CHRISTIANS: Peculiar Privileged People

The Word On Everybody's Tongue Today 

Is 

Privilege! 

We Are Being Asked To Check, As In Arrest, Our Privilege 

As Though Privilege 

Is 

A Bad Thing!

All Privileges Are Not Created Equal!

Beloved, 

We Are Christians ... Christ's Followers

And

By Virtue Of Our Faithful Association

We Have Access, Reach, Grasp And Hold!

We Are Peculiarly Privileged

So I Encourage Us All To Embrace 

The High And Holy Privilege That 

We Each Have Been Accorded By The Lord Of Life

The Creator-God

The Joy Of Every Man! 

Consider That We Are The Apple Of The Eternal God's Eye 

Even As He Holds The World In His Hand 

And 

He ... Personally Invited

Lives In Each Of Our Hearts! 

Think On These Things ...

We Have The Free And Open Invitation 

To, At-Will, Boldly Approach The Throne Of Grace 

In The Heavenly Sanctuary! 

We Are Encouraged To Reason With Our Maker! 

We Are Asked To Let Our Requests 

Be Made Known Unto The Living God! 

We Are Given Freedom

Free Will 

And 

The Choice To Worship Him

- Or Not Worship Him - 

Who Could Easily Deprive Us Of Life: 

No Force Is Employed! 

If These Things Are Not Privileges

We Will Never Ever Know 

What Makes Something A Real Privilege! 

Our God Is Holy, Kind, Loving

Giving, Forgiving

The Mighty Healer

The Sealer Of Souls

The Revealer Of Truths That Never Die!

We Are Invited To Enter His Courts ... Without Fear

So Let's Dare ... Today

To Ignore The World 

And

Choose To Embrace The Privilege 

Personally Given To Each Of Us 

To Become A Son Or Daughter Of The God Of Love 

Who Inhabits Eternity 

And

Has A Personal Place Prepared For Each Of Us 

In His Heavenly House Of Peace And Joys Forevermore! 

Remember, Remember 

Don't Ever Forget ... 

Earthly Privileges Are Ours To Enjoy

If

We Please ... Or Are Of A Benefit To ... The Giver

But

Heavenly Privileges Are Ours 

To Accept Or RejectUse Or Ignore!

No One Can Force Us To Use Our God-Given Privileges

And

No One ... Human Or Spirit

Can Force Us Not To Use Our Privileges! 

The Lord God Almighty Calls Us To His Side

And

To Be Like Him

By Taking Hold And Fully Utilizing 

The Privileges He Lovingly Accords Us! 

We ... Taught Of God And Faithful ... Know Who He Is! 

We Know Who We Are Because Of Sin! 

We Know Who We Will Be By, In, And Through Him

Through His Free-To-All Salvation! 

The Final Outcome ... Our Final Outcome

Will Always Be According To Our Exercised Sovereign Will! 

Brethren, Beloved

Please Choose Your Final Port Of Call Wisely!

 

Having ... And Being In ... Perfect Peace With 

The Eternal God Of Grace And Glory

Is

The Blessed And Sacred Privilege Of

The Saints Of Almighty God And Jesus Christ The Lord!

COMMTTED TO CHRIST: Exercised Faith Can't Fail!

 

Every Christian Completely Committed To Christ 

And 

His Eternal Cause 

Must Be Able Able To Say Like Job: 

"Though He Slay Me

Yet Will I Trust Him!" 

In Finite Understanding

The Skeptical Will, With The Worldly, Say: 

"Why Would You Trust Someone

Who Could Kill You!?!" 

To This, We Say: 

Jesus Christ

Is

The Author Of Life

Our Creator, Sustainer, Provider

Lord, God And Forever Friend

And

He Raises The Dead

To Everlasting Life 

And

He ... The Righteous One 

And

Forever Faithful Friend 

And

Kind King

And

Just Judge

Has Promised To All

Who Choose To Believe In Him 

And

Trust Him At His Living Word That 

We Who Live For Him

And

Die In Him Shall

- At The Time Appointed By Him -

Rise From Death To Life 

To Live With Him Forevermore 

On The Glorious Golden Shore!

