Showing posts with label Acts 26:28. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Acts 26:28. Show all posts

Tuesday, December 18, 2018

Cooperating With The Lord Christ ...!?!





I Don't Know Where This Road Is Tending!
Almighty God Has A Plan!
I'm Cooperating With My Jesus
Because
What He Says He Will Do For His Children
I Know By Faith That He Can!

You're Funny!

Pardon Me!?!

You're Funny!

What Do You Mean By Saying "I'm Funny!?!"

Well, You Are!
You Are Cooperating With A Being That You Cannot See!
You're Following A Shepherd That The World Knows
Is Awful Top-Lofty!

Excuse Me!?!
You Need To Bite Your Tongue!
I May Be Funny To You
And
Sorry To Say It
But To Me You're A Foo....!?!

... Don't You Dare Utter That Word!

Oops! I Forgot Myself There For A Minute!
The Lord's Word Is So Very True!
We Sin By Thought Word And Deed
And
Believe You Me, My Brother
I Was Quite Willing In Your Ground
To Plan That Not Nice Seed!
Forgive Me!

Forgiven!

What I Should Say Is This:

Just Because It Appears That You Do Not Love The Lord
Just Because It Appears That You Do Not Have Faith
Just Because You Are Running With Unbelievers
You Do Not Have To The World's Ways Be A Slave!

I Believe In The Lord Christ
And
I'm Humbled And Pleased To Say It
Because
If You Would Imagine It For A Moment:

The Creator God
The Sustainer Of The Universe
The Savior Of Mankind
The Redeemer Of The Faithful
The Blessing Holy Giving Caring God
Who Resides In Eternity
Called Me To His Side
Washed Away My Sin
My Shame
My Pride
And
By The Holy Spirit Of Truth
Is
Leading Me ... Via Calvary
On The Straight And Narrow Way

- With The Protection Of The Holy Angels -
To The Haven Of Rest
Where The Faithful Of All The Ages
- The Blessed Of God -
Shall At The Appointed Time
Reside 
And
With The King Of Love
- The Joy Of Living -
Forever Abide!

Woopty Friggedy Doo!
That's All Talk!

It May Be All Talk To You
But
I Can Say All Of It Is Living Truth To Me!

He That Walks It ... Knows It!

Amen, Brother!
I've Been On The Lonesome Road!
I've Been On Old Broadway!
I'm Walking On The King's Highway Now
And
I'm Telling You Plain
I Wouldn't Have It Any Other Way Than
What It Is Now!

Wait A Minute!
You're Serious!?!

As A Heart Attack!

But, Why!?!
Have You Ever Seen Jesus!?!

I Don't Have To See Jesus Christ Physically!
I Can Feel Him In My Heart!
I Can See What He Has Done In Creation!
I Can See What He Is Doing In The Lives Of Others!
I Am Glad For What He Is Doing In My Life!
I Have His Promise That He Personally Died To Save Me!
I Have His Promise That He Is Interceding In The Temple For Me!
I Have His Promise That He Is Coming Back ...!

... But Have You Ever See Jesus For Real!?!

I See Jesus Christ Through The Eye Of Faith
That Daily Faith That He So Graciously Gives To Me!
I Feel His Hand Of Mercy When From Some Disaster
He Gently Draws Me!
I Fall Upon His Grace ... Penitent
When By Failing Flesh I Disappoint Him
And
I'm So Very Glad For Unmerited Favor!

I've Never Seen His Face
But
I Believe The Word That I Know Him
That I Know His Voice
Because
I Am One Of His Sheep!

All Sheep Know Their Shepherd!

Yes, Indeed!
We Know Our Shepherd
And
We Willingly Follow Him
On The Way To The Green Pastures
And
To The Safe Fold
Because
He Is Faithful Trustworthy
Good And True
And
He Will Never Leave A Sheep
- Nor A Lamb -
Behind!
Don't You Know That He Is Calling You!?!

He Can Call All He Wants!
I Believe What I Can See!
No More And No Less!

How's Your Cellphone Working!?!

Cellphone!?! 
What Does That Have To Do With Anything!?!

