Poetry by Sean Morris (Elder)
"The Light of Jesus"
Salvific light is a sin remover and a righteous intruder.
This light is righteously bright, and therefore an expeller of sin; it is not relatively defined by men.
It is no candle in a devil's den, to give the warmness of light to help men sin.
Costly hugs and kisses are the harlot's love and wishes (Prov. 7:6-27).
Feasts of peace on the eve of judgment are no banquet of the Lord (1 Sam. 28:22-25).
They extinguish the fervency and every possibility of fasting; they replace the need of mourning with meat.
This is the devil's method of madness; he is a master builder making prisons of gladness.
If there is no repentance, there is no life; therefore, preach repentance that they may have life!
The comforts of this life are the witch's love and harlot's ways to steal repentance from sinners all throughout their days.
Can you say to God, "my soul followeth hard after thee: thy right hand upholdeth me" (Psalm 63:8). If so, and your words are true, it will be as the Lord said of such a man, "I am the light of the world: he that followeth me shall not walk in darkness , but shall have the light of life " (John 8:12). Moses and Jesus Christ grinded the golden calf in their day, and now we must follow them. As Christ was a light - so are you regenerate Christian! Therefore hear your commission:
John 3:19-21: "And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil. For every one that doeth evil hateth the light, neither cometh to the light, lest his deeds should be reproved. But he that doeth truth cometh to the light, that his deeds may be made manifest, that they are wrought in God."
Ephesians 5:7-17: "Be not ye therefore partakers with them. For ye were sometimes darkness, but now are ye light in the Lord: walk as children of light: (For the fruit of the Spirit is in all goodness and righteousness and truth;) Proving what is acceptable unto the Lord. And have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather reprove them. For it is a shame even to speak of those things which are done of them in secret. But all things that are reproved are made manifest by the light: for whatsoever doth make manifest is light. Wherefore he saith, Awake thou that sleepest, and arise from the dead, and Christ shall give thee light. See then that ye walk circumspectly, not as fools, but as wise, Redeeming the time, because the days are evil. Wherefore be ye not unwise, but understanding what the will of the Lord is.
Salvific light is a sin remover and a righteous intruder.
This light is righteously bright, and therefore an expeller of sin; it is not relatively defined by men.
It is no candle in a devil's den, to give the warmness of light to help men sin.
Costly hugs and kisses are the harlot's love and wishes (Prov. 7:6-27).
Feasts of peace on the eve of judgment are no banquet of the Lord (1 Sam. 28:22-25).
They extinguish the fervency and every possibility of fasting; they replace the need of mourning with meat.
This is the devil's method of madness; he is a master builder making prisons of gladness.
If there is no repentance, there is no life; therefore, preach repentance that they may have life!
The comforts of this life are the witch's love and harlot's ways to steal repentance from sinners all throughout their days.
Can you say to God, "my soul followeth hard after thee: thy right hand upholdeth me" (Psalm 63:8). If so, and your words are true, it will be as the Lord said of such a man, "I am the light of the world: he that followeth me shall not walk in darkness , but shall have the light of life " (John 8:12). Moses and Jesus Christ grinded the golden calf in their day, and now we must follow them. As Christ was a light - so are you regenerate Christian! Therefore hear your commission:
John 3:19-21: "And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil. For every one that doeth evil hateth the light, neither cometh to the light, lest his deeds should be reproved. But he that doeth truth cometh to the light, that his deeds may be made manifest, that they are wrought in God."
Ephesians 5:7-17: "Be not ye therefore partakers with them. For ye were sometimes darkness, but now are ye light in the Lord: walk as children of light: (For the fruit of the Spirit is in all goodness and righteousness and truth;) Proving what is acceptable unto the Lord. And have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather reprove them. For it is a shame even to speak of those things which are done of them in secret. But all things that are reproved are made manifest by the light: for whatsoever doth make manifest is light. Wherefore he saith, Awake thou that sleepest, and arise from the dead, and Christ shall give thee light. See then that ye walk circumspectly, not as fools, but as wise, Redeeming the time, because the days are evil. Wherefore be ye not unwise, but understanding what the will of the Lord is.
