VESPERS AT THE END OF THE SABBATH: Bold And Daring Confidence!?!

KJV Psalms 19:7, 11

7 The law of the LORD is perfect, converting the soul: the testimony of the LORD is sure, making wise the simple.

11 Moreover by them is thy servant warned: and in keeping of them there is great reward.

Oh, How We As Faithful Christians Love To Talk About 

Encourage Yourself 

... But ... 

We Seem To Have A Great Reluctance To Do 

A Deep Dive Into Examine Yourself! 

Come On! 

'Fess Up! 

Guilty Or Not Guilty!?! 

Alright, Alright! 

I Am Guilty As Charged! 

Beloved, 

Think On This Thing: 

Do You Have A Bold And Daring Confidence 

In The Goodness And Grace Of Our Lord And God 

But 

Are Playing Fast And Real Loose With Your Required Obedience 

To His Immutable Aka Unchanging As In Fixed For All Eternity Laws!?! 

Been There, Done That! 

I've Got The Scars And The Tee-Shirtsss As Memorial Proof! 

Dear Ones, 

In This Light, Should We Not Think Of 

The Biblical Characters Who, Brazenly Contemptuous Of The Love Of God

Threw Away The Eternal Life Of Peace 

To Hold A Sensual Piece Of 

Fading, Dying, Temporal Aka Earthly Life!?! 

Remember Achan, Prophet Balaam

King Saul

Nabal

King Ahab And Queen Jezebel

King Herod

And

Ananias And Sapphira! 

And 

Lest We Forget To Remember

Even Those Whose Sin Was Covered Because Of Their Heartfelt Repentance

The Consequence Of Their Confessed Sin Remained In Place 

And

Was Executed 

And 

Had Far-Reaching Impacts On Themselves

Their Families 

And 

Their Nations! 

King David, King Solomon

And 

King Manasseh 

Readily Come To Mind! 

Please, I Beseech Us All

Do Not Live As A Wizard Of ID 

Aka Wizard Of Intentionality And Deliberation 

To Commit Known Sin Willfully 

In The Presence Of The Eternal God! 

The Promise To Pay 

Aka Check Cashing And Check Kiting 

Are In The Domain Of King Fraud 

And 

Are Not Part Of The Law Of The Lord! 

Trust Dead And Bad-Pay Killed Him 

So Be Prepared With Cash 

Aka Skin To Bray Aka To Pay 

When Indulging In Deliberate Sinning 

Because 

You Shall Surely Not Be Winning! 

Brethren, 

Please Slow Yuh Roll

Freely Choose By Faith To Ignore The Wicked Bold 

And

With Wise Ways

Enduringly Follow The Lord Jesus Obediently 

To Receive Your Inheritance 

In The Kingdom Where The Streets Are Pure Gold! 

The King's Law Is Love! 

Peace! 

https://youtu.be/F-ykfw3-i7s?si=3AUz-IYEN_8Dm0hI

VESPERS AT THE END OF THE SABBATH: Excelsior! Really!?!

Philippians 3:14 KJV

I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus.

Bandy, You Should Be Feeling Quite Silly Right About Now! 

Why!?! 

What Did I Do!?! 

Exactly! 

Huh!?! 

You Didn't Do A Thing And That Is Your Problem! 

Oh, Brother! 

Tommy, If You Could See Your Way To Tell Him What You're Talking About 

And Stop Having It Be So Obscure

Perhaps He Could Defend Himself! 

Okay, Rudy! 

Alright, Bandy! 

Where Do You Work!?! 

I Work Right Here At Excelsior! 

And What Are You Always Talking About!?! 

I Talk About Excelsior! 

Yes, Bandy! 

Excelsior This, Excelsior That, Excelsior Will! 

Do You Know What Excelsior Means!?! 

Why Would I! 

It's Just A Name! 

Bandy, You Real Pitiful, You Know! 

Why!?! 

