God and Man: The Story

 MAN

                                         

 Breakers of rules

Scoffing the wise

Ungrateful fools

Makers of lies

Angry

Deceptive

And

Willfully blind

Helplessly

Hopelessly

Lost

Mankind

     

GOD

                         

The Infinite Being

Who numbered our days

Glorious Father

Most worthy of praise 

He knows every thought

That’s entered your mind

He’s unendingly wise

And

 Immeasurably kind 

The Lord of the Earth

Of whom Angels sing

Everlasting Word

And

Heavenly King

He gave speed to the fleet deer

Brute strength to the ox

Flight to the eagle

And

Cunning to the fox 

Blessed Creator 

Unblemished Lamb

Most Powerful

All-knowing 

The Holy

I AM

The Story

  The gulf between God and man 
was immeasurably wide;

It had been deepened by hate 
and lengthened by pride.

   That dark abyss- which men themselves had dug- forever denied   

their privilege to walk with God
and be at His side.

They could never bridge the gap
 no matter how hard they tried.

So man, whose life 
is like but a breath

and who’s sea of transgression 
had him inevitably doomed 

was justly condemned 
to an eternal death

and be by hell fire 
forever consumed. 

But God, whose eternal goodness 
is unendingly wide,

and whose forgiveness is far stronger 
than all of man’s pride,

loved the world so greatly 
that He gave up His only Son

to live perfectly the life of man 
and then to be the One

to pay the thing which men could not: 
their own sin’s costly price.

He gave up His life upon a cross 
as the ultimate sacrifice 

   The temple curtain was torn in two, 
and the day became like night.

The sun was lost in darkness, 
and nowhere was there light.

The earth was shaken violently, 
and mighty boulders broke.

Nearby the graves were opened,
and the dead within awoke.

In the cool of a sealed and guarded tomb 
His lifeless body lay.

All hope seemed lost, His friends despaired, 
then dawned that third and glorious day 

when Christ arose-no longer dead-
with majesty unveiled...

Death is dead and sin is crushed--
He fought both and prevailed!

He then ascended into heaven 
and sat down at God’s right hand.

 So all who live for worldly pleasures
 have built their lives on shifting sand.

For their pursuits are for a moment,
 and with their riches they will fade.

But all who follow Christ will live, 
for, with His love, they are remade.