PROCLAMATION OF THE KING - part 1

                                 Matthew 5

JESUS BEGAN HIS DISCIPLESHIP COURSE
BY CLEARLY REVEALING ITS MYSTERY SOURCE
WHERE CONDUCT AND LIFE ARE LIVED OUT EVERY DAY
AS SALT FLAVORS FOOD OR AS LIGHT SHINES THE WAY.

THERE ON BEATITUDE MOUNTAIN HE STOOD
EX PLAINING HOW BLESSEDNESS COULD BE SECURED
FOR HEARTS THAT ARE OPENED WHEN HEARING HIS VOICE
ARE INWARDLY CHANGED WHEN THEY MAKE HIM THEIR CHOICE.

THE PATHWAY TO SERVICE BEGINS AT THE CROSS
WHERE THOSE POOR IN SPIRIT COUNT ALL THINGS AS LOSS
IN MEEKNESS THEY HUNGER FOR PURENESS OF HEART
WITH MERCY AND PEACE AS THEIR GUIDE FROM THE START.

YET PROOF THAT A SOLDIER IS READY FOR WAR
ARE TESTS OF ENDURANCE WHEN GIVEN A CHORE
THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN WILL CROWN EVERY SON
WHO WALKS IN THE LIGHT OF THE CRUCIFIED ONE.

THE RULES OF ENGAGEMENT ARE KINGDOM COMMANDS
BUT NOT LIKE THE RITUAL RELIGION DEMANDS
RIGHTEOUSNESS TEACHES THAT TRUTH IS FULFILLED
WHEN LOVE MOTIVATES US TO FOLLOW HIS WILL.

THE LORD THEN EXPLAINED THE REAL ISSUES INVOLVED
WHERE ATTITUDE PROBLEMS MUST FIRST BE RESOLVED
IF ANGER AND WRATH CAUSE A BROTHER TO FAIL
ITS LIKE MURDERING A MAN AND ENDING IN JAIL.

BUT ISSUES OF MORALS ARE FAR DEEPER STILL
WHEN LUST STIRS THE PASSIONS ENSLAVING THE WILL
THE SINS OF ADULTERY THAT LEAD TO DIVORCE
FIND MISERY FOLLOWS TO THE END OF LIFE'S COURSE.

THE FINAL TWO MATTERS WHEN SERVING THE KING
IS NOT TO GET EVEN BUT LEAVE IT TO HIM
LOVING A PERSON WHOSE HATRED IS SHOWN
PROVES TO THE FATHER TRUE QUALITIES KNOWN.
--B. Pent