Because I Ain't Swallow A Dictionary Like You!?! 

Nope, Bandy! 

I Say That You Are Pitiful Because You Profess That 

You Are A Committed Christian

And 

You Are Always Belaboring Our Ears 

With The Topic Of Climbing The Ladder To Glory

Apostle Paul And Aiming For The Prize Of The Upward Call 

And Not Looking Back To What Was

But Focusing On What Will Be! 

Strangely, Though, You Have Not Seen Fit 

To Associate Your Christianity With The Meaning Of 

The Name Of Your Workplace! 

Tommy, Please Pardon Me For Asking

But How Do These Two Things Correlate!?! 

It's Simple My Young Friends: 

Apostle Paul Is Seeking The Prize Of The Upward Call 

And

Excelsior Means "Ever Upward!" 

Lord, Have Mercy! 

He Will! 

You All Refuse To Listen When I Tell You To Read A Book 

And To Understand That Nothing Is As It Appears! 

Tommy, You Are Right! 

I Feel Real Silly Right Now! 

No Need, Bandy! 

You Finally Got It Straight! 

Remember This Though:

Man Can Never Outrun The Lessons Of The Living Word! 

I Hear That! 

Peace! 

https://youtu.be/qjZxb0N3QFA?si=HlOt1-kpGtvT05qZ

VESPERS AT THE END OF THE SABBATH: Child Of God!

Galatians 3:26 KJV

For ye are all the children of God by faith in Christ Jesus.

Do You Act In All Things As Yourself 

Or As A Human Being!?! 

How About As A Child Of God!?! 

Dodo, I Am A Human Be-ING 

And I Can Only Act As Myself! 

Hmm ... I Notice, Sharpie, That You Did Not Grant Recognition 

To The Child Of God Designation! 

Are You Not A Professing, Practicing

Child Of The Eternal Holy God!?! 

Well, Yes, But ...! 

Interesting! 

Brethren, 

We All Have This Very Problem! 

Talk About Yourself, Dodo! 

That Sounds Like A "You" Problem To Me! 

Carden, You Just Spectacularly Proved My Point! 

Wait! What!?! 

Brethren, 

Let Me Break It Down For All Of Us! 

We Are Human Beings! 

We Can Only Be Ourselves! 

We Call Almighty God Our Father 

Because 

We Went Down Into The Watery Grave Of Baptism 

Because 

We Accepted The Word Of The Lamb 

And 

Took Him As Our Savior 

By Our Confession And Heartfelt Repentance For Our Sins 

And 

We Came Up Out Of The Water 

Having Put On The New Man! 

Now Think Very, Very Carefully! 

Living In Or Better Said

With Christ Living In You By His Holy Spirit 

Who Leads Us Into All Truth 

Would It Not Be True To Say That 

You Are A Child Of God

A Regenerated Human Whose Sinful Self Is Daily Purged

Being Sanctified Aka Set Apart For Holy Use 

So That You Daily Choose To Let Your Default Position 

In All Matters Be: 

"Father, Ever Lead Me And Guide Me! 

Please Teach Me To Be True To You 

And To Be Pure In My Thoughts, Words, And Deeds

And Also Ever Show Me What I Should Do 

As Your Child With Full Inheritance Rights 

So That I Do Not Crucify My Dear Savior Afresh 

Bringing Him To An Open Shame!?!" 

Beloved, 

Be Cautious! 

In This Age Of "Do You!" 

And 

"My Truth!" 

We Are Being Again Beguiled To Taste

And For That Matter

Substantially Eat Of The Forbidden Fruit! 

Please, I Beseech Us All

Let Us Boldly Interrogate Our Profession

Our Practice

And 

Our Utilization Of Our Gifted Faith

And 

Decide Once And For All Time 

Who We Are Going To Trust

Honor, Worship, Follow, And Obey: 

The Rock Of Salvation, Jesus Christ Our Loving Lord 

Or

The Malevolent Side-Winder, Satan The Damned

Who Desires Our Destruction 

But 

Shows Us New, Different, Pretty, Loud, And Exciting 

Which Activates Our Hedonistic Traits! 

