"Of Enemies and Hope"
"For if,when we were still God's enemies, we
were reconciled to him through the death of his Son, how much more, having been
reconciled, shall we be saved through his life!" ---(Romans 5: 10)
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"For a Christian, it is not a thing to be
assumed, that he be allowed to live among fellow Christians. Jesus lived among
His enemies." ---Dietrich Bonhoeffer
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"Enemy occupied territory--that is what the
world is. Christianity is the story of how the rightful king has landed, you
might say landed in disguise, and is calling us all to take part in a great
campaign of sabotage....." --C.S. Lewis
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"Of Enemies and Hope"
The Devil's game
Is still the same....
"Rebel against the Lord!"
Some say "Appease!"
This "Beast Disease"....,
.....But others grab The Sword.
The shell that fell
To create hell,
Was dropped on mankind's heart.
'Twas Adam's Bomb
That broke the calm....
....Communion blown apart.
Now West to East
The prowling Beast
Devours the soul of man.
The unborn die,
The bullets fly,
In a dark, decaying land.
But now God's Light
Destroys that night...
Both Sin and Death erased.
His Truth explodes,
His Called reload
Bright Ordinance of Grace.
Against the night,
The Spirit's might
Iluminates creation.
The Son appears,
Allaying fears.
The Dawn...
God's Incarnation.
As Satan feared,
The Life appeared...
The plot to kill was stopped.
Now vict'ry's won,
By God's own son....
Dear Abba's "Special Op".
Behind the lines,
The True Light shines,
By blood of saint and martyr....
The Devil's blast
Was bombast crass....
The Father's bomb...
Much smarter!
The world's regime?
....A nasty scene....
And lost is man's condition.
Come seek the Light,
To reunite
With Triune Coalition.
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By Adam's start,
We've Sadam's heart...
By lust and power driven.
We're Sin-Diseased,
God's enemies....
Yet by His Grace,
Forgiven.
And so, The Word's,
The order heard...
God's Glory now commanding.
What mankind saw,
In shock and awe.....,
Messiah's Desert Landing.
Lord, Your sweet Gift,
Has healed the rift,
Of this "The Great Divide".
The battle raged,
Your Son engaged,
And for our sin He died.
But most resist,
With still-clenched fist.....,
The Suicide Dead-Ender,
Who choose to fight
Against the Light....
Lord, teach us of Surrender.
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"Once you were alienated from God and
were enemies in your minds because of your evil behavior. But now He has
reconciled you by Christ's physical body through death to present you holy in
his sight without blemish and free from accusation--if you continue in your
faith established and firm, not moved from the hope held out in the gospel." --(Colossians
1: 21-23a)
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"That which was from the beginning, which
we have heard, which we have seen with our eyes, which we have looked at and our
hands have touched--this we proclaim concerning the Word of life. The life
appeared; we have seen it and testify to it, and proclaim to you the eternal
life which was with the Father and has appeared to us....." --(1 John 1:
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