SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT: SELF ... Daring Almighty God?!

... The Questions Are Simple:

Why Should Your Personal Choice Affect My Free Will?!
Why Should Your Freedom To Make Foolish
Even Egregiously Bad Decisions
Cost Me My Life?!
AND, FURTHERMORE Have You Even Considered
How Each Person's Free Will
Each Person's Free AND Personal Choice
AND
"No Man Knows The Day Nor The Hour 

WHEN The Son Of Man Cometh!"Intersect?!

I Once Heard A Pastor Say
That Because He Is So Certain
Of His Soul's Sure And Promised Salvation
That He Would Not Defend Himself
Against An Intruder
A Bandit
Even If It Cost Him His Life
Because
It Could Lead To
- AFTER 
His Demise -
That Bold And Ravening Sinner
Repenting Of Known Sin
AND
Coming To Jesus
AND
Being Saved For Eternity!

Maybe He Was Thinking Of What Jesus Said:

Greater Love Hath No Man

But He That A Man Lay Down His Life For His Friends!

And I Would Say
That He Is Wrong?!

I Agree!
Work Out Your Own Soul's Salvation!

Jesus Christ's Life
Is The Only Life
That Was 

That Is 

The Suitable Sacrifice For Sin!

Everybody Knows Right From Wrong!
God's Law Is Written On Every Man's Heart
So That They Are Without Excuse!

But What Of Innocent Blood As Seed?!

Indeed ...!

So We Come To The Crux Of The Matter ...

Tomorrow Is Not Promised!
Now Is The Acceptable Time!
Now ... Is The Day Of Salvation!

What Of The Martyrs?!

What About
If We Confess Our Sin
He Is Faithful And Just
To Forgive Us Our Sin
And Cleanse Us From ALL Unrighteousness?!

What About
If Any Man Hear My Voice
And Answer?!

What About Harden Not Your Heart?!

What Of 

Get Wisdom!

Get Understanding?!

What Of

Let Us Hear The Conclusion Of
THE WHOLE MATTERFear God
And Keep His Commandments
For The Living God IS Judge?!

What Of 

My Reward Is With Me
To Give Everyman According As
His Personal Work Shall Be?!

Harden Not Your Hearts!

Be Ye Holy As Your Father Is Holy!

Blood As Seed Works
While God's Mercy Is Still Working!
It Won't Work
When Man's Probation Is Finished!

This, Somehow 

- To Me -
Smacks Of A Certain Level Of Presumption ...!

... Just Like Death Bed Confessions
And
Death Bed Repentances!

Too, True!

Man Looks At The Outward Appearance!

Almighty God Looks At The Man's Heart!

Think About This:

You Stab A Man In His Heart ... Deliberately
AND THENPlead With Him Not To Die
... As You Try To Save Him From Dying!

That's Presumptuous!

We Need To Confess Our Known Sin
And Repent To God Every Day

In Jesus Christ's Name
For
No Man Knows The Day
Nor The Hour
WHEN
The Son Of Man Cometh

Is All That I'm Going To Say!

Be Careful
Ye That Think Ye Stand
Lest Ye Fall!

No Man Should Take A Stance Like That Pastor!

We Daily Sin

By Thought Word And Deed

AND

We Need To Remember The Word:

Every Man Has The Same Opportunity

AND

We Should Remember That

The Soul That Sins

It Shall Die

AND

Unconfessed Sin Is Sin ... Unforgiven!

Any Final Thoughts ...

By Thy Word, Thou Art Justified!
By Thy Word, Thou Art Condemned!

I Sincerely Believe That That Pastor's Idea
Is Heaven-Daring Arrogance!

Nowhere In Scripture
Will You Find A Saint Of God
Presuming Upon God's Mercy
In Such An Unseemly Manner!

We Are To Give Up Fleeting Things For Christ

And For The Sake Of The Gospel!

We Do Not ... In My Personal Opinion
Have The Right
Nor The Power
To Decide That Our Life Is God's Seed

And Be Hopeful Of Something
That In All Likelihood
May Never Happen!

No Criminal Ever Said
Or Will Ever Say: 

I Shall Go And Kill Me A Good Christian Man

A Man Sure Of His Soul's Salvation

A Heaven-Bound Saint

And God ... 

