PRECIOUS: The Lord God Almighty Doesn't Save Junk!

As Christians ... True Christ-Followers

We Are To Be Circumspect Aka Thoughtful, Cautious

In All That We Say And Do 

Because 

We Have The Desire To Avoid Mistakes, Missteps

And

Their Consequences! 

Remember, Confession And Repentance Cleanse From Sin 

But 

It Never Relieves Us Of Sins' Consequences! 

Beloved, 

King Solomon Has Warned Us Of 

The Fool Being Hasty In Speech And Action

Well-Given To "Fetching Up His Guts!" 

And 

Being Uncaring Of The Consequences!

This Is Not The Way Of The Child Of God 

Who Is Taught Of God 

And

Who Is The Beneficiary Of The Gift Of Wisdom From God 

And

Is Able To Use Understanding

To Apply Real Knowledge For True Profit! 

The Lord Christ Redeemed Us

Aka Bought Us Back, From Sin

Death, The Grave And Hell 

And

We, Faithful Christians

Are To Redeem, Buy-Back ... Take-Back 

Our Finite, Short, Time From Lawlessness

Carelessness, Uselessness

Wickedness, Deceitfulness

Indifference, Foolishness 

And 

All Such Unprofitable Behaviors! 

Every One Of Us Is Unique, Special ... Irreplaceable! 

If You Are Lost To The Kingdom Of God

Jesus Christ Is Irretrievably Harmed 

Because 

There Is No One Who Can Or Will Replace You! 

He Gave His Life To Save Our Lives! 

Let's Dare, By Working Faith, To Live Up To The Value That 

The Lord Jesus Christ Has Placed On Each One Of Us! 

Remember ...

The Lord ... Our Lord ... Doesn't Save Junk! 

Our Lord Christ Who Is God Almighty 

Saves That Which Is Precious:

That's You ... And Me, Too! 

Value Your Value To The Lord!

Hope Trusts Truth

The Lord God Almighty 

Is 

Good All The Time! 

He Is Our Ever-Present Help In Times Of Trouble

And

When We Are At Peace

When We Are Stressed By Life's Fluctuations

When We Are Distressed Over Finances, Love, Work, Health

When We Are Oppressed By That Vile Satan

When We Repress Our Emotions

When We Need To Confess Known Sin

When We  Assess Our Walk With Jesus Christ

And 

When We Need To Reassess The Work That 

We Are Doing To Lift Up The Life Of Christ To A World That 

Is 

In Constant Turmoil! 

Beloved, 

The Lord Truly Knows ... Personally

Every One Of Us Who Trust Him At His Holy Word! 

Face Facts ...

We Say That We "Trust The Lord BUT ...!"

Listen-Up Traveller ...

There Can Be No "But" In Trusting The Lord Of Life 

Unless 

It Is To BUTTTT Aka Bring Up Things, Thoughts, Tests, Terrors 

To His All-Knowing Attention 

To Get The Help That We Desperately Need! 

The Lord ... Our Good Shepherd

Our Refuge

Our Shelter

Our Hope

Our Salvation

Our Redeemer

And 

Our Forever-Faithful Friend

Has A Thousand Ways To Save Us 

And 

He Knows What We Need Before We Need It!

Our God, Known Holy, Feels What We Feel 

And

Will Always Do For Us What Is Best For Us: 

We Get Heavenly Gain 

And 

Almighty God Gets His Glory! 

Please Learn From

Lean Upon

And 

Look Up To The Lord Of Life

- The King Of Love -

Who Knows Every Hair On Your Head! 

Let's Boldly 

And Aggressively 

And Enduringly Dare To Trust Our God 

And 

At The Time Appointed ... By Right

Go Home To Share His Great Glory! 

Remember ...

Hope Trusts Truth! 

Truth Begets Faith!

Dare To And Live With Hope:

Follow Truth

Experience Hope

And

Watch Your Faith Become Sight! 

Trust The Lord ... And Obey!

Hope In Jesus Christ

Brings Peace From Jesus Christ

That

Passes Human Understanding!

BORN AND PRACTICING SINNERS: Humble Yourself!

When You Know That You're In The Wrong

Having Been Caught "In The Act" 
And 
Are Facing The One Who Has The Power Of 
Life And Death Over You
You Do Not Make Demands
Act Arrogantly
Or Speak Disrespectfully! 

When Your Hand Is In The Lion's Mouth 
You Humble Yourself
And 
Ease It Out By Tickling His Beard: You Appease Him! 

