Hell is for eternity
Because Christ came and died.
All who reject His love
Have eternally said 
"Depart from me,"
To God Almighty.
How can God save a soul
Who rejects Him?

Yet, James says, "I will show you my faith
"By my works."
Paul means works of the Law.
Paul means works of Judgment,
Of condemnation, of executing the justice of God.
That is what Paul means.
As James clearly says,
"Yea, a man may say, Thou hast faith, 
"and I have works: shew me thy faith without thy works, 
"and I will shew thee my faith by my works."

The scripture cannot contradict.
When Jesus said, "It is finished"
He meant the Hebraic covenant
Given to Moses.
That law was broken, and severed,
So now men live by Grace
And the law accordingly given to them
And imprinted upon their conscience.

It is true, that in the end of the age
Christ will bring in both good and bad
To His kingdom, for those called
Had rather gone to their own designs.
And they will be left outside the Wedding Feast
While Death, wearing no garment,
Will be cast into the outer darkness.

Paul is speaking, in Romans 4:5
Of works of the Law.
Not works of Charity.
A Christian is compelled to do charity
As is commanded by Jesus
When He talks of separating the Sheep and the Goats.
If the heart of man is worthy of acceptance,
It will choose Christ wholly
And commit to Him like the Athanasian Creed states.
If the heart is unworthy, it will be separated from God
By its sin; therefore, the Heart of man determines
Whether it will accept Grace, or forsake it.
For, what Paul is stating
Is that it is not a work of our own
Which causes us to be chosen by God
But rather, it is the condition of our heart
Which allows the choice, and nothing else.

I believe life came from rocks
Which from thunderbolts all flesh sprang;
There is no God
Only water's froth
And rain then came from meteors.

The first creed to my faith---
So none are in question about it later on---
Is the Athanasian creed.
Reading it for the first time in years
Was like waking up from a dream.
So many stupid thoughts run through Christianity today
And to see it concisely stated all that I believe
Nothing added, nothing lacking.

Second is the Nicene Creed.
The most beloved verse is that 
Jesus descended into Hell.
For, if Jesus did not descend,
Then why make him ascend?
"It is finished" is the Hebraic covenant.
Nothing more. All is accomplished at the cross.

Thirdly, I believe in the Apostles Creed.
The most simple version of my faith,
The cant is among the most beautiful poetry
In the Liturgical English.
Like the LORD's Prayer
It feels right---because it is right.

This is my Christianity. 
Let no one question it
Because it is the Christianity of Christ
And His true church.

He stands on the corner.
He gets shot, robbed and is dying.
He calls 911.
He tells the operator that Jesus loves her.

A black man shot a white man.
It doesn't make national headlines.
But, this isn't about that.
There was no racism.
This was not about race.
This was about the love of money.
This was about a man,
Waiting for his bus,
Being killed.

Take it to heart,
So the end doesn't come.
He is hidden in the LORD's wings.
Take it to heart,
The merciful man dies,
And take it to heart that it is to hide him
From God's wrath.
Take it to heart.
God's mercy is shown to him for eternity now.
He is hidden from our woes.
Take it to heart,
Bring nigh the judgment of God
So the seat of violence is put far away.

The Old Testament law is like a Pennsylvanian Speed Limit.
Grace is the liberty to go about five to seven MPH over that limit;
For, if you didn't, you really couldn't.
It is also like an egregious offense against the limit
Like going forty-five MPH in a fifteen MPH zone
And the officer, seeing how hinky you are,
Decides to let you off with a warning.
However, if you don't learn from your warning,
And continue in your sin, you will be thrown into prison.