OUT OF DARKNESS INTO LIGHT: The Lord Knows ...!

Beloved, 

It Will Do Us All Good To Remember Well This Text 

And 

Live Our Daily Lives In The Knowledge That 

Whatever We Do In The Darkness 

Shall Surely Come To Light! 

Mankind May Hide His Dark And Terrible Deeds 

From His Brethren

But 

They Can't Ever Be Hidden From The All-Seeing Eye Of 

The Ever-Present, All-Knowing, Eternal God! 

Adam And Eve Tried 

And 

Failed At Hiding From God: 

They Lost Their Paradise Home 

And 

We Are Still Suffering The Effects Of That Lost! 

Adam And Eve's Son, Cain 

Tried To Hide The Innocent Blood Of Abel

- His Righteous Brother -

But 

The Earth ... Holding No Secrets For Any Man

Revealed The Blood! 

Cain Lost His Home 

And 

The Hope Of Redemption 

Because 

He Chose Self Over His Savior: 

He Lost The War In The Battlefield Of The Mind! 

I Beseech Us All

Please Do Not Think That We Can 

Over-Power Sin And Satan

Outlast Time

Or

Outwit Almighty God! 

We Are Mere Men ... Mortal

Given To Malice And Misdeeds! 

God Is Mighty

And 

Merciful

And 

Means Exactly What He Says!

Let Us, Therefore

By Grace ... Through Our Gift Of Daily Faith 

Make Wrong Things Right 

So That In The Day Of Accounts

Our Record Of Sin Shall Say: 

"PAID IN FULL!" 

Let's Choose To Repent Now 

To Avoid The Rush To Regret Later! 

Dare To Do Right! 

Peace

Is

Presently Possible

With The Lord Our God

The Prince Of Peace

Prince Shiloh!

VESPERS AT THE END OF THE SABBATH: It Took A Miracle ...!

Buying Grace
And
Selling Salvation
Turned Up ... Uninvited
In The Town Called ... It Took A Miracle!
They Did Not Find A Warm

Nor Embracing Welcome! Welcome!

There Was A Reason ... 

The Ever Humble And Upright Godly Example

Had Preceded Them There

And

That Model Of Grace-Filled Living

Had Been Having The Most Amazing Effect

On The Citizenry

Who, Formerly

Had Been Filled With Sins

Drowning In Trespasses

And

Transported By Transgressions!

Of Course

This Is Not To Say That Godly Example

Had Received A "Come Hither!" Welcome

At His Dignified Appearance

In It Took A Miracle!

The Fact Of This Matter Is ... 

Comfort In Cold Water

Makes Warm Water Hot

And

Comfort In Sinful Living 

Causes Godly Living To Go Begging ... A Lot!

Truth Must Be Told ... 

As Opposed To The Sermon 
Preached By A Righteous Life Lived

When A Harsh Condemnatory Sermon Is Preached

- Devoid Of Christ's Love And Care 

And Not Built Upon Walking The Talk 

And Talking The Walk - 

You May Be Assured That

There Is Not Going To Be 
A Conversion To The Right Way

By Any Of Your Observers!

It Was Like This ...

Godly Example's Excellent Example

Was ... Is

Like The Wind

But 
In Reverse!

You Don't See The Wind

But

You Feel 
You Experience What The Wind Does!

Everybody Saw How Godly Example Lived

But 
Were Not At First

Aware Of Or Expecting

The Changes In Lives Wrought!

Like Abel The Obedient

Godly Example Spoke

And

Still Speaks

Without Superfluous Studied Words!

He Leads His Neighbors To The Lord Christ

By His Godly Example!

Many Lives Were Changed! 

Environments Were Upgraded! 

Conversations Became Circumspect! 

Attitudes Became Gentler! 

Considerations For Others Became Rife

And

Godly Living Became The Spice Of Life!

And

That Spice 
Is Not Measured By Scofield Units Of Heat

And

Love To God

And

Love For Others 

Became

The Language Of The Regenerated Heart!

To The Point ... 

Buying Grace

And

Selling Salvation

Had Been Seeking To Upend That Change

Because

Their Always-In-The-Shadows Boss, Curry Favor

- Who Coined Himself

Every Sentient Man's Liberator -

Had Lost Some Of His Best Customers

Because Of Godly Example's Godly Example

And

He, Offended 

Had Sent Them To Goose The Bull

Had Sent Them To "Muddy" The Water!

See, Here, There Is Always A Reason ... 

