Showing posts with label Commandments. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Commandments. Show all posts

Saturday, May 29, 2021

VESPERS AT THE END OF THE SABBATH: Sin Is Like A Plague Rat!






Sin Is Like A Plague Rat! 
Everything That Sin Touches
It Infects And Ultimately Kills: 
You Don't Want Sin In Your Cellar, Your Attic
Aka Your Heart, Your Head
Nor At Your Fingertips Or Your Footsteps! 

Sin Is Like Activated Yeast: 
It Grows To Fill The Available Space:
You Only Need A Little Sin In Your Life 
To Make It Noisy, Dirty, Objectionable Aka Damnable! 

Sin Is Like Rain 
Which Wets Aka Touches And Marks Whomever 
Wherever Whenever It Falls Upon Them! 

Sin Is Like Darkness 
Which Will Only Depart 
When The Sun/Son Light Appears! 

Sin Is Like A Raging Fire 
Which Can Only Be Doused 
By Depriving It Of Air Aka Life! 

Beloved, 

The Only Way To Kill Sin In Your Life 
Is 
To Indulge In Love For The Lord Christ 
By Being Perfectly Obedient To His Commandments 
Which Are An Hedge Of Unbreachable Protection 
Around His People
Aka The Purchased Possession Of The Living God! 

Sin Sticks, Stains, Leaks 
And 
Secretes Sin! 

Sinning 
Is 
Natural, "Easy,"  Requiring No Effort
Because
We Are All Born In Sin
And
Shaped In Iniquity Aka Planned Sin!

Being Obedient ... The Perfect Form Of Worship
Is 
An Act Of The Will
Aka The Exercise Of Your Free Choice 
To Accept And Follow Jesus Christ's Free Salvation
And 
To Live Right According To The Lord's Will! 

Willing Sinners Obey Satan The Damned
The Accuser Of The Brethren
The Piercing Serpent
The Father Of Lies
The Lord Of Dung
The Murderer Most Foul! 

Repentant Sinners Obey Jesus Christ
The Lord Of Life
The King Of Love
The Lover Of Our Souls
The Savior Of Us All!
 
Who Are You ... Now!?! 
How Are You Going To Be Found
When The Lord Christ Shall Come In His Great Glory!?! 
Dare To Seek Out The Answers!

Peace! 





Saturday, November 30, 2019

VESPERS AT THE END OF THE SABBATH: IGNORANCE IS NOT BLISS: Ignoring Instructions

This Sermon, Brethren
Is Like No Other You'll Hear
And 
I Desire For Us All To Pay Close Attention:

Follow Almighty God's Commandments Always
And
To The Letter
And
Live Humbly In Godly Fear!

That's Nothing New!
I've Heard That All My Life!

In That Case, Big Mike
Since You Have Life-Long Experience
Come On Up Here With Me
And 
We'll Run An Experiment
For A Visual Aid To Bless Everybody!

Big Mike, Do You Like Garlic!?!

Of Course! Who Doesn't!?!
As A Matter Of Fact
I Take Two Garlic Capsules Every Day Without Fail!

Did You Take Your Capsules Today!?!

As You Well Know, Pastor Mac
Because I Told You When You Picked Me Up
I Was Running Late
And I Put Them In My Pocket For Later When We Eat!

I Have A Glass Of Water On The Lectern!
Would You Take Your Garlic Capsules 
Right Now ... In Our Presence!?!

No!

Would You Care To Tell Us 
Why You Won't Take The Garlic Capsules!?!

I Won't Take Them Now
Because The Instructions Clearly State:
Take With Food To Avoid Upset Stomach!

Sounds Reasonable!
Do You Always Follow Instructions!?!

By God's Grace, I Valiantly Try To Do So!?!

That's Fantastic, Isn't It, Brethren!?!

AMEN!!!

May I Encourage You To Not Follow 
The Instructions Aka The Rules
Aka The Commandments 
For Taking Your Garlic Capsules!?!

No!

