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Persuasion
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Winston Derden

3/30/13 D.4

Christian, if you don’t sin
how can you be forgiven?
And if you can’t be forgiven,
what use is Christ?
Give in.

To sin is human.
Would you pretend to be divine?
The doctrine of redemption
will save you in the end.
Give all the way in.

Too confusing, is it not,
meaning what it’s not supposed to mean?
That cosmic comfort-binky reconceived
as a card to get out of jail free.
Think through what you believe.

You hear the voice of evil, don’t you?
Serpent temptation usurping
the rationale of faith, yet in the logic
of salvation, forgiveness expiates sin.
Prove your faith. Give in.

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