This Had To Be Done

Since He Is An ... Unclean Spirit

In The Employ

In The Council

Of The Big Cheese Himself

The Accuser Of The Brethren

The Snake In The Grass

The Dragon Ever At Work

Fka Lucifer 

Nka Satan

Aka The Wannabe God

Liar-Man The Bold

Fallen Angel With Heart Known Cold!

Hear The Right ... 

That Very Satan

The Lord Of Dung

Had

Has 

A Deeply Vested Interest

In Stopping People From Hooking Up

With Godly Example

And

For Seeing To It That They Continued Down

The Garden Path

Indulging In Own-Sin Self-Pay

And

Never Ever Ever Reaching Spiritual Perfection

By Living For 
And 
In The Faith Of The Lord Christ!

Satan

Being Grossly Prideful

Vengeful

Hateful

Evil

Lying

Murderous

Deceitful ... And So Much More

Had Lost The Battle Of Attrition

And

The Policy War Of The Great Controversy

That Dark Day In Mount Calvary!

He Had Lost His Praying Prey! 

He Had Lost His Stolen Kingdom 

And

The Only Other Thing Left To Be Lost

Is 
His Miserable Life

And

He Has No Intention Of Going Out Quietly

Or Docilely Alone!

He Fully Intends

To Go Out With Myriad Trophies 

And

In A Torrid Blaze Of "Glory" 

Denying The Lord Of Life

The Creator

The Redeemer

The Friend

As Many Of Those

As He Could Wrest Away

And

All For A Truly, Truly
Simple, Simple
Base-Minded Reason:

Those Who Rejected

Those Who Will Reject

The Expensively Purchased

So Great Salvation

Retained Their Own Sins

And

Will Pay The Cost ... For Themselves

With Their Own Lives

For That Unrepented Of

Unforgiven By Almighty God

Known-Sin! 

What Must-Must Must-Must ... 

Those Free-Willed Ingrates' Sins

Cannot Be Reckoned To Satan's Account!

How "Happy" 
That Makes Him ...  Considering The Circumstances!

Know Your Enemy ...

Satan 
Is 
Evil, Wicked

Not Stupid

And

He Is Lowering His Heat Score

In The Most Diabolic Fashion! 

On The Other, That Is
The Right, Hand ...

All Those Persons

Who Took ... Who Take 
The Lord God Almighty At His Holy Word

And

Accepted ... Accepts

The Unspeakable Gift

Had ... Have

All Of Their Known 
And 
Confessed Sins

Irrevocably Deposited

Lodged 
Dropped Off

Reposed 
Docketed On Satan's Account

Never Ever, Ever, Ever To Be Remitted

Waived

Removed 

Taken Away

Positively Disposed!

This Does Not Make Satan Happy

And

For This Seeming Besmirchment

He Is Intent Upon Making Believers Fall Away 
From Truth To Folly

From Light To Darkness
And

From The Commandments Of The Living Loving God

To The Doctrines Of Damned Devils

So That They, Too

If It Were Possible

Can Be Condemned 

Damned

And, Ultimately

Forever Destroyed! 

It Is His Final Effort

At "Disrupting" The Lord's Plans!

Tsk, Tsk, Tsk ...

He Keeps Skipping Over Hebrews 11:6!

He Is Ignoring The Directs Words Of The Lord Jesus ... 

Beloved, 

If You Thought It Possible, STOP:

No Created Being

Can Surprise

The Omnipotent

Omniscient

Omnipresent 

Creator

Sustainer God!

And

With That Said

I Sincerely Charge You:

Seek The Lord, Now

While The Door Of Mercy 

Is

Still Open 

And

The Lord's Spirit Is Still Near To

And

Calling Unto Us!

Blessings Myriad Await

The Faithful, Enduring, Believer!

Peace Be Upon You ... Today And Forever! 

DECISIONS, DECISIONS: Send To The Lord The Word Of Commitment!

There's A High Price To Low Living!
I Should Know!

The Best Life Is To Live In Christ Jesus!
That's A Fact That I Truly Know!

Doing Wrong Brings From Doing Right, A Division!
To Come That Realization, I Know I Was Slow!

Brethren,
Having Lived Fairly Long
Having Done The Thing The Word Of Truth Calls Wrong
Having Felt The Pain Of The "I'm So Sorry!" Song
Let's All Now Take The Eternal Position 
To Live With Christ
In That Place Where Time Does Not Belong
And 
Give Our Found-Happiness Its Voice
By Sending Up A Word Of Commitment
To The King So That Forever And Ever
- When Time Shall See Its Just End -
We May For Eternity Truly, Truly, Rejoice!

Living Life Making Life And Death Decisions

Puts Us On The Eternal Path Collision

And

Being A Member Of The Famous Religion

Does Not Exempt One From The True Or False Question!

