Poetry

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I TELL YOU THE TRUTH JESUS SAID
SOME WHO ARE STANDING RIGHT HERE.
WILL NEVER BE AMONG THE DEAD
BEFORE GOD'S KINGDOM APPEAR.

THEY WILL SEE IT COME IN POWER
BEFORE THEY OF DEATH WILL TASTE.
IT MIGHT COME AT ANY HOUR
SO DO NOT PRECIOUS TIME WASTE.

2.
DISCIPLES, PETER, JAMES AND JOHN
WERE THEN LED AFTER SIX DAYS.
UP TO A VERY HIGH MOUNTAIN
WHERE THE LORD WOULD THEM AMAZE.

HE WAS TRANSFIGURED BEFORE THEM
HIS CLOTHES BECAME DAZZLING WHITE.
WHITER THAN ANY COULD BLEACH THEM
NO ONE EVER SAW SUCH SIGHT.

3.
ELIJAH AND MOSES APPEARED
WITH JESUS THEY WERE TALKING.
PETER WITH THIS VISION SO FEARED
NONSENSE HE BEGAN SQUAWKING.

RABBI IT IS GOOD TO BE HERE
LET'S ERECT THREE SHELTERS NOW.
HIS MIND WAS FILLED WITH SUCH GREAT FEAR
IT WAS A MEANINGLESS VOW.

4.
THEY WERE ENVELOPED BY A CLOUD
FROM THAT CLOUD THERE CAME A VOICE.
LISTEN TO HIM IT SAID QUITE LOUD
THIS MY SON I LOVE BY CHOICE.

SUDDENLY WHEN THEY LOOKED AROUND
JESUS ALONE WAS IN SIGHT.
AS THAT MOUNTAIN THEY DID COME DOWN
JESUS SAID KEEP YOUR LIPS TIGHT.


5.
DON'T TELL ANYONE WHAT YOU'VE SEEN
TILL I'M RISEN FROM THE DEAD.
THEY DISCUSSED WHAT DOES JESUS MEAN
ABOUT RISING AS HE SAID?

THEY ASKED WHY TEACHERS OF THE LAW
SAY ELIJAH MUST COME FIRST.
THIS PICTURE HE DID FOR THEM DRAW
IN PROPHECY HE'S WELL VERSED.

6.
ELIJAH WILL RESTORE ALL THINGS
BUT THE SON OF MAN WILL BE.
REJECTED, ENDURE SUFFERINGS
MUCH THAT JUST OUGHT NOT TO BE.

BUT I SAY ELIJAH HAS COME
ALL THEY WISHED FOR HIM THEY DID.
THEY DID TO HIM ALL NOT JUST SOME
JUST AS WRITTEN AND NOT HID.

7.
WHEN THEY CAME DOWN TO THE OTHERS
THEY SAW A LARGE CROWD AROUND.
TEACHERS ARGUED WITH THEIR BROTHERS
SEEKING TO THEIR MINDS CONFOUND.

AS SOON AS PEOPLE SAW JESUS
WITH WONDER THEIR HEARTS WERE FILL'D.
THEY RAN TO HIM MAKING A FUSS
ANXIOUS TO HEAR WHAT HE WILL'D.

8.
HE ASKED ABOUT THEIR ARGUMENT
A MAN IN THE CROWD THEN SAID.
I BROUGHT MY SON WHO IN TORMENT
WAS BY AN EVIL ONE LED.

THIS EVIL ONE ROBBED HIM OF SPEECH
SEIZED AND THREW HIM TO THE GROUND.
I CAME HERE YOUR MEN TO BESEECH
LOOSE MY SON WHO IS SO BOUND..



9.
HE FOAMS AT THE MOUTH, IS RIGID
GNASHES TEETH IN AGONY.
HE'S A PATHETIC INVALID
BUT THEY COULD NOT SET HIM FREE.

UNBELIEVING GENERATION
WAS THE RESPONSE JESUS GAVE.
HE WAS FILLED WITH CONSTERNATION
HOW CAN MEN THIS WAY BEHAVE?

10.
HOW LONG SHALL I STAY HERE WITH YOU?
BRING THAT LITTLE BOY TO ME.
HOW LONG SHALL I TOLERATE YOU
NOW LET'S SEE WHAT OUGHT TO BE..

WHEN THE EVIL SPIRIT SAW HIM
IT THREW THE BOY INTO FITS.
HE FELL AND FOAMED, IT WAS SO GRIM
JESUS ASKED WHEN WAS HE SMIT?

11.
THE FATHER SAID FROM HIS CHILDHOOD
IT HAS TRIED MY BOY TO KILL.
THROWING HIM ANYWHERE IT COULD
PITY HIM, NEW HEALTH INSTILL.

EVERYTHING IS POSSIBLE NOW
FOR HIM WHO WILL JUST BELIEVE.
THE BOYS FATHER THEN SAID, OH WOW!
I DO, BUT MY DOUBT RELIEVE.

