Salvation, An Internship! (Poem)

See the Salvation series here

Warning:

This post may shock some readers! 

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Salvation is an INTERNSHIP,

Not a job with just one pay slip.

If, into complacent grooves, you’ve slipped,

The Lord might end your internship!

 

To Him, that’s called being lukewarm,

A status about which He’s warned! ¹

As interns, what, from us, He needs,

Is a life producing good deeds.

 

With them, He will ‘adorn His bride’,

Where He will forever abide.

But a BIG problem will arise,

If you presume YOU’ll be …HIS BRIDE!!! ²

I hope, from your groove, you’ll GET OUT!

AND LEARN WHAT SALVATION’s ABOUT!

Internships are our ‘proving ground’,

For folks He loves to hang around.

 

Salvation’s not some policy,

Ensuring ‘His fires’ you won’t see. ³

It’s an internship of GREAT price,

Paid for by The Lord’s sacrifice.

 

It should last the rest of your life,

IF to it, your attitude’s ‘Right’.

The Lord’s Bible book, this Truth cites!

But devils seek to blind our sight.

 

Between its lines, The Bible pleads:

‘Here’s what, from you, The Lord God needs:

Righteous …motives, thoughts, words ….and deeds.

Don’t just read it. WAKE-UP and HEED!’

 

Just in case my point, some might not discern:

Aim to LEAVE Earth, as you hope to RETURN.

How to ‘leave/return to’ this life earthly??

In an un-seen, then seen BLAZE OF GLORY!!! ⁴

 

So, let your internship express …to Him,

And to onlookers, your deep love …for Him.

Your first departure from this life segment:

Promotion to eternal employment!

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¹ See: Revelation 3:14-22, and also Laodicean Lackadaisicalness (Series). Don’t be fooled by the notion, ‘Once saved, ALWAYS saved, unconditionally!’ While we are not saved BY what we do thereafter, we ARE saved FOR what we do thereafter—the fruits of our salvation. Ergo, salvation is actually intended to be ‘a fruit-bearing internship’. Sadly, devils have infiltrated Christian thought on this uniquely critical concept. Deluded Christians are the fruit of devils’ deeds!

² See: Revelation 21:9-27, and also: The Bride of Christ (Series).

³ Hell—NOT created for satan and every devil (former, rebellious holy angels), but as the temporary holding place for every deceased human who will have reached ‘the age of accountability’, and rejected Jesus Christ as Lord and God. 

  Lake of fire—created as the eternal destination for the above groups, plus Death and (get this…) hell, itself!

⁴ The Lord’s plan was for every human who was born and reached His age of accountability during the first 4 ages of our history, to have 3 earthly lives:

  a. Life as a mortal being on this current Earth,

  b. Life as an immortal being with Him during the planned 5th age of history, and

  c. Life as an immortal being during the 7th age of history, on His new, eternal Earth.

 

VOILA...

 3 ‘earthly’ lives!