Showing posts with label Clean Before God. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Clean Before God. Show all posts

Friday, April 23, 2021

HAPPY SABBATH + Filthy Rags!?!









When We Truly Realize 
And
Fully Accept That All That We Personally Call Our Righteousness 
Is 
As Filthy Rags To Our Maker
We Will Give The Eternal God His Glory
- Which He Will Not Share With Another - 
And
Resolutely Praise Him Who ... Alone
Is 
Righteous 
According To The Living God's Own Righteousness! 

Beloved, 

The Self-Righteous Person
Cannot Stand Before The Lord Christ In The Judgment 
To Plead His Own Cause! 

Self Is A Sinner 
And 
Sinners Without Christ Covering Their Confessed 
And 
Repented Of Sin 
Die In The Presence Of The Holy God! 

Let's Get Real! 
Let's Get Practical! 

We Are Clean Before The Lord 
When We Take The Lord As Shelter
Savior
Shepherd
And
Sanctifier! 

If We Are Not Wise Enough To Be Humble
It Is Sure Enough That 
Anything That We Present Before Almighty God 
Is 
A Dud, Dirty
Distinctly Defiling
Decidedly Dangerous
And 
Definitely Damning! 

We Are Required To Humble Ourselves 
Under The Mighty Hand Of God 
And
When We Do This With A Contrite Heart
- Sorrowing Over Sin - 
We Will Honor Our Maker 
According To How He Determines That 
We Should Come Before His Holy Presence! 

Please Don't Be Bold, Brazen
To Present Bitter Fruit To The Lord Of Love 
Who Has Shown 
And 
Is Daily Showing Us 
How We May Be Blessed And Saved!

Do Right 
Because 
"Thus Saith The Lord!" 
Obedience Pays! 


Peace With Almighty God
Is
Perfectly Precious! 

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Righteousness Exacts A Nation!





Monday, January 13, 2020

Are You A ... Hypocrite!?!



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Hypocrisy!
It Fills The Mind With Vanity And Pride
And
Just Like The Leavening Of Yeast
It Works Undetected
It Hides ... Until It's Time
- With Ultimate Power
Without Known Restraint -
To Triumphantly Rise!

What We Know ...

Hypocrisy Holds Vanity's Hand
Who Cultivates Pride's Black Heart
Which Is A Heart Activated By The Sinner Supreme
Satan, That Devil
Who Cannot Go Home
Because
He Wills Not To Be Made Clean!

Same Old, Same Old ...

The Hypocrites In Jesus Christ's Day
Were Church People ... Scribes And Pharisees
Who Walked In Their Own Way
Denying The Hungry, The Hurting, The Hopeless
The Food From The Master's Table
Because
They Weren't The Ones Who Grew It
Harvested It, Prepared Or Presented It! 

Those Hypocrites Were All Fronts With No Backs!
They, Themselves, Had The Pressing Need
But
Refused To Acknowledge Their Lack
And
Sought To Distract The Acknowledged Needy
By Constantly Disturbing The Lord
And Thereby 
Actually Performing The Dread Work Of 
Satan Aka King Fraud! 

Hypocrites Are Unclean! 
They Know It
And
They Don't Care! 
They Are Glory Hogs 
And
They Don't The Wrath Of God Fear
Else They Would Inventory Their Stock Of Poison Speech
And
Willingly Seek Their Only Savior
Who Has The Power Their Sin To Bleach! 

Swine, Hogs, Pigs
Are Unclean Creatures
And Scavengers
And Will Not Be Found 
In The Living Kingdom Of
The Eternal God!

My Brother! My Sister! 
My Acquaintance! My Friend! 
Hypocrisy Wears Everyday Clothes
And
Casually Walks Among Our Fellowmen
And
Surprise, Surprise ... No Surprise At All
The Hypocrite Amongst Us
Maybe Me
Maybe You
Self-Righteous! Indignant! 
Enquiring! Slick-Tongued! 
A Server ... A Worker In The Church Of God 
A Deceiver
Looking Good And Standing Tall
Holding On To The Dying Earth
And
Restraining, Distracting Others
Who Desire To Hear The Great Words
Of The Good Shepherd
Which Will See Them Being Made Whole And Clean
Blessed And Saved
Packed And Ready
To Leave The Waxing Old And Dying Blue Ball! 