We, Each, Have Freewill And Freedom To Choose! 

Let Us Brazenly, Yet Humbly, Choose To Use Them 

In Jesus Christ's Name 

And 

For His Sake! 

Thank You, Dodo! 

I'm Glad That You Are Not The Bird! 

AMEN!!! 

Peace! 

https://youtu.be/4dErjrqQwss?si=nOwRxazrKlH4tjqc

VESPERS AT THE END OF THE SABBATH: The Thief Of Joy!

Isaiah 46:5 KJV

To whom will ye liken me, and make me equal, and compare me, that we may be like?

We Were Warned In The Living Word 

Through The Posing Of A Question 

By The Very Lord Of Life Whose Name Is All-Knowing 

Which Means He Has The Unimpeachable Answer! 

The Lord God Almighty Asked: 

"To Whom Will You Compare Me!?!" 

Come On, Brother Man! 

That Was A Trick Question! 

Was It, Uncle Look-Up!?! 

Are You Calling Our Lord Deceitful!?! 

No, Mo! 

I Might Be A Lot Of Things 

But Stupid I Am Not! 

All I Want To Know Is Why 

An Unanswerable Question Was Posed!?! 

Lil' Bit, Have You Ever Heard This Expression: 

"Comparison Is The Thief Of Joy!?!" 

No, I Can't Say That I Have! 

Okay! 

Let's Say, For Instance, That You Worshipped The Living God 

In The Unvarying Beauty Of Holiness 

And 

You Were Truly Happy And Undeniably Blessed To Do So! 

You Knew That You Were Loved And Cherished 

For You Knew That You Were Not Alone 

Because 

Your God Was Your Shepherd, Your Refuge, And Your Strength! 

You Couldn't See Him 

Because 

If You Did In Your Current Sinful State

You Would Be Immediately Consumed: 

He Protected You By Covering Himself! 

You Were Happy, Happy, Happy 

Until You Happened Upon 

"This Is It!" Means And Methods Ministries Incorporated! 

They Had Crashing Cymbals, Booming Bass Drums

Tenor Pans, Electric Guitars 

Praise Singers In Bikinis

Praise Dancers In Short Shorts 

With Lil' Frilly Aprons Over Them

And 

Theatrical Lights, Smoke Machines

And 

A Glib-Tongued Speaker With Expensive Tastes, Treats And Toys

And 

All Manner Of Pricey Statuary 

Which They Carried And Venerated In Their Worship! 

You Were Mesmerized Even More 

When It Was Told You That The Statues Were Gods 

Who Gave Them Their Every Desire 

When The Worshippers  Gave Said Gods 

Gifts Of Money, Produce, Pledge, Or Person! 

You Noted That Those Worshippers Were Excited, Even Euphoric! 

Lord Jesus, Save Us! 

Why Do You Say That, Mala Prop!?! 

I Say That Because That Is

Exactly What Happened To The Israelites 

At The Time Of Balaam 

And Then 

At The Time Of Prophet Samuel 

When They Asked For A King That They Could See ...! 

... And That Is What Repeatedly Led To Them 

Being Constantly Overcome And Enslaved 

To Their Idolatrous Adversaries! 

So, Brethren, 

What Do You Say, Now, About Comparison!?! 

"Comparison Is Truly The Thief Of Joy!"  

Beloved, 

Every Good And Perfect Gift Comes From Almighty God

Who Will Not Share His Glory With Another 

For No Other Can Be Compared To Him 

Because 

He Is Life, Love, Light 

And 

Everything To All People! 

Please, I Beseech Us All

Do Not Allow Anything Or Anybody 

To Steal Your Joy In Our Lord Jesus

The God Almighty

Mighty To Save And Seal Us Against The Great Day Of Small Things

The Day Of Judgment! 

