Manipulators Abound!

If You've Ever Had To Endure 

The "Tender Mercies" Of A Manipulative Parent

Husband, Wife

Child, Brother, Sister, Employer

Or Like Jesus Christ

A Creature Aka Lucifer 

And 

A Bosom Friend Aka Judas Iscariot 

You Are In Good Company! 

Beloved, 

Manipulators Abound Left And Right 

Behind And Before

Above And Beneath! 

Being Poor Doesn't Stop Them 

And 

Being Rich Doesn't Gentle Them!

Those Who Seek To Manipulate You Will Always Say 

It Was For Your Own Good

Or They Had To Do It To Open Your Eyes

Or They Did It 

Because 

(Be Still My Beating Heart!)

They Love You! 

Get Real Already! 

Love Does Not Cause Fear, Pain

Distress And Death! 

Manipulators ... By Definition And Declaration

Are Agents Of That Eternally-Damned Satan 

And

They Take Perverse Pleasure In Hurting People 

So That They May Feel Good About 

Their God-Denying, Miserable, Selves!

Lucifer ... Through Greed And Covetousness

And 

With Concentrated Lies

Caused The Fall Of One-Third Of The Angels

Caused Adam And Eve To Sin

Caused Cain To Kill Abel

And

Caused The World-Wide Flood

The Egyptian Bondage

The Death Of Our Dear Jesus

And 

The "Impossible To Happen" Misery That 

You Have Endured 

And 

Are Likely Now Enduring! 

Please Don't Mock Almighty God 

And

Please Don't Join The Enemy 

To Do Satan's Dirty Work! 

Payback Is A Female Dog 

And

"Why Me!?!" 

Is 

A Broken Record! 

Go Around Comes Around! 

Live For The Lord Of Life

And

Not For The Death-Dealing God-Fraud! 

Peace!

SLY MONGOOSE: Warnings Are Meant To Be Heeded!

We Say That We Love The Living, Known-Almighty, God! 

Almighty God Is Love! 

Love Is Of Almighty God 

So, Therefore, We Are Boldly Saying That 

We Love Love! 

If We Love Love, We, By Extension

Must Love What, Who, Love Loves! 

Do You Love Yourself!?! 

Do You Lovingly, Caringly, Love Others!?! 

Do You Love Your Neighbor 

As You Love Yourself Aka Your Own Body!?! 

Do You Love The Lord ... The King Of Love

With All Of Yourself Aka Body, Mind, Spirit, Strength!?! 

Beloved, 

Let's Get Real And Realize That 

While We May Fool Humans Like Ourselves 

With Lying, Corrupt, Words Which Satisfy The Ear 

But 

Deceive The Longing Heart

We Are Incapable Of Deceiving The Lover 

And Creator 

And Sustainer 

And Maintainer Of Our Own Souls! 

The Lord Jesus Christ

Knows All The Thoughts 

And 

Intents Of Our Hearts 

And

The Things That Motivate Our Words ... True And False

And 

Our Every Action! 

Do You Still Want To Deceive Yourself 

Into Believing That All That You Do In The Shadows

In The Darkness

And

On The Sly

Will Remain Unknown!?! 

Don't You Think That 

The Heads-Up In The Scripture That Warns Us That 

We Cannot Mock The Lord Of Life 

Or Hide And Reap What We Have Grown 

Should Be Gratefully Heeded!?! 

Remember, Remember 

Don't Ever Forget ... 

We Reap What We Sow 

And 

We Eat What Grow! 

The Lord Of Earth And Glory

Means Exactly What He Says: 

Love Does Not Lie, Leech, Nor Leave Us In The Lurch! 

Think About It 

And 

Learn From It! 

Peace!

VESPERS AT THE END OF THE SABBATH: Plant Good Seed + PRAYER: I Shall Emerge As Gold!

Just Like Good Seeds
Bad Seeds Grow
And 
What Grows
Grows Up To Be Harvested For The Table 
To Bless Body And Soul 
Or 
Grows To Be Cut Down 
And 
Cast In The Furnace
Cast On The Pyre, The Rubbish Heap 
Or Discard Pile As Fuel 
Because 
It Serves No Otherwise Profitable Purpose! 

Beloved, 

Let Us Not Deceive Ourselves:
We Cannot Deceive The Living God!

We Who Follow The Lord Christ 
Must Sow Good Seeds Of Kindness
Love, Sharing, Caring And Helping
Believing The Word
Trusting The Lord
Living In Light And Ever Doing Right
Always Pleasing Almighty God 
And 
Blessing Ourselves As A Result! 

