Study The Truth ... To Know The Truth!

 

Should We Study Satan To Understand Our Savior's Love For Us 

Or

Do We Study Our Savior To Understand Why 

We Need To Avoid The Works Of The Devil!?! 

Shouldn't We Study The Savior Aka The Plain Truth 

To Know How To Recognize And Escape From Satan 

Aka The Liar And His Lies!?? 

Beloved, 

In The World Of Banking

You Would Never, Ever, Study A Counterfeit Bank Note 

To Be Able To Recognize A Real Bank Note! 

Even The Counterfeiters Know To Intimately Study 

The Real Bank Note 

To Be Able To Produce A "Real" Aka Realistic Fake! 

Dear Ones, 

The Question To Ask Is If Liars Learn Truth 

To Be Able To Tell "Believable" Lies That Still Fail

Why Would We ... As Practicing Christ-Followers

Not Choose To Study The Real Jesus, Our Only Savior

To Become Like The Real Jesus As He, Himself, Calls Us To Be 

- Which Cannot Fail -

If We Are Faithfully, Enduringly, Diligent!?! 

We Are Instructed To Study To Show Ourselves Approved

To Be Workmen That Do Not Need To Be Ashamed! 

Do You Know Of Any Working Watchmen In The Carnal World 

Who Got Promoted, Or Rewarded  

For Letting Competitors Or Detractors Into Their Corporation's 

Top Secret Research And Development Department

Storehouses, Manufacturing Facilities, Or Proving Grounds!?! 

The Answer Is A Hard "NO!" 

Likewise, In The Lord's Kingdom

No One Gets Inside The Gates Of Pearl 

Who Does Not Personally, Intimately, Know The Good Shepherd

The King Of Love ... Our Blessed Hope! 

Remember, Dear Ones, That 

We Live In The Last Days

- The Days Of Transformers -

And Must Know The Lord Jesus

The True, Real, Only, Light Of The World

Who Is The Same Yesterday, Today, And Forever! 

Be Wise For Your Own Self! 

Peace!

Build A Beautiful Brain

Your Brain Isn't Actually A Muscle 

But 

It's Always Getting A Workout! 

We Train Our Brains!

Muscles Must Be Exercised 

If 

They Are To Strengthen And Grow 

And 

Remember What They Have Been Or Are Being Taught! 

Muscles Have Memory 

And

This Is Why We Are Able To Do Things 

Without Having To Forcefully "Think" About 

What We Are Going To Do! 

Trained Muscles Know! 

Beloved, 

With What Are You Exercising Your Mind!?! 

With What Bad Habit Are You Bulking Up Your Brain That 

Is Now Taking Over 

And

Disrupting Your Life!?! 

Is Your Brain-Training Showing!?!

The Apostle Paul Instructed Young Timothy 

To Study To Show Himself Approved By God

A Workman That Wouldn't Need To Be Ashamed! 

Is There A "Muscle" In Your Mind Juiced-Up On Steroids 

Aka Bad Medicine That 

Is 

Causing You To Think, Say, And Do Things 

Which Our Lord Christ Can Never Approve!?! 

We Have In The Lord Christ An High Priest Who 

Is 

Touched By The Feelings Of Our Infirmities

Short-Comings And Sicknesses Which Drop Us To Our Knees

And 

He Says To Us All: 

Come Boldly ... As You Are

To The Throne Of Grace 

To Obtain Mercy

And

Grace ... Favor ... Power 

To Help You

In Your Time Of Need! 

Please, I Beseech Us All

Be Not Proud, Arrogant, Lawless

Or A Man-Pleaser ... Self-Deluded! 

Please Acknowledge That There Is A Problem

Call It By Its Given Name 

And

Get Thee Hence To Jesus Christ The King

And 

Humbly Give It To Him! 

Do Not Be Ashamed:

Jesus Christ Saves! 

Brethren, Beloved

Dare To Build A Beautiful Brain

A Marvellous Mind

With The Blessed Exercise Plan 

Easily Found In The True Words Of Almighty God 

Which Speak Love, Life, And Liberty! 

Peace!

