From whence come wars
and fightings among you?
Come they not hence, even of your lusts
that war in your members?
The question is asked
Then answered rhetorically,
That is: by another question
In which is the answer-obviously.
It doesn’t require rocket science
To show us one’s self,
Just dust off the old Bible
That is lying on the shelf.
It’s the source of all our problems
In the church and without;
I am not accusing you,
You don’t need to shout.
If you really must shout
I suggest you shout at God’s Word,
In any case thereafter,
I’d be convinced you heard.
Go to James chapter 4
And read from verse number 1,
If you understand what it says
Then you are not a moron.
For while it asks a question
It gives the answer as well
And if you want to dispute it
Then you are not so well read.
It is as straightforward
As straightforward can be
And if you still do not get it
You don’t have eyes to see.
The source of our trouble
Are the lusts in our members
And until we satisfy ourselves
There is no retreat or surrender.
The symptoms are our behaviour
On account of our lusts
Hence, the war in our members
And all of the fuss.
It all results from self:
Self must be brought under control,
We must not give in to our lusts
But on the Holy Spirit lay hold.
From whence come wars
and fightings among you?
Come they not hence, even of your lusts
that war in your members?
Stewart Russell © August 25, 2020
