Showing posts with label Acts 17:30. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Acts 17:30. Show all posts

Wednesday, January 24, 2018

Our God - The Living God - Is Forgiving!





Clear Light And Bright Rays
Are Identical Twin Offspring Of
Living Faith
AND
Godly Example! 
They All Work Diligently
In The Dear Master's Vineyard!

Blessing
AND
Power
Greatly Attend Their Efforts
To Do A Good Work For Their Lord!

I Can Tell You Though ... 

There Had Been A Time
When That Could Not Be Said Of The Parents
Because
Real Selfishness
Great Inward Wickedness
AND
Outward Spiritual Precision
Attended Aka Dogged
Their Way!

They Looked Real Good
BUT
They Weren't!
Their Walk And Their Talk ...!
It Was Just Plain Sad.

For Them
Doing Right Had Simply Been 
An Obscure Blip On A News Reel!
Being Right Was Good For Reward
AND
Living Right Was Not As Important As
Living In The Gardens
The Closes
The Terraces
AND
The Heights
For Close Communion
With The Way Agents Of King Fraud!

They Knew A Lot About The Living God!
They Spoke A Lot About The Eternal God!
BUT
They Did Not Know The Faithful God
Until
One Fine Morning
After Breakfast
AND
Before Lunch
AND
In A Cross Between
Balaam's Ass Speaks
AND
Saul-Paul's Blinding Experience
They Willingly Gave Up
Their Hearts
- Heretofore Unsubdued By Daily Grace -
AND
- Truly Repentant Of Their Past -
Accepted The Great Commission
AND
Started Walking
In The Wise One's Ways!

There Was No Overnight Success!
There Was No Instant Sensation Of Supreme Satisfaction!
There Was No Great And Glorious Public Applause
BUT
There Was Much Humble Praising
AND
Praying From Them
AND
Rejoicing In Heaven
For
The Sinners Returning To The Father's House
Their True Home!

They Had Heard
THE True Word
AND
Had Seen THE Living Light
AND
Had Caught The ONLY Train To Glory
By Getting Off
The Wave Of Sin
Once Upon A Time
A Thing Sure To Delight!

Their New Life Is Neither Accident
Nor Happenstance!
Their New Life Is The Result Of
A Deliberate Decision
To Step Off Of Doing Wrong
AND
Get On To Doing Right
In The Holy One's Sight!

To The Devil Dogs, However
They Had Committed High Treason
By Walking Away From The Pleasures Of Sin
That Only Last A Season! 

To The Prince Of Peace
They Were
They Are
 The Reason That
He Had Given His Life!

To The Eternal Kingdom
The Kingdom Of Light
They Are The Prize
That Was Worth Shiloh's Life
AND
Praise God
His Soul Is Satisfied
For
They Are Now Faithfully Doing ... The Will!

Brethren, 

What Is
Cannot Forever Continue!
The Press Of What Was
Will Be Felt Again Until 
- Repentant -
We See The Light!
What Shall Be
For The Faithful
Is In The Hands Of The God Eternal 
AND
He Desires To Share It
With You And With Me!

Will You Accept The Call
AND
Change Your Ways
So That
- By The Grace Of The Living God -
You Will Be Redeemed
Glorified
Immortalized
So That At The End Of The 1,000 Years
In The Heavenly Realm
You Will See The New Heaven
AND
The New Earth
AND
Live The Glorious Life
That Will Never End?!

Just Say:

Yes, Lord!

AND TODAY
Right This Very Moment
Really Start Living
Because
Our God
IS
The Holy God
Just
True
Faithful
AND
Forgiving!


I Am Walking
By Faith
On The King's Highway!

Please Come And Join Me!



Thursday, December 15, 2016

SALT!! + PRAYER: Father, Please Raise Us Up!





S.A.L.T.
Used To Be
The Strategic Arms Limitation Talks
BUT
S.A.L.T. ... To A Christ-Following Christian
Means
Seeking After Light And Truth
That Stops Satan
AND
The Machinations Of The Minions
AND
Benefits And Blesses
Both Me And You!

Salvation Awaits!
The Lord's Truth I Speak!
Let No Man Or Devil Shortchange You!
Head For Glory
AND
Gain Immortality
AND
Eternal Youth!

*********

Heyyy! How Are You?
Stomach Empty!
Bed Warm!
Eyes Cloudy!
Trusting God!
What About You?

