Ode to Our Union in Christ
(Inspired by Romans 7:4) - I have died through the law only because of the blood of Jesus Christ. His Spirit, alone, brings me a new life and a New Love. "Likewise, my brothers, you also have died to the law through the body of Christ..."
Ode to the Chosen Friends
John 15:15, "No longer do I call you servants, for the servant does not know what his master is doing, but I have called you friends, for all I have heard from my Father, I have made known to You."
Ode to Justification by Faith
Romans 5:1, "Therefore, since we have been justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ." It is an old definition of "justification " as "just as if I'd never sinned," The gift of God's justification will never grow old!
The New Life Awakened
"We know that our old self was crucified with him in order that the body of sin might be brought to nothing, so that we would no- longer be enslaved to sin." (Romans 6:6) What a promise! What a Lord!
The Vine and the Chosen Vineyard
John 15, "No longer do I call you servants,1for the servant does not know what his master is doing; but I have called you friends, for all that I have heard from my Father I have made known to you. "
The Diverse Body of Christ
1 Corinthians 12:27 "Now you are the body of Christ and individually members of it." I like the 60's song from “Up with People." "What color is God's skin? It is red, yellow, brown, it is white. Every man is the same in the good Lord's sight"
Eternal Love
John 3:16-a beacon in the night's abyss,/Guides weary travelers to the light of His bliss/ Where the love of the Father, vast and wide/Embraces the lost/And holds us always by His side.