Poetry

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JESUS WENT ACROSS THE JORDAN
AGAIN THERE CROWDS CAME TO HIM.
JESUS THERE FOLLOWED HIS GAME PLAN
TEACHING ALWAYS WITH GREAT VIM.

SOME PHARISEES CAME TO TEST HIM
ASKING HIM ABOUT DIVORCE.
WHAT DID MOSES SAY HE ASKED THEM
THEY KNEW THEIR OWN LAW OF COURSE.

2.
MOSES GAVE PERMISSION TO MAN
TO SEND HIS OWN WIFE AWAY.
CERTIFICATE HE DID DEMAND
THIS WAS A SMALL PRICE TO PAY.

IT WAS BECAUSE YOUR HEARTS WERE HARD
THAT MOSES WROTE YOU THIS LAW.
BUT CREATION DID NOT START SCARRED
WITH ANY SUCH MARRIAGE FLAW.

3.
GOD MADE HUMANS MALE AND FEMALE
AND FOR THIS A MAN WILL LEAVE.
FATHER AND MOTHER TO SET SAIL
THAT TO HIS WIFE HE MAY CLEAVE.

THESE TWO THEN WILL BECOME ONE FLESH
NO LONGER TWO BUT JUST ONE.
THEREFORE THESE THAT GOD MADE TO MESH
SHOULD NOT BE BY MAN UNDONE.

4.
HIS DISCIPLES ASKED HIM LATER
WHAT DID YOU MEAN BY ALL THIS?
JESUS SAID THE SEPARATER
WHO HIS OWN WIFE WILL DISMISS.-

AND MARRIES ANOTHER WOMAN
DOES COMMIT ADULTERY.
AND IF SHE DIVORCES HER MAN
THAT TOO IS ADULTERY.


5.
PEOPLE BROUGHT THEIR LITTLE CHILDREN
TO RECEIVE FROM HIM A TOUCH.
BUT HIS DISCIPLES REBUKED THEM
THEY CARED NOT FOR CHILDREN MUCH.

JESUS WAS INDIGNANT AT THEM
LET THESE CHILDREN COME TO ME.
FOR GOD'S KINGDOM BELONGS TO THEM
DO NOT HINDER, LET THEM BE.

6.
THIS GREAT TRUTH I WILL NOW TELL YOU
GOD'S KINGDOM YOU MUST RECEIVE.
JUST LIKE A LITTLE CHILD WOULD DO
IF ACCESS YOU WILL ACHIEVE.

HE TOOK CHILDREN UP IN HIS ARMS
AND HE LAID HIS HANDS ON THEM.
HE SAW CHILDREN FILLED WITH SUCH CHARMS
HE TREATED EACH LIKE A GEM.

7.
AS JESUS STARTED ON HIS WAY
A MAN CAME, FELL ON HIS KNEES.
GOOD TEACHER I ASK YOU THIS DAY
ANSWER ME THIS QUESTION-PLEASE.

WHAT MUST I DO TO INHERIT
ETERNAL LIFE WITHOUT END?
BUT BEFORE JESUS WOULD SHARE IT
ASK WHY CALL ME GOOD? MY FRIEND.

8.
NO ONE IS GOOD BUT GOD ALONE
NOW YOU KNOW THE COMMANDMENTS.
ALL THAT GOD FORBIDS DON'T CONDONE
TO THESE MY WHOLE LIFE CONSENTS.

THEN JESUS LOOKED AND HE LOVED HIM
SAYING THIS ONE THING YOU LACK.
SELL EVERYTHING, ALL YOU OWN TRIM
GIVE TO THE POOR, DON'T TAKE BACK.



9.
THEN YOU'LL HAVE TREASURE IN HEAVEN
NOW THEN COME AND FOLLOW ME.
HE, SUCH A WEALTHY CITIZEN
WENT AWAY SAD AS CAN BE.

JESUS SAID HOW HARD FOR THE RICH
TO INTO GOD'S KINGDOM COME.
DISCIPLES AMAZED AT THIS HITCH
BEGAN WITH QUESTIONS TO HUM.

10.
JESUS SAID AGAIN MY CHILDREN
ENTERING THE KINGDOMS HARD.
HE REPEATED ALL THIS AGAIN
IT IS TRUTH THEY CAN'T DISCARD.

EASIER IT IS FOR CAMEL
TO GO THROUGH THE NEEDLES EYE.
THEN IT IS FOR RICH MEN TO DWELL
IN GOD'S KINGDOM BY AND BY.

11.
THE DISCIPLES WERE SO AMAZED
THEY ASKED THEN WHO CAN BE SAVED?
JESUS THEN GOD'S STRENGTH HE UPRAISED
AS OF HIS POWER HE RAVED.

