FAITH: Obedience!

Oh, To Be Sincere!
Oh, To Be Contrite
For Such A Soul
Is Indeed Precious
In The Eternal God's Sight!

Not Intellectual Prowess
Not Accident Of Birth
Nor Financial Fitness
Are Held Lofty In The Eyes Of The Lord
BUT
The Love Of The Soul Willing
The Faith Of The Soul Working
The Working Of The Soul
Who For Christ's Free Salvation
Has Taken Faith's Easy Yolk!

Pride Among Men Is Profitable!
Pride Before The Living God Is Not
AND
Presumption
The Act Of Willful Sinning
Will Get That Person
From The Holy God
The 
"Depart From Me
Thou Workers Of Iniquity!"
Cast-Into-Outer-Darkness
Blot!

Faith
Without The Walk
Without The Work
AND
Without Obedience
Is As A Formula One Race Car
Without An Engine
AND
Is As Valuable!

Those  Who Walk
In The Light Of Life
Live
For The Lord Of Life
Being Salt
Doing A Seasoning Work
Preparing A People
Fit
To Sit
At The Table Of The Great God!

Those Who Season
Must Have Seasoning In Themselves
For
Salt Without Savor
Becomes A Part Of Pig Swill
Good For Nothing
For Not Even Plants It Can Kill!

Living For Jesus
Is A Lifetime's Work
Rewarded Now
With Unsurpassed Peace
AND
Hereafter
All Of Heaven's
Fabulously Glorious
Unthought Of Precious Perks!

He That Truly Believes
The Word Of God Is True
Is The One
That Walks The Talk
While Talking The Walk
That Lives Right
In The Sight
Of The Lord Of Light
AND
Is A Delight To Our Savior
The One Who Will Commend
Our Christ-Like
Kind Gentle
Loving Caring
God-Fearing
Preparing-For-The-Appearing Behavior!

Are You Preparing

For Jesus To Come?

Are You Living

As The Lord Christ

Will Have You?

Are You One

Who In Faith Says

"Christ Is My King!?"

Are You Readying Yourself

For Christ

To Redeem You?!

JESUS : Always!?!

Jesus First!
Jesus Last!
It Is With The Lord Jesus
That My Lot Is Cast!

I Think You Forgot One!

I Doubt That!
If I Have Jesus First And Last
I Done Gone Home When He Comes!
I Hope He Comes Real Fast!

I Pray For You!
I Truly Do
For It Seems That You've Forgotten
Overlooked
Disremembered
Or Set Aside The Fact
That
You Should ALWAYS
In All Ways
For Always
Through All Ways
Because Of The Devil's Ways
Because You Don't Know The Way
Have Jesus With You!

Aren't You Being Just A Teensy Weensy Presumptuous?!

Not At All!

Really?!

Really!

You Better Back Up That Mouth Of Yours
With Some Facts
Or I Shall ....!

Or You Shall What?!
You Just Stellarly Proved My Point!

Huh?!

Yup!
To You

Jesus Is A Catch Phrase
And Dare I Say

Like A Comfortable Shoe
BUT
You Forgot To Make Him
Your Necessary Walking Stick StandAlone!

IF One Knows That One Has A Handicap
AND
Needs To Have A Physically-Stable Walking-Support
One Gets
AND
One Keeps
AND
One Maintains Constant Contact
With Their Walking Support
So That They Don't

Fall Short
Travelling On
The Right And Perfect Way!

Ahhm ... What Did You Just Say?!
Speak Street
For I Am A Layman
And I Have Not A Clue
What You Have Said
For
I Have Not A Handicap
Nor Impediment That I Can See
And
Furthermore
I Don't Even Know why
You Are Even Speaking To Me?!

Okay.
I'll Break It Down For You:

You Are A Human
Your Handicap Is Sin
Jesus Is Savior
Your Healer
Your Necessary Support
So That You Don't Fall In Sin!

He Is There So That
By Faith
- In His Help -
You May Be Held Up By Him
AND

Continue
On The Path To Life
Fully Supported
Be Upright Walking!

No!

Yes! It Is True!
With Jesus Holding You Up
Satan Cannot Knock Out
His Support From Steadying You!

And, And
I'm Speaking To You
Because
I Sincerely Care About You!

