VESPERS AT THE END OF THE SABBATH: Control Is Cream For The Proud And Greedy!

Pride And Greed Go Together 

And 

They Are Poor Substitutes For Love: 

They Lead To Planned Sin! 

The More Pride We Display

The Less Love We Enjoy! 

The More Greed We Incubate

The More Pride We Activate! 

Beloved, 

All Who Take Pleasure In Pride And Greed 

Will Ultimately Utilize Pressure And Force 

To Get Their Own Way

To Inflict Their Will Upon Others! 

Think! 

Our Dear Savior Saves! 

He Made The Way For Us To Be Saved 

But 

He Cannot Save Us Until We Acknowledge That 

We See Our Obvious Danger

And In Godly Fear

Recognize That He, Alone, Is Able To Save Us

And In Faith

Call On Him For His Saving Grace, His Saving Power

And In Need

Humbly Reach For His Outstretched Hand Of Help And Healing! 

Jesus Christ Aka Love 

Is 

Not Proud

And 

He Is Not Greedy For Converts! 

He Knows All Who Are His Very Own! 

Our Dear Jesus Invites Us To His Side 

So He Has No Need To Use Force 

To Bring, Bend, And Bind Us To Him

And Thereby 

Usurp Our Free-Will 

And 

Freedom To Choose To Accept His Will Or Not! 

Our Jesus Has Manners: Satan And His Kind Do Not! 

Present Comfort

Does Not Equal Future Peace ...

Even In The Face Of Unchained Unkindness

Never Permit Anyone To Force Your Will 

And 

Never Give In To Wickedness 

To Receive A "Little Comfort" Now For Your Body! 

The Wickedness Of Pride And Greed 

Is 

Never Satisfied With A Little Bit

Since Control Is Their Cream! 

Brethren, Beloved

Please Accept Jesus Christ's Perfect Gift Of Love 

And 

Let Satan's Pride And Greed Be What They Are ... Damned!

Peace! 

CHOOSING SATAN OR THE SAVIOR: You Cannot Be Forced!

Beware The Handshake
The Pat On The Shoulder
The Kiss On The Cheek
The Knife In The Back
From The Friend Who Is Foe
The Foe Who Is Fiend
The Merciless Adversary
Whose Heart Is Devilish ... Unclean!

Look Up To Jesus
The Author ... The Finisher Of Our Faith
The Giver Of Good Gifts
The Lord Of Creation
The God Holy Whose Words Are Ever Plain
Who Blesses
Who Rewards
Whose Tongue Is Not Forked
Who Heart Is Pure ... Wisdom
Who Love For Us ... To Save Us
Caused Him To Earth To Come Down!

One Is Light, Love, Hope, Truth, Righteousness!
The Other Is Darkness, Hate, Despair, Lies, Unrighteousness!
The One Who Is Light 
Is 
Love Offering Eternal Life
In The Mansions Of The Blessed!

The Other Who Is Darkness 
Is 
Hate Offering Eternal Damnation
With A Christless Life As A Precursor
To A Godless Death
Leading To Condemnation
And
The Prophesied Damnation
And
Eternal Separation From Him Who
Paid With His Holy, Blameless, Life
To Rid Our Souls Of Known Sin's Shame!

Jesus Loves Us 
Died To Save Us
Lives To Save Us
And 
He Saves Us!
Satan Hates Us
And 
Works To Destroy Us

And

We Have The Choice To Make
As To Whom We Shall Follow!

Will You Choose Life As Found In Christ Jesus
Or
Will You Choose Death As Found In Satan
And
From Which, Friend
There Is No Coming Back To Living Again!?!

Live As One Forgiven
And
Living For Jesus Christ
And 
Die As One Faithful To Jesus Christ
And
Rise To Live ... To Eternally Live
With Jesus Christ The Righteous Judge
The Conquering King!

Live In Sin For Satan
And
With Sin Unconfessed
And
Unforgiven
Die Willfully Unrepentant For Satan
And
Rise To Die Again ... Damned
Eternally Separated From The Lord Of Life
Jesus Christ The Lord 
The King Of Earth And Glory
The God Of Creation
Our Only Savior!

The Decision Is Yours ... Alone!
You Cannot Be Forced!
You Cannot Be Coerced:

You Will Be Encouraged To Deny Self, Sin And Satan
And
To Choose Life In Christ By Christ
Through The Holy Spirit Of Truth

And

You Will Be Sorely Tempted To Exalt Self
And
To Deny Jesus Christ's Personal Sacrifice For You 
And
Denigrate His Power To Save You
By The Adversary Of Souls, Satan!

You Will Be Tempted
But
Never Beyond Your Endurance To Resist
When You Reside In The Lord's Camp
Because
With The Temptation You Receive
- Which Is Common To Man -
The Lord Will Provide You With A Way Of Escape
So That In Triumph ... Against The Merciless Adversary
You May Victoriously Stand!

Brethren, Beloved

Be Wise Unto Your Own Soul's Salvation!
Grace Is Free!
Mercy Is Free!
Salvation Is Free!
Faith Is Free!
Forgiveness Is Free!
Blessings Are Free!
Heaven Is Free
But
To Get To Hell
You Will, Personally, For Your Own Ticket
With Your Own Blood
Your Purchased Soul
Have To Pay!