Are You Walking In Wisdom!?!

Chivonne Had Been Walking In The Wrong Direction
Going To Nowhere ... Real Fast
But
She Avidly Chose
Not To Take Correction
And
She Lost Her Way
- Even As She Said She Was Having A Blast -
Just As Fast

Because

She Had No Soul-Saving Protection!

Hear Her Speak ...

Correction Of Direction
Serves A Good Purpose
To Stop One
From Going The Wrong Way
And
Those Who Take
The Corrected Direction
Don't End Up Doing Own-Sin Self-Pay!

Chivonne Noted That 
She Is Not So Young A Person Now
And
She Said She Now Bitterly Regrets
Not Knowing Then
What She By Experience Knows Now!

And ...

She Also Said That 
She Is Taking The Time
To Say To Someone ... Early
What Someone Said To Her
- Just In Time -
Before It Was Too Late
So That They Don't Suffer
The Lost Soul's Sure Fate!

Coming Around!
Going Around!
Looking Back!
And
Wandering Up And Down
Was How She Termed Her Voyage
Through Life
With No Anchor
No Goal Post
And 
Almost Finding Herself
Likened Unto Burnt Toast
Useless
Bitter
Crumbling
Fit To Be Cast Away
Until
The One
Spoke Softly To Her
And Said:

Come Unto Me

And

I Will Show You A Straight Way

Where You Will Be Healed

Where You Shall Find For Anguished Soul, Rest

Where You Will Be Nurtured

Amongst Souls By Almighty God Blessed!

Scepticism
Uncertainty
And
Indecision
Rose Up
But 
The Need For A Clean And Clear Path
Made Faint Courage Stand Up
And
She Said That She Is Not Sorry
Because 
From That Day Her Life Changed
And
She Is Walking The Road To Zion
Since She
- By Almighty God's Grace -
Cast Off Sin's Chains!

Faith Is The Victory That

Overcomes The World!

Jesus Christ Died

To Reverse For Man

Sin's Curse! 

Satan Is The Liar

For Whom The Lake Of Fire Is Prepared

And

No One Following The Direction Of The Lord

Will For That Burning Lake Of Fire

Have The Slightest Fear! 

The King James Bible

Is 
The Preserved Word Of God! 

Read It For Yourself

And 
Digest It

And 
You Will Not Follow Satan The Fraud
Because 

All Who Follow Its Tenets

In Obedience To The Holy God

Shall With Endurance

Walk The Straight And Narrow Way

And 
Shall Enter The Joy Of The Lord Christ

In The Great Peaceful Restful

Grandly Glorious Reward! 

Let Jesus Christ

By The Agency Of The Holy Spirit

With The Protection Of The Holy Angels

Help You To Break

Sin's Destructive Ties! 

Hear And Pray

Obey And Convey

The Word Of The Lord

That You Should Be Accessing

Each And Every Day! 

Take Up Thy Cross ...!?!

What's Going On?!
What's The Meaning Of All These Wooden Crosses?!
Since When Do You Wear A Silver Cross?!

I Have A Gold One!

What Is This?!

Pastor Said That Everybody Must Bear Their Cross!

What!?!

He Asked The Question:

Must Jesus Bear The Cross Alone  ...?!

... And You All Believed He Meant Bearing
Wearing
A Literal Cross!?!

Sure!

He Plain As Day Said:

Now Is The Appointed Time!

Now Is The Day Of Salvation!

Take Up Your Cross

Your Burden

And Faithfully Follow 

Follow After The Lord Jesus Christ!

What's Wrong With You People?!

What Do You Mean?!

Do Any Of You Ever Crack Open A Bible?!
I Quote:

You Obviously
Are Not 
RIGHTLY DIVIDING 
The Word!
AND
You All Ought To Be Ashamed Of Yourselves!

Ashamed For What?!
I Didn't Kill Anybody!

Come On!
What Are You Talking About?!

Didn't Your Pastor Explain What
Taking Up Your Cross And Following Christ Means?!

Sure! That's Why We Are Carrying These Crosses!

