Maybe these thoughts can encourage you folk

The Two Commandments in I Corinthians 11:28

Yes, there are two commandments
	That Paul puts in this verse.
They are meant to make us better
	And not to make us worse

The first is, "Let a man who would eat
	For himself an exam must take."
The second command is of equal value
	For it reads,"Then let him partake."

Now I thought about all of the exams
	That I have taken since my birth
Some have different degrees of difficulty
	With answers of different worth.

I am sure the exam that we are to take
	Will have at least three parts;
One will be True or False, Fill in the Blanks
	And then an Essay from our hearts

The true or false will be kind of easy
	Like, "To God I do belong"
And we can answer them with a breeze
	Our hearts will be full of song

It's the Multiple Choice ones that are harder
	For all of the blanks demand that we give some thought
They ask us to look at the paths we have taken
	To see if we have always done what we ought

Now the third part is an Essay question
 	That will take more than one "Blue Book", you see.
The question is really quite simple. It is,
	"Tell me, how much do you really love me?"

Now when you have finished the testing
	"Who will grade it?" you ask
Surely not a pastor or elder
	For it is The Teacher's task.

Now John in his lovely epistle
	Tells us who that teacher is
And that He has come to prepare a bride
	So the grading job is His.

As you submit the test to Him you may wonder
	When He has read the test and His grading is through
How can you keep His next commandment
	For you are damned if you don't or if you do.

But look at the test He is returning
	Before we pass out the wine and the bread
Look at what He has written across it
	(I know that you think you are dead!)

For what can make us worthy enough to partake
	Surely not the life we are livin'
But look at the word He has written
 	Beneath your grade. It is the word FORGIVEN!


Pastor Van 6/1/97