HAPPY SABBATH + Don't Let Satan Gaslight You!

 

Beloved, 

We Should Know That In The Household Of Faith 

There Is No Such Thing As Participation In "Borderline" Sin! 

We Know That This Is So 

Because 

We Are Commanded To Abstain, To Shun

To Stay Away From Anything That Has The Appearance

The Look, The Image

The Stamp Of Evil, Of Sin! 

Dear Ones, 

There Is An Old Saw Which Says: 

"Play With The Kitty

And

Know That You Will Get Scratched!" 

Kitty Or Catty, They Both Have Claws! 

By Now We Should Know That Satan, The Originator Of Sin

Is 

A Gaslighting Specialist 

Who Would Have Us Believe Other Than What We Know To Be 

The Saving Truth! 

Sin Destroys! 

Sin Is An Aphrodisiac 

Aka One Sin Is Never Enough! 

Borderline Sin Which Is Sin

Is Like

Knowing You Cannot Have Chocolate Cake 

And 

Choosing To Make And Bake One 

And 

Cutting It Up And Giving Away All The Slices 

And Then

Eating The Crumbs And Licking The Cake-Plate With Relish! 

Abstinence 

Is 

A Voluntary Act With Moral And Eternal Implications: 

It Pleases Our Lord Jesus Christ! 

We Are To Abstain From Sin 

And 

Everything That Even Remotely Looks Like Sin 

And Instead 

Joyfully Embrace Christ's Free-To-All Salvation! 

Let Us Not Fool Ourselves! 

Eating The Crumbs Of What Will Kill You 

Will Kill You Just As Dead! 

Be Warned ... 

Self-Satisfaction

Sacrifices

Salvation

On

The Altar Of Sin! 

Let Us Fervently Pray For The Holy Spirit's Help 

To Keep Ourselves Firm In Our Resolve 

To Abstain From Anything That Looks Like Evil, Like Sin, Today! 

Peace! 

HAPPY SABBATH + Reject Evil To Live In The Bright Presence!

We Should Be Very Afraid To Do Anything That 

Even Remotely Has The Aroma, Fragrance, Stench

Or Stink Of Wickedness ... Evil! 

Beloved, 

The Lord God Almighty Does Not Have A Lisp

A Stutter, A Stammer, A Tied Tongue

Nor Is Dumb 

So Let Us Not Play Fast And Loose 

With The Living Word Of Saving Truth 

Which Can Both Shame And Cut Us Apart 

And

Also Liberate And Elevate Us! 

Dear Ones, 

The Lord Is Not A Monster 

But 

Is Master Of All He Surveys

All That He Has Created

So We Should Hear And Heed What He Says 

Because 

He Means It

And Because 

He Loves Us

And Because 

His Holy Love Does Not Hurt Or Cause Sorrow 

And Because 

We Seek To Return His Undying Love 

By Showing Him Our Willing Obedience! 

Almighty God's Laws Are Few 

And 

Eternity Is Long! 

Sin Has A Shelf Life 

But 

Salvation Is Everlasting! 

The King Of Love Is Glorious 

But 

The Usurper, The Wannabe God

Is 

A Base And Bold Fraud! 

Please, I Beseech And Encourage Us All 

To Humble Ourselves Before The Lord 

So That We May Enjoy The Now Unimaginable Blessings 

Reserved For The Pilgrim Band Known Righteous! 

Reject Evil 

And 

Dare To Let The Lord Embrace You With Eternal Love 

To Live In His Bright Presence! 

Pray, Dear Ones! 

Pray ... And Stay Focused On 

The Goodness And Good News Of Our Lord Jesus! 

Peace!

We Now Have The Opportunity To Do Love!

Amazing Grace For Us 

Comes From The Heart Of Abiding Love Toward Us! 

Beloved, 

Even Though Our Human Known Carnal Hearts 

Are Toward Committing Evil Continually

The King Of Love 

- Who Is Our Only Shepherd And Savior - 

Freely Decided To Give To Us The Way

The Opportunity To  Know, Experience

And 

Do Love Right! 