Lord, Make Peace!
Let Me Ask You A Question:

What Kind Of Life Did Jesus Live?!

A Life Of Self-Abnegation
Caring For Others
Teaching Others
Healing Others
And Ultimately Dying For Others!

Excuse Me?!
What Is Self-Abegnation?!

Self-Ab-Ne-Ga-Tion!

Jesus Christ
In Self-Abnegation
AND
As Written In Scripture
Was
Meek And Lowly ... Of Heart
Not Proud
Submissive ... In Giving His Will
To His Father
AND
Obedient ... Unto Death
On The Physical Cross!

Jesus Set Aside His Self
AND
In Despising The Shame We Placed Upon Him
Died On The Cross
For Us
Whom He Was Not Ashamed To Call Brethren!

Self-Abnegation Is The Cross 
That Man Should Bear
IF
We Will To Be Like Christ!

This Pile Of Wood 
That You All Are Toting Around Means Nothing!
Those Gold And Silver Crosses You're Wearing
Are ... Are ... Just Decorations
Meaningless
Useless
Good For Nothing But Getting Jewelers Rich!

Whose Character Are You Wearing!
Can The World See Christ In You!
Are You Selfless!
Or Are You
- True To Human Nature -
Totally Selfish?!

Well, Ahhh ...

Ummm ...

Exactly!

Outward Adorning!
White Washed Tombs
Filled With Dead Men's Bones!

You Don't Have To Be So Cruel!

I Am Not Being Cruel!
Somebody Has To Tell You All The Truth!
Who Are You Really Serving?!

Pastor Says ...!

Oh, Lord, In Heaven
Save Us From
Another "Pastor Says!"

Can The Pastor Save You?!

No! Of Course Not!

Then Who Can Save You?!

Jesus Saves!

So What Does Jesus Say?!

To Obey Is Better Than To Sacrifice!

The Meek Shall Inherit The Earth!

Wisdom Is The Principal Thing!

Let No Man Steal Your Crown!

In All Your Getting, Get Understanding!

If You Know All That
What's With This Pastor Say That And That?!

Chagrined, They Held Their Heads Down.

One Voice
Speaking To Their Shame, Said:

I Guess We're Just Lazy Thinkers!

Another Voice:

Brethren,
We Really Should Be Ashamed Of Ourselves!

We Are The Hearers And Not The Doers Of The Word!

Ohhhh!
If I Had My Way
I Would Beat All Of You At The Bottom Of Your Feet!

How Mean!
That Would Really Hurt!

Yes!
But I'd Never Have To Teach You
The Same Lesson Again!

You Do Have A Point!

Lazy Thinking In A Christian
Is A Vile And Abhorrent Thing!
Let's Not Have This Conversation Again, Okay?!

For Real!

Wow! I Feel Better!

I Feel As Though A Burden Has Been Lifted!

It Was!
No More Toting Around This Fire Wood!

AMEN!

Time To Set Aside Self!

Oh, Dear!
THAT, My Friend
Is Hard Work!

Lord, Help Us!

He Will, My Friend! 
You Can Trust Him!

The Quest And The Cross

I Came To The Realization One Day
That I Was Paying For Things By Weight
Which Had Not On The Cross Of Christ Been Weighed!

I Was Carrying A Great Load On My Chest
Which
In Retrospect
I Know The Holy God Had Not Blessed!

I Had Assumed
Adult Meant Prepared For Life!

I Had Assumed
Christian Meant
Prepared For Life's Strife!

I Had Assumed
God Would Be Available Always
When To The Land Of Presumption
I Did Gleefully Flee!

I Had Assumed
In Sin - No Sorrow -
That The God Of The Ages
Would Ever Protect Me
AND
I Would Know No Horrors!

I Had Ventured On Quests
Never Asking God 
What Was His Behest!

I Had Walked Pleasurably
On Dark Roads
Controlled By The Fraud!

I Had Accepted No Chastisement
For 
Who Would Dare Say God Wasn't Blessing Me
When I Was Loved
Praised
AND
Applauded
By All In A Faithless Community!

Sadly ...