With That Said
We, Each, By Our Inherited Sinful Natures
And
Personally Cultivated Tendencies
Have Offended The Holy God 
So Let Us Search Our Souls
Seek After Christ While He Is To Be Found
Confess And Repent Of Known Sin Enthusiastically 
And
With Unfeigned Humility
Submit To Almighty God
And 
Sue For Peace That Is Presently Still Available! 

The Prince Of Peace, Himself

Is The Sinner-Man's

Pro Bono

Never Lost A Case

Personal Attorney!

Remember ...

Believe God, Obey, And Humbly Pray
And

Ask For A Blessing ... And Receive It
And
Seek God ... And Find Him
And
Knock  Confidently ... And Heaven's Gate To You Shall Open! 

Brethren, Beloved

These Are The Last Days

And

We Need To Get Right With The Living Holy God! 

We Need To Search The Scriptures 

And 
Our Own Souls ... Diligently! 

We Must, Must, Must, Seek After Almighty God

After The Lord Christ

And

His Righteousness ... Courageously, Doggedly, Unrestrainedly!

Put Your Heart Into It ...

To Go After Christ's Righteousness 
Your Heart Must Desire It!

To Receive Christ's Righteousness 
You, Personally, Must Take It

From That Holy Hand Extending Perfect Love 

And

Available Grace

By Exercising Your Free Will
And

Aggressively Utilizing Your Gift Of Choice 
For This Great Blessing! 

We Must Be Truly Wise 

And 

Willingly Submit To God

And 

Vigorously, Vehemently, Vociferously Resist 
The Damned-For-Eternity, Dangerously-Deceitful, Devil

That God-Fraud 

Who Can't Do Anything Good To Or For Any Of Us! 

We Need To Be Bold

And
Appear Boldly At The Throne Of Grace

In The Court Of Heaven 

And

Sue For Peace! 

You Have A Personal

Blood-Sealed

Open Invitation:

Use It!

Jesus Christ Paid The Price To Give Us, Each
The Right To Appear By Faith In The Father's Holy Presence

So, Beloved Purchase-Of-God

Get To Stepping

And

Go Get Your Gown And Your Crown! 

This Earth 
Is Not 
Our Home

So To Be A Part Of The Safe Fold Of God
Let's Get On Board 

The Olde And Sure Ship Of Zion

That's Unerringly Glory-Bound! 
Soon ... Very Soon
The Trumpet Of The Lord God Almighty Shall Sound!

Let The Master Teacher Enter In!

People, People!
Let's Keep Our Focus!
All That's Required Comes From Three Little Words!

Everybody Knows The Three Words:

Do-Good Ain't Always-Right!
Love Your Brother!
Share Your Faith!
Live In Peace!
Walk In Truth!
Be The Light!
Love The Lord!
Spread The Gospel!
Should I Continue!?!

No, Thank You!
You Sounded Awfully Bored In Your Delivery!

Oh, I Was!
We Hear The Same Thing Every. Single. Week.
I Could Do With A Change!

Sinclair!
It's Official!
You're My New Favorite!
I've Got The Change You're Looking For
And
The Change We All Desperately Need!

Brethren,
Our Three Little Words
New, Needed And Necessary
Are ... Drum Roll, Please:

Confess!

Repent!

Obey!

You Had To Go There!
You Just Had To Go There!

Why Did You Have To Go There ...?!?

... Because The Lord Gives Us Freely Of 
Grace, Mercy And Love
And
We, Being Faithful Servants
Good Children
And
Attentive Students
Need To Give The Lord Our Gifts Of
Confession, Repentance And Willing Obedience!

A Good Christian With Unconfessed Sin
Is 
As Profitable  ... As Useful
As Bound For Glory As ... As ... A ...!

... As An Unrepentant Sinner!
He Ain't Ever Going To Glory 
With Jesus Christ The Lord!

Oh, Sinclair!
You've Just Proved Why You're My Favorite Today!

Jesus Doesn't Have Favorites!

Jesus Also Doesn't Have Any Sin!
What's Your Point!?!

Just Once! Just Once!

Just Once What!?!

Just Once 
I'd Like To Have The Last Word Against You!

That's Easy!
Say Something Amazing To Shut Me Up!
Blow My Mind ... And Close My Mouth!

Father, You Heard Him!

To Be Serious, Rainey, We Are Not In Competition!
We're Searching For Hidden Treasure!
We're Searching For His Truth
So Let Us Cooperate With His Spirit
And
I'm Sure That We'd All Have A Nugget Of Gold
With The Brethren To Share!

