'Accepting God’s Love;
By Allan Thomasson

It’s far beyond my reason that
One could refuse God’s love.
But I, when lost, have done the same,
I did not think above

The cares of life, the times, the strife,
The pleasures I could find,
The entertainment of this life
I’d some day leave behind.

I scarcely thought of Jesus Chirst,
Of God, His plan for man,
That all who would believe in Jesus
Would be in God’s plan;

For God made man upon the earth,
His family to be.
He had no other purpose for
The universe, you see.

So God made Adam, then made Eve
From Adam’s flesh and bone,
And visited them in the garden.
They were not alone.

But Adam sinned, His innocence
From sin he then had lost.
But in Got’s plan for every man,
God had, at such great cost,

Provided man a remedy
For sin, which, on man came.
That plan of God’s redemption?
Just believe in Jesus’ name.

For Jesus died upon that cross.
He died for you and me.
To set us free from sin and shame,
He died upon that tree.

The crown of thorns was pushed so deep
Into His head. Also
Beat his bare back with lashes.
Then to the cruel cross He’d go.

And then they drove those five-inch nails
Into His hands and feet.
They mocked him, cursed him for OUR shame.
Salvation was complete.

Christ said ‘Tetelestoi’ (‘It’s finished’)
Christ completed all the work
Which God sent Jesus here to do,
For death and hell did lurk

To take our souls in eternity;
Forever there to be,
Until the judgment seat of God.
And in eternity

Would then declare last judgment:
That eternal lake of fire,
Where all the wicked then must be.
Is that your firm desire?

For Jesus came in the Father’s name,
To save our sinful souls
From sinners’ fearsome penalty,
As eternal ages roll.

It wasn’t meant for man, you know,
But for Satan and his clan.
If one does not believe in Christ,
It’s the ‘other place’ for man.

For every soul, which made man whole,
Is eternal, and we know,
That when the body is deceased,
The soul must somewhere go;

To God, or to the ‘pit’ called ‘hell’,
There is no other way.
The body then goes in the grave,
Till resurrection day.

The dead in Christ, the first to rise,
And be with Him fore’er.
And after Jesus’ rule on earth,
The rest shall rise: beware

That you are in the first-raised dead,
Who will meet Christ in the sky,
The second-risen from the grave
To Christ must say ‘goodbye’.

For to that great white throne of judgment
They must surely go,
To meet the deeds which they have done,
Then to the fire below.

I plead with you, for your own sake,
That judgment not to find.
Believe in Jesus now, my friend,
This world please leave behind.

Christ died for you, and for me, too,
That we might then be saved.
He left the throne of God, and came,
And died for us, depraved,

Who, in our sinful body would
Live life as we did choose.
And in the end of life, my friend,
Our sinful soul would lose.

God’s love is why He left the sky,
And suffered pain and grief.
Upon that cross we should have been,
But He brought our souls relief,

That we may forever be with Him
In that eternity;
For we were lost. And at such cost,
He died for you and me.

How could we not be grateful then,
And live just as we ought,
Since God, and Jesus, paid such price,
And our salvation brought?

To shun that love from God above,
And Jesus Christ, Who paid
The fearful cost, for we were lost;
Such sacrifice He made.

If you do not receive that gift,
Your flesh, controlling you,
With its affections and its lust,
Does just what it wants to.

And you are weak and powerless
To, of flesh, take control.
But in the Lord (and I have His word)
He’ll strengthen your own soul.

In this life we must turn to God,
And life is short, we know.
Or otherwise the devil’s won,
Your soul to hell will go.

If just one person could come back
From heaven or from hell,
They then would tell the same as me,
Which I do know so well.

‘Through faith we understand’, it says
In God’s word; and it’s true.
God opened up my mind to truth.
He’ll do the same for you.

Truth is, if you believe in Jesus,
Your soul will be saved.
When Jesus calls then for His bride,
You’ll rise up from the grave.

For ever then, you’ll be with Him,
As all who Him believe.
For us He came in the Father’s name,
God’s fam’ly to receive.