12.
CROWDS CAME RUNNING TO SEE THIS SCENE
JESUS CAST THE SPIRIT OUT..
NEVER AGAIN IN HIM BE SEEN
HE COMMANDED WITH A SHOUT.

THE SPIRIT SCREAMED AND HE CAME OUT
LEAVING THE BOY AS IF DEAD.
BUT JESUS KNEW HE WON THIS BOUT
STOOD HIM ON HIS FEET INSTEAD.



13.
LATER IN PRIVATE THEY ASKED HIM
WHY COULD WE NOT DRIVE IT OUT?
THIS KIND GOES OUT NOT BY MERE WHIM
PRAYER IS WHAT IT'S ALL ABOUT.

THEY LEFT THERE, WENT THROUGH GALILEE
JESUS WAS TRYING TO HIDE..
TEACHING HIS MEN WHAT WAS TO BE
HE WOULD NOT ALWAYS ABIDE.

14.
THE SON OF MAN WOULD BE BETRAYED
INTO HANDS OF UNJUST MEN.
HIS DEATH WOULD NOT BE LONG DELAYED
BUT TO THEM HE'LL RISE AGAIN.

THEY JUST DID NOT UNDERSTAND IT
AND THEY WERE AFRAID TO ASK.
THEY WOULD RATHER THIS THEME OMIT
AND STICK TO THEIR NOBLE TASK.

15.
WHEN THEY CAME TO CAPERNAUM
IN THE HOUSE HE THEN ASKED THEM.
ON THE ROAD WHAT WAS ALL THAT HUM
FROM WHAT DOES YOU DEBATE STEM.

THEY WANTED TO JUST KEEP QUIET
FOR WHAT THEY ARGUED ABOUT.
WAS TO JESUS QUITE A RIOT
WHEN THE TRUTH OF IT CAME OUT.

16.
THEY ARGUED WHO WAS THE GREATEST
JESUS CALLED THEM TO SIT DOWN.
TEACHING THEM THE VERY LATEST
HOW TO IN GOD'S WILL BE FOUND.

TO BE FIRST YOU MUST BE THE LAST
THE VERY SERVANT OF ALL.
TOP DOGS ARE A THING OF THE PAST
FOR THOSE WHO WILL HEED MY CALL.



17.
HE TOOK TO HIM A LITTLE CHILD
TOOK HIM UP INTO HIS ARMS.
WHOEVER TO SUCH WILL BE MILD
WILL NOT SUFFER THAT WHICH HARMS.

WELCOMING CHILDREN IN MY NAME
IS ALSO WELCOMING ME.
HE WHO SENT ME SO THAT I CAME
WILL BY THIS TOO WELCOMED BE.

18.
TEACHER SAID JOHN, WE SAW A MAN
CASTING DEMONS OUT ONE DAY.
WE SAID STOP, AND PUT ON A BAN
THOUGH HE DID YOUR NAME DISPLAY.

BUT HE SAID, HE'S NOT ONE OF US
WE THOUGHT IT THE THING TO DO.
DO NOT STOP HIM THEN SAID JESUS
GIVE HONOR WHERE HONOR'S DUE.

19.
DOING MIRACLES IN MY NAME
HE'LL NOT SAY ANYTHING BAD.
HINDERING HIM WOULD BE A SHAME
MORE LIKE HIM I WISH I HAD.

WHO'S NOT AGAINST US IS FOR US
I TELL EACH OF YOU THIS TRUTH..
HE WHO SHARES HIS WATER WITH US
IS BLEST SO DON'T BE UNCOUTH.

20.
IF ANYONE CAUSES TO SIN
THESE LITTLE ONES WHO BELIEVE.
BETTER WOULD BE HIS DISCIPLINE
IF BOUND, INTO SEA BE HEAVED.

IF YOUR HAND CAUSES YOU TO SIN
BETTER IT BE THEN CUT OFF.
BETTER ONE HANDED LIFE BEGIN
THAN WITH BOTH IN HELL'S DARK TROUGH.



21.
IF YOUR FOOT CAUSES YOU TO SIN
CUT IT OFF AND ENTER LIFE.
CRIPPLES CAN A NEW LIFE BEGIN
BUT NOT THOSE LOST IN HELL'S STRIFE.

IF YOUR EYE CAUSES YOU TO SIN
PLUCK IT OUT AND BE HALF BLIND.
WITH ONE EYE YOU CAN BE WITHIN
GOD'S KINGDOM, NOT IN HELL'S BIND.

22.
IN HELL THE WORM WILL NEVER DIE
FIRE WILL NEVER BE QUENCHED.
JESUS ADDED THEN WITH A SIGH
IN FIRE WE'LL ALL BE DRENCHED.

SALT IF GOOD BUT IF IT LOSES
SALTINESS CAN'T BE BROUGHT BACK.
SALTINESS FOR US HE CHOOSES
AND PEACE HE'D NOT HAVE US LACK.

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