Beloved, 

The Great God Who Bids You Trust Him

Gives You A Gift Of Faith Each Day 

With Which To Trust Our Jesus 

- The King Of Glory -

Who Calls Us To Partake Of

And

Does Give Grace ... Unmerited Favor

Blessings, Benefits

Gifts Of Holy Love To Us

Whether We Are Grateful, Faithful

Obedient, Enduring

Loving, Kind 

And 

Wholly True To Him! 

Please Dare To Love The Lord Christ 

Who Eternally, Personally, Loves You Intimately: 

Your Exercised Faith In Him Can't Fail!

Confidence In Self Is A Desperate Lie!

Confidence In Christ

 Is Not 

A Convenience! 

Standing Firmly Upon The Ground Of 

The Heavenly Truth In Which You Truly Believe 

Is Not 

For Convenience Or Carnal Comfort! 

Walking With Christ 

Is Not 

For The Bread And Two Fishes! 

And

Loving The Lord 

Is Not 

About Receiving The Promised Reward! 

Beloved, 

Tomorrow 

Is Not 

Promised To Any One Of Us! 

Knowing Whom You Believe In ... Jesus

Why You Trust Him ... Proven Love And Faithfulness

Why You Walk According To His Word ... Truth Unchanging 

Why You Will Deny Self, Sin 

And 

Satan For Him ... Available Grace Always Sufficient

Is 

Paramount To Our Survival 

And

Prosperity On This Pilgrim Journey! 

Confidence In Known-Sinful Self 

Is 

A Desperate Lie! 

Confidence In Fallen Man

 Is 

A Capital Curse! 

Confidence In Christ 

Is 

Sure Salvation 

And

Confidence In His Unchanging Word

His Character

His Cause

Is 

The Balm Sure To Bring Perfect Peace

And 

Restorative Rest 

No Matter The Fiery Trials Of Life In Your Home

In Your Head

In Your Heart

And 

In Your Hand! 

Only Jesus Saves And Seals! 

Only Truth Heals And Reveals! 

Only Heaven Helps Us: 

Stand Firmly On 

And

Trust Dynamically Upon The Sure 

And

The Secure Promises Of Jesus Christ The Lord! 

Prince Shiloh

Is 

With You!

ADAPTED MINDS BECOME ADEPT: Jaw And Chew This Nugget For A Spell!

For All Amongst Us 

Who Dare And Say That 

They Can Think And Do Whatever They Want 

And

Be Left Unscathed By Sin

Please Jaw And Chew On This Nugget For A Spell: 

Your Mind Adapts To Whatever It Dwells Upon 

And

You Become An Adept At Performing It! 

Sin A Little A Lot

And 

You Shall Sin A Lot A Lot! 

Bottom Line ... 

You Are What You Eat

And

You Get Fleas From Where You Sleep! 

A Repentant Sinner 

Obedient And Enduringly Faithful

Is

A Saint Of God And Christ!

An Unrepentant Sinner

Is

A Sinner Bold ... Heart For Christ Cold

And

Ready Fodder For The Fire That

Shall Satan's Carcass Hold!

Beloved, 

Men, Women And Children Always Follow "Food!" 

The Food They Regularly Ingest 

Is 

The Food They Readily Crave

And 

We Who Call Ourselves Christians 

And 

Boldly Say And Declare 

With The Arrogance Of Self-Confidence Declare That 

We Love The Lord Christ 

And 

Lovingly Read And Swallow The Truth That 

Is 

The Holy Word 

And 

Avidly Live According To Its Precepts And Its Promises 

Should Be Moment-By-Moment Classing Up Our Operations 

As We Travel Undeterred To Hill Zion 

And 

Beautiful Beulah Land! 

Let The Lord Christ Hold Your Hand

And

Perfectly Direct Your Life!

Confidence In Christ

Is 

The Reality

Of

The Forever-Blessed! 

Brethren, Beloved, 

When We Eat Junk As Regular Food

We Get Fat! 

Remember, Remember 

Don't Ever Forget ... 

Fat Is Synonymous With Sin

And 

All Fat ... All Sin

Is 

To Be Willingly Surrendered To Christ Jesus! 

We Must Be Transformed By The Renewing Of Our Minds 

Which Reforms The Thoughts We Have

Which Removes Our Desires For The Unholy And Profane 

So That We No Longer Desire 

To Touch The Unclean Things! 

