Based in part on 1 Corinthians 15:3-6

Why I Believe
by Michael Romani

What I have heard I pass on
The Lord is here, never gone
He has died for our sins
But rose to save us, my friends

True enough, he was a good man
Always teaching us what He can
But He Himself openly proclaimed
To call Him less would be God profaned

His claims are ones that are true
And set us free in all that we do
No deceiver, He spoke what we needed
As he quietly spoke and pleaded

The Lord walked the truth He spoke
Amending our ways, healing hearts broke
And now we pass this message to others
All of our sisters and all of our brothers

Jesus is the fulfillment of older prophecy
Predicting the coming of His divinity
Telling us even where He would be born
Giving hope to the hopeless and forlorn

They told us God would come to be despised
In the sixty prophecies spoken and not lied
Lied about in no way but fitting to the tee
These were the ways of evidence for you and me

Some claim that He may have faked all of this
But so little of this could be faked; they miss
That so many things were always so necessary
That evidence given is self contradictory

There was no fame and fortune gained by any
The followers shared despite lives of calamity
These things were not simple coincidence
We should double check but believe the evidence

Further shown in how He raised in the dead
Despite the skepticism playing in our heads
Some say that He had faked His fatal end
There is an impossibility in this, my friends

The what if behind all of this is imagination
Endless possibilities that feed fascination 
But none of these have a likelihood in them
Despite the truth from which they all stem

When Jesus died, He all but died alone
The followers having turned hearts to stone
But His rising brought radical transformation
Spoken openly in their brave confession

No longer afraid, they faced down condemnation
Speaking openly and honestly of their fascination
Every single disciple went to death in glory
All because they were compelled to tell His story

And so it is that I will also speak His truth
Teaching this to those I love in their youth
Fighting that we might hear this truth for all
Sharing this as the very best that we will recall

Speaking the truth and dying if necessary
Standing strong against each and every heresy
Study carefully all of the prevalent evidence
As we walk with the teachings of His Providence

A first and major step to following His ways
But then act with heart to follow all your days
To do otherwise would be our big mistake
The sheerest of folly and our fatal heartbreak

(c) February 18, 2018 Michael Romani
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