The Great Downgrading of Salvation

Mark 1044: And whosoever of you will be the chiefest, shall be servant of all.
Jesus' downgrades salvationHe shows that none are likely to be saved by their deedsfor three reasonsThey will dishonor marriageThey will reject childrenThey will fall in love with possessions (wealth)
The realm of Abba is run on different principles than oursWe're to throw it all away To care for nothingBut the will and way of Abba
Two things we may concludeThe circle of those whose acts will save them is emptyThe circle of those who see this and proceed by faith is miniscule
So what - in Abba's name - are we celebratingMostly cheap graceWe should stop talking CreedAnd confine our lives to prayer And doing right by our fellow human beingsThus Bonhoeffer
Abba's Way is a humble path For those who understandThat if all the world actually believed in Abba And followed himOur values would reflect itStarting with the substance of the text aboveWe'd be upright penitentsJesus-aware iconoclastsStrongly tolerantNo-nonsense helpfulFiercely child-defending Universal democrats
No creed can trump the text above
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