Not One Of Us In Our Right Minds

Having Been With The Lord Christ

Will Choose To Be Unlovely Aka Ugly

Unloving, Unkind, Or Uncaring! 

Jesus Christ Is The Perfect Example Of Love! 

He Is Love Personified 

And 

Will Not Reject Any Of Us Who Choose To Find A Home 

Under His Banner Of Love! 

To Know Jesus Is To Love Jesus 

And 

To Love Jesus Is To Love Our Brethren 

- As We Love Ourselves - 

By Blood, By Faith, By Affection

And 

By Reason Of The Fact That 

They Are Created By The God Who Sees, Feels, Hears

And 

Sees Every Single Thing That We Think, Say, And Do! 

Dear Ones, 

Without Our Blessed Lord's Amazing Grace And Abiding Love

We Would Not Exist! 

We Now Have The Opportunity To Do Love 

And 

To Stand Firm In The Unfailing Faith That 

Jesus Christ Daily Gives To Us To Be ... For Him! 

Please Do Not Permit The Damned One 

To Encourage You To Scorn Your Daily Blessings 

From The Eternal One God 

Who Gives Grace Aka Favor Aka Power! 

Please Let Love Abide With You 

And

Dare To Abundantly Share It With Others!  

Peace! 

Walk, Work, And Watch In Obedience!

The To-Christ Order Of Operations: 

What To Do First! 

Do We Behave And Then Believe, Or Vice Versa!?! 

Our Holy Bible Tells Us That 

All Who Come To God Must Believe That 

He Is God And A Rewarder Of Those Who Diligently Seek Him! 

Simply Put:

"If We: Then He!" 

Put Another Way

If We Confess Our Sins

Then He Is Faithful And Just To Forgive Us Our Sins 

And

To Cleanse Us From All Unrighteousness! 

Dear Ones, 

On Your First Day At Your New Job That 

You Chose 

And

Was Accepted For

You Do Not Receive Your Future To-Be-Regular Paycheck 

Plus Overtime

And Bonus

And Travel And Entertainment Allowance! 

Only Performance Pays Off! 

Our Savior Dear Is Able To Say "If We" 

Because 

He Already Did The Necessary To Grant Us Free 

And 

Open Access To The Throne Of Grace

So We Must Know Who We Are Without Christ: Sinners Damned

Who We Are In Christ: Sinners Saved Aka Saints Of God And Christ

And 

The Requirements 

To Be Able To Wear The White Robe Of His Righteousness! 

In Order To Have ACR-A Clean Record Next To Our Name

We Must Accept The Offered Gift Of Salvation

Confess Our Known Sin

Repent Of The Evil

And 

Walk, Work, And Watch In Obedience! 

The Humility Of Worked Faith Keeps Us On The Way! 

Overcomers Are Faith-Working Believers! 

Never Forget It! 

Peace!

VESPERS AT THE END OF THE SABBATH: Falling In The Ditch!

Are Your Counselors Living By The Holy Faith!?! 

One Of The Most Dangerous Pieces Of Moral Theater That 

Is Being Practiced Today 

Is 

Going Online Aka The New Public Square 

And 

Asking Hundreds Of Thousands

Even Millions Of People

 To Decide If The Step You Have Taken 

Is 

The Step That You Should Have Taken

And 

To Confirm You In Some Act Of Behavior 

Which Common-Sense 

And 

Biblical Morality 

Should Plainly Say To The Right-Thinking Soul That 

This Is Either Right To Walk In 

Or

Wrong And To Be Avoided! 

Beloved, 

On Judgment Day 

The Lord Jesus, The Judge Of All Flesh

Will Not Ask You 

If 

You Did All According To The Public-Majority

Which We Already Know 

Is 

Always Wrong! 

Never Follow The Multitude To Do Evil! 

Follow The "Thus Saith The Lord!" 