Wow!
I've Never Heard Jesus Explained Like That
And I Never Though
About How
Jesus First And Jesus Last
Were Attached!

I Simply Assumed
That If I Have Him
First And Last
That That Meant That I Have Him
Like How You Have A Flask!

Sym,
Let Me Tell You
You Are Not Alone
I Was Like That
Until The Day I Had To Walk Alone!

First,
I Did The Assume Thing
And Found A Donkey Leading Me
AND

As For That Flask
You Should Have Seen Me!

Life Gave Me The Tall Flask
Supposedly Containing Cooling Cure-For-All Tea!
That Flask Was Truly Heavy
So I Put It In The Cares-Of-The-World Bag
That I Studiously Carried Around
Every Single Place With Me!

As So-Called Fate
AND

Time Would Have It
I Needed A Cooling Respite One Day
AND

I Opened That Bag Of Cares
AND

Lifted Out My Heavy Flask
AND
It Being Light
It Hit Me 

"Wham!"Dead In My Face!

Wait A Minute!
You Said That That Flask Was Heavy
With Cooling Cure-For-All Tea
So How Did It Get Light?!
Were You Drinking From It Constantly?!

Not At All!
I Was Just About To Pour My First Cup!

And ... You Just Lost Me!

You Received It Full!
You Had Never Opened It!
Yet It Is Empty!
Maaan, I Can't Wait To Hear This Explanation!

I Was Dazed
Just As Are You!
I Shook The Flask - No Sound!
I Unscrewed The Cap
AND LO AND BEHOLDThat Flask Of Cure-For-All
Had No Stopper ...!

Ha Ha Ha!!

Why Are You Laughing!

Been There Done That!

Then Why ...?!

Why Am I Not Further Along?!

Yes! Yes!
You Can Say It That Way!

I Am Not Further Along Because
A. My Head Hard
B. I Am Stubborn, and
C. I Needed To Hear Your Witness
Obviously!

Seriously, Though
I Had Never Been Told
Or Never Had It Properly Explained
That The Life Lived In Christ
Is More
- Much More -
Than Start And Finish
Beginning And End
First And Last!

No One Has Ever Explained
- I Mean Really Explained -
That Life With Christ
Is A Constant
A Continuity
A Living With Its Highs And Lows
Humps and Grumps
Good Days Bad Days
Joys Sorrows
Ever Learning
AND
Most Important Of All
Coming To The Conclusion
That Jesus Is
All And All
AND
Acknowledging His Rights
To Our Person
AND
Being Glad About It!

The Student Is Become The Teacher!

Not Really!
I May Be Hard Headed
But When I Reach Understanding
That Knowledge Belongs To MeAND

I Completely Embrace It
No Matter Where It Leads
Or Who It Offends!

You Know
That Is Where All Christians Need To Be
For That Is The Truth
That Comes Of The Text

I Love You!

Give Us A Cuddle!

Muah! Muah!

I Am Heading Outside!

So Am I! 

Let's Walk Together!

Yes, Let's! 

We Agree!

Reprobates Int'l, E.C.F.

Sacrifice Integrity
Disregard Conscience
AND
Indulge Selfishness
Work ... For Free!

They Are
The Best Workers
The Best Motivators
The Best Hitmen
Backstabbers Without Parallel
AND
They Work For 

Reprobates Int'l, ECF

(Earthwide Conglomerate Foul!) 

CEO: D'Liar N. Fraud

Bachelor Of Bogus

Master Of Manipulation

Doctor Of Deceit

Murderer For Hire

Purveyor Of Too-Sweet Babylonian 

God-Defying Tasty-Treats

AND

Lying!

These Three Paragons
Of No Virtue
Take Perverse Pleasure In Their Work
AND
They Care Not
- Day Light Night Bright -
Who Their Derail
AND
Cause Of The God Of Heaven
To Lose Save-Your-Soul Sight!

Well ... 

All Was Going Really Well For Them
Until Those Vile Villains
Reached Faithful Town And Country
Where
Speaking Truth
AND
Living N. Obedience
Were Mayor And Peace Officer!