Please Let Us Permit The Holy Spirit 
To Have His Way With Us
Feeding Our Souls 
And 
Maturing A Clear Conscience 
Because 
To Do Otherwise ... To Resist The Sweet Of Truth Spirit
Is 
To Mark Us As Among The Unwise Who Shall Reap 
Their Preferred Harvest Of Destruction 
In The Lake Of Fire! 

Be Wise
And 
Choose To Have A Heart Tended By The Holy Spirit! 

Plant Good Seed!
Enjoy The Water Of The Word!
Reach For The Sun Of Righteousness
And 
Look Forward With Joy 
To The Harvest Celebration
The Coming Of Lord Christ
Our Loving, Kind, Great And Glorious King 
Who Cares And Utterly Saves! 

PRAYER:

Lord,

By Your Grace

I Will Covet No Man's Silver Or Gold Or Raiment

And I Will Daily Choose To Be Contented

With Such Things As You Provide For Me!

Most People Have Nothing

But I Have Much To Be Thankful For!

I Give You Praise And Say: "Thank You!"

Father, You Lead Me To Green Pastures

And I Am Substantially Fed!

You Teach Me The Ways Of Righteousness 

And I, Contented, Rest Easy In My Bed!

You Chastise Me Because I Am Not A Bastard

But Am Your Child Greatly Beloved!

By Your Will And Under Your Supervision

I Know I Will Pass Through The Crucible Of Affliction

Leading To Character Perfection

And At The Moment Of Your Choosing

I Shall Emerge As Gold

Revived And Reformed

Suitable To Dwell Forever

In The Presence Of Your Holy Fire!

You Equip Me To Serve You

In The Harvest Field Ripening

And I Enjoy The Pleasant Work!

I Thank You For The Spirit That

Makes Me The Worker Willing!

Father, 

I Trust You!

I Love You!

I Praise Your Holy Name!

I Look Forward To The Great Day Of Small Things

And While I Am Patiently Waiting

In The Here And The Now

I Humbly Beg You, Please

For The Holy Spirit's Infilling!

By You, Dear Lord

I Live And Breathe And Have My Being 

And I Desire To Arrive Safely At The Place

On The Appointed Day Prophesied 

When Your Dear Sweet Face 

In Perfect Peace

I Shall Surely Be Seeing!

Father, 

Please Keep Me Faithful

Please Keep Me Spiritually And Physically Fed

And Bless Me Out Of Your Great Supply Of

Mercy, Grace, Goodness And Righteousness

As I Daily All My Known Sin Repent And Confess!

Remember The Holy People

The Praying People

The Waiting People

And Bless Us All To Do Your Bidding

Without Murmur Or Complaint!

Thank You For The Daily Victories Over Sin And Self

And Bless Us, Lord, Bless Us

So That In The Final Analysis

It Is Noted In Our Record That

To You, We Are Indeed The Child Called

Spiritual Success!

Please Provide For Us All According To Our Need

And Grant Us These Few Petitions

For We Ask All In The Wonderful Name Of

Jesus Christ The Righteous

Our Soon-Returning Kind King!

AMEN!!! 

Pssst!?! What Kinda Seeds You Sowing!?!

Brethren,

Let's Get One Thing Perfectly Straight:
I'm Not Going To Argue With Any Of You About This Matter!
I'm Going To Let The Word Of Almighty God
Our Creator
The One By Whom We Are Saved
Make His Will Known Unto Each One Of Us!
We Are Not Fools
Because
We All Accept That We Have The Holy God
For Our Hope, Help And Salvation!
I Implore You Not To Harden Your Hearts!

We Cannot Continue Doing The Same Things Repeatedly
And
Actually Dare To Expect A Different Outcome!
That Waste Of Time Is Called Madness
And
There's A Prepared Place For Mad People!
There's Also A Place For Repentant Sinners: Heaven
And
There's Is A Place For Unrepentant Sinners: Hell
And
The Decision To Go Where Is By Personal Choice!

To Make Everything Crystal Clear
To Make Sure That We Are All On The Same Page
What I'm Saying To Us All ... For The Record
Is
Some Things And Certain Desires
Some People And Certain Attitudes Must Change
Or We Will Doom Ourselves:
There Will Be No Cain, No King Saul, No Goliath
No Naboth, No Absalom, No Judas Iscariot
No Pontius Pilate, No King Herod
And
No Pharisee-Sorts And Idol Worshipers In Heaven
So Let's Get A Firm Grip On Ourselves!

