Showing posts with label Day Of Salvation. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Day Of Salvation. Show all posts

Wednesday, May 4, 2022

Dig For Hidden Treasure!




Ponder This ... 

Have You Ever Received 
A Big, Sumptuously Wrapped, And Bow-Decorated Gift Box
And Lifted It Up To Check The Weight
Shaken It To Hear If It Rattled
Checked The Gift Card To See From Whom It Came 
Because 
You May Have Some Cheapskate Friends, Relations, And Acquaintances
And 
Recognizing That It Is From The Generous Benefactor 
Who Always Gives Good And Perfect Gifts
Proceeded To Place That Good Gift 
In A Highly Visible And Well Lighted Corner 
Without Opening It 
Because 
You're Going To Save It For A Rainy Day 
Which Only Comes Twice A Year 
Since You Live In A Desert!?! 

Beloved, 

Salvation Full And Free
Is
The Open And Still Wrapped Gift 
With The Name Of Our Lord Jesus 
Prominently Displayed On The Name Tag 
But
With An Appetizingly-Thick Love Letter Attached Saying: 

"Open Immediately
And
Dig For Hid Treasure
Pearls Of Wisdom
Tried Gold
Healing Balm
Eye Salve
And
A White Robe Of Righteousness
An Over-Comer's Crown
And
Your New Name And Life
In And With Me!" 


Today Is The Day Of Salvation! 

The Book Of Love 
Is 
Given To You To Explore And Experience! 

Open The Gifted, Sure Word Of Almighty God
And 
Line Memory's Hall 
With The Found Treasures Of Goodness 
Harvested From Your Excavations! 

Peace! 












Sunday, January 9, 2022

Believe The Word Of The Infallible God!




Faith! Feelings! Facts! Failings! Future! 
Hmmm... 

The Lord Jesus Gives To Each Of Us A Daily Gift Of His Faith 
For That Day Alone 
But
Our Feelings Bring Up The Facts 
About Our Known Failings 
And
They Are Grounding Our Hopes Of 
A Future In The Father's House 
As Promised To Us By Our Savior Dear! 

Are You Going To Believe The Word Of God
The Truth That Saves
Or Are You Going To Trust Fraught Feelings 
Known Fickle Aka Flighty!?! 

Beloved

We Have The Infallible Aka Trust-Worthy Word Of 
The Living God Who Never Changes! 

Our God Is Not A Time-Bound Philosopher
A Paper Tiger
A Plaster Saint
Nor A Lying Man Who Changes His Mind 
As Often As He Changes His Garments 
And 
Direction Of Travel! 

Dear Ones, 

We May Set Our Temporal Clocks 
By The Sun Of Righteousness, The Eternal God
In Whom Is No Variableness Or Shadow Of Turning! 

Today Is The Day Of Salvation 
And 
Our Savior Says: 


"Come Unto Me! 
Come And Dine! 
Make Your Home With Me! 
Trust Me And Obey! 
Take My Blessing 
Because
I Have Taken Away Your Blight
Your Sin! 

Your New Life Is In Me! 

You Confessed And Repented Of Your Sin 
And
Because I Am Faithful And Just
I Forgive You! 

Rest In Me And Be Refreshed! 

Hold My Hand! 
By Enduring Faith, Not Fickle Feelings
Be Anchored In Me! 

I Give You Joy!" 

Beloved, 

A Working Faith Can Never Fail 
So I Choose To Accept The Lord's Unspeakable Gift! 

Do You!?! 
Will You!?! 

Peace! 











Wednesday, November 17, 2021

Stop Pretending That Eating Your Vomit Is A Treat!







Make A Move! 
Make A Mess! 
Make A Mark! 
Mark A Man! 

The Messy Move-Makers Are Marked Men! 
So Much For Hit And Run 
And
Don't Get Caught! 

Beloved, 

Our Movements Make Marks: 
Good Or Bad! 

We Mark Our Selves
And 
We Mark Our Targets! 

We Have The Intended Outcome 
And 
The Unintended Consequence! 

We Make Marks On Earth
And 
We Register Our Marks In Heaven! 

Like It Or Not
Every Last Thing That We Do
Reverberates And Ripples 
Aka Sends A Message 
And
Puts On A Show! 

What Are You Doing!?! 
Who Are You Being By Service!?! 
What Are You Revealing!?! 
With What, By Conceitedness
Are You Fooling Yourself That You Are Concealing!?! 

Dear Ones, 

Let Us Not Give Comfort And Aid To Sin 
By Living As Though 
There Is No Victory Over Sin! 

Let Us Stop Acting ... This Very Day
Like Dogs Vomiting Up Their Mess 
And 
Then Eating It Like It's A Treat! 

Let Us Stop Being Like The Washed One Of
The Porcine Persuasion
Who Promptly Goes Back To Rolling Around In
The Invitingly-Familiar Mud 
In Which It Finds Comfort 
And 
Takes Its Ease! 