These Two Were Real Time-Tested
Bible-Toting
Psalm-Singing
Church-Going
Careful Cowboys
Not Hillbilly Galoots
AND
They Don't Know How A Blasting Gun
At A Sinner To Shoot!

These Two Good Men 

Did Every Single Solitary
By ... The Good Book!

They Have No Jail
No Street Stocks
No Holding Pens
No Shackles
No Tasers
No Cash Machines For Bail Pay
Just Old Faithful Friend
The Constant Companion
The Good Shepherd True
The Desire Of The Ages
The One
Who 

Sin Death And Hell
Did Slay!

Uh, Oh!

Did You Hear That?!

"Come Let Us Reason Together!
Your Sins Are Scarlet

AND
We Are Sure That You Knew
But HE Can Make Them Snowy White
AND
IF You Admit That They Are Red Like Crimson
At Your Willing Surrender
They Shall Be Like Wool
AND
Comfortable Shall You Sleep
Be It Warm Or Cold Night!
Please Do Not With Us Fight!"

But ... 

"IF You Persist
In Spreading Pestilence
Vengeance Is HIS!

HE Shall You Repay

AND
There Is Nothing That You Can Do To Change That
So
Speak Now!
Tell Us The Truth ... TODAY!"

They Feinted Left!
The Feinted Right!
They Ran In Circles!
The Did A Bunch-Tight!
BUT
Firm Was Steadfast Conviction
AND
Soon
Those Three Invading Sinners Did Learn:

Do Good - Good Attends You!

Speak Truth - Truth Speaking Returns!

Walk Right - Light Will Attend You!

Jesus Saves - Live Love Learn!

Indulge Selfishness Became Indulge Selflessness
Disregard Conscience Did Conscience Regard
Sacrifice Integrity Showed
Walking In Integrity
Is No Sacrifice
AND
They Soon Became Perfect Members
Of
Faithful Town And Country's
Useful-Government Board!

D'Liar N. Fraud
Tried To Get Them Back
BUT
Having Grown In Love
AND
Being Loving To All Men
AND
Being New People
They Told Him
Not To Visit Them
Ever Again
AND

For His Being Turned Away Empty-Handed
He Did Them Roundly Curse
Proving To All And Sundry
That He Is 

The Devil Perverse!

You Should Know That ...

Occasionally
A Mustachioed Liar
Arrives In The Country
The Town
AND
Just As He Arrives
Converted He Stays
Unconverted
He Leaves Fast
For
Neither The Mayor
The Peace Officer
Nor The Old Faithful Friend
Indulge In That Nonsense

Called
The Devil's Cosplay

AND

They Don't With Foolishness
Horse-Around

For
They Specialize In
Faith's Stand Your Ground!

When Are YOU Going To Come Down?!

Living By Faith!?!

I Was Wandering
In A Daze
In Philosophy's Convulsing Maze
Looking For Already Biblically Provided Answers
When
My Eyes Started To Glaze!

I Called Out In Terror!

Suddenly ...

There One Stood
AND 
In Pitying Love, Said:

Dear Beloved,
I AM The Door!
I Gifted You With Faith!
Exercise It
And Walk Safely Through!
The Way Is Sure!

He Made It Sound Ever So Easy!

For Very Long
AND
Like So Many
I'd Had An Intellectualized Faith
Wearing It
As A Badge Of Honor
Wearing It
Like A Cape
Satisfied
To Be Called A Faithful One
BUT
Never Having Displayed Its Fruit
For
My Reading
AND
My Reasoning
Did Not Philosophically Compute!

I Had Not Understood
That Exercise Is To Faith
What A Spoon Is To Soup!

You Are Hungry!
You Have A Spoon!
AND
You Have A Bowl Of Vegetable Soup
BUT
If You Don't Believe 
It Is Hunger-Satisfying Vegetable Soup
AND
Put The Spoon Into The Soup
AND
Lift Up A Spoonful
AND
Place Same In Your Mouth
AND
Swallow The Contents Thereof
THEN
You Will Not Experience
Your Vegetable Soup's Benefits!
All You Will Have Is A No Score
AND
A Still Hungry Belly!