Let Us Choose To Pray 

And 

Ask The Lord God Almighty For Wisdom 

And

Stop Being Like The Doctors Of The Law And The Pharisees 

Who Wanted The Road To Fit Their Feet 

Instead Of Their Feet Following The Path Clearly Marked! 

The Lord Jesus Christ Saves Individuals: 

He Gave To Each Of Us A Body

A Brain

And 

His Breath Of Life! 

There Is No Borg Collective

No Hive Mind

No Group Think! 

There Is One Person

And 

His Or Her Relationship With The Creator-God 

Who Invites Us To Reason With Him! 

The Blind Leading The Blind 

Makes For A Sold-Out Performance Of 

"Falling In The Ditch!" 

Please Follow Jesus Christ The Lord 

And Not 

Satan The God-Fraud! 

The Holy Spirit Is Still Teaching: 

Join The Class! 

Peace!

A White-Robed Devil Is Still Evil!

The Character Of Christians As We Purport To Emulate 

And

Represent Our Lord Jesus 

Calls Our Credibility Into Question! 

Beloved, 

We Who Claim Christ As King And Lord Of Our Lives

The Captain Of Our Salvation

And 

Our Hope For Surpassing Glory 

Must Be Vigilant As Regards How We Walk, Talk, And Act 

So That The Messages That We Send To Our Observers

- Christian And Non-Christian - 

Do Not Cause Them To Be Put Off Desiring 

Our Lord Jesus Christ! 

Never, Ever, Forget That 

By Our Words, We Are Justified 

And

By Our Words, We Are Condemned! 

Strangely Stunning 

And 

Devastatingly Important 

Is 

The Fact That Our Actions Loudly And Clearly 

Speak The Truth About Who Is Our Guardian 

Our Life-Guide

And 

Our Stay Aka The One Who Keeps Us In The Way That 

We Personally Desire To Walk! 

A White-Robed Devil Is Still Evil! 

The Christ That We Emulate 

Was The Same Morning, Evening, Noon, And Night! 

He Was Loving, Gentle, Kind, And Caring! 

He Was Prayerful, Useful, Blessing, Giving, And Forgiving! 

He Inspired Hope And Provided Help And Healing 

And

Most Of All

His Loving-Kindness

His Words Of Wisdom Giving Direction 

And

Correction 

Inspired Positive Change In Those Who Genuinely Sought After 

The True And Living God! 

Dear Ones, 

Our Character Is Either A Knife Or A Spoon! 

By Almighty God's Great Grace

Let Us Be Spoons And Feed Someone With Food That 

Is 

Good For Them Today! 

Please Put On 

And

Live For The Lord Jesus Christ! 

Peace! 

VESPERS AT THE END OF THE SABBATH: EVIL: Name It And Shame It!

The Way Of Evil 

Is 

As Mesmerizing As The Eyes Of Snakes

And 

The Designs On Their Skins! 

There Is No Explanation Nor Excuse For Evil! 

There Is No Safe Way To "Play" With Evil 

And

There Is No Avoiding The Stain Nor Stench Of 

Having Been Enmeshed, Involved, With Evil! 

Evil Turns Life Upside Down And Backward! 

We Cannot Live Peacefully With Evil 

No Matter The Popular Word On The Street

In Movies

TV Shows

Books

And 

Role-Play Games! 

Beloved, 

Evil ... Just Like Sin

Must Be Properly Named 

And 

Shamed 

No Matter Who Is Doing It

And 

No Matter Why It Is Being Done!

Potiphar's Wife 

Tried To Get Patriarch Jacob-Israel's Beloved Son, Joseph

Their Purchased Slave

To Do Evil In The Ever-Present God's Sight: 

He Rejected Her

And 

Called Her Out On It! 

Joseph Remained Clean Before The Lord 

Even Though He Endured Unearned Disgrace

Much Suffering

And 

Unimaginable Sorrow! 

Our Lord Jesus ... The Judge Of All Flesh

Vindicated Joseph 

And

Elevated Him Above Said Potiphar 

And 

His Evil, Lying, Wife! 

