VESPERS AT THE END OF THE SABBATH: Delight Yourself In The Jesus Christ The Lord !

Lack Of Reverence For Almighty God 

Is 

A Thing With The Worldly-Wise! 

However, As Committed Christians Walking Faithfully And Enduringly 

On The Good King's Plainly Marked Highway

We Should Sincerely Know 

The Best-Held Rules Of The Way Home: 

Do Not Look Into Almighty God's Business With Scornful Eyes! 

Do Not Touch The Word Of God With Presumptuous Hands! 

Do Not Hear The Word Of God With Disbelieving Ears! 

And

Do Not Speak The Name Of God With A Disrespectful Tongue! 

Almighty God Is Holy: 

Fallen Man, Sinful, Is Not! 

We Often Hear The Expression:

"Speech Belongs To God 

And Respect Is Due To A Dog!"

  

Disrespect A Dog And You Will Feel His Wrath: 

A Dog's Year Are Few! 

Almighty God, The Eternal God

Is 

Our Creator, Maintainer,  Sustainer

Savior, Redeemer, Judge, And King: 

Shouldn't We Respect Him Who Can Move Mountains

Make The Sun To Stand Still

And 

Hold The Earth In His Hand 

And Yet 

Live In Our Puny Hearts When Invited!?! 

Presumption Is A Deadly Sin: 

Tread Softly In The Presence Of The Almighty 

Who Reigns And Rules In Zion 

The Beautiful City Of God! 

Beloved, 

With Humility And Awe At His Glory And Power

And 

For His Grace Upon Us

Delight Yourself In The Jesus Christ The Lord 

Who Is Soon To Come Again 

No Matter What The Naysayers Bray! 

Peace! 

HAPPY SABBATH + Let Holy Spirit Rise In You!

 

When Our Blessed Jesus Was Soon To Depart This Earth

He Promised To Send Another Comforter, The Holy Spirit

Whose Person Is Represented By A Dove, Water, Oil, And Fire! 

Beloved, 

The Dove ... The Peace Dove

Points Us To Home! 

Water Is Life 

And 

Where Water Is

We Make Our Home! 

In Our Home

We Being The Salt Of The Earth Take Of 

The Lord's Good Wheat Harvest 

And 

Grind It Into Fine Flour 

To Which We Add Water Of Life 

And 

The Oil Of Gladness 

And 

Make Our Choice Bread 

To Satisfy Our Hunger And Bless Ourselves! 

A Secondary Oil Is Used 

To Power Our Stoves, Ovens, Furnaces 

To Bake Our Bread! 

But

With All Of This Preparation

Without The Fire Of God Which Comes Down From Heaven

We Will Never Have Heat To Bake Our Bread 

Or Warm Our Homes, Our Bodies 

And 

Power Our Lives! 

Dear Ones, 

Think! 

Was It For Nothing That 

Our Lord Jesus Sent And Gave Unto Us His Holy Spirit

His Vicar - Never A Man 

To Be Our Only Comforter!?! 

The Holy Spirit Is Present In Every Facet Of Our Lives 

And 

Is With Each Of Us By Invitation! 

He Is Here For All Mankind 

But 

Lives Within Us, In Intimate Relation

At Our Personal Invitation! 

Would You Quench

Put Out Of Your Life

That Sweet Spirit  Who Is Our Safety, Security, And Salvation

By And Through Whom We Live And Breathe

And 

Have Our Very Being

The One Who Leads, Blesses, Corrects, Comforts

And 

Carries Us In Sickness And In Health

Through Trial And Tribulation

War And Peace

Sorrow And Joy!?! 

The Holy Spirit Is God Almighty: 

Where Is Your Faith

Where Is My Faith

Where Is Our Faith In Our God Today!?! 

Please Despise The Ways Of The Worldly-Wise 

And 

Quench Not The Holy Spirit Of God 

Who Gives Us Jesus' Peace! 

Let The Spirit Of The Lord Rise Up Within You! 

Peace! 