You Exercise!
You Have Received The Gift Of Faith!
BUT
If You Don't Exercise Faith
By Believing The Word Of The Giver
By Believing There Are Merits In The Gift
By Opening The Wrapped Gift
AND
Taking The Contents Out
AND
Using Them According To The Instructions
You Will Never Experience The Benefits Of
Free Mercy
AND
Daily Grace
Hope
Forgiveness
AND
Salvation
Which Are Irrevocably Tied
To The Exercise Of Faith!

Exercised Faith, To You
Would Be Just A Words
Falling Out Of Your Mouth!

All That We Have
- As Christians Called -
Without The Exercise Of Faith
ISA Mountain Goat
On A Short Rope
- That Is Wrapped Around Our Waists -
That Is Running From
A Roaring Ravening Man-Eater Lion!

Put Differently
We Have No Options!

With Exercised Faith
With Faith Exercised On
AND
In
Christ Jesus
We Have
Unexplored
Unexpected
Unanticipated
Untold
Unheard Of Options
Which Are Only Available
To Those Who
Will Believe The Word
AND
Look Up
To The Gift Giver
AND
Because Of Exercised Faith
LIVE!

Brethren,

I Encourage Us All
To Stop Living Dangerously
Riding Doubt
That Mountain Goat
On The Short Rope
AND
To Start Living Safely
As One Saved
By Exercising Our Gift Of Faith
For
By Exercise
Regular Exercise
Strenuous Exercise
- Exercise With Intent -
Our Gift Of Faith
Is The Gift
That Will
From The Here And Now
Through The Ceaseless Ages Of Eternity
Keep On Giving
And Giving
And Giving
And Giving
AND ... GIVING ...!

Live ... By Faith

And 

By Faith ... Really Live!

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The Sightless Eyes

Of

Faith

- In The Lord Jesus Christ -

Can The Clear Way To Live Life

Plainly See!

BEGINNING: Blessing!

There Is No Human
Upon God's Green Earth
That Is Put Into The Position
Where To Sin Is A Necessity
For
Our Father In Heaven
Will
With The Temptation
Provide A Way Of Escape
AND
It Is Up To Us
To Exercise Our Freewill Option
To Get Out Of Performing Sinful Actions
Not Go After Its Spurious Attractions!

The Path Of Least Resistance
Is Always Touted
As The Way That Is Best
BUT
If You Use A Banana Peel
For A Skateboard
Tell Me If You Pass 

The Skinned Knees 

AND
Broken Behind Test!

Right Is Right
AND
Wrong Is Wrong
AND
Walking Right Before God
Can Never Ever Be Wrong
So
Do The Right Thing
AND
Leave The Wrong Alone
AND
The God Of The Details
As Promised
Will Get You Safely Home!

To Climb A Rough Mountain
You Must Be Equipped!
To Get Over The Devil
The Blood Of Jesus
Is Your Pointy Stick
For
It Gets You Over Liars
It Gets You Away From Soul Thieves
It Puts Mercy At Your Disposal
ANDGrace Is Available
Just For The Asking
By Humble, Faithful, Prayer
Please!

Easy Isn't Necessarily Easy
AND
Hard Could Be Fast
AND
Fast Could Be Barely Easy
BUT
The Extent Of God's Beautiful Truth
Is Vast!

Vast Easy
Hard Fast
God Is Out There In Here

Every Which Way

The Eye Can Be Cast
AND
Satan And Sin
Will Not
To Eternity Last
So
Look Upon Jesus
Sinless Example He
AND
Take Him For Your Exemplar
AND
To Eternity
For Eternity
Walk Wise!
Walk Free!

Jesus Christ  Is Our B2B! 

He Is

Our Beginning

AND 

Our Blessing!

VESPERS AT THE END OF THE SABBATH: Stubborn Heart

Carnal Heart Despises Light
AND
He Is Very Stubborn
So He Is Also Known
In The Kingdom Of The Light
As Stubborn Heart -
He Loves The Dark Night!

Today Is A Beautiful Day!
AND
Much Light Is Shining
AND
Stubborn Heart Is In His Castle's Kitchen Garden!

He Has Laid Out
A Good And Large Vegetable Patch!

He Is Energetically Planting
Rebellion Peas
Neglect Beans
AND
Resistance To Truth Collard Greens
AND

He Ceremoniously Waters Them With
Change-Leader-At-Will
AND
Afterward
Calmly
Confidently
Walks The Path To Comeuppance
Where Free Mercy Has No Skill!