By Almighty God's Great Grace

With Faith For The Victory

Choose To Remove 

And 

Drop As Dung

Satan's Nasty Nose Rings!

Be Ye Clean Ye Which Bear 

And 

Are The Vessels Of The Lord! 

Peace With Jesus Christ

Is

Paradise!

FOLLOWING CHRIST: Eagles Soar!

 

 

Almighty God's Living Truth 

Is 

A Shield

A Sword

A Firm Foundation! 

Almighty God's Eternal Love 

Is 

A Roof

A Pillow

A Blanket

A Bed! 

Almighty God's Daily Gift To Us Of 

A Measure Of His Faith For Each Day

Is 

Food

Water

Perfume

A Broom! 

Our Loving, Faithful, Trust In Jesus Christ 

Is First

Shoes

Then Donkey

Bus

Car

Train

Plane

And Then 

The Wings Of The Eagle

Used Not In Vain! 

Beloved, 

We Have The Promise Of Almighty God That 

We Who Wait Upon The Lord 

Shall Mount Up With The Wings Of The Eagle! 

Eagles Soar On The Thermal Draughts 

Above The Heads Of Men

The Canopies Of Trees 

And 

The Rugged Peaks Of Mountains! 

Eagles Don't Congregate With Buzzards Looking For Dead Meat! 

They Don't Stealthily Slither On The Ground 

Like Snakes 

Looking To Destroy The Careless And Incautious! 

They Don't Follow The Worldly Ways Of The Peacock

Preening

Fanning Tail Feathers 

And 

Saying, Always Saying: 

"See Me!

I'm Here!"

Let's Be Wise ... Strategic

Focused

Determined ... Enduring

Faithful To The Living God

Trusting His Eternal Word

Loving Him For Loving Us 

And

Loving To Walk In His Ways! 

Dare ... By Available Grace

- Through Enduring Faith That Works By Love -

To Rise To Heights Unknown 

As You Follow Jesus Christ

- Immanuel ... God With Us -

To The Aerie That 

Is 

The Holy City

The Home Of Everlasting Love! 

Look Up

To Rise Up

And

Go Up

To Live, Forever, With The Eternal Holy God

In Whom Is No Shadow Of Turning At All!

LET YOUR SLEEP BE SWEET: Ears Are Not Cosmetic!

All Who Are Not Deaf Can Hear! 

All Who Are Attentive Will Listen To Understand! 

All Who Are Obedient 

Because 

Of Faith 

And 

Trust In Jesus Christ The Lord 

Will Regard Aka Give Heed To The Instructions Given 

And 

Walk Wisely In The Sight Of The Lord! 

Beloved, 

Liars Have To Play Hide And Seek With Memory 

To Always Remember Their Latest Fiction! 

Thieves Always Invest In Metal Bars, Locks And Bolts 

But

The Righteous, The Honest

The True To Almighty God

Speak Truth

Do Right

Are Loving, Kind, Giving

Given To Hospitality

And 

Have That Meek And Gentle Spirit 

Against Which There Is No Law! 

Along With That

Because 

The Lord Of Life

The King Of Glory

The Good Shepherd

Is 

Their Guardian, Guide And Protection

Their Sleep Is Sweet

Their Heart Is At Rest

Their Thoughts Are In And Of Heaven 

And

All Is Well In Their World 

Even Though The Earth Is Heaving

And 

The Sky Is Falling! 

We Are Blessed, Sheltered, Provided For 

And 

Protected 

When We Trust In Our Lord With All Our Strength 

And 

Walk Enduringly ... Faithfully

In The Will Of Our Father 

Who Is On His Great White Throne In Heaven! 

Let Us Be Truly Wise

Even Unto The Saving Of Our Soul

And

Let Us Entrust The Care 

And 

Keeping Of Our Hearts To God 

So That All Is Well With Our Souls! 

Perfect Love Casts Out Fear: 

Love The Lord Wholly!

HAPPY SABBATH + GOD WITH US: God In Us!