What If I, Your Beloved Pastor
And 
Trusted, Lifelong, Friend
Your Brother By Faith
By Blood
And
By Affection
Were To Tell You That
I Also Take Garlic Capsules!?! 

I'd Say, Smart Man!

What If I Say I Take Garlic Capsules
On An Empty Stomach
And 
With No Ill-Effects!?!

I'd Say Good For You! 

I'd Say Prove It!

This Is Very Good, Brethren!
We Have Two Opinions:
The World And The Church
The Believer And The Doubter
The Right And The Wrong 
The Good And The Bad
Covering The Sinner And The Saint!

Big Mike, As We Discussed Prior
And 
To Open The Eyes Of The People Of God Today
How About We Both Take Our Daily Garlic Capsules
Just To See What Will Happen
To Those Who Dare To Ignore Instructions
Reject Rules
And
Defy Commandments!
Are You Game!?!

Against My Better Judgment
But All For A Good Cause
And Because It Won't Kill Me
I'm In The Game!

Brethren, 
Observe Carefully!

Big Mike, Do I Have Garlic Capsules In My Hand!?!

They Sure Smell Like My Garlic Capsules
That I Have In My Hand!

Very Good!
The Clock On The Wall Says It's 11:45 p.m.
Let's Give This Experiment Fifteen Minutes To Play Out!
Anybody Have Any Crackers ... Just In Case!?!

Lacey Macy Always Has Crackers!

I Sure Do!

Then We're Set!
Bottoms Up, Big Mike!

Likewise, Pastor Mac!

Not Even Five Minutes Later ... 

Lord Jesus, Help Me!

You Alright There, Big Mike!?!

No, Pastor Mac!
My Skin Is Going Clammy
And It Feels Like Someone 
Is Ripping Through My Stomach With A Hacksaw
And My Whole Body Feels ... Feels 
Feels Like It Is Electrified ... On Alert!
Aren't You Feeling Anything!?!

Not At All!

I Don't Understand Why Not! 
You Must Have A Cast-Iron Stomach!

Not Really!
I Had A Sandwich During The Five Minute Break!

But You Said You Take Yours On An Empty Stomach!

I Most Certainly Did Not!

The Congregation Gasped!

But, But ...!

... I Said: What If I Say ...!

Uhhhh, Uhhhhh, Ooooo, Mama! 

... You Alright, Big Brother!

I Feel Like I'm Dying!
Lord, Help Me ... The Pain! 

Sister Lacey, Bring Those Crackers Now, Please!

Here You Go, Big Mike!
Chew, Brother! Chew!

After The Conclusion Of The Experiment ... 

Brethren, 
As You All Observed 
Temptation To Sin Can Even Come
From A Silken Cord Of Affection 
Aka The Hand Of Blood Brethren!

As You Also Observed
Nuanced Speech And Outright Lies
Cause Us To Yield Common Sense
And
To Disobey
And 
To Fall Into Satan's Traps!

You Also Observed That Rules, Instructions 
From Manufacturers, From Parents
Our Teachers, Our Civil Rules
The Commandments From Our God Holy
Are Not Put In Place To Make Us Miserable
To Deny Us Pleasure
To Lord It Over Us!
They Are There For Safety 
Comfort And Protection!

Big Mike, My Beloved Brother, 
Thank You For Participating: 
Sorry For You Pain, Your Trauma!
Is There Anything You'd Like To Say To Us!?!

First, Pastor Mac, Lil' Brother
In The Hour Of My Distress 
I Seriously Wanted To Hurt You Profoundly!
You Lied To Me!

I Apologize For Not Disclosing The Whole Plan!

Brethren, 
I Know The Rules!
I Was Fully Informed Of The Risks And The Rewards!
I Also Knew, In Advance
The Penalty For Disobedience!
I Paid The Price!
Foolishness Is Not Common Sense In Any Language!

