Idolatry ... The Religion Of The Devil + PRAYER: Father, Draw Me Nearer!

Idolatry 
Is
The Religion Of Sight
Lending A Lie To The Religion Of Faith
Wherein All Are Called
To Bow To The Creator God Of The Universe
And
Not Give In To Sense
By Which Man Has E'er Been Cursed!

Idolatry Encourages One
To Believe That Self Is In Control
Making god Out Of Material
Instead Of Worshipping The God
Who Made The Material!

Idolatry Encourages Escapism
Into The Realm Of Bubble And Squeak
Where Notion Gathers Motion
And
Man Gets Himself A "Working"
I-Control-This Lying Potion!

Idolatry Encourages Man
In Wish-Full Thinking
Encouraging Him To Trust, Again
In Sight
And
Exercising Credulity
Making Believe
That His Ministrations To Matter, Matter
And
Making Him Subject
To Matter That Clatters!

Idolatry Is Fake
A Trick Of The Foe
Who Takes Pleasure In Making
Wish-Full Thinking
Turn Into Something Whole
Hearty
Believable
But 
Still A Lie
Useful
Because It Causes Man
The Creator-God
To Vehemently Deny
Defy!

When ...

Jesus Christ's Faith Matters
Trust In The Holy God Works
Wonderment Over Trifles And Tricks Waivers
And
Amazing Grace Brings Heavenly Favor!

Don't Do It ...

The Descent Into Idolatry
Drags The Soul Down
And
Even Unto Hell
Which Is Satan's Sole Goal
To Deny The Creator God
The Pleasure Of The Worship Of His People
And
To Accrue Unto Himself
The Worship That Should Raise People Up To The Holy God!

In The Religion Of Satan ...

Doubt Of The Living God Is The High Priest
Self-Service Is Head Of The Church Board
Self-Aggrandizement Is The Head Of The Deacon Board

Satan Is The Wannabe God Selling False Worship

Self Is The Bold Sinner

And

Raging Sin Is The Fool's Gold

The Use Of Which Makes Lying Dying Satan 
Maliciously Bold!

So, Therefore
Let Us Over Up A

PRAYER:

Father,

I Come Before You

Because You Are My God!

You Are The One Holy

And

I Desire To Walk With You In Accord!

Father,

Keep Me Away From Idolatry

From Those Things That Weaken Faith

From Those Things That Make You

Less In My Eyes

Things That Will Encourage Me

Your Holy Law To Defy!

Father,

I Give You My Worship!

I Give You Unfeigned Praise!

I Give Unto You My Will And My Way

And

I Beseech You

In The Name Of Christ Jesus

Lead Me Gently, Safely

Surely

On The Straight And Narrow Way!

I Deny The Liar!

I Deny The Ways Of The Fraud!

I Worship The King

The Lord Jesus

And

It Is In His Matchless Name

That Unto You I Do Cry!

Grant Me Your Grace

And

The Victory Over Self And Sin

Because

You Are Almighty And Able!

Draw Me Nearer!

I Love You!

AMEN.

HAPPY SABBATH + Going With The Flow?!

The Truth Of Almighty God

That Differs From

AND
Is At Variance
With That Of A Fun-loving World
ISAbhorred
By Many So-Called Followers Of
Jesus Christ The Lord!

Having To Believing Almighty God's Truth
Puts Them In A Spot Of Bother
BECAUSE
They Know That They Will Suffer Just Reproach
AND
Inconvenience
About Those Personal Things

Which They Choose Not To Consider
Or Thereby
To Ever Be Bothered!

That Is Ram-George Foolishness!

Why Do You Say That?!

You Ever See Ram-George In Action?!

Can't Say That I Have!

This IS A Hot Place!
Every Day ... Like Clockwork
Promptly At 11:00 a.m.
Aunt Bee, Big Bertha
Brings Out Her Box-Cart
With Buckets Of Water For The Black-Belly Sheep!

Every Day ... Like Clockwork
Ram-George Takes A Lil' Swig Of His Water
AND
Then Frames Up Like A True Backside
AND
Promptly ... Kicks Over His Water-Bucket!

Sounds Like A Bit Of An Idiot Child!

Do You Know What Happens Thereafter?!

Can't Rightly Say That I Do!

By The Time That The Two O'clock Sun
Starts Beating Down In 'e Hard Head
He Proceeds To Bass-Man Baa Bloody Murder
As If Someone Is Trying To Kill 'e Dead!

But, Rancid?!
I Don't Get Your Point!

Look At It This Way ...

You Are Sinner
Living In The Desert Of Sin!
Jesus Christ IS Your Savior! 

He Brings The Water Of Truth
Daily
To Effect Your Soul's Saving
BUT
Just Like Old Ram-George
You Take Just A Sip Of Salvation
AND
Kick The Rest Aside
BECAUSE
What You See Others Doing
Looks To Be Sooo Much More Interesting
AND

You Want To Swim With The Prevailing Tide!

You Know That To Accept All Truth
The Total Package Called Salvation
Will Mean Living A New Life
One Not Currently In Vogue
In Fashion!

You Know ...

Imprinting Is A Terrible Thing!

Huh?!

Sorry!
I Was Remembering When Ram-George
Was A Lil' Fellow!

Ma Pilgrim ... Next Door
Had Some Real Hard-Mout' Goats!
Just Like Big Bertha
She Brought Out Water Every Day
For Her Stock!

The Goats Would Drink The Water
AND THEN
Those Same Goats
Would Take Great Pleasure In
Butting The Buckets Like Bare Bosses!
They Seemed To Enjoy The Sound!

So, Obviously ...

Baby Ram-George Saw
What A Drunken Mind Revealed
That A Sober Mind Concealed!

He Thought He Saw What He Saw
When
In Truth And In Fact
He Did Not See What He Saw!

The Goats Drank Their Fill
BEFORE
The Water Bucket They Tried To Kill!

Ohhhh!
I Get You!

The World Drinks Its Own Brew
AND
You
A Neophyte
Think That You Can, Too
Even Though He, Alone
Who Is Our Savior
Provides What, Alone

Can Save Me And You!

Following The Wayward Multitude
IS

Ever Always Wrong
AND
Singing Their Rallying Song
Will Never Make The Wrong Thing Right
AND
Blindly
Walking In Their Way
Will Kill You E'er Long!

See With Your Eyes
BUT
Don't Touch!

Jesus Christ Hears Our Every Cry
AND
He Does Not Ever ... In Answering
Lie!

Believe
Half Of What You Hear
AND
None Of What You See! 

The Unclean Thing
Do Not Touch
Do Not Taste
BUT
Trust In The Lord Jesus
AND
In Eternity
You Shall Have A Personal Place!

Truth Is
Truth ISAND
Man Is Always A Liar

AND

Temporal Things Lie!

Man Is Not To Have
Everything His Foolish Carnal Heart
Avidly
Anxiously
Desires!

No Man

No Created Being

Can Refute The Eternal God's Truth

So

Do Not From Engaging With Truth

Dare

To Willfully Stand Aloof!

If You Do

You Will Never Get To Enjoy

Almighty God's Gift To Man Of

Eternal Youth!

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No Created Being

Can Deny Almighty God's

Sovereign Will!

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!