A book to be lived, he said

It is a book to be lived, he said,

not only studied, he said, but to be lived.

It says six things about God, he said,

at least six but remember these

            He’s a god of mercy

            He’s a god of eternity

            He’s a god of the trinity

Jesus is the firstfruit

Jesus is the firstborn

Jesus rules

And the book says three things,

at least three things, likely more than three

but at least these three

about sin

about being freed from sin

            you’re freed from the penalty

            you’re freed from the power

            you’re freed from the presence

the key word is freed, he said

And the book says two things, at least

two things, about what Jesus did, likely

more than two, he said,

but at least these two

            He made us a kingdom

            He made us priests

And the book says one thing, he said,

at least one thing, about the gospel, likely

more than one thing

but at least this one

            the gospel defines you:

            you’re loved

you’re free

It was a revelation.

Photograph by Lisa McCarty via Public Domain Pictures. Used with permission.