VESPERS AT THE END OF THE SABBATH: The Word Of God Means What It Says!

Mean, Mean, Means, Meaning! 

Mean Was Unkind! 

Mean Told What He Meant 

As In What He Wanted People To Understand That He Had Said! 

Means Had Money To Spend And To Spare 

But 

Like Life, Didn't Do Too Well When It Came Time To Share! 

You Could Ask Meaning About Mean, Mean, And Means

And 

He Could Give You The Studied Word 

Worthwhile To Be Heard! 

Meaning Made Everything Plain 

But 

That Did Not Mean That You Had To Accept What Was Said

And 

That, Dear Ones, Is The Rub! 

We Have The Holy Bible Which Interprets Itself! 

Then, Oh, The Horror Of It All

We Have Ten "Wise" Men 

Who Give Eleven Meanings 

To Almighty God's Inflexible, Infallible, Immutable Word! 

Beloved, 

Let Us Correct Our Errors

And

Unwaveringly Trust The Word Of 

The Word That Works Wonders! 

Jesus Christ The Lord, Our King, Is The Word: 

He Can't Change! 

Shouldn't You!?! 

Peace! 

HAPPY SABBATH + Don't Flame Out Or Rust Out!

Look At Life! 

Flame Up Flamed Out 

And 

Then There Appeared Rust Out And Burn Out! 

There's A Thing! 

You See, Flame-Up Was A Blow-Hard 

And 

An Obnoxious Bottom-Feeder 

Who Knew Everything About Anything And Everybody

And 

He Kept Lists And Posited Himself To Be A God! 

Let's Call Him Gaudy! 

He Was Like That Big Fat Fluffy-Belly 

Supposedly All-Knowing Holiday-Season Elf 

With The Santa-Satan Appellation 

Who Can Hold No Candle For Nor To The Divine One

Jesus Christ The Lord Of Life

And

That Is Why He Spectacularly Did The Flame Out Thing! 

Now, As For Rust-Out

He Had Had A Good Thing Going With The Master-Maker 

Until He Began To Imbibe What He Should Have Anointed Himself With! 

Man-Word O' Praise Went Straight To His Head 

And 

He Began To Believe His Own Self-Paid Advertising Campaign 

Which Consisted Of Pure Hype From The Accuser Of The Brethren! 

Rust Out's Eyes Fixed

His Joints Seized

And 

His Heart Atrophied

And 

His Work For Christ Came To A Grinding

Rusty-Sounding

Ain't Good For Nothing Halt! 

Beloved, 

Know The Truth! 

Pride Is Poor For Patience 

And

Putrid To Peace With The Prince Of Peace

The King Of Love! 

There's A Better Way! 

Dear Ones, 

I Present To You Burn Out

That Stalwart Of The Holy Faith Who Loves His God 

And 

Does Everything By Grace Through Faith 

To Bless His Lord With His Ready And Willing, Able Service 

And 

Not Fuh Nuh Waterproof Sea-Meat 

Aka Fish Aka Feeling I Should Help ... For Personal Profit! 

Burn-Outs Hurt Like H E Two-Sticks 

But

Oh, The Joy Everlasting 

When The Day Of Regeneration Shall Finally Come! 

I Beseech Us All To Please Let The Lord Of Life Alone 

Love, Lift, And Laud You! 

The Lord Is Faithful: 

Humble Yourself! 

Peace!

VESPERS AT THE END OF THE SABBATH: Christian Code-Switchers!?!

Who Would Have Thought That 

There Would Be Known Practicing Christians 

Who Indulge In Code-Switching!?! 

Huh!?! 

They Are Christians With Their Christian Friends And Associates 

And 

Rabid Sinners With Their Willfully Sinning Friends, You Know, To Fit In! 

Huh!?! 

Yup! 

You Heard It Right! 

Beloved, 

As Children Of The Heavenly Father

Why, Why, Why Would We Feel The Need To Be Switch-Hitters!?! 

