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“From Paul to the Proud”
(A poetic paraphrase of Romans 1:1-2:9a)

From Paul, a servant of Jesus Christ, An apostle—called by the Lord,
Chosen to preach the gospel, foretold By prophets in the Holy Word.
Jesus was born a descendant of David, But rose from the dead as God’s Son,
An act of great power to prove Him divine— From Him I received a commission . . .
To lead all the world to believe and obey, Including you living in Rome,
Whom God also loves and calls to be saved, And with Jesus to make your new home.

May God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ Grant you peace and grace.
I thank them for you, because the whole world Is hearing that faith you embrace.
The God whom I serve with all of my heart Is witness that when I pray
I always remember you, hoping that He Will let me come see you some day.
I long to be with you and share by the Spirit The faith that will help us be strong.
My brothers, how often I’ve planned to come, But something has always gone wrong.

How eager I am to evangelize you In fulfillment of my obligations
To preach the good news to all kinds of people In all of the Gentile nations.
For I’m not ashamed of the Gospel of Christ, Which has the power to save
All who believe, whether Gentile or Jew, Though once of Satan a slave.
It is written, the just shall live by faith, But the wages of sin is death,
Which is poured out on all who deny what is plain: That God has given them breath.

God punishes them because they are evil And blind to what clearly is true—
The fact of creation confronting them always No matter what they say and do.
They think themselves wise, while in truth they are fools And have no excuse at all.
Refusing to honor the power of God, They stumble in darkness and fall.
Exchanging the truth about God for a lie, They worship and serve only dust
That is made in the image of man and machine, Perverting true love into lust.

Burning with passion and shameful desires, Consumed by unnatural sex acts,
Men still choose to suffer and torture each other Rather than face the facts.
And yet God allows them to break all the rules: To murder, to hate, and to lie.
They invent new sins, while all the time knowing That demons deserve to die.

Do you, so proud, think you’re less to blame, While sitting in judgment on others?
Surely you see God’s mercy is meant For those who become Jesus’ brothers.
But you, hard-hearted, closed-minded and proud, Will one day God’s justice be meted.
When eternal life is awarded believers, Damned will be those He defeated!

Here is the poem From Paul to the Proud put to music:

https://groovykerygma.bandcamp.com/track/from-paul-to-the-proud
 
"From Paul to the Proud" ends by mentioning damnation,
and "Late Last Night (Revelation) envisions damnation or hell.
(Some Biblical allusions are in brackets.)

“Late Last Night (Revelation)”

Late last night a young girl dreamed
Her love would grow forever,
Then a wise man, who from ages long ago seemed
Took her to a state of never-never,
And he told her everything he’d learned,
Taught her how the silver cord to sever,
But they stumbled and fell into hell. [Matt. 23:33, Rev. 20:10]

Every song has now been sung,
The last wedding bell has long since rung,
And the prisoners have all been hung.
There is nothing more to create,
The universe is man’s estate,
The name of it is hate. [Pro. 8:13, Jam. 4:4]

There is no new game to try,
No new name to love or cry,
No reason to laugh or die.
No new dreams are born within,
And all that will ever be has been.
There’s no new way to sin. [Gal. 5:19, Rom. 1:28-32]

Each of us is god and so
There is nothing more to know,
No new place to go,
Not even in your mind,
For that was left behind. [Eph. 5:5, Rom. 1:22]

Late last night a madman died,
An obvious case of suicide
So they laughed at his graveside,
Saying, “What’s the use to be blue?
There’s nothing that we could do.
Thank God that he’s dead, too! [Matt. 27:39-43, 2Pet. 3:3-4]

For the last rites have been said,
The prophets are now all dead, [Matt. 23:34-35, Rom. 11:3]
And their gravestones have not changed to bread.” [Matt. 4:3]
But there was a young child, [Isa. 11:6]
And a sage with long gray beard, [Pro. 8:22-23, 16:31]
Who knew Satan’s priest should tell them—warn them [1John 2:18&22, 2John 7]
That his spirit had reappeared. [Matt. 28:6, John 20:29]

Each of them had seen the light [John 1:4-9]
Flashing far away in the night [2Thes. 5:2-7]
To return when the time is right [Heb. 9:28, Acts 1:7]
Some day beyond the end [1Cor. 15:22-23]
To start the world spinning again. [Rev. 21:1]

https://groovykerygma.bandcamp.com/track/late-last-night-revelation
 
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"From Paul to the Proud" ended by saying those God defeated would be damned,
and "Late Last Night (Revelation)" envisioned damnation/hell on earth,
but this song, "Wouldn't It Be Fine" wishes for heaven on earth.

Here are the lyrics:

“Wouldn’t It Be Fine?”

Wouldn’t it be fine if we made time
To sing a song for everyone,
But men are dif; its one big if.

Wouldn’t it be good if someone would
Make one world from every word.
A book so nice would be worth reading twice.

If I chose the perfect dance,
Would you walk with me for long
Or long for some new way to move?

Wouldn’t it be fine if passing near
The king of chaos were to hear
The sound from earth of one good time?

If the world went simply round
With purring sound, I think we could
See good from wrong and sing one song.

A trio rhymes in harmony
Like rivers flowing to the sea.
If love is such a happy tune
Everyone should soon sing along...

If I chose the perfect dance...
Wouldn't it be fine if passing near...
If the world went simply round...
Everyone should soon sing along...

But what’s wrong with you and me?

And here is the link to the music:

Wouldn't It Be Fine | Groovy Kerygma
 
"Wouldn't It Be Fine?" ends by asking what is wrong with us, and the answer is "sin".
"Until Set Free" is about our sin (cf. Robert Frost's poem about two roads diverging and Deut. 30:19).

“Until Set Free”

Sound of feet along the street,
Shadows everywhere,
And through the night a ray of light
Reveals a lady fair.
So fine is she, for all can see
The jewels in her hair.

Lovely dress and all the rest
Are priceless to be sure,
For what the cost when love she lost
And cannot buy a cure.
The heart when sold for want of gold
Can never more be pure.

For the warmth she needs, her hunger feeds
Upon the lips of men.
They praise her face and pretty lace,
And they even praise her sin.
They call her good and wish she would
Allow them to come in.

On a fateful day she walked away
From what she would not be.
Now the one who would have done her good
She never more will see.
For the choice she made a price she paid
Until she is set free.

Here is the link to the music:

https://groovykerygma.bandcamp.com/track/until-set-free
 
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