Dear Ones, 

Evil, Like Lead, Sinks Under Its Own Weight! 

Cream Aka Goodness, Like The Sun

Rises Because Of Its Nature 

And

Does Its Appointed Work 

As Ordained By Its Maker! 

Let No One Deceive, Beguile, You: 

Right And Light Have No Midnight 

In Almighty God's All-Seeing, All-Knowing, Holy Sight! 

Avoid Even The Appearance Of Evil! 

Peace!

Appearances Reveal A Lot!

 

If Your Bird, Your Cat, And Your Dog All Bark 

Which One Is The Real Guard Dog!?!

Nature Wins Out! 

Think About This ...

If Your Church Pastor Is A Noted Bass-Man 

Who Is Suddenly Singing Soprano

And Is A Man At The Church 

And The Lady Of The House Called Home

A Day Trader 

And A Night Walker 

And

Preaches The Most Riveting Sermons Of Truth 

About Another Jesus And Another Gospel

Is He Still The Anointed, Appointed

True, Faithful, Servant Of The Holy God!?! 

Dear Lord!

Even On Paper, This Looks Evil!

Who Is He!?! 

Who Are We!?!

 

What Are We All Saying And Doing!?! 

Are We All Alright With Our Lord!?! 

Beloved, 

Goods Come In Various Sizes, Colors, Packages

Prices

And 

For All Tastes! 

Some Are Good And Delicious! 

Some Smell Sweet But Are Deadly! 

Some Taste Horrid And Are Healthful! 

The Good And Healthful Come In Simple Colors 

And 

Plain Packaging

And 

The Sweet And Deadly Are Delightfully Packaged 

To Overload The Senses! 

How, Then, Does One Shun All Evil 

When Good For You Ain't Appealing To You!?! 

Work Your Gift Of Faith ...

Choose To Trust The Word Of The Lord

Follow The Great Example Aka Jesus Christ

And 

Don't Ever Forget That Good, Right, Truth, Light

Love, Joy, Hope, Peace

And 

Blessing Have No Need Of Added Color

A Run Through The Spin Cycle

The Tender Devotions Of The Polish Brush Or Cloth

Or A Whiff Of The Perfume Called Purity! 

All The Gifts Of God Are Good 

And

A Million Years From Their First Appearance 

They Will Still Look, Smell, Taste

Feel, Speak

And 

Definitely Do As Ordered By The Creator God! 

Inside And Outside

Are The Same Thing!

Goodness Doesn't Need To Glory

Change Its Nature

Speak Itself Into Relevance

Or Be Fashionable 

To Fit In To Execute Its Mission! 

Our Good Lord Jesus 

Is 

The Same Real Savior 

Yesterday, Today, And Forever! 

There Is No Evil In Our Blessed-Forever Jesus: 

Embrace Him

And

Trust His Heart! 

Peace!

If Something Has The Look Of Evil

Don't Make Jokes

And

Call It A Masquerade Costume!

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A Washed Sow Is Still A Pig

And

A Pig In Pearls

Can Still Tear You Apart!

 

The Evil That Men Do Lives After Them!

There Is The Famous Expression Which Says: 

"The Evil That Men Do Lives After Them!" 

But

Have You Personally Considered That The Reverse Is Also True: 

"The Good That Men Do Lives After Them!?!" 

Beloved, 

Being A Free-Will Agent

With Freedom To Choose To Do Either Right Or Wrong

Love Or Hate

Do Good Or Evil

And 

To Dwell In The Light Of Life 

Or

Abide In The Darkness Of Death

Which Would You Honestly And With Wisdom Choose!?! 

The Children Of The Light 

Aka The Children Of Day

The Children Of The Heavenly Father 

Should, Without Hesitation Or Reservation

Choose Love, Light, Day, Good, Right

And 

Eternal Life! 

Anything That Is Lawless Aka Sinful 

Has A Short Shelf Life When Compared To Eternity 

So Don't Waste Time 

Going After What Shall Not See The Light Of Life 

After The Lord's Appearing! 

