PRAYER: Remember Us, Lord!

Father,

In Faith, I Come

And

Ask You To Remember The Holy People
Who Shall Cry Today
And

Those Who Shall Enter Into Rest!
Mark Well Their Dusty Beds
As You Have Promised, Lord
And
In The Promised Day
Lift Up To Glory Their Heads!

Remember, Lord
Your Promise To Comfort
Those Who To You Do Mourn!
Remember As Well
Those Who Suffer
Under The Dominion Of Sin
And

Help Them
In Mercy
To Call Upon The Great Name Of
Jesus Christ
The Savior
Our Soon Returning King

He Who Has For Us

Prepared The Perfect Home!

Remember The Children, Lord
Whose Parents Are

Physically
Spiritually
Mentally
By Chance
By Choice
Gone Wild
Ignoring The Charge
To Raise Treasure For The Lord
Choosing Instead
To Walk In The Ways Of The Fraud!

I Pray, Lord

That You Will Raise Up For These Children
Mothers Fathers
Brothers Sisters
Friends
The Blessed Of Zion
So That These Dear Ones
Are Not Ultimately
Devoured
By That Roaring Lion!

Remember Your Promise, Lord
That Your Rain Shall Fall
On The Just
And
The Unjust

And
That Forgiveness
Is Free Given
To All That Truly Repentant Be!

Grant Us, Lord
Faith For The Way
Grace For The Day
Mercy
Love
Comfort

And
Joy
From Above
And
Bless All Who Believe
To Stand In The Breach
Calling To The Captives
To Return Home
For The Lord Pleads With Them
To Stop Running

And
No More To Roam
For The Lamb Has Been Sacrificed
So That We All May Have
A Personal Home
In The Heavenly Place
Where
- Finally -
We Shall All See
Our Holy God's Dear Face!

Remember Us, Father
For
In Humility 

And

In Jesus Christ's Holy Name We Plead!
We Love You, Lord!
AMEN!

VESPERS AT THE END OF THE SABBATH: OUTSIDE CEREMONY: Inside Tombs

In The Church Of The Living God

It Is Truly An Amazing Thing
To See The Pomp And Circumstance
Employed In Conducting
The Fast!
Problem Though
It All Leaves The Living God
In The Lurch!

We Worship
AND
Supposedly
Bow Down
Before The Holy God
BUT
Outward Ceremony
Is All That We Show
Displaying Not A Wit
To The World
That We 

In The Grace Of The Redeeming God
Do Daily Grow!

Think Pharisee!
Think Publican
AND
Think
Of Christ Jesus
AND
His Blessed Effect On
The Soul That Trusts
In His Mighty

Unchanging

Unfailing

Hand
AND
Decide
For Yourself
Where In Christ You DO Stand
AND
Ask God For The Outpouring Of His Spirit
So That You
- In This Time Of The End -
May
- By Unshakable Faith -
In The Coming King
Stand!

Do You Humble Your Heart
To God
Or
Are You Filled
With Bitterness

AND

Envy

AND
Indulging In Strife 

AND

Selfishness

AND
Displaying Self-Righteousness
As Your Putrid Birth-Right? 

Are You Holding The Chalice Of Malice?

Has Your Mind Become Calloused?

Is Your Head Bowed
In Pretended Humility
While Your Heart Is Beating
With Gross Covetousness

In An Inflated Chest
Full Of Inordinately High Self-Esteem
AND
Self-Importance
In Ravening Excess?

Is Your Displayed Spirit
Oppressive
Even Exacting
AND
Painful-To-Behold Proud
Performing The Part Of
The Child Of The Devil
Or
Are You Set Apart
- Sanctified-
Knowing Your Need
Justified By Jesus Christ
Pleading With God
To Lift You Up
As You In Godly Fear
Do Not To Heaven Look Up?

Are You Living To Rise Up?