Without Jesus Christ ... Immanuel

- God With Us -

We Have No Celebration 

Or Anything To Celebrate 

But

Because Jesus Christ Is, Indeed, With Us

And 

We Have His Holy Spirit In Us 

As A Gift

A Blessing

A Benefit

And 

The Holy Angels Around Us Protecting Us 

As They  Protected Him In His Earthly Sojourn

Let Us In Gratitude For Gifts Already Received 

And

Gifts Still On The Foot

On The Wing

And

On The Way

Dare To Bless Ourselves

Bless Others

And 

Bless Almighty God 

By Thoroughly Becoming Like Our Gracious King

Known Loving, Good, Kind

Giving And Forgiving! 

Let Our Celebrating Be Our Testimony 

Declaring True Thankfulness 

For The Greatest Gift That 

Man Has Ever Received

Or Will Ever Receive! 

Let's Celebrate Almighty God In Us

Our Hope For Glory

As We Pay Our Vows Of Obedience

Faithfulness, Gratitude 

And 

Thankfulness! 

Let's Really Celebrate Jesus Christ 

The Lord Who Is Truly Doing A Good Work In Us 

By His Gift To Us Of His Sweet And Holy Spirit! 

Let's Open Almighty God's Good And Perfect Gifts 

And

Thoroughly Use Them Daily 

To Show Our Dear And Celebrated Savior That 

Our Love For Him Is Not Just For Once A Year

Or Once A Day

But 

Is For All Day

Every Day

And

All Year Long! 

Welcome, Dear Redeemer 

Into Our Lives Committed Solely To Doing Your Will 

And 

Walking In Your Holy Way

This Day And Forever! 

Jesus

... Peace ...

Is

With Us!

VESPERS AT THE END OF THE SABBATH: Pssst!?! You Are Being Tested!

 

 

There Is No Cheap, Sentimental

Frou-Frou Salvation For Christ's Followers 

In The Eternal Economy Of Almighty God 

So Anyone Who Believes That 

Trial, Test, And Tribulation Are For "Other People" 

Wheel And Come Again! 

Jesus Christ Was Severely Tested, Tried

And 

Tormented 

And 

All Who Call Him Lord 

Shall Be Tried Just As He Was! 

For Carnal Gold To Be Refined

The Dross, The Waste ... The Useless Stuff 

Is 

Purged Away 

And 

If We Are To Emerge As Gold

Fit For The Palace Of The King

We Must Be Tried! 

Beloved, 

What We Eat, We Speak 

And

What We Live, We Give 

And 

If We Desire To Meet Jesus Christ In Perfect Peace 

And 

Arrive Safely At The Heavenly Land 

To Enjoy Blessings That Never Cease

We Must Eat And Speak Truth 

And 

Live In And Give Love Of The Godly Sort To All People

Even The Unlovely In Spirit

The Unkind Actors

And 

Even Those Sorry Souls 

Who Test Our Resolve To Walk In The Truth Of God That 

Saves Our Souls! 

Please Remember That What The Lord Brings  Us To

He Will Carry Us Through 

If

We Remain Faithful ... And Endure! 

Be A "Fool" For Christ! 

Cry Out! 

Pray On 

And 

Walk Onward In Jesus Christ

- The Truth That Is God - 

Who Will Never Leave You Nor Forsake You! 

Choose Life: 

All Tests Come To An End! 

Innocent Blood

Purchased

Your Perfect Peace:

Let No Created Being

Steal Your Joy In Christ Jesus! 

HAPPY SABBATH + WILLING OBEDIENCE: Stand Up To Go Up!

All Lawlessness Is Sin:

Willful Disobedience

Is

Sin!

Willful Disobedience Flows From A Heart 

Filled With Putrid Pride 

And 

Stinks Of Idolatry 

Because 

It Places Sinful Self 

On The Throne Which Belongs To The Lord Christ! 

Idolatry 

Is 

Willful 

And 

Bold Sin!

That's Behaving Like You Made Yourself! 

Willing Obedience Flows From A Heart 

Filled With Love For Its Maker 

And 

Shows To The Dying World 

What True, Godly, Worship Looks Like! 

Beloved, 

We Are Children Of The Great King

And 

We Must ... By Thought, Word And Deed 

Choose

Willingly Choose

Lovingly Choose

To Walk In Perfect Obedience To The Lord

Following The Law Of Love

No Matter What The Naysayers, Unbelievers And Doubters 

Sarcastically And Spitefully Say! 

Look Around You 

And 

See With Clear Eyes 

The Plain Evidence Of What Happens To Those 

Who Choose To Willfully Walk "Wise" In Their Own Eyes! 