Even In The Household Of Faith
The Faithful Were Faithless!
Their Witness Was Worthless!
The Baleful Were Cash Less!
The Sorrowful Indulged In Maliciousness
AND
All Said:

You Are Wonderful!
You Are By God Blessed!

My Quest For Corporeal Elevation
Withdrew From Me Heaven's Rest
AND
It Opened My Heart To Reveal That
I Was Anchor-less!
I Showed Unto Me
That My Godly Life Was Christ-less
AND
Showed Me
How It Showed
That I Had Sins Needing To Be Confessed!

A Life With Christ
Consists Not Of "Yes!"
A Life Of Sin Consists Not Of Rest!
A Life On The Lam
Endears No One To A Life Of Calm
AND
It Was Then That I Knew 
I Didn't Know
The Son Of Man!

I Had Borne Burdens!
I Had Carried Crosses Not A Few!
I Had Tilted At Dragons
BUT
Had No Sword To Run Them Through
Until The Day Of Decision
When The Master Plain Asked Me:

Why Are Paying Your Self For Things
When I Already Paid For All Things For Thee?

I Stopped!
I Listened!
I Cried!
I Turned
Away
From The Devil
From The Life 
With The Burn!

I Accepted The Offering
Made To Save Me
AND
Accepted
That My Quest
Without Christ's Cross
Translated Into
A Soul Not Anchored
A Soul Sure
In The Storm
Lost!

In Receipt Of Wisdom's Understanding ...

I Tossed Away Satan As Boss
Cut Out The Useless
AND
The Fluffy
Set Aside The Unnecessary Costs
AND
Rid My Heart Of The Cold Heart Frosts!

And, Now, Praise God ...

By Faith
I Know That
With Jesus Christ Daily Borne Aloft
AND
With Patient Endurance
AND
The Holy Spirit's Abiding
I Will Not 
I Cannot 
Suffer Eternal Loss!

No Cross! No Crown!

The Dead Sermon

One Day
I Listened To A Dead Sermon!
I Even Heard A Funeral Dirge
For The Pastor That Was Preaching
Was Giving His Congregation
The Last Rites' Words!

Grant You
There Was No Casket
No Funereal Flowers
Scent Wafting About
BUT
I Tell You
It Was Indeed A Funeral
For 
The Real Truth
Of The True And Living 
All-Seeing
All-Knowning
Ever Present
Unchanging
Faithful
Wise
Holy God 
Was Not Talked About!

'Tis True!
'Tis True!
I Tell You!
I Have No Reason To Lie!
The Words Of The Comforting Minister
Were Enough To Make The Dead - Already In Comfort - Delightedly Sigh!

All Right!
I'll Prove It!

The Pastor Said:

"I Have No Desire To Tell You
Of Fire And Brimstone!
No Need To Tell You To Change Your Life!
You Have Enough Problems Daily To Deal With
AND
I Am Not Here To Judge You
AND
It Is Not My Mission To Add To Your Strife!"

"Listen To Me!
God IS Love!
God Loves You!
You Love Him!
He Knows That You Love Him!
And He Knows That You Know That He Knows That You Love Him!
And You Know That That's True!
So, Beloved
Bring Your Offerings!
I Don't Need Them
But I'll Not Tell You To Stop Giving Them To Me!
So
Plant Your Seeds!
Do A Good Work
AND
If You Can
Help A Brother In Need
For
The God That We Love Is Quite Lovely
AND
He Loves Us All
No Matter Our Living Estate!"

"Trust God
To Work Out Your Salvation!
Just Be Ready - When He Is -
To Walk Through Those Heavenly Pearly Gates!
You Are Over-comers
So, You Get The Win!"

"Don't Worry About Your Dying!
All Of Us Are Going To Die
BUT
God Will Take Us
Immediately
To Heaven!
Don't Worry!
It's All Good
For 
When You Die
By God You Fly!"

"Be Good!
Do Good!
See Good!
God IS Good!
Understood?!"

Yet, The King James Bible Says:

BUT ... Shockingly ...

Everybody Joyfully Shouted:

"Hallelujah!"

AND ...

