We, The Fallen

We, the fallen, have drawn attention to ourselves in order to make these, our best thought-out excuses: What's wrong with me is someone else's fault. I deserve this because I never had that. I am better than them. What I want is more important than what they need.

We, the fallen, walk with our mouths open and our ears closed. 

We, the fallen, are proud beyond all human comprehension. Even in our most secret and unknown subconscious, pride is what defines every word that come out of our mouths. Every movement we make. Every thought we think. 

We, the fallen, claim that we cannot know truth because we are afraid that when we find out truth, it will not conform to the way we want to live.

We, the fallen, are selfish. We preach conservation, and peace, and justice, but when push comes to shove, no one is more important than #1: ME 

We, the fallen, are entitled. Because we've done this, we ought to be given that. 

We, the fallen, are inconsistent. We say we want to change the world, when the truth is we want only to be comfortable.

We, the fallen, are thieves. We take what belongs to someone else and pretend that everything's alright. 

We, the fallen, are cheaters. We are dishonest with with our families, with our work, with ourselves; and we know it. 

We, the fallen, think we know what we need, but in the end this world leaves us empty and void of all joy. 

We, the fallen, are cursed. Cursed from the very beginning, to fail, to murder, to steal, to lie, to cheat, to hate, to disobey, to die. 

We, the fallen

We, the crippled

We, the damned

We, the dead

But God

God, the timeless, draws all attention to His perfect self to reveal to us His most perfect truth: "I AM that I AM." Exodus 3:14

God, the merciful, takes the dust out of our eyes and the clay out of our ears to tell us something: "God created the heavens and the earth." Genesis 1:1b

God, the just, sent His humble son, Jesus Christ, to this earth to be a servant to the proudest sinners who would reject Him: "Here is my servant, whom I uphold, my chosen one in whom I delight; I will put my spirit on him, and he will bring justice to the nations." Isaiah 42:1

Jesus, the infallible, is the source of all truth, knowledge, and understanding. He is the creator of truth and all of creation must conform to it: I am the way, the truth, and the life..." John 14:6a

Jesus, the creator, is selfless: "...Who, being in very nature God did not consider equality with God something to be used to his own advantage, rather he made himself nothing." Philippians 2:6-7a

God, the holy, is entitled to all glory, honor, and submission from His creation: "Great is the Lord and most worthy of praise; he is to be feared above all gods." 1 Chronicles 16:25

God, the unchangeable, is stable in everything he does. He has been, is, and will always be the same: "I the Lord do not change. So you, O descendants of Jacob, are not destroyed." Malachi 3: 6

Jesus, the caring, is gracious. He has offered salvation--which none deserve--to those who will call on  His name: "Very rarely will anyone die for a righteous person, though for a good person someone might possibly dare to die. But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us." Romans 5:7-8

God, the judge, is truthful with His creation: "Therefore, just as sin entered the world through one man, and death through sin, and in this way death came to all people, because all sinned." Romans 5:12 

God, the wise, knows exactly what we need to be filled. He knows that the only thing is this world that can bring true joy is a relationship with his Son, Jesus Christ: "But now I come to You, and these things I speak in the world, that they may have My joy fulfilled in themselves." John 17:13

Jesus, the forgiving, opens the eyes of the ones he chooses to His unimaginable grace. He has offered sinners a way out of hell and spiritual death. None deserve this gift, but God--because of His great love for His creation--has offered it, nonetheless: "You are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people belonging to God, that you may proclaim the praises of Him who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light." 1 Peter 2:9

God, the Creator

Jesus, the Sustainer

God, the Just

Jesus, the Savior