Once lost in lust and dark desire,
We were the children of God's ire,
Fulfilling flesh and worldly mind,
Our souls in chains, our hearts confined.
But in His mercy, rich and wide,
God loved us still, though we did chide,
His grace and love a shining light,
That brought us out of darkest night.
Yet some may argue, with great might,
That we're not justified in His sight,
Until we come to saving faith,
And leave behind our sinful wraith.
They point to Ephesians two, verse three,
"Children of wrath," they say with glee,
But they ignore the very next line,
That shows God's love for us divine.
For in His mercy, rich and true,
He loved us then, and loves us anew,
His grace abounds, His love outpours,
And lifts us up, forevermore.
So let us not be quick to judge,
Or argue from a narrow sludge,
But let us seek His love and light,
And shine it forth with all our might.
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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