Are You
Am I
Are We
Glorifying Self
Instead Of Patiently Waiting

AND
Working By Faith
For Love Of Our Lord
Or
Are We Rewarding
Awarding
SelfAND
Like-Minded Friends
AND
Puffed Up Pals
With Crystal Vases
AND
Fancy Plaques
Expensive Dinners
Leisure Cruises
Holy Land Tours
AND
Not For A Miaow-Moment
At The Holy Jesus
Looking Back?

Do We Truly Understand

That Only Those Who Glorify

The Lord Christ

Will Be The Ones Glorified 

By Christ The King

AND

To Him

Caught Up?

Are We Christians
True Christ Followers
Or
Are We Members Of The Mixed Multitude
Playing With God
AND
Pleading With The Devil

AND
Rendering The Almighty God As The Fraud
AND
Launching That Damned Devil
As The One Holy
High
AND
Lifted Up
AND
Celebrated
AND
Lauded
As ... The True Eternal Holy God?!
Perish The Thought

For

It Is With Damnation's Eternal Consequences 

Fraught!

There Is No Reason

For Us

To Foolishly Tempt God

And

To Walk In Darkness!

Jesus Christ Is Knocking - He Is The Light!

Open The Door!

Let Him Connect The Current

And

Holy Light Will Flood Your Being

Unto Its Very Core!

Praying ... And Remonstrating With Self ... By Recall!

Lord,
Please Remember Me
And
Help Me Not To Present Myself Before You
Clothed In My Own Righteousness
For My Garments
Are With Sin Stained
And
Will See Me Assigned To
The Burning Flames!

Help Me To See
And
Recognize My True Condition
That Of Needing The Righteousness Of Jesus Christ
If It Is My Soul's Desire
For Immortal Living!

Help Me Not To Fall
For Satan's Sophistries
Which Will Cause Me To Fall For His Hype
And Cause Me To End Up Naked
Even Though I've Sewn For Myself
A Garment Of Fig Leaves
Of Modern Fashion By Type!

Father,
You Gave Our Foreparents
LiFe First
But
We Removed You, Father
From Our LiFe
And
Accepted
Satan's Lie!

We, Today
Are As Eve In Eden's Garden
Listening Still
To The First Sermon Preached
On The Emerging Church
Where
In Our Own Strength
Or Own Wisdom
Our Own Understanding
In Our Own Eyes
We See
And 
We Declare
What Is Good AndA Evil
By Our Own Knowledge!
Lord, Forgive Us!

Self-Wisdom Is No Wisdom!

Self-Knowledge Makes No Sense

For

Self-Awareness

Without Jesus Christ

Makes A Creature

By Hell Bent!

Trust In God - Not In Your Own Self!

Walk In Faith - Not In Satan's Color-Profused Sight!

Believe The Word Of Your Loving Father

And

You Will Wear

A Garment Of Heavenly Light!

Eve Broke All Ten Of God's Commandments

In The Day She Answered Satan

AND

Accepted His Tainted Word

And In The Instant She Corrected Satan

And Added Unto

The Father's Word:

Eve Placed Satan Before Almighty God

And Broke Commandment No. 1!

She Coveted God's Wisdom

And Broke Commandment No. 10!

Eve Put Satan's Affections Before God

And Committed Adultery - Commandment No. 7!

She Took Fruit From A Tree Nor Hers

And Outright Committed Thievery

And Broke Commandment No. 8!

Eve Committed Murder

When She Broke Commandment No. 6

For God Said:

If You Eat You Die!

She Killed Herself!

Eve Dishonored Her Father

And Broke Commandment No. 5

And, In So Doing

According To The Apostle James

Having Broken Even One Of God's Commandments

She Broke Them All

AND

Deserved Eternal Death

Eternal Separation From God

AND

Being Cast Into Outer Darkness

To Be Consumed

By God's Unquenchable Flames!

Thank You, Lord

For The Plan Of Salvation

Played Out In Type In The Garden

When You Gave Our Foreparents

The Sacrificed Lamb's Skin's Tunics

To Cover Their Nakedness

Impossible To Be Covered

By A Man-Made Apron

Of Sewn-Together Fig Leaves!

Thank You, Lord
For Showing Us
That Self-Righteousness
Is No Garment Of Light
But A Blot
A Blight
That Exposes Our Short Comings
Even Though We Call It Of Fashion The Height!

