Condemned Already

 

 

Condemned already!

That is the default:

Numbered among the spiritual lame

And the spiritual halt.

 

Just like a computer

With its fixed programme,

That is the nature of humanity

The default of man.

 

He that believeth not

Is condemned already,

That is the spiritual default

Of all humanity.

 

As unjust as it may seem

That’s what the Bible declares,

According to John chapter 3

We can read it there.

 

Verse 18 to be exact

You’ll find the default right there

He that believeth not is condemned

That is clear.

 

Believe on the Lord Jesus

And you shall be saved.

Believe not and you’re condemned

No matter how well you behave.

 

And this is the condemnation

That light is come

But men love darkness,

From the light they run.

 

Can we override our default?

We can’t but Christ can

As long as we are willing

To accept his salvation plan.

 

As written in John 3:16

For every one of that can read,

There the plan of salvation

Is clearly revealed.

 

For God so loved the world,

That He gave His only begotten Son,

That whosoever believes in him

Should not perish,

But have everlasting life.

 

 

Condemned already!

That is the default

But ever since the second Adam

There can be a halt.

 

The application is Christ Jesus,

Download him today!

For in his very words

He won’t turn you away.

 

John 6:37

 

And him that cometh to me

I will in no wise cast out.

 

Stewart Russell © September 13, 2020

 

They Walk Among Us

 

 

Uppers and Downers

Do you know who these are?

They walk among us

Both near and far.

 

Everyone has a philosophy

Whether expressed or not,

Some live by it daily

While others talk a lot.

 

For some the glass is half empty

For others it is half full,

Some are particularly discreet

While some are raging bulls.

 

For some the glass is empty

Some don’t even have a glass,

They are many and varied

But they are found in either class.

 

Some people are mostly up

While some are mostly down,

Some are neither of these two

Not many of these around.

 

 

Some have nothing good to say

Others: nothing bad,

Some are sad about everything

Others: mostly glad.

 

What you do most frequently

Determines who you are,

Whether an upper or downer

You are your own star.

 

Selfishness is the default

For all of human nature,

A quick look at the world around…

And there! You get the picture.

 

But within that general scope

There is a continuum,

It’s like a ladder, if you please,

Where we move up and down.

 

An upper will lift others up

A downer will pull them down,

And they that are neither up nor down…

Let’s call them the circus clowns.

 

 

What is your philosophy?

Where on the ladder do you fit?

Are you pulling up or pulling down?

Or would you rather quit?

 

There is a positive philosophy

A poisonous one as well,

Both are at work within us

Ever since our fore parents fell.

 

The devil fuels the downers

Jesus is the lifter-up,

The hope for them at the bottom

And also for those at the top.

 

You may think you’re not included

Because you’re neither up nor down,

But he is the hope for the middle

Yes, Jesus includes the clown.

 

Yes, they all walk among us

And we among them too,

That’s the world in which we live

And believe me; it is true.

 

Stewart Russell © September 2019