AMEN!!! 

Peace! 

https://youtu.be/clqdCXxqYvI?si=gkrADIUMqc0aQUMh

VESPERS AT THE END OF THE SABBATH: I Love The Lord Jesus!?!

Ecclesiastes 10:8 KJV

... Whoso breaketh an hedge, a serpent shall bite him. 

I Love The Lord Jesus! 

Do You!?! 

We Do! 

We Say That We Love The Lord Jesus 

So I Am Going To Boldly Ask 

"Why!?! 

What For!?! 

To What End!?!" 

We Can Both Say It Is Because He First Loved Us 

And

Out Of Reciprocal Obligation

We Have To Love Him Back 

Because 

It Is The Only Way To Get Into Our Father's House 

Aka The Mansions Of The Forever Blessed! 

Brethren, 

Is That Enough, Sufficient, Or Good Enough!?! 

Beloved, 

Let Us Take Thought 

And 

Break This Love Business, Love Affair, Love Pact Down! 

Neither Of Us Could Or Would 

Truly Love Someone Who Acts Entitled 

Nor Would Or Could Anyone Love Us 

If We Wore Entitled Man's Attire And Attitude! 

Now, Beloved, 

Besides The Already Stated Obvious Reason 

For Loving The Lord

I Love The Lord Because His Word Is Bond 

Be They Blessings Or Cursings 

To Include Loving Warnings And Gentle Corrections: 

His Delivery Service Unremittingly Works! 

Brethren, 

To Make This Personal

When My Son Was Growing Up And Under My Control

I Had One Hard And Fast Rule: 

If I Promised Him A Gift Or A Treat

I Delivered The Gift Or Treat, No Excuses! 

Conversely, If I Promised A Previously Advertised Punishment 

For Known Unacceptable Behavior 

Which Had Previously Been Warned Against And Corrected

I Delivered That Punishment As Warranted, No Exceptions! 

My Son Understood The Brief 

Because 

I Did Not Send Mixed Aka Muddled Signals! 

My Follow-Up And My Follow-Through Were A Given! 

Brethren, 

Our Blessed Jesus Gave Us Rules To Live And Love By 

And

He Was, Is, Abundantly Clear 

About The Costs Incurred And Benefits Provided 

For Doing, Or Ignoring Aka Rejecting His Word

His Will For Our Lives! 

Dear Ones, 

The One Thing That 

We May All Rest Easy About Is This Fact: 

"The Lord, The Same Yesterday, Today And Forever!" 

The Lord Does Not Turn On 

And

Leave On 

An Emergency Light In Our Lives Where None Exists 

As This Would Give Us Carte Blanche 

To Ignore His Command 

Even When A Real Emergency Occurs 

Which Would Be, Which Is, To Our Eternal Detriment! 

Great Is Our Lord's Love And Faithfulness To Us! 

Let Us, From This Moment On

Love Him By Our Willing And Unwavering Obedience 

By Keeping His Commandments Which Are Not Burdensome! 

Beloved, 

The Way Of The Lord ... The Commandments Of The Lord

Is Not 

An Hedge Of Thorns 

So Do Not Fear To Obey Him! 

Be Not Slothful! 

Peace! 

https://youtu.be/QMUm7wlzosE?si=f7BSaZpgzBh3lIcI

VESPERS AT THE END OF THE SABBATH: Sacrifice The Truth!?!

Proverbs 23:23 KJV

Buy the truth, and sell it not; also wisdom, and instruction, and understanding.

The Damned Devil Is The Cursed-Forever Liar! 

Look At Foolishness! 

Blessed-Forever Truth Was Placed On An Idolatrous Altar For Sacrifice! 

Do You Know Who Placed Him There!?! 

Yes! Yes! I Know! 

Peace And Unity Placed Him There! 