Goodness Grows! 

Hope Heals! 

Happiness Elevates!

And 

Truth, Saving Truth, Radically Transforms! 

Sooo, How About Building 

A Sure House With Bricks Of Goodness 

And 

Plastering Them With The Cement Of Truth!?! 

How About Panelling Your Walls With Trust In God!?! 

How About Having Windows Made Of Faith 

And 

Your Stairways Constructed From Endurance!?! 

Brethren, Beloved

Please Make Your Doors Out Of Obedience 

And 

See That Every Nail And Screw Used 

Is 

Of The Living Word 

Which Unerringly Preserves The Inhabitants! 

Do You Know The Pedigree Of Your Legacy!?! 

It Is Not Too Late To Change Direction! 

Jesus Christ, Alone, Saves

And

Always To The Uttermost! 

Peace!

VESPERS AT THE END OF THE SABBATH: THE BIRTH-RIGHT: Waiting For A Meal Isn't Deadly!

Red Bean Stew Is Delicious 

And

So Are A Multitude Of Other Dishes 

But

Based On Wisdom, Understanding, Knowledge

Blessed Promise 

And

Outright Warning

I Am Not Willing To Sell My God-Given Birth-Right Of 

Eternal Bliss, Peace, Joy And Rest

For The Happy-Belly Joy Of One Meal! 

Would You!?! 

Brethren, 

Almighty God's Sacrifice ... In The Person Of Jesus Christ 

Guarantees Us The Birth-Right Of Eternal Life With Christ 

Aka Immortality

Incorruptibility

A New Name

The Crown Of Life

And 

A Forever Place In The Father's House That 

No One Else May Claim 

Either By Coercion Or Deceit

Quit-Claim Deed Or Supposed Outright Purchase! 

In The Name Of Jesus

Don't Sell What You Can't By Back!

Thirsty Or Supposedly Dying Of Hunger

We Have The Promise That Our Bread And Water Are Sure 

So Don't Stop Short Of The Father's Tents Of Safety 

To Indulge Over-Indulged Self 

And 

To "Enjoy" The Temporary Convenience That 

Eternally Costs! 

Over-Indulgence Is Sin: 

Self-Denial Is Not! 

Waiting On Your Blessing Is No Weight! 

Weighing Convenient Fast-Food As More Valuable 

Aka More Beneficial Than Your Eternal Blessing 

Is 

Unadulterated Folly Aka Bold Sinning! 

Please Think On These Things Now 

While Abundance Is Available! 

Choosing To Miss A Meal Or Two

Just Because You Can

Will Surely Build Self-Control

Aka Staying Power

When Evil Starts Throwing About Its Ungodly Power!

Waiting For A Meal Isn't Deadly! 

Peace!

Don't Live For Your Belly!

Live By Faith!

Truth Has No Expiration Date!

Okay! 

Let's Recap! 

Truth Has No Expiration Date! 

Salvation ... Which Includes Grace And Mercy

Has A Guaranteed-By Date! 

And

Evil Has A Use-By Date!

Please Think Deeply On These Things! 

Fret Not Thyself Over Evil-Doers 

Is 

The Take-It-To-The-Bank Command! 

Cast Your Burden On The Lord 

Is 

The Make-Haste-And-Do-It Command! 

Trust Ye In The Lord Forever 

Is 

The Always-Use Command! 

Pray Without Ceasing 

Is 

The Rest-Easy-In-Jesus Command! 

Beloved, 

Every Do And Don't-Do Command Of The Lord Jesus Christ 

Has The Weight Of Eternity Firmly Fixed To It 

And 

We, As Christians Committed To The Cause Of Christ

Should Never, Ever, Join With The Doubters

The Unbelievers

And 

Those Who Are Antagonized By The Plain Truth Of 

The Eternal Word Of The Omnipotent God 

To Place Saving Truth On The Same Ground

The Same Level

As The So-Called Great Works Of Literature! 

The Great Writers Wrote Their Conception Of The Truth! 