Lord,
Though We Cry
We Say: "Thank You!"
For Our Lord Christ
On The Cross
Naked And Exposed To The Howling World
Signifying
Our Sin On Him
Fully Invested
From Us Fully Divested!

Our Savior Died
And Was Buried
And Resurrected
And Is Risen
And Is Enthroned In Heaven
And Is Interceding
And Forgiving Us
Preparing For Us Homes
Providing Us New Robes
And
Making It Is All Possible So That
In The Day Coming
Monthly We Shall Eat From The Tree Of Life
So That We Shall Then
Live Forever
Free
Of That One
Who With Malice
Brought To Us Darkness And Sure Destruction
By Tempting Us With
The Lust Of The Eyes
The Lust Of The Flesh
And
The Pride Of This Uncertain Life!

Thank You, Lord, For The Miracle!
Thank You, Lord, For Your Great Grace!
Thank You, Lord, For Your Mercy!
By Faith, We Shall See Our Lord Redeemer's Face!

Father,
We Confess Our Sin!
Forgive Us
For Letting Our Eyes
Feed Our Bellies
And Encouraging Us
To Daily In Sin
To Proudly Walk In!

Forgive Us Our Fake Humility
And Cleanse Us Thoroughly
So That We Can Abide
In The Newness Of Life With Thee!

Forgive Us Our Greed
Our Covetousness
Our Idol-Building
And
Our Neglecting Christ's Name To Confess!
What Opportunities We Have Missed!

Forgive Our Willful Wandering!
Forgive Our Wayward Walk!
Forgive Our Unkind Words!
Forgive Our Gainsaying
And
Our Pleasure In Back Talk!

Forgive Us, Lord!
We Repent!
Accept Our Sorrow For Our Sin
And
Help Us, Dear Father
Not To Be As A Heifer
Constantly Back Sliding!

Try Us, Lord!
Test Us!
May We Emerge From Your Crucible Clean
To Be Enrobed In Christ's Righteousness
In The Day That His Glory
Shall By All Living
Be Plainly Seen!

We Love You, Lord!
Bless Us!
We Worship You, Lord!
Please Remake Us
So That Our New-Made Peaceful Hearts
In Joyous Celebration
Will Beat Bountifully
And Our Aspects
Serene!

Let Your Will Be Done In Us This Day And Always
In Jesus Christ's Name, We Plead!
AMEN.

HIGHER EDUCATION : Almost Christian

2 Peter 1

2 Grace and peace be multiplied unto you through the knowledge of God, and of Jesus our Lord,

3 According as his divine power hath given unto us all things that pertain unto life and godliness, through the knowledge of him that hath called us to glory and virtue:

4 Whereby are given unto us exceeding great and precious promises: that by these ye might be partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world through lust.

5 And beside this, giving all diligence, add to your faith virtue; and to virtue knowledge;

6 And to knowledge temperance; and to temperance patience; and to patience godliness;

7 And to godliness brotherly kindness; and to brotherly kindness charity.

8 For if these things be in you, and abound, they make you that ye shall neither be barren nor unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.

9 But he that lacketh these things is blind, and cannot see afar off, and hath forgotten that he was purged from his old sins.

10 Wherefore the rather, brethren, give diligence to make your calling and election sure: for if ye do these things, ye shall never fall:

11 For so an entrance shall be ministered unto you abundantly into the everlasting kingdom of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ.

They Went To Christian High Schools
They Were Raised In Christian Homes
Where They Were Prepared For Life
Here And Now
AND
Here After
Building Blocks Set Up
To Mold Them
And Form A Good Christian Character
Preventing Them From
Toward Unbelief And Sinning To Roam!

Joying In Christ Jesus
They Then Set Out
On Their Tertiary Education Journey
AND
All It Took
Was One Semester's Study
To Shake The Faith Of Jesus
In A Couple Of The Buddies!

Why Jesus?
What Jesus?
Jesus Was Just A Good Man!

