It told about
a scoundrel with a spirit most unclean.
He was the sort
of person we far too often find,
Coming to our
churches with wickedness in mind.
They tell us they
are born again and can preach up a storm.
But living as
a Christian has never been their norm.
Now Elmer had one
passion; to satisfy his lust.
He’d look and
see a pretty girl; then see if he could
bust,
Whatever she was
doing to keep the wolves at bay.
And he would
use seduction until he got his way.
A regular con
artist with seeming boundless charm,
Used to “get
his woman” and then to do her harm.
Now Elmer knew
the Scriptures from when he was a child.
He found them
very helpful for getting folk beguiled.
A man with great
potential who knew the way to preach.
Some called
him an evangelist, impressed by flowery speech.
One day while he
was travelling he met a lovely “broad”,
A dedicated
Christian who truly loved the Lord
He wanted to
seduce her, but she was far too chaste.
She wouldn’t
let him get to her and put her life to waste.
The movie was
about the way he went about his task;
Of getting
into bed with her. He even had to ask,
If they could
both be married; to that she soon agreed.
And that is
just what happened to pander to his need.
The movie was
disturbing for it made very plain,
That many folk
are in it to seek financial gain.
Some have some
other purposes; some other form of greed
So they
pretend to be someone the Christian church would need.
It seems that
things were much the same back in our Master’s day.
For He could
spot a hypocrite “a hundred miles away”.
There’s no doubt
there’s still lots of them; some whom we do not know.
They’ve mastered
the ability to not let evil show.
And so they fool
a lot of us. We think that they are pure.
But if we
could look into them, we’d understand for sure,
That they’re a
bunch of charlatans dressed up in a disguise,
To make us
think they’re Christians in God the Father’s eyes.
We cannot see
their motives, their purposes and goals;
But God has
the ability to weigh up all of our souls.
Perhaps they can
deceive us. But everything’s laid bare,
When Jesus
looks into them, and He is everywhere.
So let us all be
careful of this never changing fact.
The Lord can spot
a Thespian whose whole life is an act.
Jim Strickland –
written Friday, 16 September 2011