Let Me Tell You
Almost Instantly Upon Taking My
Not The ... My Garlic Capsules
I Felt When They Hit My Empty Stomach!
I Felt ... The Change
And I Then Felt 
When They Fully Bloomed In My Stomach!
The Pain, The Upset
The Trauma To My Innards
Was, Is, Unbelievable ... Pastor Mac ...!

... I Understand! 
I'll Take It From Here! 

Brethren, 
Let This Be A Lesson To Us All! 
This Is What Sin Does! 
Temptation Is What Satan Proffers! 
This Is What Disobedience Works In Our Hearts! 
Do Not Play Games With Your Soul! 

Big Mike Is Going To Feel Pretty Poorly For A While!
He Is Going To Know ... Fully
The Cost Of His Disobedience!

Silken Cords Tie Us Up Tighter
Tighter Than A Ship's Anchor Rope
Because
They Are Smoother, Nearer, Softer
And
We Like, Love, Admire, Appreciate
That To Which They Are Attached!

Silken Cords ... Unchecked
Will Cut Us Off From Freedom
From Good Health
And
They Can Kill!

What We Have Witnessed Today Is Minor
In Comparison To What Sin Does To Us!
We Know When We Have Sinned!
We Feel When We Have Sinned!
We Suffer As A Result Of Our Sin
And
The After-Effects Of Our Sin
Are Of Long Duration
Even When We Confess And Repent
Of Our Known Sin!
Repentance Does Not Mean No Punishment!

The Sin Of Presumption
- Which This Was -
Can Lead To Deadly Outcomes
So Do Not Be Presumptuous!

Listen To This Closing Word
And
Know That We Cannot Hide From Our Maker:






It Takes An Enormous Amount Of 
Pride And Presumption ... Both Sins
For Mortal Beings To Believe That 
They Can Hide Anything That They Think
That They Did Or Are Doing 
From The Creator Of Us All! 

Who Makes It Knows It ...

Very Foolish Is The Builder Of The House That 
He Does Not Know How To Breach 
If He Is Locked Out! 

The Custom Watch-Maker Intimately Knows 
The Workings Of His Creations: 
Why Would The Creator God 
Know Less About Us, His Creatures!?! 

Do Not Be Presumptuous
Believing That You Are An Island
A Nation Unto Yourself
Impervious To Self-Destruction! 

Let's Us Be Ever Wise Unto Soul Salvation
And
With Contrite Hearts
Sorrowing Over Our Personal Sin
And
Desiring To Get Right With Our God
Humble Ourselves 
And
In The Time Appointed
The Lord Will Raise Us Up For Our Best Good 
And
For His Great Glory! 
When The Lord Says: 

"Don't Do It!
Thou Shalt Not ...!
Remember ...!
Keep ...!
Believe ...!
Don't Doubt ...!
Have Faith ...!
Trust ...!"

He Means It
Because
To Do Otherwise
Will Surely Cause Us Pain, Sorrow And Regret!

Please Do All To Walk In The Light Of Life
And
Do What's Right In The Eternal God's Sight! 
Let Us Endeavor ... By Willing Obedience
His Loving Heart
Always To Delight! 

AMEN!!! 





Monday, February 11, 2019

DISCONTENTMENT: It's A Fret! + Prayer

Okay, People!
Let's Listen And Learn:

Discontentment Comes Of Watching Others 
And
As A Result Of Covetously Wanting To Be
And
To Have More 
Than What The Lord Made You And Gave You
And
Ending Up Being And With Less
Than What The Lord Apportioned You!

Brethren,

Let Me Introduce You
To God Almighty
The Lord Of Full Disclosure
The God Who Instructs And Directs
The Lord Who Reasons With Us
The God Who Created The Body
And
Feeds The Soul
The Lord Who Pleads With Us
To Approach The Throne Of Grace
And
To Be Humble-Bold!

There Is A Biblical Warning We Should Heed!

