A man I know was driving in his brand new motor car.
It was a lovely morning and he hadn’t driven far, When he drove through a stop street. He said he didn’t see, The sign instructing him to stop; and that is as may be. He drove onto the highway and he increased his speed, Until his powerful machine went very fast indeed. And then he saw the cyclist, by then it was too late. The cyclist was killed upon that sad and gloomy date. The driver was arrested; manslaughter was the charge; And if he was convicted, the penalty was large. I don’t suppose that anyone would wish to disagree. That he be sent to prison to pay the penalty. The case was most conclusive; the law would take its course; The penalty dependant on the law that was in force. A twenty year imprisonment was what the judge decreed; And everybody stated that this was right indeed. I think that we would all agree the penalty was right. But what would be the outcome in God the Father’s sight? He stated in the Bible that if you broke the law, The penalty to pay was to be lost forevermore. He said that all law breaking was regarded as a sin. So if you were a sinner the problem you were in Was more than just a period confined with a jail, The penalty of death could be expected without fail. And then God adds the rider that takes our breath away. That driving through the stop street as the driver did that day, He sees as just as serious. The law was disobeyed. The verdict was identical, the price that would be paid. Perhaps we do not like it. Perhaps we rant and rave, But God Almighty makes the rules of how we must behave. It isn’t democratic but it doesn’t have to be; Not while we are living in the Lord’s theocracy. Of course you are at liberty to quietly opt out. But suicide is sinful and so without a doubt,
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