The Assistance In Making The Informed Decision
Is 
Found In The Everlasting Word
So Let's Read Galatians 6 Verse 7
And
Then I Will Say A Few Words
And
I Pray That That Will Be The End Of The Matter
Save For Progress Reports In The Near Future
On Our Very Necessary, Positive, Changes!

Beloved,

The Old Expressions 
"Bringing Your Pigs To A Fine Market!" 
And
"You Can't Plant Indian Corn And Reap Guinea Corn!" 
Are Very Appropriate Here! 

Let's All Take This One Very Personally:

However You Live Is How You Die!

Whatever You Give Is What You Get! 

Whatever You Sell Is What You'll Buy

And 

Whatever You Sow

You Are Most Assuredly Going To Reap 

Because 

The Word Of Almighty God Will Be Satisfied! 

Sooo, With That Said, Understand This: 

If You Don't Like

The Crop That You Are Reaping

Change The Seeds

That

You Are Sowing! 

We Live In Time
And
Time In This Vale Of Tears 
Is 
Made For Change 
And 
Glory Be To The Father
The Lord Christ ... By The Sweet Spirit Of Truth
Is 
Available, Ready, And Able 
To Help Us Dig Out The Roots Of 
Our Blighted Crop Of Sin, Selfishness
Hatred, Greed, Pride, And Jealousy
And 
Help Us To Plant The Seeds Of His Goodness, Truth
Kindness, Love, Mercy, Joy 
And 
Peace! 

Dear Lord,

Please Grant Unto Us

Your Perfect Peace

And

Please Help Us To Be Wise

Unto Our Own Soul's Salvation!

Let Us All Pray For Rain
And 
Let Us All ... By The Lord's Great Grace
Plant The Seeds Of Our New
Eternally-Profitable Crop Of Righteousness ... Today!

Good-Influence Holy Angels

Who Excel In Strength

Are Present To Help You

Who Will Be The Inheritors Of

Jesus Christ's Sure Salvation!

We Cannot Save Ourselves
Nor Can We Save Another
So Let Us Remember, Beloved
That It Is Jesus Christ, Alone, Who Saves Us!
Be Humble, Be Teachable, Be True
Be Enduringly Faithful
And
It Is Guaranteed That 
You Will Be Forever Blessed!

The Great Commission!?!

KJV Mark 16
15 And he said unto them, Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature.

KJV John 20
21 Then said Jesus to them again, Peace be unto you: as my Father hath sent me, even so send I you.

Okay, Brethren!
We've Heard What The Word Of Truth Says: 

What's Your Understanding!?!

The Lord Is Sending Us Out To Serve!

The Lord Us Sending Us Out To Bless Others!

The Lord Said That His Father Sent Him To A Job Of Work
And, In Like Manner
He Is Sending Us Out
To Perform The Same Work That He Performed!

We Are Being Given The Great Commission! 

We Are Being Tasked With A Solemn, Very Important Work!

Good, Good, Very Good!
Will Somebody Read Me The Text Which Says In Part:

Man Commissions Almighty God

To Perform Tasks Such As Fallen Man Commands 

And 

The Eternal God

Must Obey And Successfully Perform!?!

Sir!?!

Whaaaaat!?!

Impossible!
No Such Text Exists ...!

...Or Ever Will!?! 

What Rubbish Are You Trying To Feed Us!?!

Calm Down! Calm Down!

I'll Calm Down 
When You Satisfactorily Explain What You Mean By Saying
That Man, Fallen Man, Sinful Man
Gainsaying Man
Lying, Deceitful ...!

... Stubborn, Hard-Hearted
Covetous, Licentious, Doubtful
Selfish Man
Known To Indulge In "Free" Love
And Engage In Abominable Practices ...!

... BINGO!

We ... Don't Play Bingo!

Let's Pretend For A Moment!

Don't See What Good It Will Do!

Just Humor Me For A Moment!

As You Are No Doubt All Aware

Ken Is No Longer With Us

Because

We Will Not Condone Aka Bless
His Present Alternative Lifestyle Choice!

Nobody, Flesh Or Spirit, Can Force Us To Sin!

In The Midst Of Our Conversations With Him

He Let It Be Made Known ... Very Colorfully

That The Lord God Almighty Is Blessing Him

And

His Now Lawfully-Attached Partner!

