A REASON TO CONTEND
I WONDER HOW IT CAME TO BE
IN HEARTS OF MEN ABROAD;
TO THINK THAT FOLLOWING JESUS
IS AN EASY ROAD TO TROD.
PEACE WITHIN AND PEACE WITHOUT
ARE VERY DIFFERENT INDEED;
FOR WHILE WITH GOD I AM AT REST,
IN BATTLE WITH SATAN I BLEED.
IF SOMEONE SPEAKS OF FIGHTING SIN
AND CALLING ERROR BY NAME,
OR BATTLING WITH SATAN'S CROWD,
THEY SAY HE IS TO BLAME.
JESUS SAID A SWORD HE BROUGHT,
DIVIDING FAM'LY AND FRIEND.
WE SEE THE WORLD HATED HIM
WITH HATRED DARK AND GRIM.
THIS SOFT ANEMIC RELIGION
THAT CHRISTIANS KNOW TODAY
IS FAR FROM LIFE IN BIBLE TIMES,
THE GOOD OLD FASHIONED WAY.
WHY MUST WE BATTLE ON JUST SO
FOR RIGHT, TRUTH AND LOVE;
CONTENDING FOR THE BLESSED FAITH
ONCE GIVEN FROM ABOVE?
WHY WITHDRAW FROM LIBERALS?
WHY STAND AGAINST THEIR SIN?
WHY CONDEMN THE WORLDLY WAY?
WHY STRIVE SO HARD TO WIN?
I'LL TELL YOU WHY, MY BROTHER,
SO LISTEN WELL, I SAY;
IF SOMEONE HAD NOT FOUGHT BEFORE,
WE'D NOT HAVE TRUTH TODAY
WE'D NOT HAVE THIS BLESSED BOOK
HAD MEN NOT DIED FOR HIM;
TO PASS THE BATON OF TRUTH TO US
AS IT WAS PASSED TO THEM.
THE GENERATION TOMORROW BRINGS
WON'T HAVE GOD'S SAVING TRUTH
WILL ONLY HAVE PERVERTED FAITH
TO DAMN AND SNARE OUR YOUTH.
IF WE DON'T RISE WITH HOLY WRATH
AGAINST SIN'S FLOWING TIDE
OF PSEUDO TRUTH -- THE DEVIL'S LIE
AND FIGHT SIN SIDE BY SIDE;
THEN WHO'LL PASS ON TO THE YOUTH
THE DOCTRINE TO BELIEVE
AND HOW TO LIVE WITH PURITY,
GOD'S BLESSINGS TO RECEIVE?
APOSTLES HAD TO DIE, MY FRIEND,
WITH A MILLION OTHERS BESIDE
TO KEEP OL' ZION'S SHIP AFLOAT
'TSNOT FAIR THAT YOU JUST RIDE.
TOMORROW'S WORLD WILL ONLY KNOW
A PERVERTED, LIBERAL VIEW:
THE DEVIL'S WICKED COUNTERFEIT
FOR WHAT WE KNOW IS TRUE.
UNLESS SOME JEREMIAH'S,
SOME DANIELS, PETERS, AND PAULS;
JOHNS, JAMES, JUDES, AND JOBS
WILL HEAR GOD'S URGENT CALL.
WHO WILL GO FOR US, HE SAYS,
WHO WILL GRASP A SWORD;
AND SLAY THE BAALS OF TODAY,
AS ELIJAH WITH CARMEL'S HORDE?
TOMORROW'S GENERATION
THAT'S FOR WHOM WE FIGHT
THAT THEY MAY KNOW THE LIGHT OF GOD,
NOT LIVE IN ERROR'S NIGHT.
DILUTED FAITH WILL NEVER DO.
HALF TRUTH IS NOT ENOUGH.
HOLLYWOOD PREACHING ONLY HURTS -
AWAY WITH ALL THAT STUFF.
WHAT WE NEED TODAY IS CLEAR:
THE TRUTH OF GOD ALONE;
PREACHING W/ POW'R AND UNCTION
TO MELT THE HEART OF STONE.
HELL-FIRE PREACH'N, YES SIREE
THE BIBLE -- GOOD O'L KJV
LOVE FOR SOUL'S ETERNITY
THAT'S WHAT ALL OUR CHURCHES NEED.
FOR OTHERS IT IS CLEAR I PLEAD
WON'T YOU HELP TO PLANT SOME SEED
FOR THOSE TO COME W/ KNOWLEDGE DIM
THAT, JUST LIKE ME, THEY MIGHT KNOW HIM.
MARK BULLEN