When We Don't Know Who Jesus Is

We Also Do Not Know Or Appreciate

The Blessings And Privileges Available To Us

Or Are Able To Utilize The Gifts Of Love

Presented To Us For Our Own Soul's Salvation

By Available Grace

And

Free Mercy

Compliments Of The Lord Christ

- Almighty God With Us -

Who Is For Us!

Choose Life ... In Jesus Christ!

SEEDLINGS BEARING MATURE FRUIT: Hair Splitting!?!

One Of The Most Egregiously Stupid Statements 

Uttered In The Bible
Was Uttered By Israel's First Earthly Ruler King Saul
And
It Was Uttered In Direct Opposition
To A Direct, Immutable, Command Of 

The Eternal God Holy, Himself

Who Said Only A Priest Shall Offer Sacrifices!

Hear King Saul Sinfully Presumptuous

Unrepentantly Speak:

KJV 1 Samuel 13

12 Therefore said I, 

The Philistines will come down 

now upon me to Gilgal, 

and I have not made supplication

unto the LORD: 

I forced myself therefore,

and offered a burnt offering.

I Dare To Say That
This Reeks Of The Ways Of Satan
That Self-Justifying, Gainsaying, Lying, Apostate
Who Saw Everything In The Light Of Self
And

Boldly Built His "House" On The Foundation Of

"There's Something In This For Me!"

Hairsplitting Like A Boss ...

King Saul Knew He Was Wrong
But
You Know How It Is When Self-Will Holds Sway:

"I Must Force Myself To Sin

Even Though I Signally Know It Is Wrong
But, My Self - My Dignity - Is Important To Me
So I Must Put Myself

And My Selfish, Unholy, Known-Disobedient Desires
Before The Commands Of The Holy God
So That He Cannot Say That
I Did Not Obey His Command To Offer Sacrifices To Him
Even Though I Know Fully Well What I Should Be Doing

- And Should Not Be Doing -
But Because Of Appearances
- My Sinful Lust For Adulation -
I Will Permit Myself 

- I Don't Really Want To But I Must -

I Shall Force Myself To Sin 

So That I Will Be In Seeming Obedience!

Appearances Must Be Upheld, After All!
God Gets A Little Something And I Get The Remainder!

That Prophet Samuel Is Sooo Tardy

And I Cannot Abide Having My Precious Time

And My Sinful Desire For Instant Gratification Thwarted!

Ahhh, Yes ... I Have The Perfect Excuse!"

Brethren,

No One "Forces" Themselves To Sin!
Sinning Comes Naturally To All Of Us

Who Are Known Born In Sin
And
Shaped In Iniquity! 

Sinning Also Always Comes Naturally
To Those Who Place Self On The Throne That 

Should Ever Seat The Eternal God!

If We Truly Understood God
We Would Know That Not Even Obedience To His Will
Requires Us To "Force" Ourselves To Obey His Word
And 

To Walk In His Ways!

And Don't Get Me Started

On Our Blaming The Evil Satan

And His Fallen Angels ... That Demonic Force

And Inanimate Objects

And Wayward Friends

And Heartless, Mean, Society

And Neglectful Parents

For What Is Our Sworn, Cherished

Desired Intention To Do Known Evil ... To Begin With!

Moral Laws
Cannot Fix
Spiritual Problems!

Nobody

- Created Visible Or Spirit -

Can Make A Human Being Do Anything ... At All!

Almighty God Won't Force You

And

Satan And His Angels Can't Force You!

Be Prayerfully Courageous ...

For Those Of Us Who Will To Do The Right

To Walk In The Ways Of The Lord Christ

To Do What Pleases Our Maker, Redeemer And Friend

Here's The Big Hint:

Spirit Of The Living God

Fall Afresh On Me
And
Fix Me!
I Confess My Known Sin!
I Repent Of The Past!
Lead Me Gently Homeward!

Mortal Man's Peace 

Is 

Found Only In The Presence Of Almighty God

Through Jesus Christ The Lord

And

Anytime Self Is Admitted
- Becoming The Third Party In A Two-Person Conversation -
Rest Assured
The Lord Becomes The Unwanted Participant
Is Minimized
Is Ostracized
And

Rejected!

A Threesome Is Unnatural

And

The Lord Is Not Ever Going To Be Participant

In What Is Ever An Abomination!

Listen Up ...

Don't Do The Living, Holy, God Any "Favors!"

Disobedience 
Is 
As The Sin Of Witchcraft!
Witchcraft Is Idolatry!
Idolatry Is An Abominable Sin Which
- Left Unrepented -
Leads To Sure Damnation!

The Facts Remain ...

King Saul Reaped What He Sowed
And
Is Right Now On The Unchangeable List Of 

Those Stricken From The Lamb's Book Of Life! 

King Saul Is Forever Damned!

Take Warning ...

When Pride Crosses Over Truth
Maliciously Ignoring Obedience
It Takes The Broad Path To No Hope
Which Leads To Unremitting Anger
Which Leads To Murder
Which Culminates In Death By Suicide
Even If The Fatal Blow
You, Yourself, To Yourself

Do Not Deliver!

Look Around Us
And
See The Fruit Being Harvested
From The Will-Grow Seedling Called 

Willful Disobedience Aka Sin!

Isn't It Time

That

The People Of God And Christ

Sigh And Cry

Get Ready

And

Look Up!?!