Pray Not To Be A Hypocrite!
Pray Not To Be A Fraud!
Jesus Christ
The Lord God Almighty Is The King
Bless Him And His Holy Ways Laud!


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Brethren,

We Have The All-Sufficient, Infinitely-Able God
The God Of All Grace
For Our Hope, Help
And 
Salvation! 

When We Ignore The Distractions And
Acknowledge What Wonders
The Living God Has Performed In Nature 
And 
In The Lives Of Others
And 
Recognize His Guiding, Blessing Hand In Our Own Lives
We Are Able To Trust Wholly The God Who Can't Fail 
The God Who Can't ... Won't ... Fail Us! 

Remember The Cross Of Calvary!

I Implore Us All
To Forget The Court Jesters
And
The Know-It-All Distractors And Detractors 
The Busy-Bodies In Other Men's Matters
The Broken-Down Merchants
The Naysayers
The Gainsayers
The Doubters
And
All The Henny Penny's Of This World 
And
Dare To Trust Jesus Christ The Lord
The Righteous King
With All That Concerns You Today! 

Today, Today ...

Please Deposit Your Faith In Our Soon-Coming King 
Who Judges Righteous Judgments  
And 
Choose To Boldly, Humbly, Meet Him 
At The Throne Of Grace
Where You Personally Have An Open Invitation To Appear! 



Look To The Day Of Redemption!

Remember, Brethren
That You Are Greatly Beloved Of Almighty God!
Choose To Believe It 
And 
Be Assured That Are And Will Be Blessed! 
Choose Peace With The King Of Glory
And
Live! 

Follow Jesus Christ!


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Thursday, November 14, 2019

SOUL-DECIMATING SHAME: Personal Stock Market Correction

I Took Jesus Christ For Granted!
I Thought That I Was Real Bright!
I Kept Jesus In My Heart
And
Most Assuredly ... Conveniently
Decidedly Out Of My Sight!

He Was As A Comfortable Shoe
Or As An Old Known Broom
Always Able To Sweep The Corners Clean
And
I Just Didn't Think On Him
Because, Well
He Was Always There
And
Useful For When I Had Things That 
Caused Me A Spot Of Bother!

An Able Convenience!

How Convenient!

Shameful, But Nevertheless True!
He Served For Me A Purpose
And
I Am Ashamed To Say
I Paid Him Good Lip Service!

How Disgraceful!
You Did Yourself A Disservice!

My Actions Were Distasteful, I Know
But
That Is How It Is
When One's Spirit Is Unregenerated
And
It Most Often Takes Something
Unwanted
Unexpected
Unsought ... Something Too Hot To Personally Handle
To Bring The Holy Jesus
Front And Center
And
Definitely
Into Our Every Living Thought!

Been There!
Done That!
Who's Got The Tee-Shirt!?!

I Got Me Some Scars!

I Don't Ever Want To Walk That Road Again!

Hard Lessons Are Often Taught
Through Sorrow, Hurt
Loss, Pain And ...!

... Don't Forget The "S" Word!

What Are You Talking About!?

Game!
Fame!
Disdain!
Shame! Shame! Shame!

Oh, Yeah!
You're Running A Game!
You Made "That"  Move Once Too Often
And
You Hold The Lord's Spirit
With Unmindful-Of-Tomorrow Disdain ...!

... And End Up In
Soul-Decimating Shame!

Yup!
That Sounds About Right!

Indeed!

But, God ...

In His Great Grace
Had Mercy
And
In The Person Of The Beloved Jesus
Died In Our Stead  
To Make The Way To Live
And
The Way To Life Plain
So That We Could The Sin-Life Shed!

