Is God a Being?

  

 

Is God a being?

Do not think it strange

And feel my asking this question

Means I am deranged.

 

I definitely am not

But I really do believe

That true reality is not always

As we perceive.

 

What’s your definition

Of the word being?

For straight-up they are two

That I am seeing.

 

Being as in existing

And having one’s being

Are not in fact one and the same

As in agreeing.

 

 

 

The two are as different

As light is from sight

And to say they are synonymous

Is certainly not right.

 

We are all beings

That experience change,

And when old age begins to set in

Think it not strange.

 

Our state yesterday

Is different from today

Because of the continuous flux

Each and every day.

 

 

 

Everything changes

And we are changing too

And entropy is clearly evident

Affecting all we do.

 

We are becoming:

From birth to toddler,

From pubescence to adolescence

To vibrant go-getter.

 

But sooner or later

Father Time catches us

And the grim reaper calls our number

And we return to the dust.

 

Thus, from the earth

To the earth returned

Whether we be a king or a pauper,

Buried or burned.

 

Unlike all of humanity

God is not a being,

So, by now that indefinite article

You should be seeing.

 

 

 

God is not a being

Thus, He is not becoming

For He changes not, the Bible says

Though a necessary being.

 

For without God

Nothing would be

Thus, that there would be no being,

Should be clear to see.

 

For being to have been

God would have to be

Thus, His being is logically eternal,

And also, necessary.

 

Having being in Himself

He cannot be a being

But instead, the reality of being

In His eternal being.

 

God cannot not be

Given the fact of reality

For without Him, nothing that be,

Would have come to be.

 

For in Him, meaning God,

We live,

And we move,

And we have our being.

 

 

 

Nothing is being

Without ever becoming

And the fact that God changes not

Shows He is not a being.

 

Stewart Russell © March 15, 2026

 

Be More Specific

 

 

 

Be more specific,

Please make it clear!

I am clearly not understanding

That which I hear.

 

I am not that daft,

Just break it down a bit,

All I am asking you, my friend,

Please be more specific.

 

Be more specific

And I won’t have to guess,

Be straight-up as you speak

And help avoid a mess.

 

Rhetoric is all right

And has a rightful place

But your verbal wanderings

I am unable to trace.

 

 

So, be more specific

And bring me some clarity,

So that as you are demanding

I can reply appropriately.

 

For as it is right now

I am hopelessly oblivious

So, I beg you most respectfully,

Bring me into focus.

 

My oratorical skills

Are not quite that refined  

So be more specific, if you please,

If you’ve got the time.

 

Your subtle innuendo

Offsets me quite a bit

And all I am asking you, friend,

Please be more specific.

 

Stewart Russell © January 11, 2024

 

Easily-Lost Salvation

 

 

 

A salvation that’s easily lost

Is no salvation at all,

Such a salvation is fickle even

And surely must be appalled.

 

A salvation that is earned

Can never be a gift,

Such would be recipient dependent

If you catch my drift.

 

A salvation that cost nothing

While available to all

Would be meaningless to most

And few would heed its call.

 

A salvation that cost a fortune

Straight-up, I’d be out

And only a meagre few would attain it

And this is without a doubt.

 

A salvation that is free

But that cost the giver his life

Cannot be an easily lost salvation

But one that conquers strife.

 

 

Yes, a so great salvation

As is mentioned in Hebrews 2

Comes with the wherewithal

To secure both me and you.

 

Yes, a so great salvation

Cannot be easily lost

For it was deliver to us by Christ

At an infinite cost.

 

It cost his precious blood

Spilled on a rugged cross,

Such a salvation cost too much

To be so easily lost.

 

Hence, why God’s offer

Is a total package,

And far beyond what any human

Is capable to manage.

 

 

Thanks to the Holy Spirit

Who comes with this salvation

And indwells every Spirit filled believer

Compliments: God’s redemption.

 

It is maintenance free

And inspires the believer to live,

Such is the so great salvation

That God our Father gives.

 

It’s no easily lost salvation,

In fact, it can’t be lost at all

For it bears an irrevocable seal:

The seal of the Triune God.

 

Thus, not one born again soul

Can pry open Jesus’ hand

For having said yes to the Saviour,

We are under his command.

 

Some have a tendency to argue

The saved can be lost again

But this is a contradiction in itself

And must be considered lame.

 

 

If the saved is easily lost

How many chances do we get

Before we run out of opportunities

And face eternal regret?

 

Born again how many times?

Two or three or even four?

Why, a person can only be born once

Need I say any more?

 

Do you know you are saved?

How many chances have you had?

If yours is a lotto salvation,

My friend, that is too bad.

 

Mine is not, I assure you,

It cannot be easily lost,

However, I glory not in an idle boast

But in the Christ of Calvary’s cross.

 

And so, I end as I began,

With the very first verse,

For if your salvation is easily lost

You’re still under the curse.

 

A salvation that’s easily lost

Is no salvation at all,

Such a salvation is meaningless

And surely must be appalled.

 

Stewart Russell © May 25, 2024