Christ Alone

For I determined not to know any  thing among you,

   save Jesus Christ, and him crucified. 1Cor. 2:2

 

Christ alone provides an answer

      To the ills that plague our race.

Nothing frees and nothing cures us,

      But the cleansing work of grace. 

We may educate the masses;

      Tell them where the dangers lurk,

But to stem the tide of evil

      All our teaching doesn’t work.

We may think we’re doing something

      When we advertise our cause,

But the end of all our labor

      Wins us only man’s applause.

Yes, the world itself applauds us,

      When we stand against the worst

Of the sins its prince has fathered

      And society has nursed.

If we want to make a difference

      That will last eternally,

We must follow Christ our Savior

      To His death on Calvary.

We won’t win the world’s approval.

      We will seem to them as fools,

For we must refuse their methods,

      Living by the Bible’s rules.

We weren’t given a commission

      To attempt to clean the mess

That lies cluttered on the surface

      Of a core of wickedness.

For the Lord Himself is coming

      And will judge the world with fire —

But to turn men first and save them 

      Is His burning heart’s desire.

Nita Brainard

August 2012