Only saints really
want to go to heaven.
Sinners mainly just
want to miss hell.
– eab, 6/25/12
Posted in death, heaven, holy living, opposing wrong, philosophy, uncategorized, worship, tagged mainly want to miss hell, Only saints, sinners, want to go to heaven on December 27, 2012| Leave a Comment »
– eab, 6/25/12
Posted in poem, uncategorized, war, tagged has found “his end”, Many a saint, opposite as day and night, opposite at first sight, partners in the past, Religion and wars, sinners, till the Lord comes, to hell send on August 3, 2009| Leave a Comment »
– eab, 8/2/06
Posted in born today, Jesus Christ, today in history, uncategorized, tagged 1671, 1704 Duke Johann Georg, 1756, all my sin, all who fall, “Christ Receiveth Sinful Men”, became senior court preacher, born this date, Christ, cleansed me from all spot, died 8/18/1756, Duke’s only daughter, Erdmann Neumeister, Germany, Hamburg, He will give you rest, heart condemns me not, heavenly pathway, invited to tutor, Jesus will receive, lectured there, MA at the University of Leipzig, Pure I stand, Purged from every spot & stain, receiveth sinful men, Satisfied, sinners, today in history, Trust Christ, Uechteritz, Weissenfels, Word is plain, word of grace, Wrote ten hymns on May 12, 2009| Leave a Comment »
Sinners Jesus will receive;
Sound this word of grace to all
Who the heavenly pathway leave,
All who linger, all who fall.
Refrain
Sing it o’er and over again;
Christ receiveth sinful men;
Make the message clear and plain:
Christ receiveth sinful men.
2.
Come, and He will give you rest;
Trust Him, for His Word is plain;
He will take the sinfulest;
Christ receiveth sinful men.
3.
Now my heart condemns me not,
Pure before the law I stand;
He who cleansed me from all spot,
Satisfied its last demand.
4.
Christ receiveth sinful men,
Even me with all my sin;
Purged from every spot and stain,
Heaven with Him I enter in.
Erdmann Neumeister was born this date (5/12/1671) Uechteritz (near Weissenfels), Germany. Neumeister received his MA at the University of Leipzig in 1695, and later lectured there. In 1704 Duke Johann Georg invited him to Weissenfels to tutor the Duke’s only daughter. He became senior court preacher. Wrote at least ten hymns in addition to “Christ Receiveth Sinful Men.” He died 8/18/1756, Hamburg, Germany.
Posted in christmas poems, philosophy, tagged Arizona, Bible writers, bit nails in two, coddling the preachers, died once, docs, God's Son, Golgotha’s cold loss, He confounded, He's coming again, His step-dad, hypocrites, Jesus, legalist brew, manger, Phoenix, political saves none, political taste, real, rocks, sin, sinners, the Cross, the grave, Victor on December 12, 2008| 1 Comment »
If you could create your own Jesus,
To suit your political taste,
You might have Him born “like a king,”
And not in a manger, near waste.
You might have His step-dad a merchant,
Perhaps owning part of the bank,
So Jesus could have lots of funds,
And thus dress a little more swank.
You might change the scene at the temple,
(At twelve He confounded the docs.)
Pretend that He birds made on wing,
By merrily tossing up rocks.
You might have Him coddling the preachers,
Intent on their legalist brew,
(But He called them hypocrites – Wow,
No wonder they “bit nails in two.”)
Your special “new Jesus,” your dream one,
Might skip all Golgotha’s cold loss,
He’d be a warm “pattern,” and teach,
Avoiding the grave and the cross.
A Christ so political saves none.
All sinners would die in their sin.
Thank God for His Son, who is real,
Not something created by men.
The real Christ died once for all sinners,
Arose He then, Victor, not dead.
He’s coming again, now to rule.
It’s just like they* said that He said.
~ o ~
Amen ─ and Amen, once again! – eab, 12/12/‘03
Written while in Phoenix, Arizona
* The Bible writers
Posted in Jesus Christ, poem, uncategorized, tagged 1972, Akron, broken hearted, Christ, Christ saves, grave, He touches, Jesus, Messiah, Ohio, poem, raise the dead, restores sight, sinners on October 27, 2008| Leave a Comment »
Jesus Christ saves sinners;
Sinners only does He save.
He can heal the broken hearted,
Raise the dead up from the grave,
The great Messiah of the skies
Restores sight to blinded eyes.
But He only touches them,
That realize that they need Him. –eab, 3/’72
Written in/near Akron, Ohio
Posted in Limerick, uncategorized, tagged 2007, call on God, hot sod, IN, Indiana, Limerick, natural reaction, poem, rough sea, sinners, soul satisfaction, Westfield on October 24, 2008| Leave a Comment »
Sinners in trouble call on God,
Whether on rough sea or hot sod.
It seems a natural reaction;
Their soul’s only satisfaction,
Though last week prayer would’ve seemed odd. -eab, 11/7/07
Written in Westfield, Indiana