Look Again 

And 

See The Lives Of Those Who Faithfully Choose To Love The Lord 

And 

Show That Love By Staying Within The Law Of Liberty

The Law Of God

The Hedge Of Protection That The Lord Has Provided For Us 

To Shield ... Guard ... Ourselves From Sin 

And 

From Our Accusing Adversary, Satan ... The Very Devil! 

Stand Up To Rise Up: 

Willing Obedience 

Is 

Your Only Propellant! 

Love The Lord Christ! 

Keep The Holy Faith

And 

With Endurance

Obey And Be Blessed! 

Obedience 

Is 

Its Own Reward! 

Jesus Christ's Peace

Is

Always Perfect

For You And Me!

Fight The Good Fight Of Faith!

Are You Waging A Winning War Against Self 

And 

Known Sin 

Or Are You Playing Pretty 

And 

Partying With The Hounds Of Hell!?! 

Are You Walking Wise On The King's Highway 

Or Are You Belly Up 
To The Trough Of Temptation's "Tasty Treats!?!" 

Beloved, 

We Are Nearing The Heavenly Home

But 

Before We Can Reach That Dear Land Of The Forever-Blessed

We Must Fight The Good Fight Of Faith

And

Go Through The Crucible That 
Cleanses Us From The Sin-Character

And 

Discloses The Character Of Our Lord Christ!

Please, I Beseech Us All

Do Not Murmur Or Complain Over The Trials 

Which Every Child Of The Great King Must Experience 

And

Overcome 

If

We Will See Our Beloved Jesus In Perfect Peace! 

Please Keep A Light Hold 
On The Things That We Call Treasures 

Because
Anything That Is Not Of Heavenly Origin 
Must And Will Pass Away! 

Please Remember That The Only Thing That 
Will Go With Us From Earth To The City Of God 

Is 

Our Name ... Our Character

And 

When We Reach Our Forever-Home

Even That Will Be Changed! 

In Jesus Christ's Holy Name

By The Holy Spirit's Working

Get Rid Of The Earth-Bound Behaviors

And

Take On Christ! 

Let All Who See You Say With Awe And Admiration:

"That's A Blessed Child

Of

Almighty God!" 

Never Give Up ...

If You Are Falling Down Don't Lose Hope! 

Please Get Up By The Unfailing Grace Of God
And

Dust Yourself Off
And

Pray And Press On With Enduring, Faithful, Obedience
To Class Up Your Operation

And 

Clean Up Your Performance Today! 

Keep Jesus Christ The Righteous In Your Mind: 

He Always Saves! 

Choose To Be At Peace

With The Living God!!

PAID PROPHETS: There Is No Curse Causeless!

Lest We Become Proud That 

The God Of Grace Blesses His Obedient Ones 
- Minus The Sorrows That Are Attached To Worldly Blessings -

Let's Remember That 

There Are Those Among And Around Us 

Who Are Envious Of Our Obvious Prosperity In The Lord 

Who Wittingly, Willfully, Wantonly Pay Others

- Even A Prophet ... A Speaker For The Lord - 

To Lay A Curse Over Our Heads By Public Proclamation! 

Let Us Also Remember That Public Curses Are 
Useless Against The Child Walking In Obedience 

To The Will Of Almighty God 

And 

Let's Never, Ever, Ever Forget That 

There Is Never The Curse Causeless! 

The Curse ... The Blight ... That Appears

"Suddenly" 

Is 

Always Because Of Our Very Own 
Personal, Willful, Callous-Minded, Disobedient
Presumptuous Behavior Against The Plain 

"Thus Saith The Lord ...!" 

The Clear 
"Thou Shalt Not ...!" 

Be Ye Warned And Fed ...

Blessings Are Conditional! 
Disobedience Is Always Optional! 
Obedience Is Ever Required! 

Man Is Terminal!

Almighty God Is Eternal! 

Jesus Christ The Righteous Saves: 

Faith In Him, His Word, Cannot Fail! 

The Eternal Blessing 

For You

For Me

For Us Who Remain Faithful Until Death 

Is 

In The Lord's Hands: 

Hastily Get Thee Hence! 

Peace Is Jesus Christ's Free Gift To Me And Thee!