KJV Psalms 37
1 Fret not thyself because of evildoers, neither be thou envious against the workers of iniquity.
3 Trust in the LORD, and do good; so shalt thou dwell in the land, and verily thou shalt be fed.
4 Delight thyself also in the LORD; and he shall give thee the desires of thine heart.
5 Commit thy way unto the LORD; trust also in him; and he shall bring it to pass.
7 Rest in the LORD, and wait patiently for him: fret not thyself because of him who prospereth in his way, because of the man who bringeth wicked devices to pass.


In This Psalm 37
Is
The Formula For Daily Peace
In A World Of Wickedness: Let No One Steal Your Joy!

To Protect Our Prized Possessions
Aka Our Blessed Gifts From Almighty God
We Have To Indulge Ourselves
In A Little Thing Called ... For Some Of Us
Hard Labor!

We Are Called To Believe The Lord!
Pray Often
Be Obedient
Do Right
And
Endure All Things
And
You, Me, We  ... Shall Be Blessed!

Come On!
It Can't Be That Easy!

Easy!?!
Easy!?!
Are You Mad!?!
Didn't You Notice That
To Get From Belief Unto Blessing
We Have To ENDURE!?!

Oh, Yes, It Is That Easy, My Friend!
That Is The Simplicity Of The Gospel Of Truth
The Word Of God
The Law Of God
The Perfect Law
The Law Of Liberty!

The Law Of The Lord 
Is 
Perfect!
It Converts The Soul
And
If We Trust In God's Eternal Wisdom
We Shall Emerge ... From This World Of Sin
As The Purest Gold!

E To E!

Huh!?!

Endure To Emerge!
E ndur E All Things ... To Escape The Evil
E merg E White And Clean ... To Enjoy Everlasting Life In Eternal Bliss!

Okay! I Like It!

Pretty Is The Way To Life!
Dark Is The Way To Damnation!
Beautiful Is The Lord Of Life!
Ugly Is The Lord Of The Dung Flies
He Who Stirs And Cooks The Pot Of Strife!

He Who Prides Himself On His Earthly Riches
Is 
The Man Most Poor!
He Who Strong Stands
On The Rock Of Ages
Is 
He Who Will Enter Heaven
Through Him Who Is The Door!

Let's Dig ...

Look At The Formula Closely
And
You Shall See The Pattern Emerge:

Do Not Fret Yourself Over Evil-Doers
   Do Not Be Envious
Trust In The Lord
   Do Good ... In The Name Of The Lord
Delight Thyself Also In The Lord
Commit Thy Way To The Lord
   Trust In The Lord
Rest In The Lord
   Wait Patiently On The Lord
Do Not Fret Yourself Over Evil-Doers

4 Over 6
Just Like How The 10 Commandments Is Set!

It's A Sandwich:
Two Slices Of Don't Fret Wheat Bread
With
A Lot Of The Good God Inside!

The Lord Is Surely Telling Us Something!

Notice Also ...

When You Trust The Lord
You Will Do Good!

When You Commit To The Lord
You Will Trust The Lord!

When You Rest In The Lord
You Will Wait Patiently On The Lord!

Now, With All That Said
How, Then, Should We Pray!?!

I Know How!
Let Me Pray! Let Me Pray!

Very Well!
Say Your Prayer!


PRAYER:

Thanks, Lord
For The Sacrifice That Makes Me Saved!
Thanks, Lord
For The Grace That Makes Me Grateful!
Thanks, Lord
For The Blessing That Makes Me Bold
And
Thanks For The Hope That 

Helps Me Walk Toward Heaven!

My Heart Is Thankful, Lord
For You ARE My Way!
My Heart Is Thankful, Lord
For You Bless Me Immeasurably Each Day!
My Heart Is Thankful, Lord
And
I Will Have It No Other Way
And, So
I Give You Praise!


AMEN!!!

Out Of The Mouth Of A Babe!!

Indeed! 

A Little Child Has Led Us!
I Sincerely Pray That
We Will Take Heed To Ourselves
And
Let The Lord Of Life
The Light Of The World
Lead Gently, Safely ... HOME!






Sunday, June 3, 2018

The Gift Of God!

