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This poem is from the ''My Testimony -- To Soar With Jesus Collection''. Written by Daryl Stout. (C) Copyright 1989, 2024 by Daryl Stout. All Rights Reserved. Any abuse or unauthorized usage of this poetry will be dealt With at The Judgment Before Jesus Christ. The ''Soar With Jesus'' Eagle Design was created and designed by Dale Larison, and it is used by permission.
Written By Daryl Stout
2) If The Blood Of Christ, Ignored; or The Rugged Cross;
Everyone on the sea of life, would be forever, tossed.
No peace or contentment there, rocked from side to side.
We would be trapped in our sin, and our selfish pride.
3) If The Blood Of Christ, Ignored; or The Rugged Cross;
If wanting a wicked life, full of evil glossed;
After death, you're terrified, at the Judgment Throne.
And cast into eternal fire, as one's He's never known.
4) If The Blood Of Christ, Ignored; or The Rugged Cross;
None of us could pay the debt, of our life's sin cost.
God's Standard is Perfection, there; and none on Earth can pay.
Except for Christ, The King Of Kings, The Truth, The Life, The Way.
5) If The Blood Of Christ, Ignored; or The Rugged Cross;
We might as well be saying that, Satan's our life boss.
Without the shedding of blood there, no payment for sin.
And, there would be no such thing, of being ''born again''.
6) If The Blood Of Christ, Ignored; or The Rugged Cross;
Our hearts toward God are numb and cold, like a winter frost.
Cold, stone-hearted, loving darkness, evil, more than light.
When we stand before The Lord, we'll wish we had done right.
7) If The Blood Of Christ, Ignored; or The Rugged Cross;
No forgiveness for our deeds, motives, words, or thoughts.
At the moment of our death, it's Hell and Lake Of Fire.
All because we would not do, what God did require.
8) If The Blood Of Christ, Ignored; or The Rugged Cross;
Sin like food between the teeth, that aren't cleaned or flossed.
It creates a cavity, that nothing there, can fill.
It's worse than trying to swallow, a huge capsule pill.
9) If The Blood Of Christ, Ignored; or The Rugged Cross;
Sin's burden, around our necks, just like an albatross.
Destruction of all our lives, in each and every way.
We're terrified before The Lord, there on Judgment Day.
10) If The Blood Of Christ, Ignored; or The Rugged Cross;
The chasm, it is too wide, for us, there to cross.
Christ's Death and Resurrection, bridged the gap for all.
He'll receive all who repent, and on His Name, call.
11) If The Blood Of Christ, Ignored; or The Rugged Cross;
Christ's Death a tragic blunder there, and His Life, a loss.
And, if Christ, like all mankind, is still in the grave.
There'd be no chance for anyone, therein to be saved.
12) If The Blood Of Christ, Ignored; or The Rugged Cross;
Not wanting to hear they're sinners, or that they are lost.
''A slaughterhouse religion there, Christianity''.
A lie from the pit of Hell, full of blasphemy.
13) If The Blood Of Christ, Ignored; or The Rugged Cross;
When Adam and Eve both sinned, paradise was lost.
But, before foundation of the Earth, Redemption's Plan, in place.
Christ would live, die, rise again; with God's Amazing Grace.
14) If The Blood Of Christ, Ignored; or The Rugged Cross;
We're just wasting time on Earth, as we're forever lost.
Without faith or holiness, no one will see The Lord.
For His Word is sharper than any two edged sword.
15) If The Blood Of Christ, Ignored; or The Rugged Cross;
It's like gold impurities, on the top, it's dross.
Only Precious Blood of Christ, can wash your sin away.
At death, it is Christ, or you; your sin debt to pay.
16) If The Blood Of Christ, Ignored; or The Rugged Cross;
All the riches in the world, cannot pay sins cost.
If in your life, you've done one sin; in thought, word, or deed.
Before Christ, on Judgment Day; no one for you, will plead.
17) If The Blood Of Christ, Ignored; or The Rugged Cross;
It would be like other ''faiths'', in a sea of moss.
Entangled in the seaweed there, we'd forever, drown.
We could never reach Heaven, as we're headed down.
18) If The Blood Of Christ, Ignored; or The Rugged Cross;
No way that Christ could be Lord; or there, be The Boss.
You can't ignore the blood of Christ, for all mankind, shed.
He guaranteed our victory, in rising from the dead.
19) If The Blood Of Christ, Ignored; or The Rugged Cross;
Hell is what you get at death, and Heaven is your loss.
For the Scriptures do declare, of righteous souls, there's none.
Hell is not a party place, sin filled, for everyone.
20) If The Blood Of Christ, Ignored; or The Rugged Cross;
You're rejecting God's Love Gift; choosing to be lost.
God's Gift of Salvation there, everyone must choose.
No matter what your background is, Gentiles or Jews.
21) If The Blood Of Christ, Ignored; or The Rugged Cross;
If you did sin only once, you couldn't pay its cost.
Though your sins as scarlet now, they can be white as snow.
Repentance, faith, means Heaven there, where at death, you'll go.
22) If The Blood Of Christ, Ignored; or The Rugged Cross;
In eternal Lake Of Fire, you'll have regretful thoughts.
You don't have to go to Hell, believe The Gospel Truth.
Salvation is available, for adults and youth.
23) If The Blood Of Christ, Ignored; or The Rugged Cross;
At your death, the threshold of, eternity is crossed.
You will see the flames of Hell, and realize too late.
You could have believed on Christ, and missed this horrid fate.
24) If The Blood Of Christ, Ignored; or The Rugged Cross;
And, you ignored the narrow way, that you came across.
You'll regret the choice you made, for all eternity.
One day, all bow before Christ, there on bended knee.
25) If The Blood Of Christ, Ignored; or The Rugged Cross;
You are damned forever, but you don't have to be lost.
Repent of sin, believe on Christ, who lived, died, rose again.
And at moment of your death, Heaven entered in.