Do We Not Remember The Statement Of Truth Which Says That 

A Friend Of The World Is The Enemy Of Almighty God!?! 

Dear Ones, 

Do You Know, Accept, Understand, And Act 

According To Your Calling In Christ Jesus!?! 

If You Are, Don't You Believe That Constancy And Consistency

Faithfulness

And 

Enduring All Things For Our Lord Christ 

Should See You Standing Firm And Deep In The Savior's Love 

No Matter In Whose Company You Should Find Yourself!?! 

Brethren, 

Please Know That There Is No Fence Riding

No Fence Riders

No A Lil' Bit O' This

And 

A Scrumptious Helping O' That 

In The Kingdom Of The Forever Blessed! 

With Jesus Christ The King

You're Either With Him Or Against Him! 

How Are You Standing In And With The Forever Blessed One!?! 

Are You Permitting Him To Hold Your Hand 

To Lead You Gently Safely Home!?! 

The Lord Jesus Is The Light That Leads To Everlasting Life! 

He's Everything To And For Us: 

Think On And Pray About It! 

Peace! 

HAPPY SABBATH + Real Peace Is Free!

To What Are You Daily Inclined!?! 

We All Have Choices To Make And A Chance

An Opportunity To Make The Right Choice

The Choice Which Will Not Crucify Our Blessed Jesus Afresh! 

What Would You Do 

If You Had To Choose Between Momentary Pleasure 

And 

Perpetual Aka Everlasting Peace!?! 

Actually, There Is No "If" 

Because 

This Is The Decision That We, Each

Must Make Now, Today

As Members Of The Laodicean Church Age! 

Laodicea Means The Judging Of The People 

So We Are In The Judgment Hour 

Which Means All Decisions Are Final! 

Beloved, 

Is Denying That You Are Wretched, Miserable, Poor, Blind, And Naked 

Worth More To You 

- To Get A Foul, Fleeting, Fleeing Sensation - 

Than Making And Taking Hold Of The Covenant Of Peace 

With Our Creator God, Savior, Judge, And Redeemer 

Who Gives Us Peace Beyond Human Understanding!?! 

I Sincerely Pray For Us All The Good Pleasure Of 

Having Jesus Christ's Perfect Peace Today And Forever! 

Peace!

VESPERS AT THE END OF THE SABBATH: Light ... And Salvation!

 

Is The Lord Jesus Light That Leads To Salvation 

Or Salvation That Is Light!?! 

Is It Because He Is Light And Salvation That 

We Can Emphatically Say That Jesus Christ The Lord

The Light Of The World

The Creator-God

Our Redeemer-Friend, Our Refuge

The Shepherd Of Our Rest

Him Through Whom We Live And Breathe And Have Our Being

And 

The Joy Of Living

Is 

The Strength Of Our Life!?! 

Beloved, 

Our Lord Jesus Christ Is Not A Man That He Should Lie 

Because 

He Is The Word Of God

The Truth

God Made Flesh Who Dwelt Among Us

And 

Is Even Now With Us Through The Presence Of The Comforter

The Holy Spirit Of Truth

The Holy Spirit Of God! 

Dear Ones, 

We Have No Need To Fear What Fallen Man 

Or The Damned Devil Can Do 

Or Promises To Do To Us Or With Us! 

Jesus Christ The King Has The Answer 

And 

Is The Answer To All Aka Every Last Thing That Concerns Us 

As We Inhabit This Earthly Tabernacle 

Which Is Even Now Being Dissolved! 

Please Hold To The Blessed Lord's Unchanging

Always Sufficient 

Ever Able Everlasting Arms 

Which Cannot Falter While Executing A Mission For Our Salvation

- Nor At All -

Nor Fail At Finishing That Which He Has Started In Our Lives! 

The Great Day Is Coming: 

Please Keep The Holy Faith 

And

Keep Your Eyes On Our Lord Jesus! 

Peace! 

HAPPY SABBATH + The Prize Fight!

