Paul Metzger’s Page
I share only a personal attitude in my spiritual life as a recently saved Christian. Why do I view the Book of Revelation and End Times only with an almost passing, academic attitude? Why do I consider the promised eternal life with God after my death as a secondary prospect, something I’m supposed to know about and believe, and therefore, I do? But what is the driving, consuming theme and attitude of my daily spiritual life? It is my ever-present gratitude and love for Jesus/God in this *CURRENT*, minute-by-minute, day-by-day life, for His saving grace and how it has, and is growing and changing me. It is well-expressed in this 16th century poem by Francis Xavier: “My God, I love Thee;
“Not because I hope for heaven thereby, Nor yet because who love Thee not are lost eternally. Thou, O my Jesus, Thou didst me Upon the cross embrace; For me didst bear the nails and spear, and manifold disgrace. And griefs and torments numberless, And sweat of agony; And death itself; and all for me, who was Thine enemy. Then why, O blessed Jesus Christ, should I not love Thee well? Not for the sake of winning heaven or of escaping hell. Not with the hope of gaining aught, Not seeking a reward; But as Thyself has loved me, O ever-loving Lord? Even so I love Thee, and will love, And in Thy praise will sing; Because Thou art my loving God, And my Eternal King”.
Paul