FIDELITY TO GOD: How Firm Is Your Foundation!?!

... And I Made It Clear To Them That
My 90% Participation ... Commitment
Was Just As Good Or Better Than
Their One Hundred Percent!

Cora,
If I Were In Your Shoes
I Would Sincerely Close My Mouth
And 
Dearly Seek After Jesus Christ
Instead Of Indulging In Foolish Bragging!

King Saul Tried That Nonsense And Look What It Got Him!

I Hear That!
You're A Christian, Lady Cora
And You Should Know Better!

I'll Be Brutal And I'll Dare To Ask You
If You Give The Lord Jesus Your Short Rations!?!

How Dare You!?!
How Could You Ask Me Such A Thing!?!

I Asked Because You Seen Not To Know That
Commitment Means One Hundred Percent!
I Dare Say That You Should Know That
Not Giving Your All To Jesus Christ
Is 
Going To Cost You Your Berth In Eternal Life!
King Saul Lost His For His Lawlessness  ... His Sin!

Brethren,

Our Fidelity To Almighty God 
Is 
Being Tested Daily! 

Like It Or Not
Obedience To The Lord Christ
- In All Its Particulars -
Was, Is And Always Shall Be The Hallmark
The Highlight Of The Christian Experience! 

We Rely Upon Jesus Christ's Sacrifice 
For Our Gift Of Salvation 
But 
The Lord Cannot Practice Obedience For Us: He Modeled It! 

The Only Things That 
We Personally Own That Are Of Any Value 
Which We May Give As Gifts To Our God 
Are Our Free Will, Free Choice
Willingness To Cooperate
And
Our Willing And Enduring Obedience! 

Faith, The Daily Gift Given To Us
Is 
Tied Up With Trust And Obedience! 
Obedience Is Tied To Cooperation! 
Cooperation Is Tied To Free Will 
And 
Freedom To Choose 
And 
These Are Ours To Give To Whomsoever We Choose! 

Satan Can't Force You To Choose Him 
And 
Jesus Christ Won't Force You To Choose Him! 

We Are The Slaves To Whom We Choose To Obey! 

Beloved, 

Satan 
Is 
The Liar And The Murderer 
So Please Choose To Obey Jesus Christ Christ 
If 
It Is Your Heart's Desire To Have A Firm Foundation 
And 
To Receive The Crown Of Life Eternal! 

Our Jesus Gives Us 
Full, Truthful, Plain Disclosure Of The Facts! 
Be Wise! 
Be Obedient! 
Give Your All ... Your Total Commitment ... To Our King Jesus
And
You Shall Surely Be Eternally Blessed!

HAPPY SABBATH + Half-Way Service!?!

I Will Speak Plainly, Brethren!
There Is No Point To Serving Almighty God ...!

... Are You Mad!?!

Did You Let Me Finish My Statement!?!

Well, No!
I'm Very Sorry! Please Go Ahead!

There Is No Point To Serving Almighty God Half Way
Because
Half-Way Service Leads To Full Destruction!

Half-Way Faith
Is 

Whole-Heartedly Doubt
And
We All Know That To Doubt Is To Court Death!

Unconfessed Sin ...

The Death Of An Unrepentant Sinner
Gives Wicked Satan An Opportunity 

Against The Holy Jesus
- In Gleeful Disdain And Derision -
Pridefully To Shout!

Only Those Who Are In Full Compliance
With The Lord's Ways Are Safe!

When The God Of Grace
- The King Of Glory -
Makes Clear That He Defends The Upright
The Righteous ... The Right-Doing
And
Under What Circumstance
It Is Obvious That The Unrighteous, The Evil-Doer
The Wicked
The Doubter
- Doubt Is Sin -
Is 

On A Sticky Wicket
- In Dire Straits -
In A Place Where Only True Repentance
- A Complete Turning Away From Sin Unto Salvation -
Will Make Life Now Worth Living
And
Eternal Life To Come A Sure Thing!

Half-Measure Faith
Half-Measure Service
Half-Measure Endurance
Half-Measure Trust
Half-Measure Hope
Serves No One ... At All!

Don't Even Think About It ...

Can You Imagine If We Repented
Totally Of Sin
To Be Completely Saved And Eternally Blessed
To The Father
In The Name Of The Savior Jesus
And 

The Father Says:

Here's Half-Forgiveness Today! 

Come Back Tomorrow

And Maybe, Perhaps, Possibly

I Think I May Want To Probably Forgive You Fully

But I Am Not Too Sure That

I'm Feeling Your Sincerity Totally! 

