Showing posts with label Ecclesiastes 12:13-14. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Ecclesiastes 12:13-14. Show all posts

Thursday, December 3, 2020

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!





Saturday, February 2, 2019

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! 











Monday, October 15, 2018

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!




Monday, January 8, 2018

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!!



Saturday, October 7, 2017

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!