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IT HUNG UPON AN APPLE TREE, AS BEAUTIFUL CAN BE;
'TWAS RED AND ROSY AS THE DAWN - INDEED A
SIGHT TO SEE.
IT HAD NO SPOT OR WRINKLE DARK, NO BLEMISH
THAT IT BORE - OR SO THE LABEL PICTURED, BUT,
'TWAS ROTTEN AT THE CORE!
MAX FACTOR COULD HAVE NEVER DONE, A BETTER
JOB SKIN DEEP. IT LOOKED LIKE IT WAS STRAIGHT
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AS IT PARADED DOWN EACH STREET (TO CHANGE THE
METAPHOR). FOR THOUGH IT WON THE EYE OF MOST,
'TWAS ROTTEN AT THE CORE.
IT IS A REAL STUDY THOUGH, TO SEE HOW LONG
AND WHERE, A THING THAT'S REALLY BAD AT CORE,
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THOUGH IT BE QUITE RELIGIOUS, AND, THOUGH MANY
MAY ADORE IN SONG AND CER-E-MONY, 'TIS, NO BETTER THAN THE CORE
FOR IF A HOUSE THOUGH BEAUTIFUL, IS BUILT ON
ROTTEN BEAM, IT IS NOT SAFE TO LIVE THEREIN,
THOUGH OTHERWISE IT SEEM.
JUST LIKE A BOAT WHICH STANDS AT WHARF, WITH
ALL THE WORLD TO LINK, IF ROT'S BELOW THE
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AND LIKE A CUP,THOUGH WHITE, REVOLTS,
IF LEFT UNCLEAN WITHIN; AND PLANTING SEEDS
WITHIN A FIELD, WITH STONES (SOME HIDDEN SIN)
IS WASTE OF TIME; FOR THOUGH IT GROWS, 'TIS
BORN TO DIE; AGAIN LIKE NATION SAVED FROM
SLAVERY ONCE..IN WILDERNESS WERE SLAIN.
BUT HOW CAN CORE BE EVER GOOD, IF GOD'S WORD
THERE IS MISSING,DISPLACED BY DOCTRINES
WHICH UNLEASH THE FLOOD-TIDES OF WILD
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THAT TRUE OBEDIENCE TO "IT'S WRITTEN"
IS
LEGALISTIC POISON!TO BE AVOIDED AT ALL
COSTS, AS SOMETHING WORSE THAN NOISOME;
CONFUSING GIFTS WITH HOLY FRUIT, CHARISMA
WITH THE TRUTH WHICH MASKS ONE'S REAL
ROTTENESS - A CHARACTER UNCOUTHED;
WHILE FLESHY FERVOUR RAMPANT RUNS, IN GUISE
OF NEW REVIVAL; NOT KNOWING THAT E'EN REMNANT
FEW, IT THREATENS THEIR SURVIVAL. |
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SO RIGHT IN 'CHURCH OF GOD' (SO CALLED), AS IN
OLD EDEN'S SPLENDOUR, THE SERPENT PLIES HIS
"HATH GOD SAID?" APPROACHING FAIRER GENDER!....
REVERSING ROLES - LOOK WHO TAUGHT WHO! AS NOW
TOO IN APPEARANCE; WITH SCRIPTURES WRESTED
OR PLAIN RUBBISHED, REQUIRING NO ADHERENCE.
BUT MORE THAN THAT, (IF POSSIBLE), THAT MANY
BOLD SUBSCRIBE, TO WORSE CORRUPTING OF GOD'S
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THAT 'SIN IS NEVER DAMNABLE ONCE FAITH IN
CHRIST I CLAIM!' WHAT CORE COULD WORSE BE, THAN WHICH SAVES, FROM
CONSCIENCE, SEARED FROM BLAME.
AND SO THE LIGHT WITHIN OUR SOUL, IS SWEETLY
LAID TO REST, SO IN THE DARK WE FEEL QUITE
GOOD, LIKE IN OUR SUNDAY BEST.
WITH NOTICE CLEAR UPON THE DOOR: "NO LIGHT TO
ENTER HERE", LEAST IT DISTURB 'THE PEACE OF GOD'......
REVEAL WHAT DEEP WE FEAR!