Ken Has Made It Abundantly Clear That

He "Commissioned" The Lord To Work In His Behalf

That His Partner "Commissioned" The Lord To Work

And

That They Together Had "Commissioned" The Lord

To Work In Their Behalf

And

That It Is Now Amazingly Apparent That The Lord 
Is 
Blessing Them Abundantly

Because

Others Are Sowing Seeds Into Their Lives

And

They Are Financially Prospering!

Lord Jesus, Help Us!

Indeed!

The Living God Says:

I Am The Lord: I Change Not!

We Are Abraham's Seed
Because
We Have Chosen The Lord Christ For Our Portion

And, Therefore

Inheritors Of The Promise

And

The Living God Has Made It Blindingly Clear

Brethren,

Let's Get One Thing Straight:

Jesus Christ Died To Save Sinners From Sin
Not In Sin!
The Living God Loves The Sinner
But
He Hates Sin
And
There Is No Willing Sinner That Shall Enter The Kingdom!

Furthermore,
Let's Get One More Thing Straight:

Blaspheming The Name Of God Is Outright Sin!
Remember That Sin Against The Holy Spirit
Will Not Be Forgiven In This Life
Nor In The Life To Come
So, Please, I Beseech You
Think Before You Speak!

No Matter How "Comfortable" You Are
In Your Relationship With The Holy God
Remember, Remember
He Is The Almighty God
And
He, It Is, Who Made The Rules
Not The Liberal Man
Not The Church
Not The Governments Of The Nations
And For Certain Sure
Not Lying, Deceitful, Murdering Satan
Who Wants Us All Dead!

Finally, Brethren,

We Are All Sinners
And
There Is No Little Sin And Big Sin
But
There Are Certain Sins Which The Lord God Abhors
So
Don't Get So Comfortable With Your Pet Sin That
You Believe That 
You Are Able To Cause The Eternal God To Accept You 
Doing Whatever You Want
Because
The Lord Needs You 
So That He Can Be God!

Big Mistake!
We Need God Morning, Evening
Noon And Night!!

Without His Gift Of Life
Food, Shelter, Care, Comfort
Grace, Mercy, Forgiveness
Hope, Help, Healing
Feeding, Sealing
We Are All Twice-Dead Men, Women And Children!

Be Wise Unto Salvation!
Give Up Your Pet Sin
And Remember
You Are A Child Of The Dust
Mortal, Corruptible, Gainsaying
Hard-Hearted
Willing Always To Sin
Because
That Is Your Nature!

Only Jesus Christ By The Holy Spirit
Can Change Our Will To Sin 
To The Desire For Sure Soul Salvation!

Our Job
Our Reason For Being, For Living
Is To Serve The Eternal God
By Thought, Word And Deed!

The Father Sent Jesus Christ To Save Us!
Jesus Christ Sends Us To Tell Others 
The Good News Of Soul Salvation!
Jesus Christ Also Sent His Holy Spirit
To Lead Us Into All Truth!

We Can't Send Jesus Christ Anywhere!
He Has The Power: We Don't!
He Leads: We Follow!
He Gives: We Receive!
We Forsake Sin: He Heals And Seals!

He Is Coming Back To Take Us To His Home:
We Make The Choice ... Now
To Receive His Blessing
Or To Take The Curse Of Damnation!

The Choice, Honestly, Is Plain:

Follow Christ In All Things, Faithfully
And
Be Eternally Blessed
Or Indulge Self
Enjoy Known Sin
And
Cavort With Satan
And
Be Eternally Damned!
These Are The Only Choices
Available To The Creature Called Human!

I Warn Us All ...

Stop Calling The Lord's Name In A Lie
In A Vainglorious Attempt To Co-opt A Blessing
Which Was, Which Is
Which Can Never Be Received!

When You Choose To Doubt The Preserved Word
You Have Chosen To Be Believe The Dying Lie!

We Lie To Ourselves
But
Almighty God Is Not A Man That He Shall Lie To Us!

Let's Pray For Ourselves
Because
We, Each, Could Be Walking In Their Shoes
And
Let's Pray For Our Absent Brethren:
The Lord Loves Them Each ... Personally!

In Jesus Christ's Holy Name!

Brethren,

Let's Put The Same Value Upon Ourselves
That The Living God ... By His Personal Sacrifice
Has Placed Upon Us!

May The Eternal God
In His All-Encompassing Mercy
Help Us To Cooperate With Him
In The Work Of Saving Our Own Souls From
The Second Death!

AMEN!!!

