Achieving right balance in faith.
Douglas Blair 1951 (London)
There can be revelation
So new they want to shout
It seems to liven Sundays
And blow the cobwebs out.
And someone said Lord speaketh
In new ways to this age.
As if the old lacked vigour
And had to yield the stage.
But Jude holds up a caution.
He watched as error grew
And saw strange men in love feasts
No telling what they’d do.
The carnal took right over
The lusts and silly talk
The hiding from repentance
The doctrines sadly mocked.
And Spirit gives the warning
A picture all should dread
How quickened eyes again despise
As fruitless trees “twice dead”.
About this poem
The little letter of Jude in the New Testament issues powerful warnings. Contend for the Faith, once delivered.
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Written on February 01, 2017
Submitted by dougb.72572 on February 01, 2023
Modified by dougb.72572 on February 01, 2023
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Words | 113 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 20 |
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