Consider Your Stand in Christ

Below is a translation of  poem that is said to be carved in the door of a church in Germany.  I don’t know if it really is there or not, but that fact doesn’t change the impact of the poetry.  Consider your stand in Christ.  At the risk of appearing to engage in one verse theology I offer the following scripture.

Keep examining yourselves to see whether you are continuing in the faith. Test yourselves! You know, don’t you, that Jesus the Messiah lives in you? Could it be that you are failing the test? (2 Corinthians 13:5)

“You call me eternal, then do not seek me.”
“You call me fair, then do not love me.”
“You call me just, then do not fear me.”
“You call me life then do not choose me.”
“You call me light, then do not see me.”
“You call me Lord, then do not respect me.”
“You call me Master, then do not obey me.”
“You call me merciful, then do not thank me.”
“You call me mighty, then do not honor me.”
“You call me noble, then do not serve me.’’
“You call me rich, then do not ask me.”
“You call me Savior, then do not praise me.”
“You call me shepherd, then do not follow me.”
“You call me Way, then do not walk with me.”
“You call me wise, then do not heed me.”
“You call me Son of God, then do not worship me.”
“When I sentence you, then do not blame me.”

— author unknown; but I’m still searching


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