damn it

 Salvation is not hell insurance

but if you died tonight, where would you go?


Don't accept Jesus just because you're scared of hell

We'll know it's real if we see fruit

So don't eat the fruit


It's NOT works-based

but if there's no life change

you might not be saved

(from hell)


Did you do it right?

You need to confess

You need to believe

You need to repent

(to avoid hell)

I need to be loved.


He loves you, but.


Did I do it right?

Do it again

just in case

Make sure you feel super bad

They really like guilt and shame

So God must like it too


You're so guilty

I feel guilty

that I don't feel guilty

I don't think that counts.


Good Fridays spent summoning tears

because I'm supposed to feel super bad

The tears never come

Am I a fraud?


Following rules is easy

when you're terrified of burning forever

That way they see

    I see

The fruit

The life change

My confirmation

that my insurance salvation is valid.


Fear sure churns out

faux fruit

It's forced

It's a farce

I am so afraid

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