Professor or possessor, which one are you?
One who studies and defends, or one who sees and comprehends.
One who professes words, or one who feels the Lord's embrace.
One who's in it for the show, or one who's found true grace.
Religious camps have many professors,
Who maintain their status with doctrines and confessors.
But true salvation is not found in words alone,
It's a possession of the heart, a seed that's fully grown.
The possessor, they come to truth through trial and pain,
Feeling their own sin and longing for heavenly gain.
They sense their nakedness and long for robes to cover,
Burdened by guilt they flee to Calvary, there's no other.
So do not be fooled by an outward appearance,
True possession is an inward reality and experience.
It's not about reciting the latest talking points,
But Christ's sovereign grace that transforms and anoints.
So professor or possessor, which one will you be?
One who studies and defends, or one who's set free.
A mere appearance, or an inward reality,
The choice is God’s, in Christ's love and mercy.
About Brandan Kraft
Brandan Kraft is a computer programmer from the Missouri Ozarks who has been writing about the sovereign grace of God since 1997. He started with a website called bornagain.net, built it into PristineGrace.org, and has published over two hundred articles, nearly sixty songs, and a growing catalog of podcasts from his living room in Ashland, Kentucky. All without permission from anyone.
He holds no seminary degree, no denominational endorsement, and no theological credentials. He has been writing software for the same employer since 1998. He thinks in systems and believes that the sharpest doctrine should produce the widest arms.
His systematic theology, A Thought in the Mind of God, derives every position from one sentence and applies it across every domain - from ontology to eschatology, from the nature of the human mind to the nature of heaven and hell. It is available at pristinegrace.org/mind.
Brandan lives in Ashland, Kentucky with his wife Angie and their son Cole. He plays trombone in the Marshall University Tri-State Brass Band and changes a diaper twice a day on a cat named OJ who was once paralyzed and whom nobody else wanted.
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