Simply Put
My God!
Your Need!
His Riches!

MY God!
YOUR Need!
HIS Riches!

My God ... Will Supply
Your Need ... According To
HIS RICHES!

So, What IS YOUR Point!?!

Simple!
Since MY GOD
Gracious
Full Of Compassion
Slow To Anger
AND
Plenteous In Mercy
IS
Supplying YOUR NEEDS
AND
YOU Are Enjoying
Having Your Needs Supplied ...!

... I AM Enjoying The Supply Immensely!

... Don't YOU Think It Is Time
That MY GOD
Become
YOUR GOD!?!

Wellll ... Ahhhh ... Ummm ...!

All Righty, Then!
Struck Dumb!
Obviously Blind!
I Know He Ain't Stupid, So ...!?!

Who Cures What Ails Us?!

The Great Physician!
The Loving Shepherd Of The Sheep!
The Lord Who Made Heaven And Earth! 
God ... Who Is Our Refuge And Strength!

Who Died To Save Us!

Jesus Christ The Righteous!
The Lord Most High!

The Man Of Sorrow Acquainted With Grief!
The Lamb Of God Who Takes Away The Sin Of The World!

Who Is Jesus!

Even I Know That!
Textbook Jesus Is
My Beginning
My Lord
My Light
My Salvation
My Rock
My Reward
My Hope
My Help
My Way
My Truth
My Life
My End
But, Uhhh ... Do I Have To ... You Know ...
Do The Big "C"!?!

If By Do The Big "C"
You Mean
Call On Jesus
Confess Your Sinsss
Commit To His Way
Cast Away Sinning, Self And Satan
Cast Your Every Care On Christ
Cast Out All Your Idols
Convert To The Way To Eternal Life
Call For The Holy Spirit
Climb The Mountain To God
Carry Jesus With You Everywhere ...!

... That's A Tall, Tall, Order!

We've Got For Ourselves
The Omnipotent
Omniscient
Omnipresent
Omnipathic
Eternal God!

Omnipathic?!

Yup!
Our God, Living
Feels Everything!

Our God, Holy
Is Touched By The Feelings Of Our Infirmities
Our Joys
Sorrows Woes
Wants Hurts
Hopes
Losses Gains
Our Sins
Our Salvation
Our Separation From Him
Our Unity With Him!

We Are Nothing Without Jesus Christ The Lord!

We Need To Wait On The Lord
And He Will Renew Our Strength!

Why?!

We Love The Lord
AND
We Keep His Law
His Commandments
Not To Be Saved
But Because We Are Saved ...!

... Through Faith! 

The Gift Of Faith!

He Has Also Us Another Wonderful Gift!
The Eternal Word Says:






... I Could Really Do With Some Peace Right About Now!
I Haven't A Peaceful Night's Rest
In The Last Two Weeks!

Jesus Christ 
IS 
Our Peace
AND
With It 
We Rest In Him!

I Thought That Was Just A Cliche!

Nah, Man!
It Says In The Living Word :
Come
All Ye That Labor
AND
Are Heavy Laden
AND
I, Jesus
Will Give You, Eliashib
Rest
Unto Your Soul!
It's Guaranteed!

You're Sure About That?!

Dead Sure!

Huh?!

Jesus Shed His Innocent Blood
So That You ... Me, Too
Guilty As Sin
Can Find Peace And Rest
Forgiveness And Restoration
Hope And Help
Faith And Grace
Mercy And Love
Healing And Salvation
AND
Blessing
When You Trust And Obey
His Word!

I Have Always Had A Problem
With This Trust And Obey Thing!
And This Love Thing ... Huh!

Brother,
There Is No Disappointment In Jesus!
His Love Is Way Beyond Compare!
He Speaks Truth Unvarnished
And All May Trust Him At His Word
Be Ye Man Woman
Elder Or Youth!

Jesus Christ Even Offers The Invitation
For Us To
Reason With Him!

