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<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://www.citatepedia.com/comments.php?id=369811" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>Bible in Poetry: Gospel of St. Peter 1 (Chapter 2)</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0"><a href="http://www.citatepedia.com/comments.php?id=369811" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none">So, rid yourselves of malice, guile, <br>Hypocrisy, slander, envy; <br>Like newborns crave for spiritual milk, <br>That’s pure and grow in salvation, <br>Now that, you’ve tasted, Lord is good! </a></div><div style="margin:10px 0"><a href="http://www.citatepedia.com/comments.php?id=369811" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none">The Living Stone and a Chosen People: </a></div><div style="margin:10px 0"><a href="http://www.citatepedia.com/comments.php?id=369811" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none">As you embrace the living Stone that’s Him-<br>Men-rejected, God-chosen and precious, <br>You too are being made a house, <br>Of holy priesthood, spiritual, <br>To offer sacrifices liked by God, <br>The Father, through His Son, Jesus, <br>For, Scripture says, </a></div><div style="margin:10px 0"><a href="http://www.citatepedia.com/comments.php?id=369811" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none">To those who do believe: <br>‘Behold, I lay a stone in Zion, then, <br>A chosen and most-precious cornerstone, <br>And whoev’r trusts in Him, <br>Will ne’er be put to shame! ’</a></div><div style="margin:10px 0"><a href="http://www.citatepedia.com/comments.php?id=369811" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none">To those who don’t believe: <br>‘The stone rejected by the builders then, <br>Has turned to be just a capstone, <br>A stone that makes men to stumble, <br>A rock that makes some men to fall; <br>They stumble for disobedience <br>Of word, for which they were destined! ’</a></div><div style="margin:10px 0"><a href="http://www.citatepedia.com/comments.php?id=369811" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none">‘For royal priesthood, you’re chosen, <br>A holy nation loved by God, <br>To praise Him who had called you out<br>Of darkness, to His lit abode.<br>Once not people but now people of God, <br>Once not shown mercy but now you have been! ’</a></div><div style="margin:10px 0"><a href="http://www.citatepedia.com/comments.php?id=369811" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none">‘I urge you therefore, my dear friends, <br>As strangers, aliens in this world, <br>To stay away from sin’s desires, <br>That war against your soul on earth; <br>Among the pagans, live good lives, <br>So that, although, they accuse you, <br>But seeing your good deeds of life, <br>They glorify God when He comes! ’</a></div><div style="margin:10px 0"><a href="http://www.citatepedia.com/comments.php?id=369811" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none">Submission to Rulers and Masters: </a></div><div style="margin:10px 0"><a href="http://www.citatepedia.com/comments.php?id=369811" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none">‘Submit yourselves to higher-ups<br>Among men for the sake of God, <br>To supreme ones like kings and queens, <br>Or governors who’re sent by them, <br>To punish wrong-doers on earth, <br>And commend those who do aright.’</a></div><div style="margin:10px 0"><a href="http://www.citatepedia.com/comments.php?id=369811" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none">‘’Tis will of God by doing good, <br>You silence talk of foolish men, <br>You live afree but don’t misuse, <br>Your freedom to hide your evil, <br>Live like a servant true of God.<br>Show proper respect to brethren, <br>Love brotherhood of believers; <br>Honor the king but fear the Lord! ’</a></div><div style="margin:10px 0"><a href="http://www.citatepedia.com/comments.php?id=369811" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none">‘As slaves, submit to masters all, <br>Both good and bad; give due respect, <br>For, if a man should bear his pain<br>Of unjust suffering for God, <br>It’s most commendable to Him.’</a></div><div style="margin:10px 0"><a href="http://www.citatepedia.com/comments.php?id=369811" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none">‘If you suffer for doing wrong, <br>Endure the beating for ’tis fair; <br>But if you suffer for your good deeds, <br>Endure it for the love of God; <br>To this end you were called because<br>Christ suffered for your sake and wished, <br>You follow Him in his foot-steps! ’</a></div><div style="margin:10px 0"><a href="http://www.citatepedia.com/comments.php?id=369811" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none">Yet, Christ sinned not of any kind<br>And no deceit came from His mouth, <br>And when they hurled insults at Him, <br>He ne’er retaliated at all, <br>Nor threatened them, who caused Him pain, <br>And suffered without reason then.</a></div><div style="margin:10px 0"><a href="http://www.citatepedia.com/comments.php?id=369811" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none">He entrusted to Him, the Judge, <br>Instead, who judges most fairly, <br>He bore our sins on His body, <br>While nailed upon the wooden tree, <br>So that we might die for our sins, <br>And live for righteousness always, <br>For by His wounds, you were all healed, <br>And you were like sheep gone astray, <br>But now returned to Good Shepherd-<br>One overseer of all your souls! ’</a></div><div style="margin:10px 0"><a href="http://www.citatepedia.com/comments.php?id=369811" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><br>(6-20-2007)</a></div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><a href="http://poems.citatepedia.com/">poem</a> by <strong><a rel="author" href="http://authors.citatepedia.com/by.php?a=John+Celes">John Celes</a></strong></div>