All Men Have To Come To The Matter's Conclusion

Because Riding The Fence Is Also A Decision!

What's Your Influence?! + The PRAYER Of A Righteous Man ...!

Without Our Direct Aid

Whatever We Plant

- Good Or Bad -

 ... GROWS!

D. Influence Is An Itinerant Salesman
AND
He Is In His Well-Appointed Kitchen!
He Had Just Made And Wrapped
His Biggest Batch Of Can't-Eat-Just-One Cookies!
He Called Them Solomon's
Because Their Impact Is Huge
AND
They Always Sell Like Hot Cakes
Because, Well
They Are!

D. Influence Had Started Out Quite Small!
There Has Been No:

I Shall Do This!
I Shall Make That!
I Shall Be Rich!
I Shall Have A Following!
I Shall Plant A Seed!
OR
I Shall Reap A Harvest
That Keeps On Giving And Giving
For Now And For Eternity!

The Thought Never Entered His Mind!

BUT ...

One Day
- In An Instant -
He Did A Lil' Thing
AND
His Business
- If You Could Call It That -
Was Off And Galloping!

**--**--**--**

His Business Is A Runaway Success!

I Know That!

I Doubt That!

D. Influence Is Two-Faced!

A Chamelion!

A Dove!
A Devil!

Come Onnnn!!
He Can't Be All Things And One Thing!

But He Is!
Just Like Those Cookies He Sells!

Those Things Are Enormously ... !

... Good! ... Lethal!

STTTTOPP!!
Just Stop!

Let's Go!

Where Are We Going?!

To Buy Cookies!!

Noooo!! Not Me!

I've Got To Get To The Bottom Of This!

Okay!

We'll Walk With You
But We're Not Buying Anything!

Half An Hour Later ...

Alright!
Lay Them Out On The Platter!

What Flavors Did You Get!

I Asked For The Sampler!

Oh, Dear!
You Shouldn't Have Done Thaaat!

Too Late!
It's Done!

Your Funeral!

I Love You, Man!!
It Was Nice Knowing You!

On The Shiny Silver Salver
Was Gloriously Arrayed ...

• Gloomy Selfishness
• Sweetness 
• Kindness
• Unkindness
• Words As Weapons
• Gratitude 
• Grace
• Hate 
• Greed
• Love 
• Blessing
• Back-Stabbing 
• Carrying Good News
• Words Of Wisdom
• Bad Attitude  
• Faithfulness 
• Overarching Lust
• Liberty Is License
• Dead Conscience
• Self-Aggrandizement
• Helping Hand 
• Thief Of Time
• Truth Be Told 
• Careless Attitude
• Inordinate Pride
• Lying For Gold
• Character Assassination 
• Foolish Jesting
• Arrogance 
• Godlessness
• Thoughtful Deeds
• Petty Theft
• Patience 
• Goodness
• False Accusation 
• Hopelessness
• Disobedience 
• Idolatry
• Prostitution Of Heavenly Gifts

Thus Far ...

It Is A Stunning Display
BUT
The Box Is Not Even Close To Being Empty!

There Was A Dreadful Silence In The Room ...

Then Common Sense Spoke Up!

Brethren,
I've Seen Enough!
There Is A Pattern Here!
D. Influence Is A Peddler
AND
He Has No Allegiance
To Any Human!
Do You Hear Me?!

I Fear For All Of Our Kind
Because
A Little Of D. Influence
Goes A Long Way
For
Every Word Spoken Or Written
- Carefully Or Carelessly -
Every Deed Done
- Good Or Bad -
Will
Into Eternity
Fruit Bear!

Words
Lead To Thoughts!
Thoughts
Lead To Actions
AND
Actions Acquire Traction
Because Of Unexpected Reactions
That We Put Into Motion!

Our Influence
Create Notions
Which Morph Into Motion
Which Lead To Commotion
Because Influence Has Locomotion!

What Starts With Us
NEVER EVER ENDS WITH US!

Influence 

Suffers From
Pebble Cast-Into-Water Syndrome!
Aka
The Ripple Effect Is Endless
Even Unto Eternity!

Your Good Influence

Can Lead Someone Their Soul's Salvation!

Your Bad Influence 

Can Lead Someone To Their Soul's Damnation!

Lord Jesus, Help Us!

He Does! 

He Will!

He Is Helping Us!
Do You Think That This Happening Today
Now
Is Coincidence?!

No!!!

We Are Aware Of The Problem ... Now!