 

Everybody And Anybody That Thought Themselves 

Somebody Now ... Or Somebody Rising

Was There! 

Stand Against Wrong Was Up Against 

Always Do Right! 

Semantics Was The Big MC! 

The Plebes And The Non-Entities Were Far Back

Waiting, Watching, Wondering What The Big Deal Was About! 

The Professed And Practicing Christians Were Praying 

Because 

They Knew That Standing Against Wrong And Always Do Right 

Are Husband And Wife 

In The Sight Of The Holy God 

And 

That Means That They Are One Flesh ... Inseparable! 

The Nominal Christians Were Salivating

Desiring A Knock-Out Blow 

But 

Would Settle For A No-Decision Decision 

After A Bruising Dust-Up Between SAW And ADR! 

The Fight Hadn't Even Started 

But 

You Could Already Smell Blood In The Air! 

Lord, 

Be Merciful To Us Sinners Known Saved

Only By Your Unfailing Grace! 

Beloved, 

Think On The Lord Jesus

Follow Where He Walked Doing As He Did

And 

Be Gloriously Blessed! 

Now To The Business At Hand! 

It Is Only When Itching Ears Engage 

And/Or Purchase The Services Of Hireling Aka Under-Shepherds 

Who Commit To Telling The People What They Want To Hear

How And When They Want To Hear It

That We See Stand Against Wrong And Always Do Right 

Become Oppositional

Adversaries Of Truth

Enemies Of Good And Almighty God! 

Dear Ones, 

If You Are A Child Of The Great King

Stand Against Wrong And Always Do Right

- In Your Life In Christ -

Will Hold Hands In The Ring Built By The Devil 

And 

Walk Companionably, Unfazed

In The Savior's Light That Leads To His Eternal Life! 

Please Prayerfully Think On This Matter 

And

Firmly Close This Case With A 

"Thus Saith The Lord!" 

Peace!

VESPERS AT THE END OF THE SABBATH + THE TRUTH: The First, Last, And Only Dollar Bill!

Brethren, 

Let Us Not Deceive Ourselves, Nor Others

And 

Let No One Deceive Us: 

The Lord Jesus Gave Us Himself Aka The Truth! 

Since Mankind Needs Money To Survive

Jesus Christ The Lord 

Is 

Our First, Last, And Only Dollar Bill

- Our Only Hope -

Which Will Save, Satisfy, And Sanctify Us

And 

Preserve, Provide For, And Protect Us 

As Long As We Don't Lose Sight Of Or Lose Touch With It

And

Dare To Keep It Ever In Our Head, Heart, And Hand

No Matter How Hungry And Thirsty We Are 

For This, That, And The Other

Or How Boisterously, Angrily, Aggressively

And 

Contemptuously 

We Are Ragged Upon And Railed At To Give It Up

Give It Away

Or Cast It Away From Us 

So That We May Align With Or Belong To 

The "Access-Everything Crowd!" 

Neither Jump Up And Wave

Lie Down And Sleep

Bacchanal

Nor Narcissus 

Will Emerge As Victors

In The Battle For Eternal Life!

 

Only Those Who Have Jesus Christ 

Aka The One Dollar Bill Which Also Provides Hope

Can Fight And Win Battles 

And

Overcome Sin And Self

And

Endure To The End

And

Possess The Crown Of Life 

And

Live In The Heavenly Land! 

Dear Ones, 

There Will Always Be Someone 

Who Will Offer You Something Better, Brighter, Bolder

And 

Allegedly More Beautiful! 

Ignore Them! 

They Will Offer You Something More!

More Elaborate, Elevating, Enticing, And Epicurious! 

Ignore Them! 

They Will Offer You 

Delicious

Exciting

Actualizing

Tasty

Handy 

Instead, Choose What Is 

Liberty

Innocency

Faithfulness

Ennobling 

Choose Life ... In Christ! 

The One Dollar Bill ... The Truth

Is 

Priceless! 

As Long As You Have It

You Will Never Have To Spend A Red Cent On Lies! 

Peace!