If Ye Love Me... (Poem)

If Ye Love Me…

If you’re religious and of the world, say you love Jesus - that’s the most popular way.
But Jesus said, “If ye love me, keep my commandments.” - We show our love to Him when we obey.

Anyone can profess spirituality - that’s always been the way of men;
But if you want to truly please the Saviour, you must be born again.

It’s not a mouth that’s filled with words that sound pleasing to the ear,
But a humble heart that’s filled with faith - that’s to whom the Lord will come near.

Don’t be a worldly wiseman, full of religious thoughts that you have not observed;
Be a dedicated believer, who takes and applies God’s Holy Word.

It’s the Bible that transforms our hearts, opened up to us by the Holy Spirit.
It’s not merely those who have a Bible that are blessed, but those heed and hear it.

If you want to show your love for Jesus, get into that precious Book today.
But don’t just think about what you read - hide it within your heart; trust and obey.

God will draw near to those who truly seek Him - so search the Scriptures fervently.
Your Heavenly Father will reward and bless you, when you take and apply what you see.

Blessed are those who read… and heed!

April 22nd, 2026
Jerry Bouey

1 John 4:19 We love him, because he first loved us.

John 14:15 If ye love me, keep my commandments.

John 14:23 Jesus answered and said unto him, If a man love me, he will keep my words: and my Father will love him, and we will come unto him, and make our abode with him.

John 15:9-15 As the Father hath loved me, so have I loved you: continue ye in my love. If ye keep my commandments, ye shall abide in my love; even as I have kept my Father's commandments, and abide in his love. These things have I spoken unto you, that my joy might remain in you, and that your joy might be full. This is my commandment, That ye love one another, as I have loved you. Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends. Ye are my friends, if ye do whatsoever I command you. Henceforth I call you not servants; for the servant knoweth not what his lord doeth: but I have called you friends; for all things that I have heard of my Father I have made known unto you.

James 1:22-25 But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves. For if any be a hearer of the word, and not a doer, he is like unto a man beholding his natural face in a glass: For he beholdeth himself, and goeth his way, and straightway forgetteth what manner of man he was. But whoso looketh into the perfect law of liberty, and continueth therein, he being not a forgetful hearer, but a doer of the work, this man shall be blessed in his deed.

Compel Them To Come In (Poem)

 

Compel Them To Come In

(Luke 14:16-23)

All things are now ready, sinner, come in from the cold,
Come in from the streets and lanes, enter into His fold.
Calling for the blind, when your sins have blocked your view.
Calling for the lame, when your sins have crippled you.

Calling for the poor, there is great treasure still in sight;
Come in from the darkness, come into the light.
There is yet room in Heaven for whosoever will,
Come into the Father's house, and walk on Zion's hill.

Turn away from your sins, the Lord is calling still.
Compel others to come in that My house may be filled.
Go out into the highways and the hedges, and compel them to come in.
Go into all the world and tell others about Him.

Tell them all about the Saviour who died to make men free,
Tell them all about Jesus and His love for you and me.
Go out into the highways and the hedges, and compel them to come in.
Shine the light of the Gospel into a soul dark and dim.

Witness of the Lamb of God who paid sin's dreadful price,
And tell everyone you meet about His great sacrifice.

January 27th, 2003
Jerry Bouey

And the servant said,
Lord, it is done as thou hast commanded,
and yet there is room.
And the Lord said unto the servant,
Go out into the highways and hedges,
and compel them to come in,
that My house may be filled.
Luke 14:22-23

And the Spirit and the bride say, Come.
And let him that heareth say, Come.
And let him that is athirst come.
And whosoever will, let him take the water of life freely.
Rev. 22:17

Between Heaven And Hell (Poem)

Based loosely upon the idea found in this quote:

"For a Christian, this world is the only Hell they will know; for the unbeliever, this world is the only Heaven they will know.”

Between Heaven And Hell

Never feeling quite like we belong here, as believers in this pilgrim land we dwell;
We know so many trials yet we have God’s blessings - life has its good times and its bad as well;
We want the best of both worlds, though sometimes it seems we are living between Heaven and Hell.

Looking unto Jesus Christ, the Saviour, who took all our sins and on whom all our judgement fell;
Though innocent and treated like a criminal for our sakes, He bore our wrath and heard death’s cold knell;
Lifted up for all to see on Calvary, crucified somewhere between Heaven and Hell.

We live by faith in this dark world, waiting with hope for these shadows to dispel;
Anticipating our risen Lord’s return - someday soon we believe, but only time will tell;|
Looking forward to the sunlight, living in the twilight, somewhere between Heaven and Hell.

April 12th, 2026
Jerry Bouey

1 Peter 2:11-12 Dearly beloved, I beseech you as strangers and pilgrims, abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against the soul; Having your conversation honest among the Gentiles: that, whereas they speak against you as evildoers, they may by your good works, which they shall behold, glorify God in the day of visitation.

Romans 3:25 Whom God hath set forth to be a propitiation through faith in his blood, to declare his righteousness for the remission of sins that are past, through the forbearance of God;

Galatians 3:1 O foolish Galatians, who hath bewitched you, that ye should not obey the truth, before whose eyes Jesus Christ hath been evidently set forth, crucified among you?

John 12:32 And I, if I be lifted up from the earth, will draw all men unto me.

Song of Songs 2:17 Until the day break, and the shadows flee away, turn, my beloved, and be thou like a roe or a young hart upon the mountains of Bether.

1 Thessalonians 4:15-17 For this we say unto you by the word of the Lord, that we which are alive and remain unto the coming of the Lord shall not prevent them which are asleep. For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first: Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord.

2 Peter 1:19 We have also a more sure word of prophecy; whereunto ye do well that ye take heed, as unto a light that shineth in a dark place, until the day dawn, and the day star arise in your hearts:

Revelation 22:16 I Jesus have sent mine angel to testify unto you these things in the churches. I am the root and the offspring of David, and the bright and morning star.