The Word Of God
Is Not A Buffet
Where You Pick And Eat
According To Feeling
And
How Much Of Self
You Want To Pay On The Day!
The Word Of God
Is More Than
Necessary Food And Drink!
To Truly Benefit
You Must Eat And Think
And
Think And Eat ... And Think
And Swallow!
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With This New Bobble-Head-Inducing Preaching!
Hear! Hear!
The Fair Preaching Of The Word Of God
Should First Appeal To My Intellect!
It Should Then Tug At My Emotions
And
Being Convincing
Solicit For Jesus Christ
The Control Of My Will!
When Preaching Appeals Only
To My Emotions
My Intellect Exits Stage Right
And
The End Result Of That, My Friends
Is
My Will Walking Wildly
Blindly
Blindly
Into Darkest Night!
The Mind Matters!
The Will Wanders!
The Emotions Run Wild!
So,
It Is Necessary
- Truly Necessary -
If
Faith Is To Take Hold
Faith Is To Take Hold
That My Mind Be Engaged
For Truth To Reach
And
Breach My Soul!
And
Breach My Soul!
The Living God Eternal, Said:
Come ... Let Us Reason Together!
The Lord Of Light And Life
Appeals To My Mind
Where, With Him
I Can Come To A Conclusion
And Say
Father,
Thou Art Holy!
Though Art God!
Though Art Divine!
Emotions Are A Runaway Train
When The Intellect Is On Vacation ...!
... And The Intellect Sleeps On In Vain
As The Will Indulges In Spiritous Libation!
A Mind Is A Terrible Thing To Waste!
It's A Shame To Place The Will In Disgrace!
It Is Said That When The Emotions Run Riot
Then
Satan And His Kind
Ride Rough-Shod Over The Man
Making Him Behave Like The Fool
The Directionless Idiot
A Three-legged Two-Footed Stool!
Look At It This Way ...
Jesus Christ Is Building Places
In His Father's House
In His Father's House
For Us Who Choose To Believe The Living Word!
Should Not We
- The Believing Ones Faithful -
In This The Sojourner's Hour
Then, By God's Grace
Build Righteous Characters
Build Righteous Characters
That The Lord Christ Will Gladly Receive?!
I Agree!
The Words Of God
- Truth Delivered Truthfully -
Are Our Character's Building Blocks!
If The Blocks, The Word
Is Faulty
Appealing Only To Emotions
Which Deliver Sensations
We Are Going To Be In Serious Trouble
If The Lord, In Mercy, Doesn't Help Us!
We Are Going To Be "Enjoying"
A World Of Hurt!
Perish The Thought!
Brethren,
We Really Need To Expect Better Of
Those Delivering The Word Of God
Expect To Do Better Ourselves
Expect To Live Better By The Grace Of God
And
Ever Always
Desire To Reach The Blessed Land
Wherein Is The Holy Son Of God
The Son Of Man
The Living God
Who, Alone
Can Save Sinful, Dying, Man!
Preach, Brother!
Bottom Line ...
We Are Living In Perilous Times
And
I See No Reason Why
We Should Be Saying
"Yeah!" And "Amen!"
When The Preacher Teacher Speaker
Is
Merely Delivering Sugar Shots
And
Not The Strong Meat Of
The Power-To-Change-Lives Word
To The Firm Believers In The Lord Christ!
There Is No Need, No Cause
Nor Reason
To Reason Over Sugar!
Sugar Is Just A Sweet Treat!
Sugar Melts!
A Sugar Rush Is Attained!
No Health Is Gained
Just Fat Aka Sin
To Be Restrained!
A Man's Gotta Chew On The Meat Of The Word!
When The Carnal Mind Meets Heavenly Meat
It Has The Desire The Meat To Eat
But
To Eat The Heaven-Sent Meat
Carnal Mind Must Thoughtfully, Thoroughly, Chew
- And Swallow -
If
One Will Live The Life In Christ Called New
In The World Tomorrow!
I Agree!
The Words Of God
- Truth Delivered Truthfully -
Are Our Character's Building Blocks!
If The Blocks, The Word
Is Faulty
Appealing Only To Emotions
Which Deliver Sensations
We Are Going To Be In Serious Trouble
If The Lord, In Mercy, Doesn't Help Us!
We Are Going To Be "Enjoying"
A World Of Hurt!
Perish The Thought!
Brethren,
We Really Need To Expect Better Of
Those Delivering The Word Of God
Expect To Do Better Ourselves
Expect To Live Better By The Grace Of God
And
Ever Always
Desire To Reach The Blessed Land
Wherein Is The Holy Son Of God
The Son Of Man
The Living God
Who, Alone
Can Save Sinful, Dying, Man!
Preach, Brother!
Bottom Line ...
We Are Living In Perilous Times
And
I See No Reason Why
We Should Be Saying
"Yeah!" And "Amen!"
When The Preacher Teacher Speaker
Is
Merely Delivering Sugar Shots
And
Not The Strong Meat Of
The Power-To-Change-Lives Word
To The Firm Believers In The Lord Christ!
There Is No Need, No Cause
Nor Reason
To Reason Over Sugar!
Sugar Is Just A Sweet Treat!
Sugar Melts!
A Sugar Rush Is Attained!
No Health Is Gained
Just Fat Aka Sin
To Be Restrained!
A Man's Gotta Chew On The Meat Of The Word!
When The Carnal Mind Meets Heavenly Meat
It Has The Desire The Meat To Eat
But
To Eat The Heaven-Sent Meat
Carnal Mind Must Thoughtfully, Thoroughly, Chew
- And Swallow -
If
One Will Live The Life In Christ Called New
In The World Tomorrow!
Is Your Mind Totally Engaged
When
You Hear The Word Of God!?!
*****
Is The Word You Hear
The Word Of God
Or
The Opinions Of Man?!
Can You Discern The Difference?!
*****
PRAYER:
Heavenly Father,
Please Hear Our Prayer!
Please, We Beseech You
Grant Unto Us
Spiritual Discernment This Day!
Help Us, Lord
To Hear
See
Understand
Accept
And
Live
According To
The Unadulterated Word
So That We, Believing
Loving
Trusting
Hoping
Obeying
Praising
Worshipping
May Depart The Goat Herd
To Be Led By The Good Shepherd
Who Leads The Sheep
To The Safe Fold!
To Be Led By The Good Shepherd
Who Leads The Sheep
To The Safe Fold!
Please Bless Us
With Clear Eyesight
With Clear Eyesight
True Hindsight
And
Pure Foresight
So That We May Reject
Soul Blight
And
Accepted In The Beloved
May
- In The Day Appointed -
Rise Up To The Land Where
There Is Peace
And
No Night!
And
No Night!
We Love You, Lord!
We Bless Your Holy Name
And
And
We Humbly Ask For These Mercies
In The Name Of Jesus Christ
The Only One Righteous!
The Only One Righteous!
Please Cause The Holy Spirit
To Fall Upon Us!
To Fall Upon Us!
AMEN.
