We Still Can't #Redeem You #Brother
by Seah Greenhorn
(Poem with copyright)
Our eyes
cried for you!
Our minds, hearts, hands
joined
tried for you!
Our souls
passionately
died for you!
Yet,
We still can't
redeem you,
brother.
*
No man or woman imperfect
No king or queen humane
No pure/impure
simple
pauper
Can not
You
even redeem.
No words in earthly wisdom
spoken
No wealth of only one person
or of nations all
No present or ancient cure
can even redeem
our brother--
though
we lift him
when he crawls.
Our varied words
our noble actions--
unerring?
Never
enough will prove to be.
Our individual lives
decaying daily
can only
save
temporarily.
Our money
devalued in diversity
can not equal
the life
of any
human seed.
*
Stephen
Paul
John the Baptizer
Polycarp
even Socrates
Joan of Arc
Mohandas Gandhi
Martin Luther
King Jr.
Nelson Mandela--
at one point
thought
martyred too!
Truth seekers.
Great striders.
History
they shook.
Kept open our eyes
to dilemma's--
External;
Revolutionized
the world's
ideas in general,
and in the end
their
lives
they forsook.
Either
shot
stoned
poisoned
pinned
then burned at stake;
ashes
tossed
to diverse
rivers.
By whatever means--
enemies
closed their eyes,
in their
death,
after, all rights were amended;
Unfortunately,
their efforts
doomed.
*
In our basic
anxious
struggles,
Sometimes the past
we're
bound
too
forget,
as treachery increases
as morality decreases
more abundantly
we're forced
to accept
a
simple
humbling
fact
THAT
We still can't
redeem
you,
Brother.
cried for you!
Our minds, hearts, hands
joined
tried for you!
Our souls
passionately
died for you!
Yet,
We still can't
redeem you,
brother.
*
No man or woman imperfect
No king or queen humane
No pure/impure
simple
pauper
Can not
You
even redeem.
No words in earthly wisdom
spoken
No wealth of only one person
or of nations all
No present or ancient cure
can even redeem
our brother--
though
we lift him
when he crawls.
Our varied words
our noble actions--
unerring?
Never
enough will prove to be.
Our individual lives
decaying daily
can only
save
temporarily.
Our money
devalued in diversity
can not equal
the life
of any
human seed.
*
Stephen
Paul
John the Baptizer
Polycarp
even Socrates
Joan of Arc
Mohandas Gandhi
Martin Luther
King Jr.
Nelson Mandela--
at one point
thought
martyred too!
Truth seekers.
Great striders.
History
they shook.
Kept open our eyes
to dilemma's--
External;
Revolutionized
the world's
ideas in general,
and in the end
their
lives
they forsook.
Either
shot
stoned
poisoned
pinned
then burned at stake;
ashes
tossed
to diverse
rivers.
By whatever means--
enemies
closed their eyes,
in their
death,
after, all rights were amended;
Unfortunately,
their efforts
doomed.
*
In our basic
anxious
struggles,
Sometimes the past
we're
bound
too
forget,
as treachery increases
as morality decreases
more abundantly
we're forced
to accept
a
simple
humbling
fact
THAT
We still can't
redeem
you,
Brother.
Based on: Romans 5:12; 6:23; Psalm 51:5; 49:6-9.
The gift God gives is everlasting life by Christ Jesus our Lord.—Rom. 6:23.
As Adam’s descendants, we inherited sin and death. (Rom. 5:12) No imperfect human can give God a ransom for his life or that of others. (Ps. 49:6-9) By his death, however, Jesus paid the only acceptable ransom price—his perfect body and shed blood. By presenting to God the value of the ransom, Jesus made it possible for us to be delivered from sin and death and to receive the gift of eternal life. (1 Cor. 15:21, 22) The ransom provision proves that God loves the world of mankind. (John 3:16) Jesus’ sacrifice is evidence that he too loves us. Why, during his prehuman existence as God’s “master worker,” Jesus “was especially fond of the sons of men”! (Prov. 8:30, 31) Gratitude to God and his Son should move us to be present at the commemoration of Jesus’ death, thus obeying the command: “Keep doing this in remembrance of me.”—1 Cor. 11:24. w15 1/15 2:4, 5
The gift God gives is everlasting life by Christ Jesus our Lord.—Rom. 6:23.
As Adam’s descendants, we inherited sin and death. (Rom. 5:12) No imperfect human can give God a ransom for his life or that of others. (Ps. 49:6-9) By his death, however, Jesus paid the only acceptable ransom price—his perfect body and shed blood. By presenting to God the value of the ransom, Jesus made it possible for us to be delivered from sin and death and to receive the gift of eternal life. (1 Cor. 15:21, 22) The ransom provision proves that God loves the world of mankind. (John 3:16) Jesus’ sacrifice is evidence that he too loves us. Why, during his prehuman existence as God’s “master worker,” Jesus “was especially fond of the sons of men”! (Prov. 8:30, 31) Gratitude to God and his Son should move us to be present at the commemoration of Jesus’ death, thus obeying the command: “Keep doing this in remembrance of me.”—1 Cor. 11:24. w15 1/15 2:4, 5
http://www.jw.org/en/publications/magazines/wp20150301/jesus-saves/
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