Wanted: A MAN!!!
"We want a man," is the cry of the world,
"A man who can put things right;
For everything's wrong, and we're all astray;
The outlook is dark as night."
Men have dreamed of peace, and a golden age
To which they thought they were bound;
But their hopes are blighted, disturbance is rife,
And war, not peace, they have found.
That something is wrong they freely admit,
Though they've boasted things better have grown;
But all is awry, and out of control;
In weakness they sigh and they moan.
If only someone would stand in the breach,
And all their hard problems solve,
They would give him support; his name should be great;
To obey him they all would resolve.
Their efforts are fruitless, their schemes all have
failed
To remove the cause of alarm;
The masses are lawless, and violence spreads,
And there seems to be gathering a storm.
They're hastening to ruin, destruction's ahead,
They're drifting, and save them, who can?
If no one is found, then they are undone,
They're helpless - they want a man!
Ah! World, you've discovered at last what you need,
But where in distress will you turn?
You truly stand in need of a man,
Though the reason you cannot discern.
Go back in your history two thousand years
When you made that awful choice,
And rejected the Man Who had come to save,
With one unanimous voice.
Two men were presented to you that day,
Barabbas, and Jesus - God's Son;
"Shall it be Barabbas, or Christ?" was asked,
And you chose the lawless one.
A thief and a murderer at your request
Was released to you that day;
And the Holy One, the Christ of God,
To a cross was led away.
You rejected the Man Who had come to bless,
Who dried the widow's tears,
Who healed the sick, the deaf, the blind,
And calmed the sinner's fears,
Whose word the devil-possessed set free,
And raised to life the dead,
The dumb, sick, palsied - all were healed,
The hungry filled with bread;
Who came sin's captives to release,
From curse, earth to set free,
To fill the world with God's great good,
And reign eternally.
But, outcast and rejected He,
His brow with thorns adorned,
Upon a cross was crucified,
Hated, maligned, and scorned.
Refused on earth, in heaven He's crowned,
And soon will come again (I Thess. 5:2);
His enemies His footstool make
When He in power shall reign (Heb. 1:13),
He is "THE MAN" - the coming Man
To Whom each knee shall bow (Rom. 14:11),
Earth's rightful King and Sovereign Lord,
Though scorned and hated now.
Man of the world, would you be blest?
Then let Christ be your trust;
You need Him; He alone can save,
And bow to Him you must.
Confess Him, lest His anger burn;
Escape His wrath none can (Heb. 2:3),
Believe on Him, God's glorious Son,
The exalted coming Man!!
E.E. Nichols
Because He hath appointed a day, in the which He will judge
the world in
righteousness by that Man whom He hath ordained, whereof He
hath
given assurance unto all men in that He hath raised Him from
the dead.
Acts 17:1
It is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgement.
Hebrews 9:27
Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved.
Acts 16:31