Unto

One Calling Jesus An Outright Fiction
Another Calling Himself A Christian Humanist
And Another Calling Herself
A Conscious Human!

There Is Something Very Wrong
In Christianity
AND
Christian Churches
AND
Christian Homes
When Our Christian
Young People Can Be So Easily Convinced
To Join The Unbelieving
AND
Even The Satanic Herd
Caught Up In Visions
Journey's Into Alternative Realities
AND
Walking Through Doors
To Experience The Unknown!

As Christians
We Know
There Is No Magic!
We Know
That Angels
AND
Demons Are Real!
We Know That Words Have Power
AND
We Know That We Must Hold
The Almighty In Godly Fear!

We Know Not To Walk Maliciously Into Darkness!
We Know That Satan Can Manipulate Reality!
We Know Satan Can Alter The Weather
AND
Can Scare The Very Life Out Of A Body!

We Know That Satan Is A Teacher!
We Know That He Is A Bible Worker, Too!
We Know That He Is A Fox 
A Snake
AND
A Salesman
AND
A Writer
A Manipulator
A Counterfeiter
AND
A Straight-up Liar To Boot!

Satan Is An Everyman
AND
The Friend Who Always Has Money
For Any Escapade
AND
He Is Always The One
After A Bout Of Trouble
Who Always Escapes
Unscathed!

THAT, Dear Ones ... Is Soon To End!

Friends,
If You Want To Detect A False Jesus
You Don't Study False Jesus' To Detect The Fraud!
You Immerse Yourself
AND
Study Ad Nauseum
The Original
So That Your Senses AND Reason AND Faith
Will Know
AND
Recognise
The False Jesus On Show!

If 

The Almost Church

Is Selling

Almost Jesus

Almost Salvation

Almost Forgiveness

Almost Mercy

Almost Grace

And

Almost Truth

Then

It Stands To Reason

That The Almost Christian

Will Almost Have Jesus' Faith!

Almost Saved
Is Surely Dead
In The Second Resurrection!

Just Think Of:

"Ye Shall Not Surely Die!"

The Shortest Sermon
Which Has Resulted In Mankind
For 6,000 Years
Unto To This Day
Dying Like Sprayed Flies!

When We Almost Know Jesus
Rainbow Coloring
Will Adorn His Dear Face!
Problem Is
There Is A Thief's Surprise Coming
That Will Scar
AND
Mark Most
To Eternal Disgrace!

Jesus Christ
The Holy God
King Eternal
Cannot Be Molded To Our
Beloved Proclivities
AND
Following An Everyman Jesus
Is Going To Cost Us Heaven
Because
We Will Have Been Blanketed In
Rabidly Real-Sin Fleas!

All Men Are Sinners!
All Men Hear The Voice Of God!
All Hear The Voice, Too
Of King Vicious
Satan
The Murdering Liar
Recasting Lies As Almost Truth!

Almost Truth = Lie

Almost Lie = Lie

Lie = Lie

Truth = Truth

Heaven Hell
Live Die
Satan Jesus
Truth Lie
All These Are Absolutes
AND
The Choice Is Ours To Make
For Neither Jesus Christ Nor Damned Satan
Can Our Hand Force Nor Fake!

Calling And Election

BALLOT

ETERNAL STAR:

1. Heaven

2. Live

3. Jesus Christ

4. Truth

ETERNAL SCAR:

1. Hell

2. Die

3. Damned Satan

4. Lie

I Am Voting ETERNAL STAR
For A Straight Ticket!

What About You?!

Walking Along
Burdened
On The Lonely Road
With Jesus Christ For Companion
Is The Best Thing A Christian Can Do
For Jesus Christ Carries The Christian
AND 
His Heavy Load, Too!

HAPPY SABBATH + Ask God For Forgiveness?!

God's Forgiveness
Free Us From Condemnation!
Forgives Us Our Sin Against Him!
Reclaims Us From Sin!
AND
Is The Overflowing River Of Redeeming Love
That Transforms The Heart
That Is Indeed Ready
By His Grace
Through Jesus Christ
To Grow!

