A Single Drop Of Ink
25 April, 2003
Author: Mark Spencer
Heaven is like a glass of water
The purest you can drink.
But the glass can be corrupted,
By a single drop of ink.
That’s exactly what would happen
If sin walked through the gate.
Yet those who don’t believe in God,
Continue to debate.
They claim to be loving people,
Doing good when they can.
Donating their time and money,
To help their fellow man.
God recognizes the effort,
When we try to do what’s right.
He also sees each of our sins,
And how they dim our light.
He can’t wipe away the sins,
Of those who don’t believe.
So the light grows ever dimmer,
And He can only grieve.
For His many sons and daughters,
Who never knew his grace.
For those he tried to rescue,
Who refused to see his face.
They expect if they’re mistaken,
Their good deeds testify.
To the Godly life they led,
Though they thought God a lie.
And though I doubt they’ll understand,
He wants me to explain.
How sin that can’t be wiped away,
Corrupts you like a stain.
So if a spirit is unclean,
Could it enter, do you think?
If Heaven could be corrupted,
By a single drop of ink?
------- Author's Notes -------
You can be one of the nicest people around, but if your pride prevents you from accepting God, then it also prevents you from accepting His rewards. Through the blood of the Lamb he provided a way to wash away the stain of sin from our souls. Pride or ego that causes one to ignore the chances given us will ultimately be the thing that prevents even the best of us from entering into the kingdom of |
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Comments on this poem/writing:
| Martin Vann (63.208.46.38) -- Monday, April 28 2003, 07:56 pm Mark, The sins, never go away, like ghost they haunt me, and I know you understand me, as I understand your message. Stains can be forever, it is up to us, to remove them and to do it, we must believe and wash ourselves clean in HIS blood. Thank You Mark! |
| Justus Isaiah Richardson (152.163.188.66) -- Tuesday, April 29 2003, 08:51 am I don't think many people want to do what they have to do to become clean. I think they like their little sins. I also think the good deeds are just in case there is a God. I'm a nice person they say. And I don't think a loving God would cast me out of Heaven just because I don't believe in him. Perhaps you can manipulate people who don't want to argue the point with that, but not God. If you don't believe in God, you don't believe in Heaven! You will never enter a place you didn't, in life, believed in! And that "universal intelligence" whom you created in your own likeness, isn't gonna get you in either. A bunch of new age garbage if you ask me! This is my favorite one so far Rev. Justus |
| Roy (205.188.208.108) -- Tuesday, April 29 2003, 11:48 am Keep up the writing, however to this day I keep in mind that as a minister of speading the Word I have found with understanding to minister as to a child who wants to learn. I have tried this approach of harshness runs the child away and frightens them. I have found that they need milk rather than a meal to choke on, I think this is a little rash and for some even offensive. For me I can chew it without choking and encourage you to keep writing. For anyone that may reads this comment I would not group you in a pen like a pack of wolves, I did that one time to feed a meal and they liked to have torn my arm off!(tis true) |
| Mark Spencer (152.163.188.66) -- Tuesday, April 29 2003, 10:27 pm If I tip toe around this subject and try not to say things that will frighten or offend, I will be lying. If I candy coat this and tell people if they deny God, He will still allow them into a heaven they don't even believe in, as long as they're good, it would be a lie. The prophets of old were hated, because they too did not pull their punches. I would rather make a few people angry with the truth, than fill them with a false sense of security, so that, when they do discover the truth, it will most likely be too late. That would be my fault. I refuse to be responsible for leading someone into a pit. If I turn out to be wrong in the end, we've lost nothing. If it turns out that I'm right, how many souls would be stuck in limbo if I didn't tell them the truth? And in the end, no one's going to turn to me and say this is your fault for lying to me. People who think they are better than someone else, who force their wills on others often leave people with a bad taste in their mouths about God. That is not what I'm trying to convey. I am not better than anyone else. In fact, as a minister, I am your servant. I am not forcing anyone to believe anything they don't want to believe. I am simply giving them the information they will need to make an informed decision. Ultimately, that decision is their God given right, but it is my duty as their servant to make sure they know what they are deciding on. Mark |
| Justus Isaiah Richardson (205.188.208.108) -- Friday, May 2 2003, 12:52 pm If you didn't say something, it wouldn't be fair. I'll admit, I've had conversations about this subject and didn't know how to address the question of a good person who doesn't believe in Heaven, still getting to go there even if they're wrong. It's a difficult subject for debate, because those who oppose your position really believe that a loving God would not reject them simply because they don't believe in him. The truth is they REJECT Him! To them He doesn't exist! To them the Heaven of the Bible also doesn't exist. They REJECT it as well. But then, there's the story of the prodigal son. He was allowed to return after his new life came to an end. He did repent though. Then there's the story of the wedding banquet, where the king sent his soldiers out to gather up all the people and bring them to the banquet. Sometime during the celebration, the king singles out one of the guests, asking him why he's not wearing banquet clothes. When the man couldn't answer he was bound and cast out into the darkness. The guests were all gathered off of the streets. None of them were wearing banquet clothes. I think the lack of "clothes" this king was referring to was sin. It was still on him. While the other guests were wearing the clothes of salvation, this guy hung on to his sins and was cast out for it. He was probably a good guy too. Go figure. So if you want my opinion Rev., good ain't good enough. You reject God and all he made and I don't believe you'll be allowed to share in His creations. No matter how good you think you are. Thanks for this one Rev. Justus |
| Roy (152.163.188.66) -- Friday, May 2 2003, 01:31 pm Defenders of "THE WORD OF GOD" I was a harsh southern baptist advocate. But pure in Heart change my way and is moving growing everyday. I was the one like the criminal hanging on the cross so honored to speak to him as I wasn't do until the following week so what a privilege! "A Single Drop of Ink" is a fine meal for me. I can freely go out and freely return in the likeness of that prodical son with all his jealious brothers that never left Him or the work in His field. I am thank for my father for that. |
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