VESPERS AT THE END OF THE SABBATH: It's Eve's Fault! OR, Is It? + A Personal Puzzler

I love Him because He loved me first
I will live because He's alive
No matter how you look at it
Because of me Jesus was crucified!

Jesus had no reason for repentance
None for sorrow
None for blame
But on that accursed blessed day on Earth
He suffered shame for my rebirth!

When I was young I used to say that I wished that I could see Eve, for it was because of her Living Sin that I was dressed all way down past my knees!

I did not stop to consider that if Adam had denounced Eve, I could have been living in His Presence!

I thought of how to "slap" her face for all the problems she's caused me, for wearing clothes in Summer time is egregious - that really fried me!

The years go by in sickening haste
And anger at Eve acquires a whole new dimension
For it was her folly and fault I see Do say
That causes Sin to be my constant attention invention contention!

New ways to Sin, to lie and cavort were always on my front burner
Look sharp, my friend
For I must tell that this was so until I met The Master
Jesus Christ The Lord - My True Friend!

Nothing much to recommend the day
Ordinary to start until it then went into decay
From bad to worse, with a glance or two at the mind's hearse
And that was when it became apparent:"Girl! Put that "car" in reverse!"

My profligate life was mine to own, no more at Eve could I throw stones
Every mark on Christ was mine alone
I put Him on the Cross
For personal ME He'd atoned!

Dear Ones,

Adam and Eve committed the Sin of Disobedience  ... but it had a firm foundation:

Eve saw that the Forbidden Fruit was pretty. (Lust of the Eyes)
Eve heard that the Forbidden Fruit was good for her to eat. (Lust of the Flesh)
Eve heard that she could be as wise as her Creator. (The Pride of Life)
Adam chose to eat the Forbidden Fruit because Eve tempted him with it (Lust of The Eye)
Adam chose to disobey God because he didn't want to lose Eve's companionship (Lust of The Flesh)
Adam chose to believe Eve's story of acquiring God's hidden wisdom (The Pride of Life)

Eve's eyes were bigger than her stomach and wrote a check she could not personally cash.

Eve dismissed her faith in her Creator when she believed what Satan told her - believing Satan equals doubting God.

Eve's Sin was committed on the heel of a Lie
Which had acquired legs on the wings of Doubt and Coveteousness
Which had a heart fed by Greed through the veins of Hate
Nurtured by a Vain Vision of satisfying the Vain Hunger to acquire God's Glory and Worship.

So much for one teensy, weentsy lie.

Sin is never what it appears to be: eating a fruit caused banishment, released evil, actuated death and destruction, exposed laborious work and physical and spiritual pain, and cost God the Life of Jesus Christ, and more.

Let us remember that when temptation comes it very rarely is about what is actually showing its face.

Pray ... without ceasing, and remember that Satan will tempt you if you enter the arena of your weakness BUT, BUT, BUT, he cannot make you commit the Sin!

Again, pray without ceasing!

Here is

A Personal Puzzler:

1. Jesus died once for all!
Did the Godhead say Jesus is accepted assigned to die because of
One Sin for One Man OR
All Sin for One Man OR
Every Individual Sin for Every Individual Man for All Recorded Time?

2. If Jesus Christ died for the Whole Wide World, how many Sins did He pay for IF every human - by virtue of Sin - has at least a Legion of Sin?

3. Categorize wise humanity's idea of Sin, i.e., big, little, black, white, good, bad, evil, trifling, etc.. against God's clear definition. Which Sin do you feel it is okay to commit tomorrow?

4. What killed Jesus?

5. Is Jesus "really" alive to/for you, today? How?

6. If Jesus - having been crucified for Sin - is alive today, why is there still rampant Sin in the world?

7. If there is still Sin in the world, does this not mean we have to crucify Jesus afresh?
a. If Jesus is to be crucified afresh, are we personally offering assistance preparing for the execution?

8. If a person does not believe in Jesus, does that mean that
(a) Jesus did not die for that person's sins and that
(b) That person - in choosing to be their own surety against Final Death - will have the opportunity to offer a creditable, effective, case-winning, self-defense when the Judgment is called, and that they may win their case?

VESPERS AT THE END OF THE SABBATH - The Comfort of The Pacifier + Prayer: Lord, Let Me

I had a pacifier
Thumb Left it was by name
He was the very best friend I had
And he was always ready for a game.

Our most favorite game was called Comfort
Oh, how often we indulged
We did not need to have an upset
All it took was a touch look smell of Love.

When Comfort was being savored
You would not image the bliss
For the taste was indescribable
Even without added starch, color, preservative or fill.

Well, Thumbie served me well when I was childlike
But as I grew I needed to play Comfort less and less
Until finally with age, I entered upon Grown Persons Stage
And Thumbie was placed on Put Away Childish Things Page.

Today, I no longer have a pacifier for Comfort
I have a Comfort called Jesus for Joy
And, oh, what challenges we've conquered and walked through
Oh, the petty things set aside all because of Joining Jesus for Joy!

The hardest by far were Savior Calling
Acknowledge Sin, Confession Is Good for the Riven Soul
Repenter's Baptism Is Glorious
And By Faith Saints Always Follow Through.

Today, Jesus woke me up and told showed me
The new journeys upon which we are embarked
He said Follow God, Spirit Lead
Satan's The Fraud, Deny Flesh, and Take a Stand
Were precursors to Final Not Fantasy, and Arrival in Beulah Land.

