What a testimony is, the opposition to, ...
... the Gospel we know and love to preach!
When Christ alone is lifted up, ... and the will of man's cast down,
Vain religion mocks, ... and hates the truth we teach!

Even though they can't agree, with one another's view, ...
... they'll ban together firm against the word.
Fragmented in their own beliefs, ... as liberal as they are, ...
... they will not near permit that which they've heard!

It has always been amazing for me to view such hate, ...
... against salvation by the grace of God alone!
The world of false religion will go to any length, ...
... to pull down our Lord and Savior from His Throne!

The natural man will not allow for the sovereignty of God, ...
... but will instead demand his own will done!
They will not see themselves debased, ... as our Lord is lifted up, ...
... they won't bow down their own will to the Son!

It seems an abstract witness, but one that clearly speaks, ...
... to the spiritually dead condition of a man!
The one who's found his own way, ... and will not even hear, ...
... is Dead to Truth, and cannot understand!

They will not permit a gospel, that looks to Christ alone, ...
... but they love perversions of it, where they share!
They fight for their control somehow, ... demanding their "free will".
Though they differ, ... it is never EVER here!

The common ground they all have, is the control they think they own, ...
... in their choosing to let Jesus have His way!
They actually think His hands are tied, ... and that He has need of them, ...
... to grant Him the power, ... to wash their sins away!

They've actually placed themselves in charge, of His amazing grace, ...
... and when the truth in Christ is preached, they always mock!
It seems an abstract witness, ... but it's one you can depend, ...
... will chime as certain, ... as our Lord's eternal clock!

Amen

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