Now, Will You Please Be Kind Enough As To Tell Me Why!?! 

Well, As I Understand It

Peace Required Unity 

And 

Unity Longed For Peace 

But 

Truth Was A "Miserable" Comforter 

For Always Speaking Things Uncomfortable To Swallow

And 

Inconvenient To Accept

So It Was Practicable For The Unpopular Trio To Become 

A World-Famous Duet! 

Well Said, Brother Reason! 

Now, Brethren, Given The Circumstances

Do You Believe That This Duet Will Last!?! 

No, It Can't Last

And

It Won't Last Because That Duet Is Going To Duel 

As Each Of The Partners Will Want The Top Billing! 

Neither One Will Lower Their Flag

And 

The Partnership Will Flag

And Then They, Defeated, Will Each Flag-Down Truth 

Before They Will Remember That 

They Had Gleefully Sacrificed Truth! 

Slow Your Roll, Brother Man! 

Truth Cannot Be Killed! 

You Know That And I Know That 

But 

Deniers Of Truth Don't Know That 

Or They Roundly Reject It! 

True, Preacher Man, But They Will Desire Truth ... Eventually! 

Beloved, 

Being A Denier Or A Rejector 

Does Not Change The Fact That 

Truth Is

That Truth Saves

That Jesus Christ Is Truth Aka The Truth

And 

That He Was, Is, And Forever Shall Be! 

Dear Ones, 

Will You Trust The Truth

And 

Walk In Concord Aka In Agreement With The Truth

And 

Speak The Truth ... In Righteousness

No Matter The Vile Coercion

The Threatened Consequence

Or The Ultimate Cost!?! 

You Can, You Know

Because 

The Truth Alone, Jesus Christ Alone, Saves! 

Peace! 

https://youtu.be/sx9zVbBbiRc?si=qMnlQezPeHFaNa5m

VESPERS AT THE END OF THE SABBATH: Wait!?!

Psalm 25:15 KJV

Mine eyes are ever toward the LORD; for he shall pluck my feet out of the net.

Would You Wait On Somebody That You Do Not Trust!?! 

No! 

Would You Have Faith In Somebody 

Whose Words You Do Not Believe!?! 

No! 

Would You Follow Somebody Who Has Shown You That 

They Are Faithless!?! 

No! 

Would You Park Your Life 

In The Climate-Controlled Garage Of Somebody 

Whose Motto, Mantra, Reason For Living 

... And Teaches You The Same ... 

Is 

"Do Whatever You Desire

To Whomever You Desire

For Whatever Reason You Desire

For However Long You Desire

Wherever And Whenever You Desire It!?!" 

Please Say "NO!" 

Brethren, 

That "Do Whatever ... !" 

Is 

The Word Of The Father Of Lies

Your Adversary The Devil

The Piercing Serpent

Who Desires Aka Who Craves 

Aka Who Is Greedy To Gain ... Your Destruction! 

That Unremitting Liar 

Is 

Bound For Unquenchable Fire! 

Beloved, 

Breathe Deeply To Calm Yourself 

And 

Lovingly Look At The Ten Commandments Of 

The Lord Our God 

And 

Notice The Obvious For Even The Blind Man: 

Four-Fifths Aka Eight Out Of Ten Commandments 

Bluntly Say To Us 

"NO!" 

"DON'T!" 

As In "THOU SHALT NOT!" 

This Is The Word Of The Consistent

Faithful, Trustworthy, God Of All Grace 

Whose Word Is The Truth! 

Follow Him! 

Remember, Remember, Don't Ever Forget That 

Always "YES!" Is Never Best 

So Take The "NO!" 

And 

Live In Jesus Christ's Glow! 

Only Our Lord Christ Helps, Heals, Saves And Seals: 

Please Cling To Him! 

Peace! 

https://youtu.be/FkS2e_qLnrs?si=ib9pIwn41_OPSNCg