But, But, If He's Willing To Reason With Me
That Must Mean He Is Actually Willing To Hear My Side!!

There's No Need To Sound So Shocked! 

Great Is His Faithfulness!
The Holy God Is Not Variable In His Word
AND
Best Of All
His Mercies Upon Us
Are New Every Day!

Thank You!
You Guys Really Make Almighty God
Jesus Christ 
Sound 
Even Seeem
Like A Real Person
Approachable
And Not Some Unreachable
Unconcerned
Unapproachable Colossus
Who Is Always Angry And Easily Offended!

All I'm Going To Say To You, Is
Call On Him
AND
He Will Show You Great And Mighty Things
That You Know Absolutely Nothing About!

I Totally Believe That I Will!
I Truly Feel Blessed!
Thank You For Sharing!

Thank YOU For Listening!

Thank God For Grace! ...



Saturday, May 6, 2017

VESPERS AT THE END OF THE SABBATH: Traditions - - -> Doctrines ... Commandments!?

When The Decrees Of Church Men
AND
Statesmen
Are In Direct Opposition
To The

"Thus Saith The Lord!"

People Of Faith And Piety
Have No Call To
With Willful Sinners
Walk In Accord!

The Word Of God Is Infallible!
The Words Of Man Are Not!
AND
Switching One For The Other
Is
Going To Get You Hot! Hot!
BUT
You Will Not Be Able
Away From God
To Trot!

Man Sees With Eyes Set In Reducing Time!
God Created For Man ... Time!
God Is Not Restricted By Man's Time
Nor His Ideals
For
He Is Lord God
Almighty
Holy
Omnipotent
Omniscient
Omnipresent
Everlasting
Consuming Fire
Wisdom
Divine
Will Supreme!

Man Lives In Time's Space
AND
God - In Mercy
Gives To Him Grace!
Man
- By Following Satan
Arch-Enemy Deceiver -
Wants To Play God
BUT
Because His Eyes Are Myopic
He Sees Not
That
He Is Playing With King Fraud!

God Says All
Before All
Who Dwell Upon The Ball
AND
God Bears The Ball
Upon Which Men Of The Fall
Fell
AND
It Is Only Through God's Son
That The Stain Of The Fall
Can Be Dispelled!

Man Fell
Because Lying Satan
The Truth Did Not Tell
BUT
The Fallen Will Rise
IF
To The Christ-From-Death-Risen
With Their Whole Hearts
They Do Listen!

"Thus Saith The Lord!"
Is Not A Suggestion
Up For "Maybe" Consideration!
"Thus Saith The Lord!"
Is A Command
A Call To Holy Arms
Safety
From The Wicked Devil's 
Ample 
God-Denying Charms!

Debating God
Is Like Debating With The Tornadic Wind!
You Don't Know From Whence It Came!
You Don't Know How Why
It This That Way Spins!
You Don't Where It Will Touch Down!
You Don't Know If It Will Hit
Mr. Foot On His Bony-Backside
Or
On His Narrow Lantern Chin
Or
If He Will Rattle Mr. Head's Teeth
Or 
Part And Groom His Straying Gray Hair
With Some Fly-By Goat-Grease!
It Will Do As It Does Itself Please!

Take A Page
From The Book Of Righteous Job
Who
When Challenged
By The Almighty God
To State
What When Where Why
AND
How
If But Then And And And
Acknowledged With Alacrity
His Fallen-Nature 
Not-God Deficiency
AND
Stated Clearly To His Maker
That He
- Shamefaced -
Will Close His Mouth
... And Did!
He Did Not His Father-God 
Inerrant
Able
Deny!

Man's Tradition Is Not God's Doctrine
AND
Man's Doctrines 
Are Not God's Commands
AND
All Who Command Otherwise
Will Face The Wrath
Of The Conquering Lamb
The Holy Son Of God
The Only Savior Of The Kind Called 
Man!



Pssst?!
Tell Me, If You Will ...
Where And How
Do YOU
On This Matter
Stand!!??