A Word About This Poem...
There are some who think they can scare others into becoming a Christian through the threat of going to Hell. According to scripture, Hell is a real concern and God can certainly use the fear of it as a means of bringing a person to Himself. But to beat the non-believer over the head with the threat of burning in Hell is as about as useful as fashioning ones hand to the shape of a gun (index finger pointed out, thumb up) and threatening to shoot...there is no evident firepower behind the threat of burning in Hell if the person does not believe that Hell is real to begin with.

Jesus said in John 10:26, "But you do not believe, because you are not of My sheep" and in John 6:44 "No one can come to me unless the Father who sent Me draws him." In the story that Jesus told concerning Lazarus and the rich man (Luke 16:19-31), the rich man, who is in Hades, asks Abraham to send someone to his brothers from the dead, so that they would believe and repent. Abraham's reply was, "If they do not listen to Moses and the Prophets [scripture], neither will they be persuaded if someone rises from the dead" Luke 16:31.

The point is, God can use Hell or anything else He chooses as a means of getting a persons attention; but unless God opens a persons heart to believe it's not going to happen...not even in the presence of such a miracle as someone returning from the grave. So, while this poem is about Hell, a reality that scripture sets forth, it is not my intention to threaten people with it, especially those who do not believe in God or the Bible to begin with.

FOREVER SEPARATED

Two brothers had been together,
Since their birth as twins;
But they were closer than brothers,
They were the best of friends.

Out of college they started a business,
Along came fortune and fame;
In a fast-paced business world
They had acquired a popular name.

But the younger felt something missing,
His life wasn’t quite right,
and after hearing the gospel message
Gave his heart to Jesus one night.

He told his brother about Jesus
and begged him to kneel at God’s Throne;
His brother responded with human pride,
He could make it on his own.

While riding together one morning,
A trucker lost control at the wheel,
Swerving and crashing into their car,
Both of the brothers were killed.

As their souls detached from their bodies,
Time seemed to move so slow;
They entered into a strange, new realm,
One they didn’t know.

Angels suddenly appeared from Heaven,
Moving in a flash of light,
Took hold of the Christian brother
and to the air took flight.

The lost man stood there puzzled,
While around him shadows appeared;
He could feel an evil presence,
His soul was filled with fear.

Separated from his brother forever,
He began to scream and wail,
As the demons grabbed his forsaken soul
and pulled him into Hell…

So intelligent in the business world,
It seems a little odd,
That he’d make such a foolish decision,
As rejecting the Son of God.

"For what will a man be profited, if he gains
the whole world, and forfeits his soul?
Or what will a man give in exchange for his soul?"
Matthew 16:26 (NASB)

Copyright 1996  A. Mitchell Moore, Jr.

 
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