Every Hope

Jesus answered, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.   John 14:6

Therefore God exalted him to the highest place and gave him the name that is above every name, that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, in heaven and on earth and under the earth, and every tongue acknowledge that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.   Philippians 2:9-11

Then Peter, filled with the Holy Spirit, said to them: “Rulers and elders of the people! If we are being called to account today for an act of kindness shown to a man who was lame and are being asked how he was healed, then know this, you and all the people of Israel: It is by the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, whom you crucified but whom God raised from the dead, that this man stands before you healed. Jesus is:

‘the stone you builders rejected,

which has become the cornerstone.’

Salvation is found in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given to mankind by which we must be saved.”   Acts 4:8-12

there are many kinds of right,

many kinds of wrong,

many elaborate illusions and myths,

all of which seem correct to a man,

all of which fade with time,

like early morning fog,

rapidly disappearing

before the approaching

noonday sun;

there is only one right,

there is only one truth,

there is only one-way leading to life,

all others lead to destruction

and death;

there are no other choices,

no alternate paths,

no other name by which a man

might be saved;

in the end there is

outer darkness,

or there is You;

that is the truth,

those are the choices,

despite how hard so many

wish to believe otherwise;

You have delivered me

from dark prisons,

where only sadness and sorrow live,

You have pulled me up

from pits of decadence and decay,

where hope does not exist,

You have restored all that was lost

in the blackness of the night

so long ago;

there is nothing more

that I desire,

nothing more that I need;

You have provided all that I require,

You have fulfilled every dream,

You are my every hope,

You are my everything.

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