Father,
Please Open The Young Lady's Eyes

And
Bring Your Saving Truth Into Her View
And
Remember Us All, Also
For We're Listening, Lord, To You!

Let The Class Begin!

Let The Master Teacher Enter In!

In Jesus Christ's Holy Name, We Plead!

AMEN!!!

Beloved,

Our Biggest Crime 

Against Our Own Souls

And

Against Our Holy God

Is

Our Indulging In Self-Deception!

Self-Deception Does Not Negate

Our Need For Willing Obedience To The Lord!

Take Heed ...

Have A Look In The Mirror 

And 

See Your Face!

Have A Look In The Word Of God 

And 

See Your Living Condition: 

Your Known Disgrace!

We Receive Information From Both Sources 

About Which We Must Make Actionable Decisions! 

Choose Well!

Choose Wisely!

And

Earmark For Yourself In Heaven A Place!

The Problem Is That 

Neither Of These Disclosing Agents 

Will Do The Necessary Work For Us 

To Clean A Dirty Face

Or Reform ... Change ... A Sinful Life! 

We Are God's Most Intelligent Creatures On Earth 

Who Have Free Will ... Free Choice

Able To Take Knowledge 

And 

By Wisdom From On High

Use Understanding To Gain Profitable Outcomes!

The Bible 
Is 
A Work-Book

Not A Fairy Tale Story Book

So Get Your Pencil 

And 

Get To Doing The Work! 

For Mistakes Made ... For Known Sin

The Contrite Heart's Prayer Of Confession 

And 

Repentance 

Is 

Your Eraser: Use It Liberally! 

AMEN!!!

May I Add Something, Please!?!

Of Course, Rainey!

Brethren,
Just Because We Can Confess And Repent
Of Our Known Sin
Let Us Not Use The Promise Of 
Our Father's Forgiveness
As An Open Pass To Indulge In 
The Sin Of Presumption!
Confession And Repentance Are Not Licenses
To Indulge In Folly!
Obedience Is A Shield!

Rainey,
Thank You, Kindly, For That Final Word!
There Is Nothing More To Add!

 

THE FORMULA: The Struggle Of The Christian

Brethren,

This Is How The Formula
For The Struggle Of The Christian Goes:

Sense Aka What I Feel 

Versus Faith Aka What I Daily Receive, Have And Exercise

And
Fear Aka Ungodly Fear

Versus Hope Aka The Lord Is My Portion Saith My Soul

Therefore Will I Trust In Him! 

The Blessed Assurance!

What The Christian Often Does ...

He Complains To The Lord About His  Present Conditions

And Then 

He Remembers Whose Child He Is
And
He Immediately Comforts Himself 
Regarding His Future Estate

And

Life Being What It Is
He Recycles, Rinses, And Re-Uses
His Complaints And His Comforts 
- We Need To Study About The Prophet Jeremiah -

And Ultimately

Watching, Waiting, Faith That 
Works Because Of Love ... Wins!

The Facts Remain ... 

I Am ... You Are ... A Christian!
We Are Christians
And
I Pray To The Father That That Is
 By Name And By Nature!

Let's Make This Really Personal!

I Have Personal Experience!

I Know The Lord!

He Hears ... And Answers ... My Prayers
And

I've Seen His Hand Work In The Lives Of Others!

The Father Is Faithful

And He Has Promised ... In Blood

Never To Leave You Nor Forsake You!

The Lord God Almighty Says:

 Pray!

Trust!

Believe!

Be Obedient!

Endure ... To The End!

Even In The Low Dungeon ... That Place Of Despair

With No Lower Place To Descend To Than Death

I Will Raise My Voice In ... Lamentation

Then A Psalm Of Praise

And

Then I Will Share The Wisdom 
Found In Isaiah 41: 10, 13, 14

Because 
I Have Living Experience

And

I Will Rest In The Song Of Solomon 

And 
In The Book Of Daniel The Prophet
And
In The Revelation Of Jesus Christ The Righteous
By The Hand Of Apostle John The Aged!

In Short
We Are To Recognize And Know That We Have A Future!

Indeed!
I Know That I Have An Expected End
And
So Do All Of Us Who Choose To Accept The Promise!

The Father  ... By The Master

Has Promised All His People

A Prepared Home In Glory Land!

My God Is Omniscient!

My God Hears All!

My God Sees All!

My God Knows All!
My God Is In All!