Everything!
You Can't See The Satellite
The Routing System
Or The Code That Makes Everything Work
But
You Believe
- You Know -
That You Cellphone Is Going To Work
Is Working
And
You Use It
Accepting The Advertisement
The Work Of Some Being You Don't Know 
Have Never Met
And
Will Never Meet!
Everybody Else's Phones Work
And
You Just "Know" That Your Phone Is Going To Work!
You Have Faith ... In A Phone!

Your Ownership Proves What Your Head Told Your Heart!

You Accepted The Word!
You Made The Purchase!
You Use The Instrument!
You Get Your Expected - Promised - Result!

Just As You Did
I Accepted The Word Of God!
My Purchase Was Accepting Jesus Christ As Lord!
I Use My Bible And Indulge Prayerful Communication Every Day
And
I Will Receive My Reward
On The Great And Dreadful Day
When I Shall See Him As He Is!
When I Shall Know Him Even As I Am Known!
When I Shall Touch The Hand Of My Master!

I Don't "Need" To See His Face Now!
I See Him In His Word
In His Care For Me And For Others
And
I Am Satisfied With The Arrangement
Because
Day By Day
Hour By Hour
My Faith Grows!
By His Grace ... I Shall Never Follow Another!

Wow! Look At The Time!
You Almost Persuaded Me!
I've Got To Run!
Perhaps At A More Convenient Time
We Can Get Together And Talk Some More!
Bye!

Famous Last Words!

Reminds Me Of King Agrippa!

Sad Story! Very Sad ...!













Monday, October 5, 2015

Almost Thou Persuadest Me ...!?!



I listened and
I heard oft' repeated The Word
ALMOST ... and
My hair got curled!

ALMOST ... in Christianity is
What an "F-Bomb" is to Right-thinkers
Of The World ... but I digress!

This is how The Story goes:

The Almost Rich
Is Almost Happy!

The Almost Married
Was Almost Pregnant! 

The Almost Believing
Was Almost Persuaded!

The Almost Reconciled to Almighty God
His Sin Almost Recognized!

The Decidedly Human believes
He is Almost God!

He who Almost Heard The Word
Thought God was Almost Great!

 He who was Almost Faithful was
Almost Helped and
Almost Healed but for the Fact
In Jesus Christ he
Almost Believed!

The Almost Christian
Whose Life was Almost Holy 
Cried because in God his Life was
Almost Perfect!

The Almost Famous thought
He and God were
Almost Friends!

Almost Persuaded said he could
Almost Say that there is God but
Since he had not personally met God
He will say that he could Almost Believe
In a Real God!

He who was
Almost Ready to Change
Almost Listened to The Gospel
And said it is Almost Too Hard to understand!

What is wrong with this "story?"



"... Almost thou persuadest me to be a Christian!"
Acts 26:28


What is The Expected End to such a position IF Our Very Real, and Almighty God should come right this very minute?

What would your expression be if He God said to you right this very minute:


"I Almost Saved You 
When You Almost Believed in Me!
But, since You only Almost Trusted Me
I will definitely tell You that You are Assuredly Lost?"

In the Realm of Heaven, there is not one thing that falls into the category of Almost:


We are Saved by Grace Through Faith.
We are Redeemed by The Blood of The Lamb.
We are Reconciled unto God by Jesus Christ's Merits.

We have Homes in Glory.

We will have Golden Crowns.
We will have Stars in our Crowns.
We will Freely Access The River of The Water of Life.
We will see Jesus Christ as He sees us.
We will have Eternal Life.
We will have Immortal Bodies.

We shall never Grow Old.
We shall Never Die for
We shall have been Changed.


ALMOST is just about The Most Egregious Word that a Christian can use EXCEPT right here, and right now, when he Cheers himself by saying:


"I am ALMOST HOME!"

as he Struggles under The Burden of a Living Faith while Appealing To, Working For, and Looking Toward, Heaven!

Otherwise, ALMOST is a Self-Prescribed Death Sentence!



If you Need Jesus
If you Need New Life
If you Need Manna -
Trust God in The Strife!
If you will be Ready
To Walk The Pathway to Eternal Life
Put your Back to The Plow
Bless The True and Living God
And ... 
Come What May
In All Ways
Day by Day
Read The Holy Word
and
Pray, Pray, PRAY!!