The Living Eternal God Of All Grace

Who Pays All

BUT

Is Paid By The Wilful Desire Of The Christian

To Be A Human Christ

AND

Who Knows The Thoughts

AND

Intents Of The Desperately Wicked Human Heart

Is Going To

- In Servile Cooperation 

For This "Once Saved Always Saved" Man's Willing Sacrifice - 

Convert Me

And Save My Soul

From The Second Death

Even Though I Am Wilfully Sinning

AND

Have Repeatedly, Flagrantly, Scorned His Free Grace

AND

Have Purposefully Chosen

The Way Wherein Lies

Death!

You Ain't Lie!

Wouldn't It Be Easier
For The Christian
In Faith
For Faith
To Pray:

God Have Mercy!

Save Me!

And Then Say
To That Wilful Sinner:

In The Name Of Jesus Christ The Righteous 

Stop!?

The Apostle Paul Consented To Murder
AND
By His Zealous Wrong-Headed Efforts
Caused Many Christians To Perish!

 
Jesus Christ, Himself
Met The Then-Called Saul
- On His Way To Harm More Christians -
AND
Asked Him Why He Was Persecuting
Not The Christians
But Christ, Indeed
AND
Blinded Him
AND
Cast Down His Vain Imaginings
AND
Caused Him To Walk In Physical Blindness
For Three Days
- The Same Time That Christ Had Lain In A Sinner's Grave -
To Ultimately Give Him Spiritual Eyesight!

He Repented

AND
Was Converted
AND

Physical Scales
- At The Appointed Time -
Fell From His Eyes

AND
He Became 

The Ultimate Warrior For Christ!

Paul Was Humbled
AND

He Humbled Himself!

Not Once Did He Say:

I Shall Let Them
- The Adversaries -
Kill Me
So That They
- By My Personal Sacrifice -
WILL
Be Saved!

Paul Did All To Preserve His Life! 

Paul Did Not Indulge
In Heaven-Daring Arrogance
Because He Had
"An In ... An Inside Track To God!"

That Faithful Apostle

At His Life's End

Said:

Paul Trusted The Lord
AND
The Word Of The Lord
AND
He Chose To LIVE
For His Jesus
AND ... WORK ARDENTLYFor The Salvation Of Dying-In-Sin
Dying-Through-Sin
Men's Souls!

The Point Here Is ...

As Jesus Christ Asked The Murmuring Pharisees:

Which Is Easier?

To Say

Son, Thy Sins Be Forgiven Thee! 

OR

Take Up Thy Bed And Walk!?!

Which In This Case, Is

Dare To Die For The Sinner 

Who Will Perhaps Not Be Saved
AND
You, Yourself, Are Probably Also Lost
Because We Sin Daily By Thought Word Deed
OR
Dial-Up Yourself Your Saving Jesus
By Fervent Prayer
AND
Request The Angel Guard
While Also Requesting
That The Holy Spirit
Meet The Evil-Doer
Face To Face!

Brethren,

If You Say
You Trust Believe Worship Praise
Obey Honor

AND
Glorify Almighty God
In Your Person
Do It All Day
Every Day
In Every Way
In Every Situation!

There Ain't No Back-Door To Heaven!
There Ain't No Special Pass-By-Here For Saints!

The Door To Heaven Is Jesus Christ The Lord!

AND
The Key To The Door Is Living Faith! 

The Way IS Straight And Narrow
For We Must Live By Christ
- The Way The Truth And The Life -
AND
We Are Not To Do Anything
That Will Cause Us To Lose Our Crown
AND
That Free ... To All REPENTANT SINNERS
Eternal Life!

Brethren,

I Caution You

AND
Myself
I Am Certainly Including:

Check Yourself
Before You Wreck Yourself!

Let Us Ever Seek Out The Will Of Almighty God
For Our Lives!! 

Be Faithful ... Unto Death!
Don't Call Death Unto You!

What Is Our Watch-Word?!

Jesus Saves ... To The Uttermost!

Please Do All

To Grow In Daily Grace

Through Your Working Faith
For, Soon

- Very Soon -
We Shall See Jesus Christ
Face To Face!