Forgiveness
Can't Be Had
Unless One Feels His Need!
Forgiveness Is Not A Fast Horse
That We Can
Now And Then
Green Brown Grass Feed!

Forgiveness
From The Father
Is Assured To The Penitent Heart
Who Knows
Of A Surety
That God Is Real
AND
Available
To Those Who Want To Walk In The Light
AND
Not In The Dark!

What Do I Need Forgiveness For?
I Have Not Done Anything!

Really!?

Do You Lie?!
Just White Ones!

Do You Steal?
Do Pencils And Pens Count?!

Do You Bear False Witness?
Only Against My Neighbor!
... And He Started That War!

Do You Covet!
Do I Ever!
Diane's House!
Elvin's Car!
Mark's ...!
Thai's ...!

How About Idols?
Got Any Idols?
Who Doesn't?!

Who Is Your God?
Now We Talking!
Money! Money! And Mo' Money!

My Friend
Believe It Or Not
You Are In Need Of Forgiveness!

Every Question That I Asked You
Your Answer Is A Commandment That You Broke!
We As A People Tend To Take These Quite Lightly
BUT
To Almighty God
These Things Are No Joke!

If We Break Even One Commandment
We Have Broken Them All
Making Us No Different
From The Devil
That Unrepentant Fraud!

However
Unlike Satan
Who Has Wilfully Chosen Opposition To God
AND
Has Eternally Sealed His Own Fate
We Can Still Ask For Forgiveness Of Sin
Before It Is Too Late!

Satan Saw Not His Need For Repentance
For He Saw Himself As His Own God
So
Let Us Not Be Presumptuous Like Him
For By So Doing
We Will Receive His Same Reward!

Let Us Be As Little Children
Needing Correction
Direction
AND
Forgiveness
From The Loving Father
For Our Mistakes!

Let Us Not Be Hard Hearted!
Let Us Remember The Hard Hearted Hebrews' Fate
Who
Through Their Unrepentance
Died In The Desert
With Some Dying
At The Promised Land's Very Gate!

Let Us See Our Need For Forgiveness
AND
Go To Him Who 
Offers Grace
Mercy
AND
Forgiveness For Sure!
He Who Made Us
Knows Us -
We Sin 
AND
He Is The Only Cure!

God Is Not Fickle!
God Cannot Lie!
God Is Not Man
Who Offers Pie In The Sky!

Forgiveness Is Full!
Forgiveness Is Free!
Forgiveness From The God Of Love Is
For Eternity!

God Has No Memory
Of Yesterday's Repented Of Sins!
God's Sea Of Forgetfulness
Has Room
For All Forgiven Sin To Take In!

As Far As The East Is From The West
God Casts Away From Himself Our Sin
AND
The Only Thing Blocking
Our Gaining Forgiveness For Sin
Is Our Not Seeing Our Need
AND
For Forgiveness
Asking!

PRAYER:

Father,

I Beseech You

For Your Forgiveness Today!

I Previously Saw Not My Need

For Forgiveness

And So I Did Not Pray!

But, Lord

My Eyes Have Been Opened

And

By Your Grace

I Now See My Need

So

Father, I Repent Of My Sin!

In Jesus' Name

Forgive Me, Please? 

Keep Your Promise, I Plead!

AMEN.

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Asking Forgiveness

With A Bowed Head

On A Bended Knee

And

Holding A Proud Heart

Gains Us Nothing

But

Condemnation!

*********

Grace Is Free!

Mercy Is Free!

Forgiveness Is Free!

Salvation Is Free!

*********

Presumption Is Sin!

Lawlessness Is Sin!

Sin Is The Transgression Of God's Law!

AND

The Wages Of Sin Is Death!

BUT

Jesus Died To Get Us Forgiveness

And

Forgiveness Trumps Death

So Sin Gets No More Wages

And Thereby

We Are Made Free

Which Makes Us

Through The Son

Indeed Free!

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Go On!

Ask God

In Faith

And

In The Name Of Jesus Christ

To Forgive You

Of Your Sin

Knowing That

He Will Forgive You

Right Now!