Quite an interesting word
Is the word martyr
And whenever we think of it,
To death we refer.
A martyr is someone
Who is only a memory
Who, having died for a cause,
Is dead and buried.
The ultimate sacrifice
In the giving of one’s life
Just like most of Jesus’ disciples
In that 1st Century strife.
Martyred, we say,
Resulting from the noun
As these gallant Gospel apostles
Their lives laid down.
Thus, martyrs they were
For the cause of Christ
When they offered up their lives
As the ultimate sacrifice.
In a sense, I suggest,
The believer is a martyr too,
And I refer to the born again
Like me and you.
A martyr in resolve,
Should the occasion arise,
That we denounce Jesus Christ
Or meet our demise.
As it stands right now
We are a living sacrifice
That should be prepared to die
For the sake of Christ.
There are martyrs in fact
And martyrs in spirit:
The former are already gone on
And the latter yet to exit.
As it is clearly stated
In Romans 12 and verse 1:
I will quote the very verse
And then I’ll be gone.
I beseech you therefore, brethren,
By the mercies of God,
That ye present your bodies a living sacrifice,
Holy, acceptable unto God,
Which is your reasonable service.
Stewart Russell © April 21, 2025
