God’s New Thing

 

 

 

“God is doing a new thing

In His church today,”

The number of times I have heard this

I cannot actually say.

 

Neither can I tell you

How long this new thing lasts,

But as soon as another comes along

The other new thing is passed.

 

Over several periods of time

We’ve had more than one new thing

Such that it is even reflected

In the very choruses we sing.

 

“These are the days of Elijah”

Was the title of one of these songs

And it still puzzles me even now

How Elijah actually belonged.

 

What really would be new

That God would do these days?

I desperately need an answer

If God has changed His ways.

 

It is actually definitely true

That God makes all things new

But that this pertains to the believer

Is my considered view.

 

 

The believer is a new creation,

After all, he is born-again

And the fact that old things are passed,

He will never be the same.

 

From death to eternal life

From sin’s darkness to the light,

From no people to be God’s people

Once blind but now having sight.

 

The result of Christ’s coming

Comprises this new thing of God,

Ever since the advent of Pentecost

The Gospel is spread abroad.

 

This is the blessed millennium

That was long ago prophesied:

The preaching of the glorious Gospel

Of the Christ that was crucified.

 

Some view a millennium to come

As in an exact thousand-year reign,

I too once took that position

But I was compelled to refrain.

 

We are in the millennium

Ever since the day of Pentecost

And the whosoever is being invited

To come by way of the cross.

 

The new thing that God is doing

Was prophesied in the Old Testament

And in the words of John, the Baptist,

Calling all people to repent.

 

No special treatment for the Jew

And surely none for the Greek,

So, be like those wise men of old

And Jesus, the Saviour seek.

 

All that seek him will find him

And they will be made anew,

This is the new thing God is doing,

I thought it was time you knew.

 

Stewart Russell © April 28, 2021

 

 

Just One Way Not the Many

The fight is on and the battle strong

One side or another, to one you belong,

No sitting on the fence until you decide

You are God’s or Satan’s; with one you abide.

He that believes not is already condemned

This vital fact one needs to comprehend,

Trust in God or on the devil depend

Be straight be clean, don’t you dare pretend.

There is no middle road I must repeat

Just a broad highway and the narrow street,

Few there be that walk that narrow road

But on the broad many make hell their goal.

Nothing political about the choice we make

It is not choose one party the other forsake,

It is a choice between heaven and a fiery lake

Not a five-year duration but an eternal stake.

It’s a choice to be made during this sojourn

For having exited this life there is no return

To change one’s mind concerning eternity

Right here is where we determine our destiny.

I feel constrained to write poems of this type

Believe me this is not some emotional hype,

A lot is at stake as we view a sinner’s plight

At this time when darkness passes for light.

Fewer absolutes as the lines become blurred

And less store being placed in God’s Holy Word,

More support for the evolutionists’ worldview

And more lies displacing that which is true.

Be assured that God is not asleep; He sees all

Neither is His ear deaf to those who call,

Evil may appear to triumph for a while

But God will expose Satan in all his guile.

What’s hidden in the cellar will come to light

God’s view is not hampered by day or night,

He knows the human heart and every thought

He sees what we seek even before it is sought.

  

All is made plain before God’s unerring eyes

Nothing reaches Him as a shock or surprise,

It matters not how the devil weaves his disguise

God is the Almighty One; He is God only wise.

Some declare that many roads lead to Him

Perhaps citing this to cover up their sin,

Regarding agendas that are personal to them

They deem their lifestyle as being no problem.

The decision is straightforward, nothing complex

It is clearly highlighted in the Biblical text,

Jesus declares that he is the life, the truth, the way

Just one way to the Father no matter what others say.

Any complexity is what the devil has designed

To mix up and trip up an unbeliever’s mind

To keep him from making that decision for Christ

The one who for his sin paid the ultimate price.

And so the devil communicates in diverse ways

To willing listeners his specious ideas

How all roads really lead to heaven

And that Jesus died so all will be forgiven.

At a glance that may well appear to be true

Since Jesus really died for me and for you

But automatic forgiveness is the devil’s scheme

And by such no man can be redeemed.

One has to willingly accept the provision made

When God on Jesus all our iniquity laid,

One has to confess and repent of one’s sin

Then accept the salvation God offers to him.

No one comes to the Son of his own volition

The Father draws him by the Word’s admonition

And so he who comes will never be cast out

For such is a child of God and there is no doubt.

One is not automatically secured in Salvation’s vault

But rather every one is lost by nature’s default

Born with the sin nature because of Adam’s fall

Sin’s curse was visited upon us, one and all.

So you may argue that you have not yet decided

And waiting for a convenient time to be provided,

The truth be told you have made a decision

For any refusal to accept Christ is a clear rejection.

Remember by the sin default everyone is lost

This can only be altered by the way of the cross,

The cross is the only way not the many as perceived

Neither is salvation in any other; in Jesus believe.

Stewart Russell © 2016