Showing posts with label 2 Corinthians 5:17. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 2 Corinthians 5:17. Show all posts

Saturday, April 8, 2017

A Singular Blessing!

Children Of The Father
Listen Unto Me!
There Is A Blessing
If You Walk Not
In The Counsel Of The Ungodly!

That Blessing Hinges On One Step Further
Requiring
That You Stand Not
In The Way Of Sinners
AND
That You Sit Not In The Seat
Of Those With Scornful Ways
AND
It Is Grand
In The Outpouring
Contrasting
Our End
With The End
Of Those Whose Walk Is
- By Studied Choice -
Is Not Godly Nor Chaste!

The Godly Delight
In The Law Of The Lord
AND
Meditate Upon God's Law
Day And Night
AND
God's Blessing
Makes Us Grow
Like Trees Planted
Where Rivers Of Water Flow
So That In Our Due Season
Our Leaves Having Not Withered
We -  Each - Shall Bear Good Fruit
AND
Everything We Do
- Individually -
Shall Prosper
For The Living God Says So!

We All Would Do Well
To Carefully Note
AND
Compare By Contrast
That
Stagnant Water
Does Not Run
AND
Its Note Of Distinction Is
That The Stench It Produces
Is Not To Observers
AND
Passersby's Nostrils
Aromatically Pleasant
Nor Fun!

Therefore ...

In The Eye Of The Beholder
The Sight Is As Offputting
As Is The Smell
Rendering
The Stagnated Ungodly Sinful Scorner
Unfit
In Heavenly Realms
Among God's Righteous People
To Sublimely Dwell!

In The Old Days
The Grandparents Used To Say That:


"Scornful Dog Does Eat Dirty Pudding!"

AND

That Statement Is As True As
John 3 Verse 16
For
Without Spiritual Discernment
We Can't Tell Clean From Unclean
AND
Our Unwillingness To Be Taught
Of The Holy God
Will Leave Us In A Place
Where Fools Have Always Stood!

An Ungodly Person
Has Himself For His Own God
AND
For This Abomination
Will Glean For Himself
The Just Reward Of The Fraud!

Let Us Not As Christ's Followers
Adopt The Ways Of The Illuminated World
Tearing Down The Temple Of The Holy God
AND
Raising Up Temples
To Demons
AND
Demon-Possessed Humans
Masquerading As Saviors Of The World
That They Themselves
Are Indignantly Destroying
Directed By King Fraud
Deceiver Of All Men
Who Forsake Our Holy Lord
The Eternal God!

God
In Prophecy
That Is ... History In Advance
Made It Clear
To Revelation's Hearers And Readers
That He Will Destroy Those Who
Would Destroy The World!
God Has Reserved Unto Himself
That Particular Working
You See
AND
Men Would Do Well
To Walk True
AND
Before God ... Holy!

Day Runs
Until Day Catches It!
A Balloon Floats
Until A Pin Bursts It!
Satan Now Gloats
BUT
One Day Soon
He Will Be Burning Like Forgotten Toast
AND
All The Faithful
Will Be Resident In New Jerusalem
With Jesus Christ
The Conquering King
As Our Host!

A Blessing Is Offered!
Will You Believe
AND
Receive
Or
Will You Be Presumptuous
AND
Let
Satan You Deceive?

Jesus Is Soon Coming!
The Wicked Are Primed
AND
Getting Fat
So
Be Faithful To The Father
AND
Upon Purged Ways
Do Not Look Back!

Faithfulness Has Its Own Reward
AND
So Does Wickedness, Too
So
Please Look Unto Jesus Christ
The Righteous One
Who Loves
AND
Daily Feeds
AND
Graciously Blesses You!





Saturday, February 18, 2017

Sin May Be In ... But Not For A Regenerated Christian Heart!





WHAT Are You Rambling On About Now?!

Just Listen! Just Listen!

There Is Union In Communion!
There Is In Christian Christ!
There Is Aim In Claim
Law In Flaw And Claw
Ice In Vice And Spice
Might In Almighty
Rust In Trust
Lose In Close
AND
In Flight
There Is Light!

AND ...

What, Pray Tell
Is YOUR Point?!

Work With Me
AND
All
Will Be REVEALED!!

Believer-In-Christ
Is A Christian
Who
Having Had Flaws
Found Himself
Subject To The Law!

He Had Lived A Life Of Spice
Attended By Very Much Vice
AND
Vainly Thought
That He Could Put His Soul On Ice
BUT
One Day
Seeing AND Recognizing
The True Light
He Knew In His Heart
That From Sin
He Had To Take Flight!
Unexpectedly 
For Him
Sin Was No Longer The "In!" Thing!

With His Aim Now Being Heaven
Believer-In-Christ Laid Claim 
To The Proffered Promise
AND
With Nothing To Lose
AND
Everything Blessed To Gain
He Drew To Jesus Real Close
For Help
To Remove From His Back
Old Satan's Claw
AND
Praise Be
He Now Has
Full Communion With The Lord!