HIRELING SHEPHERDS: Dereliction Of Duty ...!

When I Was A Child
We Sang:

While Shepherds Watched Their Flocks By Night
All Seated On The Ground
The Angel Of The Lord Came Down
And Said:
"Those Flocks Are Mine!"

It Is Only Now That I Realize That Instead Of Jesting
We Actually Spoke The Truth!
There Was The Bigger Picture
The Weightier Truth Being Revealed
And
We Didn't Then Understand It!

Jesus Christ Paid For Us Sheep Of The Flock!

There Are Many Flocks Being Cared For
And
All Who Remain Faithful Are Headed To The One Fold
Belonging To The Good Shepherd!

Problem Is ...

There Is A Problem With The Hireling Shepherds
Who Are Faithless
Spineless
Deceitful
Lazy
Self-Serving
Greedy For Gain
And
Serving Two Masters!

I Have A Question!

Go Ahead! Ask Away!

If You Cannot See Your Employer
Does It Mean Your Employer Can't See You!?!
If You Are Paying Yourself
Feeding Yourself
Fattening Yourself
And Starving Your Charges
Some Of Them Even To Death
And Without Presently Facing Any Consequences
Does That Mean That Your Employer
The Kind Master
That Good Over-Shepherd
Is Unaware Or Is ... Dead!?!

That's Two Questions ... But I'll Allow The Freebie!

That's Generous Of You ... And I Thank You!

Seriously, Though
Both Jesus Christ And The Apostle Paul
Treated To This Very Issue
Which We, Ourselves, Are Seeing Played Out Today!

The All-Seeing 

All-Knowing
Ever-Present 

Feeling-All Things Holy God
Is 

Not Mocked
Cannot Be Fooled
Keeps Perfect Records
And
Is No Fool!

He Doesn't Sleep
Doesn't Wear Dark Glasses
Doesn't Own Pajamas
Has No Grandchildren Godchildren
Step-Children Nor Bastard Children
Knows Every Last One Of His Children By Name
And
Every Employee In His Service
And
Every Student In The School Of Jesus Christ!

Meticulous Aka Perfect Records Are Kept
And
The Hireling Shepherd Who Doesn't Spare The Flock
And, Instead

Teaches Smooth Things So As Not To Offend Their Sponsors
And
Propagates Fanciful Theories
To Make Personal Disciples Out Of The Lord's Called Children
Is 

Facing A World Of Hurt
Come Reconciliation Of Accounts 

Aka Pay Day Aka The Day Of Reward!

Keeping Two Sets Of Books Won't Help!
Having An Accounting Service Won't Help!
Crying Lack Of Knowledge Won't Help!
Accusing The Lord Won't Help!

And
Making An Excuse Of The Fraud Won't Help!

It's Face The Music Time
And
All The Previously Undisclosed To Public View
Blood On Their Hands
Will Be Shining Like A Beacon!

I Guess That The Phrase
"Do All To The Glory Of God!"Is Lost Upon Such As Those Underlings!

Their Favorite Song Is ... Obviously

Self Before The Savior!

Sinner Before Saint!

I Want Now The Fruits Of My Labor

Because

Future Glory Cannot Compare

To Being Presently Great!

Bite Your Tongue!

Truth Is Truth!
You Don't Have To Like It!
You Must Speak It!
You Must Believe It!
You Must Live It!
Almighty God
The Shepherd Of Rest
Our Hope For Glory To Share
Demands It Of His Faithful Children
But
He Will Never Coerce It
And
That Is Why Deceitful Workers
And
Those Who Call The Lord, Father

But

Are Willful Wayward Children 

Will Be Without Excuse
As Regards The Revealed Will
And
Disclosed Ways Of The Eternal God!

I Suppose That Holding The Fort

Until The Master Appears

Is Considered A Light Thing To Them!

Utterly Disgraceful Behavior Is What I Say!

Bottom Line ...

There Is No Real Profit Gained
By Playing Footsie With The Fraud

And

We Will Do Well To Remember That

All That We Do For The Lord Christ
Is
Exponentially Rewarded!

In That Light

Take What You Want ... And Pay For It
Takes On A Whole New Meaning!

Diligence And Economy 

Must Be The Watch Words Of All Who Labor For The Lord!

As Paul Says:

"... Covet No Man's Silver, Gold Or Apparel!"

Jehovah, Hallelujah! 

The Lord Does Provide!

Final Word ...

Jesus Christ Cares!

Jesus Christ Saves

And 
Jesus Christ Pays!