Let Us Turn To Jesus Christ Our King 
And 
Let Him Make His Sealing-For-Redemption Mark On Us 
So That Our Mess Will Become A Message Of 
Hope For Help And Healing 
To Someone In This Acceptable Day Of Salvation! 

By Saving Grace ... Through Working Faith
Let Us Dare Today To Be Wisely Different: 
No Fools Will Inhabit Heaven! 

Peace!








Saturday, November 13, 2021

VESPERS AT THE END OF THE SABBATH + MAKING THE CHOICE: Heaps Of Cash OR Hope For Heaven!?!






Of What Are You Made!?! 
... And ... 
Is What You Are Made Of Causing You 
To Respond To The Call Of The Master For Good Or For Ill!?! 

Beloved, 

The Sun, The Son, Shines Upon The Good And The Evil 
And 
The Outcome For Both Is As Different As Night Is From Day! 

If You Place A Candle In The Sun
The Candle Melts! 
If You Place Soap In The Sun
The Soap Hardens! 

Why The Divergent Response!?! 
Is There Favoritism Involved!?! 
No! 

When We Are Seeking After Christ 
And 
His Righteousness 
With The Desire To Be Like Christ
Willing To Embrace Him And His Ways
We Willingly Give Up All That Defiles Us 
Or Weighs Us Down 
Or Stops Us From Being Free In Jesus! 

When We Want The Lord's  Blessings And Benefits 
Minus The Trials, Tests
And 
Overcoming Temptations 
Even Unto Getting Rid Of Inappropriate Associations
Bad Habits, Attitudes, And Ideas
And 
Unprofitable Ideals
We Become Inured, Hardened, To The Truth! 

Like The Rich Young Ruler
We Turn Away From The Master Who Loves Us 
And 
Return To Our Treasures
- Which Will Turn To Dust
And Testify Against Us In The Judgment - 
Because 
That Is What We Choose To See
Choose To Acknowledge
Choice To Desire! 

Short-Cuts Are Usually Long 
And 
The Quick Way To Riches 
Is 
Usually The Leisurely Path To Damnation!

Set Sights Secure Seats: 
Of What Material Are You Constructing Your Long Home!?! 

Jesus Christ, Alone
Can Change The Heart Of Stone Into The Heart Of Flesh 
So Let Us Dare To Let Him Make Us Anew This Very Day
The Day Of Salvation! 
Please Do Not Harden Your Heart!

Going To Almighty God's Heaven
The Long Home Of The Eternally Blessed
Is
A Personal Choice! 
Please Choose To Cooperate With Christ! 
Peace! 






Thursday, September 16, 2021

GIFT OF LOVE: Salvation Is FR2E To Me And Thee!





There's The Old Song Which Says: 

"If Salvation Was A Thing That Money Could Buy
The Rich Would Live And The Poor Would Die!" 

There's No Need To Think On This! 

Most Of Us Love Sales 
Especially Those Of The BOGO 
Aka Buy One Get One Free Variety: 
We Enjoy Acquiring Good Stuff At Great Prices! 

Still Others Of Us Love Thrifting
Rummage Sales, Garage, And Car Boot Sales! 

The Point Is That 
This Poor Man Wants A Rock-Bottom Price For His Heart's Desire 
And
If You Are Of The Monied Class
You Desire That Which No One Else Can Afford! 

Beloved, 

Jesus Christ's Gift To Us Of His Salvation 
Came At Infinite Cost 
And
Is Available To Each One Of Us Individually
Rich Or Poor
FR2E!

The Father Gave Us His Son
And
The Son Gave His Life To Save Us!

There Is A Spanner In The Works ...

The Big Able Problem, Though
Is 
That Today Is The Day Of Salvation 
And 
Many Of Us Are Of The Mind That Says

"Free To Me Is Cheap 
And Cheap Things Are Not Good 
And I Won't Accept 
What I Can't Physically See And Profit From!" 

The Lord's Ways
Are Not Our Ways
And
The Lord's Thoughts
Are Not Our Thoughts!

Oh, That We Would Spit Pride And Doubt 
Into The Fires Of Hell Where They Belong 
And
Accept The Priceless Gift 
Freely Given To All By Our Creator
The King Of Love And Glory! 

Pride And Doubt Build A Sinking Ship! 

Please, I Beseech Us All 
Do Not Permit The Monied Vanity Class 
To Stay Your Needy Hand From 
Accepting The Unspeakable Gift From 
The Loving Heart Of The Son Of God
The Savior Of Every Man! 

Salvation Has An "Accept By" Date: 
Be Wise For Your Self! 

Peace! 


Buying
The Free-To-All Gifts
Generously, Graciously, Given
By The Eternal, Holy, Faithful God
Is
An Impossibility!