‘No
other God have I but Thee; Born in a manger, died on a tree.’
- Martin Luther.
Christ for sickness, Christ for health,
Christ for poverty, Christ for wealth,
Christ for joy, Christ for sorrow,
Christ today and Christ tomorrow;
Christ for Life, and Christ my Light,
Christ when all around gives way
Christ my everlasting Stay;
Christ my Rest, and Christ my Food
Christ above my highest good,
Christ my Well-beloved Friend
Christ my pleasure without end;
Christ my Saviour, Christ my Lord
Christ my Portion, Christ my God,
Christ my Shepherd, I His sheep
Christ Himself my soul to keep;
Christ my Leader, Christ my Peace
Christ has won my soul’s release,
Christ my Righteousness divine
Christ for me, for He is mine;
Christ my Wisdom, Christ my Meat,
Christ restores my wandering feet,
Christ my Advocate and Priest
Christ who ne’er forgets the least;
Christ my Teacher, Christ my Guide,
Christ the Ever-lasting Bread,
Christ His precious Blood has shed;
Christ has brought me near to God,
Christ the everlasting Word
Christ my Master, Christ my Head,
Christ who for my sins has bled;
Christ my Glory, Christ my Crown,
Christ my Comforter on high,
Christ my Hope draws ever nigh.
- Anon.
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The above article
was printed in ‘The Leader’ on March 2nd. 2004. As I read it I thought how true it is and
what a wonderful Saviour in Jesus we have; but, as is often the case today,
apart from "Christ tomorrow" there
was no other hint of Second Advent truth.
With the Lord’s
help and with a desire to balance the record of truth found in His inspired
word, I think I can add twelve more Scriptural verses [with references] to
those mentioned above: -
Christ the Righteous Judge will give,
According as His servants live;*
Christ His kingdom will
possess, **
Christ is the "King of Righteousness".
[* Rev. 22: 12. ** Rev. 11: 15.]
Christ the Master the servants should obey, *
Christ the disciples’ only
Stay;
Christ the rightful King and
Heir’
Christ His Kingdom He will share! **
[* Matt.
7: 21. ** Rev. 2; 26]
Christ the Divider of all
the spoils,
Christ the Rewarder of His peoples toils; *
Christ Whose words we should all give heed,
Christ will "consider" our every deed. **
[* 1 Cor. 15: 58. ** Luke 20: 35.]
Christ "the Lamb of God"
who died.
Christ the Lord Whom they crucified;
Christ "the Lion" who again will return,*
Christ the Teacher from Whom
we must learn.
[* Rev. 5: 5.]
Christ the Rewarder of all "the
meek",
*
Christ the Judge we all will
meet;
Christ "the Resurrection and the Life",
Christ the Hater of evil and
strife.
[ * Matt. 5: 5.]
Christ the Holder of the all
death’s keys, *
Christ the all-knowing God
who sees;
Christ the Restorer of a
backslider’s faith, **
Christ the Giver of all
God’s grace.
[*Rev. 1: 18. ** John 21: 15-19.]
Christ the Strengthener of all the weak,
Christ Whose precepts we all should keep; *
Christ the One we always
should seek,
Christ on Whose
"shoulders" this world will keep. **
[* Luke 17: 10. ** Isa. 9: 6.]
Christ the
Christ the Wisdom of God’s
Holy Book;
Christ the Ruler in "the
world to come", *
Christ the Giver of "the
prize" to some. **
[*Heb. 2: 5. **
Phil. 3: 14.]
Christ the Reprover of disciples in flight,*
Christ the Restorer to the blind
their sight;
Christ the One if we seek we
will find,
Christ the Illuminator of a
disciple’s mind. **
[*Luke 24: 25,
26. ** Luke 24: 45, 46.]
Christ the Priest-King who
will return to reign, *
Christ the Reliever of every
pain;
Christ the Subject for every
gospel story,
Christ the Hope of "eager
expectation" and glory. **
[ * Heb. 7: 15-17. ** Rom. 8: 19-21; Isa. 42: 3,4.]
Christ the Door wide open to
all
Christ is Inviter of saints
with His call; *
Christ the Distributor of
God’s reward,
Christ the Hater of all sin
and discord.
[* Rev. 3: 8. Note. Christ’s words here are directed at
the regenerate.]
Christ the Wiper away of
disciples’ tears
Christ the Ruler here for "a
thousand years"; *
Christ the Wisdom of God for
the preacher
Christ the peoples divine
sent Teacher. **
[* Rev. 20:
4-6. ** Rev. 22: 12.]
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“What ever you do,
work at it with all
your heart,
as working for the Lord, not for men,
since you know that you will receive
an inheritance
from the Lord as a reward.
Anyone who does wrong
will be repaid for his
wrong,
and there is no
favouritism,”
(Col. 23-25, N.I.V.).
"WHY DO YOU SAY NOTHING ABOUT BRINGING THE KING BACK?"
(2 Sam. 19: 10).