Do you think you would recognize,
Or see the signs somehow,
If a Godless generation
Were on the earth right now?

If you looked for the evidence,
Where do you think you’d start,
When every single one of us
Has sin within our hearts?

Perhaps you’d see it in their eyes,
A blank or empty stare,
Some kind of sign, to indicate
God’s Spirit wasn’t there.

But would you still expose the truth
If when you found a clue,
The proof that you were searching for
Also applied to you?

Truth is a pure and simple thing,
Exposing what we hide.
Our selfish lust for worldly things,
Our vanity and pride.

It reveals every crooked step,
And strips us of our masks.
Very few know how to answer
The question that it asks.

It wonders who we really are,
Though if we should reply,
Our answers point to what we are,
A fact some may deny.

Yet that is what we have become,
A “what” before a “who.”
The world is where our interests lie,
The thing our hearts pursue.

Our homes, our cars, and property,
Lift us above our peers.
The things we do for selfish gain,
Have brought the Lord to tears.

He weeps for those who cannot see
The choices they have made.
In choosing what the world can give,
The spirit is betrayed.

We have the right to choose between
The body or the soul.
Yet earthly pleasures seem to be
Our fundamental goal.

And if the world is what we love,
We do not love the Lord.
Though some wear masks of piety,
The truth can’t be ignored.

For very few have found the faith
To leave the world behind.
They won’t be tempted by its charms,
To God they are resigned.

But most will follow earthly lusts,
Mammon, sex, and power.
And any soul such things seduce,
This world will devour.

So do you think you’d recognize,
Or see the signs somehow.
If a Godless generation
Were on the earth right now?

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