WITH MEN THIS IS IMPOSSIBLE
BUT WITH GOD IT'S NOT THE CASE.
WITH GOD NOTHINGS IMPOSSIBLE
ALL CAN BE SAVED BY HIS GRACE

12.
PETER SAID TO HIM, WE'VE LEFT ALL
TO TAKE OFF AND FOLLOW YOU.
REMIND ME I JUST CAN'T RECALL
IS THERE SOME REWARD WE'RE DUE.

JESUS SAID I TELL YOU THE TRUTH
YOU WHO HAVE LEFT FAMILY.
SIBLINGS, PARENTS, EVEN YOUR YOUTH
WILL TRULY REWARDED BE.

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13.
YOU WILL RECEIVE ONE HUNDRED TIMES
AS MUCH IN THIS PRESENT AGE.
FAMILY, AND WITH THEM HARD TIMES
AND NEW LIFE IN FUTURE AGE.

BUT MANY FIRST WILL THEN BE LAST
AND THE LAST WILL THEN BE FIRST.
MYSTERIES LIKE THIS HE DID CAST
TO PROVOKE SOME MENTAL THIRST.

14.
JESUS TO JERUSALEM LED
EVERYONE WAS IN TURMOIL.
JESUS TOOK THE TWELVE AND THEN SAID
THE TRUTH WILL YOUR OWN PLANS SPOIL.

I AM GOING TO BE BETRAYED
TO THE LEADERS WE OBEY.
MY DEATH WILL NOT NOW BE DELAYED
NOTHING CAN KEEP THEM AT BAY.

15.
TO THE GENTILES THEY WILL HAND ME
THEY WILL MOCK AND SPIT ON ME.
THEY'LL FLOG AND FINALLY KILL ME
I'LL RISE IN THREE DAYS YOU'LL SEE.

JAMES AND JOHN SONS OF ZEBEDEE
CAME TO JESUS AND THEY ASK.
LET US SIT BY YOU IN GLORY
JESUS SAID THAT'S NOT MY TASK.

16.
JESUS SAID YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND
CAN YOU DRINK THE CUP I DRINK?
AND BY BAPTISM TAKE MY BRAND?
YES THEY SAID, THEY DID NOT THINK.

JESUS SAID MY CUP YOU WILL DRINK
MY BAPTISM YOU WILL SHARE.
BUT YOUR PLAN HAS IN IT THIS KINK
GOD ALONE CAN MEN PREPARE.



17.
THESE ARE NOT FAVORS I CAN GRANT
TO SIT AT MY LEFT OR RIGHT.
THE TEN HEARD AND WERE INDIGNANT
AND THEY ALL BEGAN TO FIGHT.

JESUS CALLED THEM ALL TOGETHER
DON'T BE LIKE MOST RULERS ARE.
THEY KEEP PEOPLE ON A TETHER
THEY ARE LORD AND THEY'RE THE STAR.

18.
JESUS SAID IF YOU WOULD GREAT BE
YOU MUST BE SERVANT OF ALL.
STRIVE FOR FIRST BY FOLLOWING ME
BE A SLAVE, THAT IS MY CALL.

THE SON OF MAN DID NOT COME HERE
TO BE SERVED BY ALL MANKIND.
BUT TO SERVE AND NOT FROM DEATH VEER
TO RANSOM AND ALL UNBIND.

19.
THEN THEY ALL CAME TO JERICHO
A BLIND MAN BARTIMAEUS.
SAT ON THE ROAD SIDE WHERE THEY GO
WHEN HE HEARD IT WAS JESUS.

HE SHOUTED THOU SON OF DAVID
PLEASE NOW HAVE MERCY ON ME.
REBUKERS SAID PUT ON A LID
CAN'T YOU SEE THIS MAN'S BUSY.

20.
BUT THEY COULD NOT KEEP HIM QUIET
HE JUST SHOUTED ALL THE MORE.
JESUS COULD HAVE JUST PASSED BY IT
BUT HE STOPPED TO HIM RESTORE.

JESUS SAID CALL THIS MAN TO ME
THEY SAID TO HIM NOW CHEER UP.
THIS IS A GREAT DAY YOU WILL SEE
YOU'LL DRINK FROM THE HEALER'S CUP.



21.
ON YOUR FEET HE'S CALLING TO YOU
SO HE THREW HIS CLOAK ASIDE..
WHAT IS IT I CAN DO FOR YOU?
JESUS ASKED, THE MAN REPLIED.

RABBI THIS I WANT, HELP ME SEE
GO, YOUR FAITH HAS MADE YOU WHOLE.
HIS SIGHT RESTORED SO HE CAN BE
FOLLOWING JESUS, HIS GOAL.

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