Jesus promised that hard though these journeys will be
With Him I shall overcome and be free
And will have Heaven's Rest for Eternity
Where, Love knows no bounds
The Grounds of Heaven will stun and astound
Taste will amaze
Light of God will there blaze
And Ecstasy will not be passing or a phase.

Dear Lord,

Help me not to preach 

Peace with a sword nor

Love with a fist nor

Hope with a heel nor 

Healing with hunger 

But

Instead, Lord

Let me 

Show and share Your Divine Light in the Darkness

and

Let me

Point the People to the safety of Your Ark

As I sing of Your Mercies as the Lark!

Oh, Lord, bless and keep me faithful by Your Grace

For I ask this in the name of Him who is Faithful

Jesus Christ, the King. 

I love You, Lord.

Amen

VESPERS AT THE END OF THE SABBATH: God Bless, Build, Burden and Blind and Help Us!

Gaining Heaven Is A Participatory Endeavor!

We cannot, and should not, believe or behave as though, live or die, win or lose, lie or deny, Heaven - like turkey on a sumptuously laid celebration table - is waiting for any and all, whether early to commit or late to arrive!

Heaven awaits those who R.S.V.P. their acceptance of the Formal Invitation by the specified Due By date - which is upon receipt of the Spirit's Call - and we will not be permitted to call up a friend's father's favorite frat brother to bounce another person and get us a preferred placement.

Each Invitation To Live In, With, and For Jesus Christ is Private and Particular and Personal and Pointed:

Private to YOU, ALONE! 

Particular to YOUR CIRCUMSTANCE! 

Personal for YOUR HEART ONLY! 

Pointed to YOUR NEED OF JESUS CHRIST!
As finite beings of dying dust, energized by The Creator's Life's Breath, we can at any moment expire without a prior written, and received, and accepted, and filed, Notice of Immediate Action.

There is no appeal. There is only acceptance, and compliance.

So, with this eventuality in mind, let us accept that:

God's Mercy is Faithful. 

God's Goodness is Love. 

God's Angels watch over His Children

And the Light of Life shines from Heaven Above.

And let us ask God to:

Bless the Heart that shares God's Word. 

Bless the Head that seeks to reason with God. 

Bless the Feet that walk in Right Paths. 

Bless the Eyes that seek to do Good. 

Bless the Hands that work to show God's Love.

Bless the Body which is traveling to The Home Above. 

Let us, therefore:

Bless Our God for His Sacrificial Love
which gives us the Right to go Home!

And let us ask Our Father to:

Build up in us a dynamic Hope for our Heavenly Home. 

Blind our Eyes to Sin and its leaven. 

Burden our Hearts with Love for our Fellow man. 

Help us to do Right while Life shall stand. 

Let us a Help to our Brothers and Sisters be while

Showing the same love as Christ in Galilee.

Heavenly Father,

Let our Bodies boldly bear the brights beams of the bracing beauty of Beulah

Let our Ears eagerly extend to entrap Eternity's Enlightenment

Let our Eyes eagerly envisioning Everlasting Life

Let our Feet freely follow The Father in Faith

Let our Hearts hold heady hope for Heaven

Give us Helping Hands that hold Healing and Hospitality

Hold our Lives as Lost in Love for the Living Lord

Let our Mouths make Majestic and 

Meaningful Music on our Mission for The Master

And, at the end, Lord, let the

Saints' Spirits spiral in unmeasured satisfaction in the splendor 

of the Sacrificed Savior as we go ... Home! AMEN.

VESPERS: At The End Of The Sabbath - Bait And Switch!

Bait and Switch

Satan would have us all to believe 

That God did a bait and switch!

That He substituted Evil Jesus as Lord

And tossed Good Satan into the ditch!

Satan would have us all to know

That he is the deliverer

That he is the one that set us free

From bondage in the Garden of Eden!

Satan insists that it is he who set us free

From Jesus and his mind-slavery

By giving us knowledge so we’d recognize

Jesus, and tell him to go away from us as

We need him not, for he’s a liar!

For Satan as good god 

Gives us godhood too

So that we can do what feels good

And take what’s desirable too!

Okay, my Friend, enough with this fairy tale

That Satan keeps sell/telling!

He, Satan, is the Liar, Deceiver, Purveyor of Sin

And you need your Book of Decodering!

Great the Bible - front and back

Joined together pushes back any attack

Precept and Promise, line upon line

Teach defense against Satan

His false prophets and their rhymes!

Trust the Book! It is God’s will for us on show!

Please confess, repent and pray

To receive you your share

Of the Kingdom Restored

For our King is at the door

Of your heart - He is knocking!

Open you unto Him for

He won’t just barge in

Like some beings I know!

Shore up your defenses!

Watch unto prayer!

Call Jesus Christ - the Redeemer

Almighty to save!

He is your true assurance

Against Satan’s sneak attacks

Hold Jesus up now I tell you

He is soon coming back

To give you Final Victory

To put Satan in chains

One thousand years long!

And then, for the Ultimate Show of the Age

He’ll release that Old Satan

For Armageddon’s Battle Stage

You don’t want to miss that

You want the best seats in the House!

Come on, and get ready!

Jesus' House must have a Spouse!

Gold, gold all around you!

You’ll walk on gold, too!

The River Water of Life

Is also there running through!

And guards - those Mighty Angels

Who excel in great strength

Are there as companions

No dogs they’ll let through!

So sit back, and relax,

And enjoy you the Show

Enjoy, too, this lil’ spoiler!

Satan ain’t returning no mo’!