Time Seemingly Slowly Passes ...

He Just Pulled Up The Weeds Called
Rebuking Sin!
Power To Resist!
Eyes Turned To Truth!
AND
Open To Conviction!
AND, THEN 
He Generously Manured His Precious Seedlings
With
Gross Affections Vile
AND
Sin's Open Door
AND
Being Also Very Greedy
AND
Ever Avidly Seeking To Get
The Bumper Crop For Self
He Drip-Irrigates With Yield To Temptation
AND
Has Constructed A New And Wide Barn
For He Knows He Is Going To Have Extra Produce
To Others To Cheaply Sell!
He Tells No Lie On This And That Is Certain Sure!

On The Day Before Harvest
All Walk Ways Are Meticulously Cleaned!
The Path Marked Sinful Indulgence
Bisects The Path Called Molded Character
AND
Not A Shred Of Mercy's Light Can Be Seen
For
Stubborn Heart
Is Become Hardened Heart
A Character
Now Well And Truly Unclean!

Harvest Celebration ...?!

The Eagerly Anticipated Harvest Celebration
Was Changed The Next Day, When
At The First Turn Of The Reaping
Hell And Damnation
Were Unceremoniously Displayed
AND
With A Great Howling
A Fearful Mourning
AND
A Useless Appeal
The Seeds Of Destruction
Their Whirl-Wind Did Yield!

No! 

Not This!

This Is Not My Fruit! 

This Is Gross And Grandly Egregious!

Where Now Is My Hope?!

How Can I With This Fearful Mess Cope?!

Said The Voice Of Justice
Now Untempered With Mercy:

You Cast Your Confidence Away!
You Walked In Your Own Will!
You Put Mercy In Jail
AND THIS ...
This Is Your Harvest!

The Bitter, Bitter Pill!

It Can't Be Undone

For

You Willingly Walked In Your Own Way
Stubborn
Disobedient
AND
To Purchased Comeuppance
You Have Assuredly Come!

You Reap What You Sow!
You Eat What You Grow
AND
You Alone Know The Seeds Sown
Which At This Harvest
You Will Not
You Cannot
Disown!

You Were Weighed In The Balances!
You Are Declared By Truth Wanting!
Your Kingdom Is Finished
AND
There Is No Good Kingdom For You
To Give To Another!

You Hated The Light!
You Despised The Truth!
You Denied Correction!
You Preferred Running Wild 
Unchecked
And Loose!

You Filled Up Your Own Cup!
Meticulous You Were!
You Thought To Switch Sides
At Your Own Will
And, Now
You Are Drinking
The Folly Of That Swill!

If You Had Never Known Truth
Mercy Might Have Intervened
But
You Despised Light's Dignity
AND
Now
You Are Left To Contemplate
The Wretched Wrecked Scene!

No Mercy! No Mercy!
No Hope For A Chance!
You Denied The Crier
AND
You Accepted The Liar
AND
You Made Your Own Bed
By Denying The One
By Whom Your Life Is Daily Fed!

Stubbornness

AND
Disobedience
Are All Part
Of Witchcraft's Stew
AND
There Is Always White Glove Table Service
When Eating At Comeuppance Broth And Brew!

You Are One Special!
He Who Ever Is
Died
To Save You
BUT
You Chose Your Own Voice
To Which To Listen
AND
Now You Are Set For Immersion
In The Accursed One's Fire Lake Damnation!

Mercy Ever Always Calls
Upon The Soul That Listens
Extending A Fair Hand
To Keep That One
In The Straight Way
BUT
The Soul
That Despises
Heavenly Dominion
Will Eventually Find Self
From The Source Of Life
Cut Away

For

On The Way
To Eternal Life
Self-Made Pathways
Ever Always
Give Way!

Lean On The One
Who Is Life, Light And Way
AND
He Will See To It
That To Heaven
You Will Safely
Arrive There!

Oh, That Men

Would PraiseThe Lord

For His Goodness

His Mercy

Toward

The Children Of Men!

Brethren,

A Self-Made Man
Is A Man Damned
For Sinful Flesh Cannot Come Nigh
To The Holy God
- The Consuming Fire -
For It Is Instantly Consumed
Even Before One Can Yell:
"Fire!" 

