FOOL: Tool

What Is The Point Of Dying
Doing What Your Soul Loves
AND
Not Being With
Nor
Seeing In Peace
Him Who Loves Your Soul!

What Is The Point
Of Having Your Routine
Your Regimen Down Cold
- To Elite Perfection -
AND
Not Being Able
To Defend Yourself
For Your Known Sin
To The Creator Of Your Soul?

What Is The Point
Of Living In Sin
When You Can Be Saved From Sin
By The Savior Of Your Soul

If 

You Invite Him

Your Heart To Live In?

Why Sell Your Unsellable Sinful Soul
To A Bankrupt Death Merchant
When You Can Accept Forgiveness Of Sin
From The Redeemer 

Who Is Your Creator

AND

The One Who Made You A Living Soul?

Why Lose Your Soul's Salvation 

For A Sensation
When Sensation Will Soon Be Lost
BUT

Salvation 

Bought For You
On A Cruel Cross
Can Only Be Lost
When

By Your Own Hand
You Personally Cast It Away
With A Couldn't-Care Swift Toss?

Why Pay
For What Can't Be Purchased
AND
Owe
For What Can't Be Sold?!

So, So, Sooo Close!
You Just Lost Me Right There!!

You Can't Buy God's Gifts!

You Can't Owe For Gifts!

You Can't Pay For Forgiveness And Salvation!
You Can't Owe For Redemption And Heaven!

If You Can Trust From Aka Get Easy Credit
If You Can Owe Aka Promise To Pay
AND
Over Time Pay God
YOU, Yourself
Have No Need For The Sacrifice Of Christ! 

You Are Your Own Surety!

You Are Your Own Security!

However ...

You Can Buy Hell!
AND
You Can Sell Damnation
For
You Make Your Purchase Of Hell And Damnation
By Bartering
Selling
Giving Away
Your Right To Eternal Life
By Listening To Satan
AND
Utilizing All Called
The Satanic Device!

Can't Do That!
Won't Do That!
That Would Make Me A Fool
And To All Intents And Purposes
I Become An Unremunerated
Used-By-Satan
Condemned-By-God
Tool
And That My Brotha
Ain't No Where Near Cool!

All Right Then!

I Rest My Case!

Faith Is A Gate!

My Path May Lie Through The Desert!
My Path May Lie Through The Sea
BUT
The Path That My God Leads Me
Is The Path That Is The Right One For Me!

In My Dependence On My God
I Must Exercise Real Faith
AND
Though Lying Sight Says:

"That Path Is Impossible!"

Living Faith Says:

"Get To Stepping Now - Don't You Dare To Wait!"

Faith Is A Gate Open
Ready
For The Believing One To Walk Through
Looking Neither Left Nor Right
Nor Waiting
To See Who Else
Is Going To Walk Through With You!

Father,
I Believe In The Word Of My God!
I Depend On The Daily Ration Of
Grace And Faith
And
I Depend On Him Who Leads Me
To Also In Love
Carry And Feed Me!

Lord,

I Do Not Involve Myself In Things High
Or Things Above My Pay Grade!
I Am Satisfied With My Jesus
And
Desire To Do What He Asks
As He Says!

Let Me Not Question With Arrogance!
Let Me Not Walk In Pride!
Let Me Comport Myself As One Faithful
And
Help Me Not From Truth To Backside!

Father,

Let Me Not Wait With Reservation
Until All The Uncertainties Of Life Are Set Aside
For Therein Is Destruction!
Therein Is The Word: 

"I Have Jesus Christ Denied!"

For
I Thereby Show
That I Trust My Own Understanding
And
I No Long Safe Harbor descry!

I Am Satisfied!
I Am Contented
And
I Am Walking As One Free
And Yet 

I Am Also Walking As One Captive To The God
Whose Spilt Blood
Paid For My Pardon
On The Day Of Final Decision
On The Mount Called Calvary!

I Will Follow Christ, My Savior
Knowing Not
What My Lot May Be
BUT

In Faith
I Shall Surely Follow
For
He Alone
Is The One Who Paid
From Sin
To Free Me!

Believe ... AND?! + PRAYER: Father, Please Hold Me!

Salvation
Is Not For A Country
A City
A Community
A Family
Nor
A Church!
Salvation Is For A Seeking Soul
The One Who Sees The Need 
For Jesus Christ
The Savior
The Redeemer
The Living God
Who For His People Works!

Salvation Cannot
Be Begged
Bought
Nor Bartered!
It Is Not Something For Which We Can Work!
It Is Not Something About Which We Can Boast Over
It Is A Gift
Freely Offered To All Men
Something That No Creature Can Pervert!

Believe
On The Lord Jesus Christ 
AND ...
The Small Word
With Eternal Implications For Mankind
Is Followed By
Thou Shalt Be Saved
Which Is A Call 
To Action
Followed By 
A Promise
Guaranteed 
By Shed Blood
To Be Fulfilled
On Almighty God's Very Own
Never Early
Can't Be Late
Specified
Known Only To Himself 
Date!