YET GOSPEL OFFERS PARDON FREE, AND POWER TO
CONQUER SIN; SO CHRIST IS VISIBLE WITHOUT,
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SO WHY BRING STANDARDS DOWN TO WHERE A DEVIL
SAYS,"I'M SAVED!"..IT'S BY OUR FRUITS - OUR
WORKS WE KNOW WHAT CHRIST IN TRUTH US GAVE.
FOR IT'S GOOD FRUIT, GOOD WORKS, AS WE ABIDE IN
CHRIST IN DEED; NOT JUST IN WORD OR MENTAL
FAITH, AS DEVILS (LIKE WE READ IN JAMES); BUT
RIGHT WITHIN OUR HEART ARE CHANGED... 'TIS CHRIST'S OWN LIFE, LIVED OUT IN US AS TOO WE
YIELD, TO HIS DISSECTING KNIFE,
WHICH SEPARATES THE FLESH FROM SPIRIT - BEGINS
WHEN WE REPENT; WHILE SIN IS WHEN WE EAT AGAIN
THE VOMIT WE ONCE SPENT, |
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AND SPOT AGAIN THE ROBE OF WHITE WHICH TO US
HAS BEEN LENT, LIKE OLD WINE-SKIN, THOUGH NEW
WINE FILLS, WHICH LATER WILL BE RENT.....
SO ON THAT DAY, "DEPART FROM ME," WE HEAR," I NEVER KNEW YOU;
THOUGH YOU CAST DEVILS OUT AND PREACHED, AND PROPHESIED LIKE I DO".....
NOT LACKING FAITH OR GIFTS OF POWER, BUT WORKS OF WORD SO HOLY; A MIXTURE, HOT AND COLD,
LUKEWARM, NOT TAKING GOD'S WORD SOLELY.
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BUT WHAT A BLISS IS OUR'S JUST WHEN WHAT HIDES AT ROOT AT CORE,
GETS GOSPEL LIGHT AND SPIRIT'S LIFE, THOUGH BURIED 'NEATH THE FLOOR.
FOR SKELETONS CAN NE'ER ABIDE WHERE CHRIST GIVES LIGHT AND LIFE .... THE
SKELETONS WHICH RAMPAGE ROUND, AND HAVOC WORK AND STRIFE.
FOR OLD-TIME GOSPEL IT BRINGS SHAME, REPENTANCE, THEN FAITH TRUE, WHICH FAST
ABANDONS SELF AND SIN... OBEYS THE LIGHT, THOUGH NEW.
FOR THIS WE KNOW, WHAT'S LOCKED INSIDE AND MAYBE LOST AS WELL, PERTAINING OFTEN TO THE
PAST, CAN TOO THEIR TELL-TALES TELL, |
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FROM UNFORGIVENESS, GRIEF AND SHAME (THE FOX THAT SPOILS
THE VINE), RESPONSES FAITH-LESS, UNRESOLVED, UNHEALED BY PASSING TIME.
BUT WHEN FROM CLOSETS THESE ARE PLUCKED,(SINS KNOWN AND JUST KNOWN), AND BLOOD APPLIED IN
LIBERAL DOSE, WITH CUP OF FAITH, WHEN SHOWN,
NO LONGER ROT 'NEATH DOCTRINES HIDE, LIKE BAND-AID OVER SORE; FOR NOW WE KNOW THE WAY, THE
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SO WHAT IS ON THE OUTSIDE SEEN, DECLARES WELL WHAT'S WITHIN. AND
THOUGH YET CLOSETS UNKNOWN HIDE, IN SCRIPTURE THAT'S NOT SIN.
BUT CHRIST, HE HEALS-IT IS HIS WORK-
AS WE CO-OPERATE; SO WHAT'S REVEALED, WE ACT
UPON..... OUR FAITH KEPT UP TO DATE.
THEN BREATH OF LIFE INSTILLED AT BIRTH, WHEN
WE WERE BORN AGAIN, IS NOT SNUFFED OUT BY LATENT ILLS, SO 'CHRISTIAN' BUT IN
NAME.
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BUT WE PERMIT A SAVING CHRIST TO MAINTAIN AT
THE CORE, THE LIFE, THE JOY, THE HOLINESS,
BEFORE ENJOYED........PLUS MORE!
Brother Donald Wilson
Luke 13:6-9
Date: 1998
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