Want To Save Yourself?!

Get Free Fire Insurance!

Get Christ Jesus

For

He Freely Gives Out

Unburnable

Righteous

Clean

White

Linen Robes
To Those Repentant Ones
Who Ask!

SIN: Transaction Analysis

All That Sin Does

Is Encourage Us
To Sell What Can't Be Bought
To Buy What Can't Be Sold!

And, Pray Tell
What Would That Be?!

Man Can't Buy Peace
AND
Man Can't Sell Salvation!

Greedy, Discontented, Men 

Daily Sell Their Soul's Salvation
In The Hope Of Buying ...!

Don't Say Buying!
That Is Such A Harsh Term!

Sorry If That Truth Offends
Your Tender Sensibilities!

Is Purchase A Good Term For You?!

Much Better!

Greedy, Discontented, Men 

Daily Sell Their Soul's Salvation

In The Hope Of PURCHASING Peace
BUT
That Is A Lying Transaction
Concocted
By The Salvation Thief!

The Living God Gives Good Gifts Unto Men
AND
Peace
AND
Salvation
Are Included
AND
All That Is Needed
To Make The Transaction Whole
Is For Us To Give Up Something
That We Never Needed!

Every Single Thing That I Have
In This World I Need!
Everything I Do For My Career Is Seed
And I Refuse To Give Anything Up
Until I Have a Full Silver Or Gold Cup!

Is That Your Final Say?

Yup!

Your Funeral!

Excuse Me?!
Who's Dying?!
Who Said Anything About Dying?!

You Did!

No, I Didn't!Did!
Didn't!Did!
Didn't! Didn't! Didn't!

How Childish!

Stop Teasing Her!
This Is Serious Businesssss!

Oh, Sorry!
I Got Sidetracked And Forgot
The Snake In The Tall Grass!

Please Don't Tell Me About That!
I Despiiiiise Snakes!

The One Thing In This World
That Mankind Needs Not 

Is Sin And Sinning
For
Against The Soul
It Makes A Blot
AND
All Who Are Willing
To Be Held In Its Dark Control
Are
Those Who Belly-Up
To The Devil's Stew
In An Unmerchantable Deal
Which Is An Eternal Flop!

IF 

Sin Gives You Things
It Stands To Reason
That Things Make You Sin
So
We Need To Let Go Of The Thing-Dash
So That Our Lives Do Not Become
A Sin-Hash!

Look, I Hear What You Say

But I Am Young
And I Still Have Time
With Sin To Play
So
Be Not Too Concerned For Me
For
I Will Do My Do
And Apologize To The Dear Lord
When I Am Well Good And Ready!

Steupse!

Ah, The Rude Arrogance Of Youth!

Do Today
What Can Be Done Today
For
Tomorrow Is NOT PROMISED!

Walk Right Now
In The Sight Of The Lord
Who Delivered Up His Life
To Purchase Your Access
To The Eternal Life
That GOD HAS To All Men PROMISED!

Sin Is A Tight Rope
Over A Slippery Slope
That Culminates In The Lake Of Fire
AND
All It Takes For You Land In Hell
Is Denial Of Sin's Sinfulness
AND
Calling Sinning's Sinfulness
A Hater's White Lie!

Live That Way

AND

Thou Shalt Surely Die!

Oh, Dear! Oh, Dear!

You Said Die Again!

I Don't Like What I Am Hearing!

May We Talk Some More

For I Am Of Death Fearing?!

AND

A New Life Started

From

That

Very

Day!

What, Now

Do YOU Say?!

 

HAPPY SABBATH + WRESTLING: Winning!

... And I Shall Wrestle With The Lord Christ
Just Like Jacob Did
And When Like Jacob
I'm Asked To Let Go
For The Time Of Worship Is Come
I Shall Not
Until He Shall Bless Me!
I Shall Be The Champi'n!

You Are Right About Being
A Champi'n
For A Champion You Are Not!
Christ Created You!
You Can't Win In A Wrestling Match With ... GOD!

Oooh, I Can Feel 

A Withering Response Coming ...!

You Puny Human!
You're Puny Because Of
Dare I Say It?! 