By The Way

Tomorrow's Sun Does Not Rise

So Good Luck On Your 

Not-Promised Tomorrow Endeavors!

Lord, Have Mercy!
We'd Be Doomed! 

We'd Be Damned!

We'd Be Inconsolable!

Who, But The Holy Jesus, Can Rescue The Perishing!?! 

If The Father Rejected Jesus Christ's Sacrifice
Or Only Accepted It Half-Way
It Is Certain That We Are Lost And Twice-Dead Men!

We Know What Is Right According To The Scriptures

So Let's Do Right
Because
It Is Right
And
Not To Be Right To Gain "Brownie Points!"

Let's Stop Weighing The Lord
In Our False Balance
- Our Deceitful Scales -
And
Let's Make Peace With The Lord Christ
So That We Will Be Blessed
And
Eternally Saved!

There Is No Profit In Sinning!

Heaven Awaits Only The Righteous
So Let's Cease With The Unrighteous

Half-Way Commitment To Christ And His Cause!

Let's Go All In Willingly, Wittingly, Wisely
Or
If We Know Something 

Or Someone Better Than Jesus Christ
- Who Has A Better Destination
Where We May Spend Eternity -
Let's Boldly Turn Our Backs On Jesus Christ!

Hear, Hear!

There's No Place For Fence Jockeys In Heaven!

Glory Be To The Father
By The Blessed Spirit Of Truth
I Know For Sure That
Jesus Christ, The Only One Righteous
My Creator
My Redeemer
My Only Hope For Salvation
And
Eternal Living
Has All The Answers To All My Questions
And
I Am Sticking With Him
All The Way!

Hear, Hear!

Satan Is The Liar! 

Jesus Christ, Alone, Saves!

Any Questions!?!

How Much Longer
Before We Leave This Vale Of Tears!

Only Jesus Christ Knows!

Since Our Jesus Knows
And
We, Faithful Servants, Know Jesus
Then
We Know When He Says That We Know!

Now, I Get It!

Whole-Heartedly Trust The Lord And Grow!
We Are To Bless The Lord With All Of Our Living
And At The Appointed Time
We Shall, To Heaven ... In Triumph
Rejoicing Go!

Half-Way Service To The Master

Is An Unholy Show!

AMEN!!!

PINS: Sin And Spin

Do We All Have Our Identification Numbers!?!

Yes, Ma'am!!!

Very Good!
Please Keep Your Identification Card Handy
And
The Number Visible!
You Will Be Challenged When You Least Expect It!

Grumble, Grumble, Grumble!

What Was That Comment!?!
I Didn't Catch What You Were Saying!

Oh, Sorry, Ma'am!
I Was Just Saying That
I Wished That Satan Had His Own Identification Number  

So That We Could Challenge Him!

True!

Indeed! We Could Really Challenge Him Then!

Class! Class! 

Please Return To Your Seats For A Moment!

Oh, Man! I Thought We Were About To Leave!?!

We Are, But This Is Very Important!

Please Pay Attention, Careful Attention
To What I'm Going To Say:

Satan's Identification Number
Is
A Little, Bitty, Thing Called SIN!
It Attracts The Rich And The Poor
And
Get's Promulgated By sPin!

The "P" in sPin Is For Person
The Me
The You
The They
Who Consider Sin A Trivial Thing
Calling It Games Play!

But

When You Ignore Sin
And
Indulge sPin
You Will Notice Sin, Spin
And
Become Pins
Upon The Points Of Which
You Walk, Sit, And Lie
And
You Lie To Yourself About
The Origin Of Your Pain ... Your Fall
Your Character Stain
And, Then In Agony
You Cry And Cry
And
Truth, Deny
And
Woefully Willful
And
Unwisely Wandering
Your God, Giving You Grace
You Disgracefully Defy!

So How Do You Overcome This!?!

Stop!
Think!
Turn!
And
Testify!

Wow!

It Can't Be That Easy, Can It!

Oh, But It Is
And 

Because It Is That Easy
Very Many People Least Count The Gospel Of Grace
And  

Trapped, Trip ...!

...And Fall Flat On Their Faces!

Let's Look At Galatians 5:16-17!

It Has Very Telling Information To Impart To Us!

The Easy Way To Live Is To Say That The Spirit Is Willing
But
The Flesh Is Weak
And
Continue On Smartly Aka Foolishly
Living In Known, Yet Despised, Sin!

He Who Willfully Sins, Never Wins ...!

... And Will Never Wear The Crown!

No Cross, No Crown!