Having Drunk 
Of The Poisonously Sweet Milk
The Cookie-Cutter Accolades Sallied Forth:

"What A Sermon!"
"Man Of God!"
"Anointed!"
"I Was Blessed!"
"That Was Heavenly!"
"I Needed To Hear That!"
"God Bless Him!"
"Good! Good!"
"Very Good!"
"I Really Understood That Blessed Word!"

BUT ... BUT ...

Is God A Facing Liar?

Sooo,

For It Is Written ...

Trust God and Obey

Read Your Bible!

Read Your Bible!

Read Your Bible ... Every Day!

Know The Word!

Know The Word!

Let The Spirit's Voice be Heard!

Live In The Light!

Live In The Light!

Do Not Trust Human Blind Eyesight!

Pray Every Day!

Pray Every Day!

Be a Part of The Flock! Love Jesus! It Pays!!

Don't Comprise!

Don't Comprise!

Don't Fall For Satan's Litany of Lies!

Don't Be Self-wise!

Don't Be Self-wise!

Self Above God Leads to Permanent Demise!

Trust God and Obey!

Sin Does Not Pay!

Heaven's Gates Only Opens To Those Who Trust God and Obey!

In The Sweet By and By!

In The Sweet By and By!

Eternal Life Awaits The Faithful ... In The Sweet By and By!

Life ... Set To Music!

Life is "Set" to Music!

Prelude
Interlude
Crescendo
Diminuendo
Forte
Sotto Voce
Solo
Duet
Trio
Quartet
Orchestra
Choir
Accidentals
Sharps and
Naturals
Flute
Trumpet
Violin
Timpani - Rolling Bass
And At The Finale 
The End of The Performance
There is A Peaceful Benediction
Some Rousing Applause 
OR
Cry of Waste and 
The Sound of Distaste!

Life Begins with a Spark!
Water, Light, Disturbance
Then a Cry of Disbelief
Then Relief
Poke, Poke
Then Prod
Open Mouth
Singing a Song
Loud, Loud
Then Comfort
And Rest
And The Voice
Soft, So Soft
Gentle, Proud!

Food in The Mouth:
"Coo! Coo!"

Wipe on The Bottom:
"Boo, Hoo, Poo!"

Cry! 
Scream!
Attention: "I am Here!"
Please Get On With The Show!"

Grab a Finger
Pull on A Heart
Mommy and Daddy - The Sweethearts
I Manipulate
Those Who Can My Life Make or Break.

Quiet
Whistle
Tumble
Fumble
Stumble
Laugh
Cry
Play
Learn
Pray
Care
Hope
Despair
Soft Sound
Loud Gong
I Have Arrived
Wedding Song
Maybe - Perhaps
A Dance or Two
Upset
Lie Down
Happy, Happy
Frown, Frown
Upside 
Right Side
Down!

I Learned
I Cared
I Was taught - I Taught
I Prayed
I Cried
I Pleaded
I Beseeched!

There Was a Guffaw!
There Is Sin - The Outlaw!
And There Is The Master
Who Knows My Every Flaw!

Long Story!?!
Yes!
Cut It Short!

I was Pushed
I Fell
Heaven Picked Me Up and
 I Avoid Hell
With Much Prayer, and
Faithful Works and
Singing, and 
Reading The Book!

Until My Day is Done
Life's Musical Instruments
Will Play The Notes
And I Will Live Sing
But Not On The Whim
For The Director of My Masterpiece
Is None Other Than
Jesus Christ, The King!

My End Will Be Peace for
Live or Die
Peace is The Relief
Of All Who Set Aside Self and are
Following The Plan and
Doing His Bidding and
Singing The Song of Zion
Casting Aside The World's Whirl
Having No More Stomach to Make Hurl
And Soon ...
Soon ...
Heaven ... and Countless New Worlds!

Until Then ...
I Shall Pray
I Shall Plod
And I Shall Sing The Song
Of Jesus' Blessed Peace
As I Wait Impatiently Patiently
For Heaven To Descend and
Bring My Blessed Release Relief.

This Life IS Set To Music!

Do You Know WHO Is Your Music Director?!