewith we can be contented.

Stewart Russell © 2013