We Must Believe!
Believing Entails Effort On Our Part
AND
We Must Act According To Our Belief
Living True To The Promissor
Trusting The Word
AND
Believing That Our Belief
Our Faith
To Receive The Blessing
Is One Cost That 
We Can Truly Afford!

Does Your Faith Have Belief?
Does Your Belief Have Trust
That You Will The Promise Receive?
Do You Live As Though The Transaction Is A Done Deal?
Do You Share The Word Of The Blessed Hope
Or
Does Doubt
Cause You Still With Sin To Grope
Butting Around Life
From Pillar To Post
Unfulfilled
Uncaring
Unaware
That Living With Godly Fear
Moves One Out Of Sin's Darkness
Into God's Eternal Light Of Life
Glory To Share?

A Mother Performs As One!
A Teacher Teaches!
An Actor Acts!
BUT ...
What Of The Saved Soul?

Are You Holding Jesus Christ's Hand?
Are You Walking
- With Faith - 
Toward The Heavenly Land
Trusting
In The Eternal Word
Following
The Gentle Shepherd
As A Named 
AND
Hearing Sheep
AND
Not Longing To Run 
With The Disobedient Goats Who Bleat?

Believing Hope Trusts Faith!

Loving The Lord Jesus

Causes Our Love To Love Others!

That Love Lifts Us Up
As Well As It Lifts Up Others!
That Love Looks Up In Hope
Trusting The Word Of The Word
Even Though There Is No Visible Rope To Hold
AND
We
Being Lead
- By The Greatest Lover -
Lead Others To The Knowledge
Of The Living Water 
Well-Knowing
That Living In Hope
Is Better Than Living As One Hopeless
Practically Dead 
Ever Consumed 
By Raging Doubt
Seriously Touched
In The Head!

What

- And By Whom -

Are You Being Fed?

Where

- And By Whom -

Are You Being Lead?

Is Your Leader-Feeder

 The Great Master

The Loving Lord

Almighty God

Or

Is It Some Strange One

For Whom

Getting Your Soul

To Be Lost

Is A Great Reward?

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Just As You Are Cautious

Of What

Goes Into Your Stomach

Be

Holy Spirit-Led Cautious

Of What

Goes Into Your Mind!

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PRAYER:

Heavenly Father,

Please Guard My Mind!

Help Me Not To Be Consumed

By Those Things Carnal

That The World Calls Divine!

Cleanse My Palate!

Craft Me A New Heart!

Wash My Eyes

And

Unstop My Ears

So That I May Hear

The Heavenly Harps!

Lord,

I Trust You!

I Believe

I Worship

And

I Praise

Only You!

Please Hold Me

In Your Loving Arms

For

This Child Of Faith

Dearly Loves You!

I Pray These Petitions

In Jesus' Precious Name!

AMEN.

GOD IS NOT DEAD: The World Laughs!

Our Lives Are Often Beset By Dangers

 AND

Duty Seems Hard To Perform!

Our Imagination Paints Pictures

Of Impending Gloom And Ruin

AND

Our Faith

Born Of Belief And Obedience

Hears The Voice Of God Clearly Saying:

“Child Of Love, Move Briskly!

Move Along In Faith! Move On!”

The World Laughs!

Friends Snicker!

Beloved Family Turn Away

AND

All That Is Left

Is The Love Of Jesus

AND SO

Walk Is What We Do

For

In Holy Him

We Wholly Trust

For His Living Word Is Eternally True!

Mortals Working For Salvation

Is A No No!

BUT 

Working Because Of Faith

Is A Christian Must - Faith Works! -

For If Satan Can Cause Us

To Doubt The Word Of God

Christ Jesus

Our Eternal Hopes

Will Be Rendered

As Choking, Killing, Dust!

Wherever We Go

Let's Take With Us

Our Own Lamps

Lights

From The Living God

Let Us Not Let Ourselves Be Dazzled

By The Brilliant Light-Show Work

Of The Fraud

In Whom Is No Viable Reward!

Let Us Work

In Faith

While It Is Yet Day

For The Night Cometh - Pray!

Pray!

Ever Pray!

Trust The Lord - He Will Deliver!

Trust Him

Who Created Me And You

For

He Is Faithful

AND

He Has Prepared Places For Us

In His Father's House Of Many Mansions!

I Desire One To Call My Home!

What About You?

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I Desire To Go To Heaven

Even If I Go Alone!

It Would Be Nice To Have Company

BUT

The Choice Is Yours To Make!

Yours Alone!

Come ... If You Will!

Stay ... If You Must!

BUT

I Desire To Possess 

That Promised Home In Heaven

Even If I Go Alone!

God Is Not Dead!