Believer-In-Christ
Is Trusting 
In The Might 
AND
The Power Of 
The Eternal God 
Holy Almighty
To Get Rid Of Sin's Besmirching Rust
AND
He Is Looking Toward The Great Day
When Heart Communion 
Becomes Physical Union
AND
He Will Be More Than Just
A Dying Child Of The Dust!
Regeneration Has Become To Him 
A Blessed AND Beautiful Thing!

Tada!
Did I Make My Point Or What?!

Yes, You Did!
It's Corny As All Get-Up
And Yet ... "Tis True!

It Is, Isn't It?!
In That View
Now That You Know Truth
Go
In Grace
To Love 
AND
Serve The Lord!

You're Nuttier Than A Fruit Cake
And Fruitier Than A Nut Cake
But ... I Like You!
Bye!




Sunday, May 15, 2016

The Principle Pleasure





At The Age Of My Majority
I Started Walking Toward The By-Pass Bus!
The Elders Weren't Too Happy
AND
Of Course
Started To Kick Up A Fuss
BUT
I Was My Own Person!
I Could See My Own Way
AND
Nobody Was Going To Tell Me
How
In This World
I Was Going To Play!

My Majority To Me
Meant
My Own Authority!
I Was Intent Upon Getting Away From The Don't Can'ts
Even If It Meant
Ending Up In A Nest Of Ants!

Well ...

As Life Would Have It
In The Instant I Said:

"I Wish ...!"

There Was A Whole Bunch Of Predators
Waiting
To Eat Me
Like A Dish Of Well-seasoned Baked Fish!

One Offered Pleasure!
One Offered Pleasure Through Pain!
One Offered Pleasure Pain To Get Enormous Gain!
One Offered Pleasure Pain Gain
AND
Enormous Acclaim
BUT
None Offered Me A Way
To Get Out From Under Sins' Stains
FOR
In Order To Get The Benefits
Of A Life Filled With
"Do As I Please!"
Meant
I'd Have To Sell My Soul
To Gain
What I Could Plainly See Was
Nothing But
Perishable Gold!

I Had Received From My Parents
A Foundation
Built On The Rock
AND
Because Of That Blessing
I Didn't Run Too Far From God's Flock!

I Made Terrible Mistakes!
I Made A Fool Out Of My Self
BUT
I Always Knew How To Say
"No!"
When It Came To Make The Decision
That Would Make Me A Pretty Dead!

I Was Oft Unfaithful To God
BUT
All The While
He Is Faithful To Me
AND
I Kept Hearing That Voice
Saying:

"Child, Come! 
Come Home To Me!"

I Couldn't Out-run It!
I Couldn't Buy It Off!

So ...

One Day I Said Plainly:

"Please Get Me Off Of This Path."

AND ...

The Faithful Father
Took Me At My Word!
He Drew Me
AND
He Wooed Me
Showing
How Wrong Ways Can Be Reversed!

I Took The Word Of The Master
For He Is Saving Me From Eternal Disaster!
I Have Bumps Marks Scrapes
I Even Wear Wound Plaster
BUT
I Am Free
To Be
What The Lord
Needs Me To Be
AND
Come High Bidder
On Low Ways
By God's Grace
I Quote A Very Nice

This Is What My God Says:


***************

Life May Be Good
BUT
Jesus Christ Will Make It Better
AND
In The Glorious Day
We Shall See True Life
At God's Declared Best!!

Wait For It!




Saturday, January 9, 2016

LIFE WITH THE LIVING GOD: No Groveling!



I Live and I Breathe!
I Off-gas and I Sneeze!
With The Right Stimulus I Might Even Laugh Until I Wheeze!
I May Even Think That I Can Do What I Please
BUT ... 
I Am  Christian
So I Go To God
Heart Bowed -  Asking for "Help!"
If He Doth Please!

No Need for Groveling
Nor Lying Promises
To Urge His Relief
For He IS Truth
AND
He Can Me Renew
For He IS Faithful, and
His Words Are True!

Only The God of All Grace
Can Look At The Vile Sinner
And Say: 

"Come As You are!
Trust Me!
I Will Make You Anew!
I Offer You Grace
For I Love You, I Do!
I AM Your Father!"

"I Lift You Up!
Go and Tell a Friend!
This World is Soon Coming 
To Its Assured and
Prophesied End
And 
Only Those Who Love Me Back 
Knowing That I Will Provide For Their Lack
Will See Have New Life Begin 
For
I AM and Have Made For Them ... Provision!"

"Today I Call!
I AM Calling Out To You!
Hear Me and Obey 
And
Be One Of The Few
Who Walk On The Straight Path
On That So Narrow Way
So That for Their Own Sin
They Won't Have To Pay
For I AM The King and
Ruler All I Survey!"

"I AM The Victor!
In Me You Are Victorious!
Come To Me
For
Your New Body
New Home and
New Life in Me
Are All ... GLORIOUS!"

"I AM The Way
The Truth
The Life 
And
The Light!
I AM The Pathway
Through The Coming Strife's Night!
Think On Me!
Give To Me Your Old Life
Be Truly Free!
Come Unto Me
And 
Blessed Be ... My Greatly Beloved!"