Indeed!

We Are Called To Take Up Our Cross Daily

To Follow The Lord 

To Do The Good And The Right

And

To Rid Our Selves Of The Rust Of Sin

By The Holy Spirit's Leading

Teaching, Guiding, And Chiding!

The Way Of The Cross Is,

Father,

I See My Need

And 

Only You Can Help Me! 

I Cannot Overcome My Sin On My Own

So, Please, Pour Out Of Your Holy Spirit

Upon This Sinful Flesh

And Strengthen Me

To Do Your Will

And To Please You

In Every Way, Today! 

In Jesus Christ's Holy Name

I Pray And Humbly Plead! 

AMEN.

When We Trust The Living Word
We Shall Be Blessed
And
With Faithful Endurance Unto Life's Journey's End
Then Eternally Blessed!

Commitment To Christ Is Key!

Grace And Mercy
Are Available To Me And Thee

And 

Almighty God's Forgiveness 

Does Not Require A User Fee!

Jesus Christ Paid It All!

Sin Is The Charge Account With Usurious Fees
And
Only The Lord Christ Can Change Us

Can Set Us Free Indeed
And
Get Us Home Safely

To The Glorious Heavenlies!

Satan's Journey To Joy Over Us
Is 

A Bust
When We In The Living Word Of Absolute Truth
Totally, Totally, Trust!

Onward And Upward, People!
Let's Leave Satan In The Dust!

AMEN!!!

CONGREGATION: Who Is In Control?!

Any Religion
That Permits Adherents To Indulge
In Selfish Or Sensual Gratification
Is As Pleasing To The Multitudes Today
As When The Israelites Were In The Desert
AND
There Are Many Pastors Working
Just Like Aaron Of Old

- Before He Was High Priest -
Weak-Willed

AND
Self-Serving
Who Pander To The Desires
Of The Unconverted
The Mixed-Multitude
Those Loud Ones
Bold
AND
Leads Them Blood Hot
Into Plain Sin Cold!

Loud Voices
Make No One Right
Just Because
They Are Willing
Someone Off The Face Of The Earth
To Wipe
AND
We Who Choose
To Stand In The Breaches
On The Word Of The Lord
Should Be Ready To Do Battle
IF 

We Will To Walk With God
In Accord!

Really?!
You Should Know Better
Than To Encourage
The People Of God
To Indulge In Physical Battle!

I Never Said Anything About Physical Battle!

But You Said:
" ... Ready To Do Battle!"
And That, My Friend
Means Fight!

Come Onnnnn!
Now YOU Should Know Better
For
The Weapons Of Our Warfare
Are Spiritual
Not Physical
AND
Those Who Rise Up
With Arms In Hand
Are Unconverted
Unchristian
Unusual!

Don't You Remember...
Not By Might
Nor By Power
BUT
By My Spirit
Says The Lord Of Hosts?!

And What About  ...

Those Who Go On The Great Commission
Should Be Men Of Integrity
Willing Able And Capable
To Issue The Stern Rebuke
Unmindful Of The Backlash
The Fallout
The Friend Spurn
AND
Trusting The Word Of God
Should Not
To The Left
Nor To The Right
Turn!

God's Justice Is Sure
Even Though It Is Often Not Swift
AND
Even In This
Man - By Choice -
Out Of The Dust Of Degradation
His Own Soul May Uplift
By Acknowledging The Sin
By Going To God In Contrition
To Repent
AND Thereby
The Sure Hand Of Justice
From Undiluted Vengeance
Through Mercy
From The Death Decree
Shall Relent!

God's Promises Are True!
God's Ways Are All Right!

AND
The End Of God's Return On Your Investment
Is
Eternally Out Of Sight!

Tasks To Be Performed
May Be Unpleasant
BUT
Lest Ye Forget
They May Be There To Test You
So
Think Always Of The Crucible
AND
Do Exactly
What The Good Lord
Gently Asks Of You!

I Bid You Think Of The Before-Conversion Aaron
Ever Willing To Please
BUT
Man-Pleaser That He Was
Caused The Death Of 3,000 Persons
Who Were Cut Down Like Trees
AND
Though In This Day
The Death Toll Is Not In An Apparent Instant
The Outcome Will Be The Same
So
Pastors
Preachers
Teachers Priests
Look To Yourselves
AND
Ask God
For A Converted Heart
I Beseech You
On Bended Knees!

Take The Exam

And

By And In Jesus' Faith

Pass The Test

And

In Jesus Christ's Peace

Be Blessed

And

Forever Rest!