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The New Life

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This I say to testify,
That you must no longer walk;
The ways of the pagans deny,
Or how the Gentiles talk.

The vanity of their minds,
And darkened understanding;
Alienates spiritual kinds,
Of what God is commanding.

They have blindness in their heart,
Hardness that becomes callous;
Greediness that does impart,
With poison in their chalice.

That’s not what you learned from Christ,
Assuming that you have heard;
Earthly pleasures not enticed,
When you abide in His Word.

You were taught in Him the truth,
And must put off the old self;
The old manner of your youth,
Deceitful lusts on the shelf.

Be renewed in the Spirit,
The new self-likeness of God;
Righteousness to inherit,
Holy to honor and laud.

Copyright © 2024 Richard Newton Sherrer

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