Yup!

You Lack Working Faith!
You Read The Words
But You Don't Believe
And That Is Why You And I
Cannot See Face To Face!

Salvation Is Free
Free To All Who Believe
BUT ...!

THERE IS NO BUT IN SALVATION!!

Why So Loud, My Brother?!

There Is Indeed
A Big BUT In Salvation
For
Even Though Salvation
Is A Free Gift Of Faith
Faith Is Expressed
BYObedience
ANDObedience Requires Work
So, Therefore
There Is Work For
AND
To Be Done By
All Who Believe!

We All Need
A Faith That Works
BY Love

And, Then
Like Jacob
We Shall Have Power
With God
AND
With Men!

You Can't Prove That!!

Calm Down Or You'll Pop A Vein!
I Can Prove It
AND
I Will Prove It!

Fact:

The Hands That Grab Hold Of Christ
By Christ's Gift To Us Of Faith
- As Expressed In The Plain Promises
In The Word Of Truth -
Cannot Be Made To Release Their Hold
Except By Christ's Incapacitating Force!

Come On!

Faith Is Just A Word!

If You Say So!

Who Did Jacob Wrestle? 

Jesus!

Who Won The Fight?

Jesus!

You Are So Right
BUT

Oh, So Wrong!

Huh?!

You Need To Stop Thinking Physical!

Explain That!
I Dare You!

Jacob ... By Faith
Took A Hold On The Giver Of His Faith
Which He Had Received 20 Years Prior
At His Journey
To What Would Be
His Ultimate
- True -
Salvation!

I'm With You ... So Far!

When Jacob First Left Home
His Man-Brand Was Supplanter!
Usurper!
He Was A Considered A Thief
A Liar
A Deceiver!

Then, He

- By Dream -
Saw Heaven's Gate
With Angels Ascending
Descending!
He Called The Place
- Which He Subsequently Anointed -
Beth-El
Aka The House Of God
AND
There
HE, Jacob
Made A Covenant With The Lord!

Jacob Repented Of His Known Sins
AND
Was By Life
Severely Tested
AND
Cruelly Tried!

BUT ...

On Receiving The Call
To Return To The Promised Land
Before He Could Enter The River Of Baptism
To Enter The Land Of Milk And Honey
The Land Of Rest
- Clean -
He
- In The Midnight Hour
Of All Mankind's Distress -
Had To Fight
With The Supposed Adversary
Approximately ... To The Death!

The Supposed Adversary Of His Body
Turned Out To Be
The Very Real Savior Of His Soul
AND
In Remembrance
AND
In Belief
Jacob ... In Working Faith
Strove To Save His Body
AND
Did, Indeed
Save His Own Soul!

Remember That
His Covenant  With God
Was Made
As He Was Going Away From Home!

I'm Not Yet Convinced!

How Did Jacob Become Known As Israel?!

He Won The Battle
And Jesus Changed His Name
After ...!

After, After, After ... What?!

... After Jesus Injured His Leg
To Force Him To Let His Savior Go!

Ding Ding Ding Ding Ding!
Bingo!!!
We Have A Touch-Down!

God's Covenant 

With Jacob
Was Made On Jacob's Way Back Home

To The Promised Land!

His Name Was Changed
To Israel
Because ...

... Because As A Prince
He Had Power
With God
AND
With Men ... And Prevailed!

  

So ...

Did I Make My Point?!

You Know That You Know That You Did!

Very Good!

A Firm Faith Wrestles With The Lord
AND

Prevails!

Just So You Know
All The Faithful
Must Wrestle With The Lord
BUT ...!

You And These Buts!

... But They Cannot
- Will Not -

Win
In Their Wrestling With Christ
IFThere Is Unconfessed Sin
Aka Unforgiven Sin
In Their Lives!

It Must All Be Placed On The Altar Of Sacrifice!

Jesus Christ
Can Only Save Those Who
Follow All The Directions
That Will Cause Them
Heavens Pearl Gates
- By Right -
To Walk Through!

I Hear You

And I Now Truly Believe!

We Must All Get Fighting Fit

If We Will

In The Great Day

Enter In The Eternal City

And At God's Welcome Table Sit!

Amen, Brother!

AMEN.