The Pit
The Pit
(From the pit of despair)
Oh, guilty sinner trapped in the pit of despair, as a
prisoner of your devilish thoughts, lusts, and fears;
crying in misery & grief.
Oh, guilty sinner trapped in the pit of despair, as a
prisoner of your devilish thoughts, lusts, and fears;
crying in misery & grief.
Your dancing & merriment is over, the music has ended,
the band has gone home and you are alone. The weight of
your sin is great and the thought of death and judgment
is real. You say you want to die but are afraid of what
is next. Your guilty conscience haunts you every moment
the band has gone home and you are alone. The weight of
your sin is great and the thought of death and judgment
is real. You say you want to die but are afraid of what
is next. Your guilty conscience haunts you every moment
& the memory of all those you have betrayed & hurt plagues
you like a dread disease eating your flesh and your mind.
The time of reckoning is near.
You weep over the misery of your wasted life.
The cup of your evil is full to the brim & is ready
for you to drink down to the dregs. You cry over
the great betrayals of those who trusted you and the
memory of those who you abandoned for your own
pleasure, eats at your soul and mind. You dream of
the darkness of death and its evil breath haunts your
sleep. You ask, what or who,can relieve this great
aching dread and hatred of yourself. The devil offers
you alcohol and drugs. But...
The cup of your evil is full to the brim & is ready
for you to drink down to the dregs. You cry over
the great betrayals of those who trusted you and the
memory of those who you abandoned for your own
pleasure, eats at your soul and mind. You dream of
the darkness of death and its evil breath haunts your
sleep. You ask, what or who,can relieve this great
aching dread and hatred of yourself. The devil offers
you alcohol and drugs. But...
Look up, look up from the pit, for the God, who knows
every cell in your body & the exact number of the hairs of your
head, Who knows every thought you ever had and has seen every
sin you have ever done or even thought about, who loves you enough
that He is reaching down into your pit by having sent His Son, Jesus
to save you. Jesus, to rescue you, laid aside His position in Heaven,
lowered Himself to become a human being like you, but without the
rebellious sin principle in mankind. He was born on earth of a woman
and lived as a human in complete obedience to God. He was unjustly
accused and was sentenced to death on a cross. But, He came for this,
to die for your sins by taking your place in the punishment and death
you justly deserve because He is the Son of God and the only one in
the universe who was qualified to accomplish this purpose. Jesus
voluntarily took your place on the cross to die a sinner’s death in order
to pay your debt of sin and receive for you, and in your place, your just
punishment of death. He was buried & then came back to life by the
power of God, in order to give you His eternal righteousness & life.
He waits for you to receive Him and the forgiveness of all of your sins
and shortcomings. His word in the Bible says that, even though your
sins are red as scarlet, they will be white as snow. Your sins, and all
the sins of all the world, have been washed in the innocent blood of
Jesus spilled on the cross, but this is only effective for those who receive
this forgiveness and eternal life by faith that it has happened as He said.
God is the One who you have sinned against and it is just, that He forgives
you because of the death and resurrection of His Son Jesus, as your substitute.
God says that He will not even remember your sins, and none of them
will be held against you in judgment. None of this is because of anything you
have done, or will do; but, because of His great grace and love for you and the
faithfulness of Jesus to take them upon Himself in your place and die for them,
in your place.
every cell in your body & the exact number of the hairs of your
head, Who knows every thought you ever had and has seen every
sin you have ever done or even thought about, who loves you enough
that He is reaching down into your pit by having sent His Son, Jesus
to save you. Jesus, to rescue you, laid aside His position in Heaven,
lowered Himself to become a human being like you, but without the
rebellious sin principle in mankind. He was born on earth of a woman
and lived as a human in complete obedience to God. He was unjustly
accused and was sentenced to death on a cross. But, He came for this,
to die for your sins by taking your place in the punishment and death
you justly deserve because He is the Son of God and the only one in
the universe who was qualified to accomplish this purpose. Jesus
voluntarily took your place on the cross to die a sinner’s death in order
to pay your debt of sin and receive for you, and in your place, your just
punishment of death. He was buried & then came back to life by the
power of God, in order to give you His eternal righteousness & life.
He waits for you to receive Him and the forgiveness of all of your sins
and shortcomings. His word in the Bible says that, even though your
sins are red as scarlet, they will be white as snow. Your sins, and all
the sins of all the world, have been washed in the innocent blood of
Jesus spilled on the cross, but this is only effective for those who receive
this forgiveness and eternal life by faith that it has happened as He said.
God is the One who you have sinned against and it is just, that He forgives
you because of the death and resurrection of His Son Jesus, as your substitute.
God says that He will not even remember your sins, and none of them
will be held against you in judgment. None of this is because of anything you
have done, or will do; but, because of His great grace and love for you and the
faithfulness of Jesus to take them upon Himself in your place and die for them,
in your place.
Meditate on these verses from the Bible in Lamentations 3:
“I called on your name, O Lord,
from the depths of the pit;
you heard my plea, ‘Do not close
your ear to my cry for help!’
You came near when I called on you;
you said, ‘Do not fear!’"
God’s Holy Spirit is the One who is showing you the way to Jesus & drawing
you to Him. Jesus is the One who has been given by God the right and power
of forgiveness and He holds it out to you for you to receive. Change your mind
about all of this, embrace Jesus in dependence on Him alone for salvation, and
receive it by faith. Be forgiven and lifted from the pit of despair to the freedom
of life in Christ Jesus, Lord of the universe. Forgiven, what a wonderful word.
you to Him. Jesus is the One who has been given by God the right and power
of forgiveness and He holds it out to you for you to receive. Change your mind
about all of this, embrace Jesus in dependence on Him alone for salvation, and
receive it by faith. Be forgiven and lifted from the pit of despair to the freedom
of life in Christ Jesus, Lord of the universe. Forgiven, what a wonderful word.