The Holy Word

Is 

The Good-News Gospel Truth Which Saves 

Aka Points One To Jesus Christ 

And 

Everlasting Life! 

Let's Get Our Priorities In Order 

And 

Do As We Are Instructed 

So That We Will Have The Peace That 

Passes Human Understanding! 

Jesus Christ The Righteous Aka The Truth

Never Changes: 

Learn And Live: 

Walk Wisely!

Peace!

GOOD OR BAD: Everybody Sets An Example!

Growing Up

We Were Always Instructed To Set A Good Example

To Follow Good Examples

And 

To Never Be The Bad Example

The Means By Which Someone 

Is 

Led Astray To Do Evil! 

Surprise ... No Surprise

Anybody May Set An Example 

But

The Real Question Is

Are You Setting The Good Example 

Worthy For Others To Accept 

And ... With Wisdom

Follow!?! 

Beloved, 

Jesus Christ The Righteous Judge

The Kind King

The Hope Of Every Man

Is

Our Exemplar 

Aka Ensample 

Aka Perfect Example

The One Whom We Could "Close Our Eyes" 

And

Without Reservation

Dare To Follow Faithfully! 

We, However

Don't Follow The Lord Christ Blindly! 

We Follow Our Dear Savior 

Through Good Evidence

Faith That Cannot Fail

Trust That Will Never Be Abused 

And

With Love For The Holy Love 

Which Will Never See Us Being Made Ashamed! 

True Believers Aka Committed-To-Christ Christians

Are Not Ashamed Of The Truth 

And 

We Should Never Be Afraid 

Or Ashamed To Permit Others To See Us 

Walking In Full Agreement With The Truth 

In The Living Light Of The Good News Gospel That 

Leads All Who Are Willing To Be Saved 

To Eternal Life! 

A Bad Example Costs The Wicked Instructor 

And 

His Careless And Willful Imitators! 

The Good Example Rewards Both The Wise Teacher 

And 

His Diligent Students! 

Please Let Us Dare To Direct Someone 

To The Good And Holy Way Today 

And

Without Hesitation, Fear, Or Shame: 

Jesus Christ Made The Way Plain 

And

He Always Saves!

COOPERATE WITH CHRIST: Exchange Ashes To Get BeautiFULL

The Lord Never, Ever, Asks Us 

To Do Anything That Cannot Be Done 

Or For Which He Has Not Equipped Us To Accomplish 

Via Our Belief, Faith, And Trust In The Living Word That 

Testifies Of Him 

And 

Speaks Life To Us! 

Beloved, 

Even Though Holy Writ Says That 

"I Can Do All Things Through Christ 

Who Strengthens Me!" 

It Means That We Can Do All That 

Is 

Good And True ... In The Way Of Righteousness! 

The Lord Is Holy 

So He Cannot Strengthen Us 

To Do Evil ... To Sin! 

We Are Called Out Of Sin 

And 

Unto Salvation 

And 

No One Who Free-Will Chooses 

To Do Evil For Self-Gratification 

And

Makes Themselves A Reprobate 

Aka Condemned, Unredeemable By Habit Aka Practice 

Aka By Their Way Of Life 

Is 

Going To Be Revived And Reformed 

Aka Renovated From The Inside Out 

And 

Restored, Elevated, To The Father's House 

With All Of Its Attendant Rights And Privileges! 

Is Your Heart Right With Almighty God!?! 

Are You Doing To Others What You Want Done To You!?! 

Are You Kind, Loving, Good

Faithful, Temperate, And True 

Or

Are You On Satan's Bungee Cord Of Dung Doings

Terrible Talk 

And 

Fraught Feelings 

Which Is Sure To Break While You Think That 

You Are Really Flying Wild And Free!?! 

Examine Yourself Today! 

It Will Not Be Pretty 

So Just Remember That 

Our Lord Jesus Gives Us Beauty

Makes Us Beautiful 

When We Give Him Our Ashes! 

Please Cooperate With Christ: 

Peace With Almighty God Is Precious!