*******

The Only God 
Worth Worshiping
Is 
The God 
Who
Provided The Solution 
To
The Problem Of Man
Before Man
On Earth
Could 
Vertical Stand!

*******

WORSHIP THE CREATOR-GOD!!



Friday, October 9, 2015

HAPPY SABBATH + Without Belief, Faith Is Milk Froth!






After Much Ado about everything Wrong, Iffy, Annoying, Distracting, Disturbing, Sinful, and Oppressing and Depressing in My Life - and in The World - I have Decided I Cannot Really Live Without Waiting on The Lord!

 I Cannot Do Much to Help Myself!
 I Cannot Wake Me Up
Without The Master Holding Me Up, so
There's No Doubt That My Life without Him 
Would be a Major Muck!



My Eyes Serve ...
Meals My Stomach Can't Digest!

My Mouth Writes ...
Checks That My Person Can't Cash!

My Carnal Heart Yields ...
A god That My Now Saved Soul Can't Worship!

My Feet Have Walked ...
The Path that Can't Lead to Heaven!

My Faith-In-Jesus-Sense Tells Me ...
That What I Oft' Hear For Gospel Is Pharisee Leaven!


So, In Short ...

Without The Master - I am Tempest Tossed!
Without The Savior - There Is No Payment of My Costs!
Without Belief - Faith is Milk Froth!
Without Faith in Jesus Christ ...
I Am Forever Lost!



Note to Soul:

Self Worship is Idolatry!
Self Praise is Vanity! 
and
Self Pleasure is Not Even A "Thing!"

Go Against All Worldly Wisdom
and
Get Right with Jesus Christ!

Know The Shepherd - Get in The Fold
Otherwise The Hereafter
Will Be Very Hot - Not Cold!

TRUST GOD ... NO MATTER WHAT!






Saturday, August 29, 2015

VESPERS AFTER THE SABBATH: Satan Is The Liar!





Satan is The Liar!
His white shirt has Rainbow Trim, and
If you are not real careful
He will draw you, spin you, and pull you in
To his many machinations
To get you to Worship him as king
Leaving The Love of The Savior
To his Putrid Pit of Sin to Head First Fall In!

Don't Trust Satan! 
He does not like Humans
Especially any that Belong to Jesus Christ The King
Whose throne He has sworn to rise above
Which means he must make himself higher
Than The King whom My Soul Desires!


Liar! Liar!
Your pants is on fire!
You are not someone
That I can admire!
You are a murderer and
A consummate cheat
I heard you talking and
It came out like the bleat
Of The Big Horned Goat
Who could once make musical notes
But because of his sin
He gets someone else to sing for him
With himself as director
Orchestrating the moves
The dances, the pyre
With Greed and Gusto
Gambit and Gain
Penny Ante, Operator
Mad Money and Gin
I-Ritis, Me-Itis, and Belly the Bard
Who, for a penny 
Sells Sinners for a pound
While Wild D The Coyote
Helps hunt them down!

Lies are Lubrication
Lies are cheap oil
Lies are the Currency
The Destroyer employs
To mislead the Gullible
To outwit the Worldly Wise
To bamboozle the Bewitched
To free-play with Sin's toys!

Listen well, Dear Children
Listen well, and Understand
That Satan The Arch Deceiver
Will often appear as a Kind Human!

Satan's words are in Opposition
Always to The Holy Word
With a well-studied Basis
Much like Milk with Cheese Curd!

It has what you want
With a little extra beside
It always has a high note
With a free-fall on the Back Side!

Think of: "Thou shalt surely die!"
Think of Satan's: "Thou shalt not surely ...!"
Think of The Stated Outcome
THEN, with God's Help
Act Right and Accordingly!

Satan has No Love for Man
Satan will Deceive You -
Don't You Know That You're Human?
Stay on The Straight Path
Follow As The Holy God Says
Do The First Works  and Stick with King Zion
And before You Know it
You will be to Heaven Flying!



Satan IS The Liar
and
He Wants More "Wood" 
for 
His Funeral Pyre!

Deny The Liar His Desire!

Walk With GOD!!







PLEASE REMEMBER:




Friday, July 17, 2015

HAPPY SABBATH + PRAYER: Face In My Mirror






Father, have Mercy on Me?!
I am Looking in My Mirror -
Who is it that I see?
A Vile Sinner?
A Sinner Saved By Grace?
A Self-Righteous Saint?
Who Am I Truly?
Would You Help Me See Whether
I Am Truly Walking With and In Thee?
Sometimes I'm Humble!
Sometimes I Self-Elevate!
I Often Don't Know My Own Mind -
I Calculate and I Vacillate!
But, Lord, even as I Contemplate
My Great Quandary
As I see My Own Self
Through My Looking Glass Darkly
Please Help Me Put Aside 
Pride in Self
Pride in Possessions
Pride in Skill and 
Pride in Prosperity, and
Please Help Me to Gain 
Lawful Entry Into Your Gates for 
This Sinful Nature's Pressing and Pulling On Me!
In The Name of King Jesus, Please Save Me!
I Love My Savior, Lord!
Please, Please, Clean and Heal! 
Help Me!
AMEN