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Saturday 28 January 2023

JESUS ISN'T A FAKE!

Today, I'm writing for Five Minute Friday, and today's prompt word is FAKE. 


Jesus wasn't fake,

He wasn't nice,

He wasn't mild,

He was kind,

He was brave,

Jesus didn't make

people feel better

about themselves,

He told them the truth

With grace














Jesus didn't fake

His love,

His grace,

Jesus didn't make

the truth

sound better

to save face,

But He wrapped it

in love 

and said it

to their face











Jesus' love wasn't fake,

He didn't try to make

people love Him,

follow Him,

listen to Him,

Jesus didn't take

but He gave

and He displayed

the Father's love

and favour













Jesus didn't fake

His power,

His miracles,

His redemption,

Jesus made

the blind see,

the deaf hear,

the lame walk,

the broken whole,

He brought salvation 














Jesus didn't fake

His submission,

His obedience,

to the Father,

Jesus didn't take

His own plans

and make

them happen,

Jesus' love

for His Father

wasn't fake


Jesus wasn't fake

about His purpose,

His assignment,

He didn't make

claims that weren't true,

that weren't tried

and tested

in the furnace

of obedience,

He came to make

a way,

to be The Way














Jesus' ministry 

wasn't fake,

He called,

He taught,

He touched,

He gave,

He laid down

His life

that He might

save

those who would

come 














This same Jesus

isn't a fake!

He's the same today

as He was yesterday,

He will make

your life

a testimony

to His grace

if you will take

Him at His word,

and lay your fake

gods at His feet,

if you will embrace

all that He is 

and all that He has 

for you 


Jesus is not a fake! 

For the law was given through Moses, but grace and truth came through Jesus Christ.  No one has seen God at any time. The only begotten Son, who is in the bosom of the Father, He has declared Him.  John 1:17-18


Your love is the real thing

t's a real thingIt's the air I breatheYour love it's got a hold on me and it's holding meIt is everything 
it's the real thing
I can't outrun it, I can't explain it, I don't deserve itJesus, Your love for meIt's not complacent, it's always chasing, it won't abandonJesus, Your love for meNot disappointing, won't leave me wanting, its overwhelmingJesus, Your love for meI know I need it, I know its worth it, the cross, it proves itJesus, Your love for me



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3 comments:

  1. Andrew28 January 2023 at 22:40

    If you want to be like Jesus,
    you cannot sit on the fence,
    even when the crowds shout, "Please us!
    Show your Christian tolerance,
    and by this we really mean
    that you do approve our sin;
    it is not Grace we want to glean,
    and so please do not begin
    to say hate sin, but love the sinner,
    for that's not what we want to hear.
    No, we all want to be the winner,
    and meantime let's make one thing clear,
    that if you try to say what's True
    we are gonna cancel you."

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  2. Great-Granny Grandma30 January 2023 at 09:14

    Wow, Kath, this is really beautiful. It's also excellent food for thought.
    I'm adding it to my bookmarks.

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  3. dawn4 February 2023 at 08:33

    Kath, I really love your poem. I could hear it in my head as a rap. Really very good! And so true! Thank you for sharing it. Dawn #12

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