Praise The Lord ...

I'm Clean!
I'm Forgiven!
I'm Walking In The Holy Way
And
Almighty God's Great Grace Being Ever Sufficient
It Is In His Holy Hands
That I Intend To Stay!

Hear, Hear!

It's Glory For Me!
Glory For Me!
I'm Bound For Glory
Brethren, Beloved
Please Come And Join Me! 

AMEN!!!




Sunday, February 26, 2017

Enough Sufficient And Then Some ... With Prayer

The Conversation ...
That Conversation
Was Causing Serious Problems
For All Its Participants
Because
Every Time A Person
Waxed Emphatic
A Voice Was Heard
Denying The Truth Of The Person's Word!

Things Were In Turmoil!

I'll Give You An Example ...

Horace Said:
I Trust God!Voice Said:
Not Enough!
When It Is Convenient!

Heather Said:
I Walk With The Lord!Voice Said:
Not Always!
When It Is Comfortable!

Stephanie Said:
I Believe God's Word!Voice Said:
Not Enough!
When It Is Convenient!
When It Is In Compatible Company!

Nola Said:
I Thank God For His Grace!
Voice Asked:
Not Always!
Why Aren't You Walking In It?

Sanjeev Said:
I Live For The Lord!Voice Asked:
Not Always!
Who Knows It?
Where Is Your Light?

Phenola Said:
I Witness For The Lord!Voice Asked:
Not Always!
With Whose Words?
With What Spirit?

You Will Be Surprised
To Know
That In The Conversation ...
That Conversation
The Participants Were
Only One
Plus
A Conscience
- Compliments Of The Holy Spirit -
Which Was
Which Is
Often Denied!

The Bible AsksAND
Speaks:





AND
I Ask:

Who Better
To Call Us Plain Liars
Than The Conscience
Attached To Us
By God's Cord?!

For Truth's Sake
I Will Accuse My Self
In The Conversation ... 
My Conversation
AND SAY:

I Don't Love God ... Enough!
AND
I Don't Trust God ... Enough!
OR
Walk With Him Close ... Enough!
AND
I Don't Believe In God ...Enough!
AND
Let Him Lead Me ... Enough!AND
Then I Will Exclaim 
With Much Sorrow
That
I Am Crying Out To God In ...

PRAYER:

Oh, Lord
Grant Me
Of
Love Hope
Faith Truth 
Trust
And
Belief
Enough
Sufficient And Then Some
So That I Do Not End Up With
None
For
I Desire To Walk
And Live For
And With You
And Without These
I Know That I Cannot
A Victorious Race Run!


Grant Me, Lord
The Redeemed Soul's Sense
To Get Out Of Sin's Torrential Rain
Using The Umbrella Of Jesus Christ's Faith
And
Grant Me The Contrite Heart's Willingness
To Let You Break
- With Finality -
Old Besetting Sin's Chain!


Father,
Grant The Courage
To Speak Your Truth
Without Being Vain
And
Please, Lord
Help Me
Neither In Thought
Word Or Deed
Your Holy Name
To Profane!


Lord, 
Let Me Not Shine The Black Light
Of That Other Jesus!
Let Me Not Spread
The Delusional Gospel
Of That Other Word
That Is Widely Being Heard
But
Let Me Be A Faithful Witness
To The Living Gospel
Of Christ The King's Truth
And
Let Me Do It Lovingly
By Holy Faith
And In

And With 
The Same Incorruptible Truth!

Let My Light So Shine
That Men May See
Christ Jesus
Living In Me!
Help Me To Live Such A Life
As Is Called Godly!
Let Me Plant Seeds
That Will Become A Harvestable Crop
To Provide Wheat
For The Holy God's Garner
And
Lord, Please
Let It Be A Lot!

Forgive, Lord
And
Cleanse Me From All Unrighteousness!
I Love You, Lord
And
In Jesus' Name I Plead!
AMEN.