My God Judges All

But 
As For Me

Because I Trust In Him ... In His Living Word

Because I Claim ... Believe ... The Promises

Because I Know His Hand

Of Love

Of Chastisement

Of Correction

Of Protection

Of Direction

Of Providence

Of Blessing ... For Confession Of Sin

For Repentance For Known Sin

For Choosing Him As My Everlasting Portion

Who Knew Me Before I Was

Who Ordained My Position

Who Called Me To His Side

He Shall Be ... He Is ... My King

My Lord, My God, My Hope, My Help

My Salvation 

My Redeemer

And

I Shall Press On To The Mark

To My High Calling

Because 

My God Ever Lives To Make Intercession For Me

And

I Personally Know He Cares For Me ... Personally!

We Should All Be Personalizing This Effort! 

Our Father Says: Children, Fear Not! 
Our Faith Says: Father, We Trust Your Word! 
Our Feelings Say: But, What If!?! 
Our Enemies Say: There Is No God! 
Our Hope Says: In Godly Fear Is Great Reward! 
Our Obedience Says: I Know In Whom I Believe
And 
I Live For Him Who Cares For Me! 

The Lord Is My Light ... My Salvation
And 
The Strength Of My Life
And 
I Will Not Be Afraid 
Because 
He Knows My Name, My Voice
My Heart, My Condition
And
I Know His Sacrificial Love
And 
I Will Lovingly Do As He Lovingly Bids Me! 

I Trust In Jesus Christ The Lord 
And 
I Will Endure All Things 
For He Is Health And Cure! 
I Will Not Fear Man Nor The Devil: 
I Hold The Living God In Godly Fear
And 
I Will Unceasingly Pray! 

Jesus Christ Is My ... Is Our ... Perfect Peace! 

Peace Be Still!
Oh, How Glorious It Is To A God
In Whom We Can Trust To Strengthen Us ...!

... And Trust To Carry All Of Our Burdens
As Long As We Trust And Obey His Word!

Brethren,

To Reiterate And Reinforce
Please Recognize The Viable Keys To The Kingdom:

Trust The Word ... Not The Lying Eye! 
Obey The Will Of God 
And 
Don't Walk In The Corrupt, Selfish, Self-Pitying Way! 

When You Trust And Obey

You Will Endure!

The Lord Has Made The Way Plain ... And Perfect!

Oh, That Men Would Praise The Lord 
For His Goodness To The Children Of Men! 

Let's Thank God For Grace Now
And Coming Glory To Share!

Indeed!
He Is Good ... And Forever Faithful! 

HUMBLE YOURSELF: Call ... And Confess ... And Repent!

Brethren,

Zacchaeus Desired Above All Things 
To See, To Know, Who Jesus Was! 
Forgetting His Lofty Public Stature

He Went Out Of The Way ... Up A Tree

To Look Down Upon Jesus 

And 

Jesus Looked Up 

And 

Called Him Down From His Dangerous, Unenviable, Position 

So That He Could Visit Him In His Home ... In His Condition

And 

Lead Him To Living Light! 

Just In Case You Have Doubts
We Are Not Above Jesus Christ! 

Jesus Came Down To Our Level To Raise Us Up To His

To Give Us His Light ... His Love

His Life

And 

A Personal Place In The Father's House! 

Jesus Christ Has Already Done Everything Possible 
To Get Our Attention 

To Save Us From Sin, Self, Satan

Death, The Grave 

And

Damnation ... Hell! 
He Is Calling Today!

Please Do Everything 
To Get To Know Jesus Christ: He Is Passing Your Way Today! 

Put Your Pride Under Your Feet 

And 

Make Yourself A Spectacle If Necessary! 

Do All To Make That Heavenly Hook-Up! 

Jesus Christ, Alone, Saves!

Everybody Ought To Know Who Jesus Is

And Should Open Up Their Hearts To Him! 

He Suffered So That We Wouldn't Have To

And I Have Asked Him Not To Pass Me By

While He Is Calling On Others This Day! 

This Is The Best Sermon EVER!! 

However ... 

The Problem, Beloved

Is 

That People Want To Tell Jesus Christ

Who The Real Jesus Christ Truly Is

Even As They Refuse To Accept 
The Plain Word From The Lord's Lips

As To His Holy, Unchangeable, Nature ... Character! 

Remaking Jesus Christ ... Almighty God

Is 

The Fool's Errand

And 

A Fraud Perpetrated Against Us 

By The Arch Deceiver, Himself
The Lost Cause, Himself
Satan ... The Lord Of The Dung Flies! 

We Must Pray For Spiritual Eyes And Ears

And 

A Heart Of Flesh For The Brethren! 