Eating ... But Thirsty!
Walking And Waiting!
Looking For Light!
Suffered A Fright!

Wow! Do Tell!
You Sound Serious!

I Am Very Serious!
I Sat In The Congregation
Hoping ...

Do You Think That God
Would Encourage A Professed Christian
To Do Evil To Gain A Good?!

No! That Is Sinful!
God Cannot Sin
And By His Own Word
Be Still God!
God Does Not Operate That Way!
God Does Not Tempt Man!
It Is Man's Lusts
Which When Conceived
That Bring Sin!
...  And We Know Where THAT Leads!

You Ever Ate A Meal That Left You Really Thirsty?
Sure! If Too Much Salt Was In The Food!

The Last Sermon At Church Was Like That!

The Food Supposedly Coming From The Lord
Had Too Much Salt Of The Earth!
Only Problem Was
The Salt Had No Savor
And All It Was Good For
Was To Be Thrown To The Ground
And As A Result
Everybody Washing Out Their Mouths On God
On All The Christians
Willfully Sinning Or Not!

And, Now, I Am Thirsty
Really Thirsty ... For God!

I Won't Go Into The Nitty Gritty
But I Will Give You A Hint:

Inside The Head Of Man
Is A Brain Not Made Of Lead!
Below The Navel Of Man
Is A Little Brain
By Which Lust Is Fed
AND
I Will Broadly Ask You This:

How IS It
That We Know When Others Commit Sexual Sin
But When The Pastor Has Got
A Girlfriend
A Boyfriend
Children And A Wife
Everybody Important Says
He's Misunderstood
And That Those Not Illuminated
Need To Get A Life!?

You're Kidding, Right?!
Wrong! So Very Wrong!

Don't They Know
That Judgment Begins
In The House Of God?
Don't They Understand
That Leading People Astray Is A Tenet Of The Fraud?!
Don't They Believe That What God Says He Will Do
He Will Do?!
Don't They Know That They Will Be Held Responsible
For Another's Soul
When They Know Of Sin
And Don't Warn A Brother Sister
Who Is Not Walking True?!

Ezekiel 14:21
Says God Has Four Big Sticks:
Famine
Sword
Noisome Beasts
AND
Pestilence!

Famine 
Is Not Just For Food 
But Also For The Word
That Is Roundly Despised!
A Sword 
Can Cut You Down To Size
Or Take Your Life!
And There Are Noisome Beasts
Things That Are
Annoying, Unpleasant, Offensive, Harmful 
To Expose Your Life
Or To Take You And Your Life Apart!
AND
Pestilence aka Dread Disease
To Menace
AND
If Unstayed
To Even Destroy Your Life!

Those Big Sticks Are Progressive
AND
They Do Worse And Worse
To Gain Our Attention
If We Do Not Humble
Or Refuse To Humble
Ourselves!

We Should Know 
Not To Play With God!
We Can't Surprise Him!

We Should Know 
Not To Try To Tempt God!
We Can't Outwit Him!

We Need To Know 
That We Can't Deny God
For Our Defiance
Won't Deny Him His Authority Over Us!

AND ...

We Really Need To Accept That
We Can Really And Truly Walk Away From God
For The Final End Of A Man's Life's Journeys
Is In The Presence Of Almighty God!
Judgment Day Is There For Us All Waiting!

We Need To Recognize Our Need
For Jesus Christ The Lord
AND
Repent!

Amen! Amen! AMEN!





PRAYER:

Lord, Pity Us
And Forgive Us
For Our Acts Of Folly
And
Have Mercy On Us
When We Are Then Caused To Walk
In Disgrace
And
When We Bow Our Heads In Supplication
As We Avidly Seek After You
To Take Shame From Our Face!

Father,
Please Raise Us Up 
So That We May Lift You Up!
Please Hold Our Hand
So That We May Firm On The Word Stand!
Please Take Us Under Your Sheltering Wings
When Satan Does
Hell's Flames Fan
And
Help Us To Honor
Worship
And
Faithfully Praise
Our Redeemer
The Living One Holy
The Risen Son Of Man!

Lord, Help Us
To Walk The Straight And Narrow Way
So That For Our Own Sins
We Don't Have To Eternally Pay!
In The Name Of Jesus Christ
The Only One Who Saves
We Humbly Plead 
And Also Say
We Love You, Lord!
AMEN.