And ... Now Is The Time For A Solution:

The PRAYER

Of

A Righteous Man Availeth Much:

Father, Most Faithful

We Boldly Come To Thee

Seeking After Your Help

For A Terrible Problem We Now See!

Our Words

Our Thoughts

Our Actions 

Have Influence

Impact

Just As In The Day Of 

The Wise Fool King Solomon

And We Desire Of You, Dear Father

The Wisdom

To See And Not Do

Hear And Not Say

Walk Among And Not Follow

The Bad Influence Peddlers

For Doing So Will Render Our Hearts

Empty 

Hollow

Perfect For The Residence Of Those

Who Would To Damn Our Very Souls!

Please, Lord

Fill Us With Your Holy Spirit

And

Teach Us Moment By Moment

In Every Way

Every Day

And

Bless Us To Be Influenced For Good

By The Holy Angels

So That There Is A Good Soul Harvest

For Your Rejoicing

On The Great And Terrible Day!

Remember Our Brethren

Wherever They Are

And

Provide For The Edification Of Each One

According As Their Need Shall Be!

Please Do All Things For Us

According To Your Will

For

In Jesus Christ's Holy Name

We Pray And Humbly Plead! 

AMEN. 

I Feel Like A Burden Has Been Lifted

Off My Shoulders!

You Know What?!

I Think You Are Right!

I Feel Lighter!

Thank God For Jesus!

Bad Influence 

Is

A Weapon!

Good Influence

Is

A Shield!

Satan

Is

The Bad Influence!

Jesus Christ

Is

The Only Sure Shield

So

For The Safety Of Your Soul

GET JESUS CHRIST  ...  TODAY!!

VESPERS AT THE END OF THE SABBATH: Grace Has Been Given!

Grace And Glory
Love And Wrath
Speaks To The Coming Of King Jesus
At The Archangel's Trumpet's Last Blast!

Grace Is Given
To Those Who Have Chosen
God's Good Gift To Accept!
Glory Is Conferred Upon
All Those Who Have The Conditions
Of Sure Salvation Met!

Love Encloses All Who In Faith 

Believe 

In The Living Word
AND
The Wrath Of The Lamb Will Not Touch Any
BUT
Those Who To Self Lying
Do The Son Of God Deny
AND
To Truth Ever Object!

All Those Who Despised God's Grace
Will Be Destroyed By The Brightness Of His Glory!
All Those Who Dismissed God's Love
Will To Themselves Have His Fierce Wrath Applied!

The End Of The Day Of Grace
Is Almost Upon Us
When Mercy Will No Longer For Man Intercede
AND
The Day Of Wrath Is Almost Here
When
Boldly Willful Sinful Men ... Humbled
Will For God's Pitying Love
Plead!

Brethren,
God's Gifts Of Love
Cannot Be Purchased
BUT
God's Vengeance And Wrath
Surely Can
By Denial And Despising

By Doubt And Disbelief
By Faithlessness
Descents Into Foolishness

AND
Belief As The Fool
That There Is No God
AND
Gross Fraternizing
With Wily The Fraud!

There Was A Time
When Men Had Excuse
AND
In Those Times Of Ignorance
The God Of Glory Did Blink
BUT
There Is The Charge
That The Living Word
Into ALL The World Will Go
For A Witness
AND THEN 
The End Would Come
AND
This Is When The God Of Creation
Will Put On His Most Spectacular Show!

Please Do Not Permit
Willful Ignorance
Arrogancy
AND
Denial Of God's Grace
To Cause You To Lose
What Can Never Be Replaced

BUT

Do Become An Enquiring Student
AND
A Diligent Servant For Your Lord
For
Come The Day Of Vengeance
You Will Be With Those
Who Rise Up In The Air
To Meet Our King
Our Lord
Our God
Leaving Behind
The Detritus Of Sin

AND

The Eternally Damned Fraud!

Obedience Costs A Little
BUT
Pays An Awful Lot

So
Please Do Not Be Presumptuous
Disobedient

AND
Deceitful
Like Satan
Or
You Will Suffer 

Almighty God's Eternal Blot!

Think For Your Own Self!
Don't Follow The Ever-Wrong Multitude
Who Have The Truth Eschewed!
Lift Up The Lord Of Life!
Strive For The Mastery!
Endure - With Faith - Life's Strife
AND
In That Day Of Appointment
As One Victorious
You Shall Ascend Triumphantly
To Eternal Life!

Grace!

Glory! 

Love!

Wrath!

We Are Mere Men

And

Of These Things

We Don't Even Know Half

But

We Do Know The God

Who Knows All

And

Is Our All And All

And

That Should Be Sufficient

For

The Children Of The Fall!