Very Soon Satan And All Of His Followers

Will Have To Bow And Confess That

Jesus Is The Christ ... The Anointed One

Immanuel ... Almighty God With Us! 

To This Joyful Occasion

I Say A Heart "AMEN!" 

Aka "So Let It Be!" 

Hallelujah! Save Me, Lord! 

He Can, And He Will! 

Humble Yourself Under The Mighty Hand Of The Eternal God 

And

He Will Lift You Up! 

HAPPY SABBATH + THE EVERY-MAN TEST: The Law Of The Eternal God

The Law Of The Eternal God

Is 
Eternal Just As He Is!

The Law ... A Living Transcript Of 
The Eternal God's Holy Character

Is 
A Clean Mirror For Mankind

But

The Mirror Doesn't Save Man

Because 
All It Does Is On Man's Sin

Starkly, Brightly, Boldly, Shine!

The Law Of The Eternal God

Is Man's Safety Net!

Man Cannot Take The Law Of God In Hand

And

Say To Himself:

"I Apprehend You: I Am Clean!"

Because

He Will Be Fooling Himself

And

His Soul Will Be Just As Dirty

And

His Living Condition Will Still Be Unclean!

The Law Of The Eternal God

Tells You What Is Sin!

The Law Of Almighty God
The Transcript Of The Living God's Character

The Mirror For Seeing The Stain On One's Life

Is

Mankind's Disclosing Agent

Showing To Man How... From His Maker

His Heart ... His Life Has Been Rent

And

If Man Is A Diligent Doer

And

Not Just A Hypocritical-Hearer Of The Word Of Truth

He Will Aggressively Seek After His Maker

By Whose Sacrifice ... For His Personal Sin

Man Is Pardoned

Justified 
And

Made Clean!

Jesus Christ's Forgiveness Heals!

Brethren, Beloved 

Please Take A Careful Note:

Neither The Law ... The Mirror
Nor The Creator ... The Pardoner ... The Forgiver

Can Do Anything At All For Us Unless ... Until

We Come To The Stark Realization

And 
Make The Truth-Telling Admission:

Confession Of Known Sin To The Living God

Is 

Good For Every Single Human Soul! 
Repentance Removes From Us The Devil's Fetters!

The Fact Is ...

We Should Not Be Offended To Be Called Sinners 

Because

By The Preserved Word Of The Eternal God

That Is What We Are: Admit It! 

No Human Is Safe

Disregarding The Law Of God!

Let's Get Real

And

Get To Stepping To The Throne Of Grace 
Confessing And Repenting 

For Sinning Against The Holy God 
So That He Will Forgive Us 

And 

Cleanse Us From All Unrighteousness!

When You Do Away With

The Law Of God

You Do Away With

Almighty God

Because

Almighty God And His Law

- His Character -

Are The Same! 

Satan Is Walking And Stalking ...

Arrogant Pride Goes Before The Fatal Fall

So Don't Be A Mouth-Giant
And
Be Proud And Foolish Like Satan! 

Dare To Be Humble

And 

Repent Like King David

And 

Be Blessed To Be Called 
An Obedient And Faithful Child 
After Almighty God's Own Heart! 

Satan Rabidly Desires

Your Disobedience

And

Your Damnation!

Dare ... By Working, Enduring, Faith 
In The Sure And Secure Given Promise

To Be Bold 

And

Aggressively Take Firm Hold Of 
Almighty God's Grace: It Is Always Free! 

There Is No Need That You Have

Which Almighty God's Grace

Cannot Supply!

Dare To Embrace The Holy God

Whose Sacrificial Love Envelopes Me And Thee

And

Is Ever, Always, Given Abundantly Freely!

Free Grace And Undying Love

Mark The Path To Holy Heaven

Where All Is Peace

And Joy And Love! 

Beloved,
Again, I Urge Us All To Lighten Life's Burdensome Load
By All Known Sin Confessing And Repenting!

Please Rid Yourself Of Unnecessary Stress!

With Our Holy God, Beloved

Make The Lasting Peace! 

Believe The Living Word!
Bow To The Majesty In True Humility
Reach For The Hand Of Hope And Help
Practice Willing Obedience
Plead For Working, Enduring, Faith
And 
Know That You Will Be Eternally Blessed! 
Choose To Pass The Every-Man Test!

Follow Jesus Christ Faithfully

For The Eternal-Life Win!

Get Your Purchased Victory Over Sin:

It's Still Free Today!

Today

Is

The Day Of Salvation!