"WOULD 'YOU' GO?"
© 1998 Patricia L. Carpenter
If you knew that you'd 'suffer'
& be beaten 'beyond recognition', *
Would you 'go' to the Cross
& suffer 'great affliction'?
If you knew you'd be 'rejected'
& 'tortured' by many,
Would you STILL 'Love them'? *
Me? I wouldn't have any!
If you knew great sorrow & suffering
lay just ahead of you,
Would you say, "Oh, My Father, *
I'll do what You want Me to do!"?
If you knew you'd be
'rejected' by God Himself, *
Because of 'others' great sins
put upon your 'self '!
Would you be WILLING
to 'die' for them all,
Just to 'Ransom' them *
from the great 'fall'?
To think that JESUS
had such 'great LOVE'
For 'ALL' mankind ~
He'd come from above! *
To go through such 'agony'
for you & me,
Yes, He Loved us 'so much' *
He gladly died on that tree!
"Why so?" you may ask
since we are so cruel? *
But, many still say:
"He was such a 'fool'! *
I'd let them die
& go to hell,
They don't deserve
Heaven ~ so swell!"
But, these people NEVER stop to think *
they will experience that same fate,
For their sins He also died *
for them, as well, He was Crucified!
Yes, EVERYONE has the same CHOICE
So listen to God's ~ 'Still Small Voice':
"Come to Me & be Saved ~ for
that's why I rose up from the grave!"
Yes, JESUS is 'Alive' & 'well' *
& up in Heaven ~ isn't that swell? *
He's getting it ready for me & you *
IF it's JESUS ~ that we CHOOSE!
God's CHILDREN ~ don't be 'afraid' *
to suffer to 'GLORIFY GOD',
Be willing to lay down your life *
for others who travel this sod!
Show 'Jesus' in your life today *
Then maybe others won't turn Him away.
If JESUS' LOVE shines through us
Perhaps they'll CHOOSE ~ J-E-S-U-S!
We can't do anything on our own *
we must depend on CHRIST to help us,
He'll fill us with His same Love
so we can do what He asks of us!
WHICH IS:
"Now 'GO' ~ *
into ALL the World & Preach the
'GOOD NEWS' to EVERYONE ~ EVERYWHERE!"
AND
" 'GO' ~ make DISCIPLES in ALL *
NATIONS...& be sure of this ~ that
'I AM ' with you 'always', even to
the end of the World!"
AMEN!!!
HAPPY EASTER!
* Mt.27:26-30 & Mk.14:65 & 15:15-20 & Lk.22:63-64 & Jn.19:1-3;
Lk.23:34; Lk.22:41-44; Mt.27:46 & Mk.15:34; Mt.20:28;
Mt.1:21-23; Jn.3:16; Rm.3:10 & Ps.14:3; Rm.3:14-18;
Jn.17:22; Rm.5:8; Mt.28:5-6 & Mk.16:9 & Lk.24:13-40 &
Jn. 20:1-9; Acts 1:9; Jn.14:2-3; Jn.17:18-21; I Jn.3:16;
Jn.15:17; Jn.15:5-8; Mk.16:15; Mt.28:20. 3/30/97