Many are wandering through this life apparently so careless and free, <br />Unaware they have been blinded by Satan and spiritually can not see. <br />With eyes of flesh they see things on earth that tug at their heart, <br />But when life on earth is over, where will they go when they depart? <br />With life on earth only temporal, where will they spend all eternity? <br />Even down here, only with life in Jesus Christ is anyone truly free. <br /> <br />Free to move about but as fallen creatures we are in bondage to sin, <br />Not chained on the outside but captive to iniquity deep from within. <br />For the very heart of our sinful problem is that very thing you see, <br />For the heart is desperately wicked, tainted with sin and iniquity. <br />My friend this sin in our heart creates an evil darkness from within, <br />It separates us from God who is Light, as there's no darkness in Him. <br /> <br />A penalty for sin must be paid and the wages for sin friend is death, <br />And the man of lawlessness shall be destroyed with just one breath. <br />This bondage sin imposes is not limited to the time spent on earth, <br />But eternal separation into darkness awaits all apart from new birth. <br />This new birth is granted to all who accept God's gift of Salvation, <br />Christ cleanses you of all sin and in Him you become a new creation. <br />You can freely reject God's gift and be in darkness for all eternity, <br />Or accept His redemptive work on the cross and become truly free. <br /> <br />(Copyright ©03/2004)<br /><br />Bob Gotti<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/are-you-truly-free/
