Godliness: Gain

I Must Correct You, Brother!
You Are Speaking A Word That Is Error!

Godliness With Contentment Comes Before Gain!

Gain Is Not The Mark Of Godliness
And
Neither Is Penury The Mark Of Sinfulness!

Excuse Me!?!
I Do Not Recall Giving You Leave To Correct Me!
This Is My Church!
I Am The Pastor Here!
Touch Not The Lord's Anointed!

Yet, Again
I Must Correct You, Brother!
The Building May Be Yours
But 

The Church Belongs To
And
Is Purchased, Protected And Cherished
By Jesus Christ The Lord
And
You Were Not Appointed Or Anointed 

To The Ministry Of The Pure Gospel
To Teach Error To The People Of God!

Sit Down And Be Quiet
Or I Will Have You Forcibly Removed!
You Are A Troubler Of These Simple People!

Am I Now Your Enemy
Because I Choose To Speak The Truth That
The Living God Loves!?!

Am I A Troubler Of These Simple People
- Your Words -
Because 

I Do Not Choose To Countenance
Your Half-Truths Which Are Outright Lies!?!

The Word Of The Living God Is, Yes, Simple
Simple Enough For Simple People
Even Children To Understand
But
You Have No Right
- Nor Authority -
To Encourage The People Of God
To Set Aside The Lord's Truth
For The Lying And Corrupt Words Of
An Unregenerate Christian
A Soul Who Does Not Believe
Nor Is Affected By The Good Word 

Which He Is To Unpolluted Preach!

SILENCE!
Now Be So Bold As To Please 

Leave This Hallowed Chamber
And Do Not Ever Return Again!

As You Desire, Brother
But
Before I Depart
I Shall Shine Light In This Encroaching

Engrossing Darkness:

Brethren, Beloved

Please Listen Unto Me!
The Word Of God 

Is 

Plain
And 

Must Not Be Interpreted By Man
Looking To Gain A Famous Name!

The King James Bible
The Preserved Word Of God
Is 

Its Own Interpreter
And
The Rule Is Simple:

Precept Upon Precept
Precept Upon Precept

Line Upon Line
Line Upon Line
Here A Little, There A Little
And
By Two Or Three Witnesses
Let A Matter Be Established! 

You Must Not Build A Doctrine On One Bible Text!

I Will Have You To Know That
The Lord God Almighty Gave Me An Agile 

And Creative-Thinking Brain 

To Do His Holy Work As I See Fit!

The Lord God Almighty
Did Not Give You An Agile Brain
To Pervert His Words!
You, Sir
Are Changing The Word Of God
And 

That Makes You A Liar
And 

For That Sin
The Lord Rebuke You!

Brethren, Please Read The Bible For Yourself
And
Please Pray For The Holy Spirit's Guidance
When You Read That Living Word!
Let The Everlasting Teacher
- The Spirit Of Truth -
Teach You
And 

You Won't Be Led Astray
By Those Who Are Members Of 

The Disobedient Wild Goat Herd!

Please Do Not Indulge In Sowing Seeds
- That The Lord Did Not Ask You To Sow -
To Wicked Men Who Only See You As Their 

Personal Cash Dispensers!
They Do Not Have Your Eternal Interests At Heart
So
From This Den Of Iniquity
- That Is This Den Raised Upon Planned Sin -
Please See That You Depart!

Please Let The 

"Thus Saith The Lord!" 

Guide You!
See That You Follow The Lord Christ
And
Not The Cult Of Personality Of Fallen Man!

Walk Away From This Hireling Shepherd
This Bold Worker Of Iniquity
Or You Shall Not
On Zion's Table-Land By Right, Stand!

Brethren,

Know This:

1. Jesus Christ, Alone, Saves!
Not The Pastor, Preacher, Pope, President
Prince Nor Parent!

Only Jesus Christ Saves
And 

That According To His Sovereign Will
And
In His Holy Way!
He Will Never Save You In Sin
Nor Save You For You To Keep Sinning!
Jesus Christ Saves You From Your Personal Sin!

2. Do Not Indulge In The Sin Of Presumption!
Indulging In Accepting 

And 

Performing Based On A Known Lie 

Is 

Bold Sin
And
The Lord Will Not Bless You 

While You Are Willfully Sinning!

I Offer You A Note Of Caution:

There Are Many "Blessed" People 

Who Don't Even Recognize That 

Their Cherished Blessing
Is 

The Means Through Which They Shall Be Cursed!

Please Keep Your Eyes 

Fixed And Focused On Judge Jesus
And
Your Hands In The Hands Of The Able Savior Jesus!

3. The Holy Bible Is No Good For You
If
What Is In The Holy Bible Is Not Inside Of You!

Do Not Just Be A Hearer Of The Living Word!

Do Those Things Which Will Ever Please The Lord!

Serve The Lord In Righteousness

And

Remember That The Hand Of Man

Is 

A Very Poor Thing In The Day Of Battle!

I Will Pray For The Light Of Life

To Illuminate The Way Of Grace For All Of You!

VESPERS AT THE END OF THE SABBATH: King Of Everything?!

Show Me Truth
Teach Me Righteousness
Lead Me In Plain-Paths
AND
Guide Me With Counsels
Are The Teachable Meek Children
Taught Of Almighty God
Waiting
On The Lord Of Life
- The Light Of The World -
AND
Looking
To The Great Day
For The Bodily Fulfillment Of
The Blood-Bought Promise!

Their Lives Are Not Their Own
So
They Keep Their Eyes On Jesus Christ
AND
Their Feet Shod To Go Preach The Gospel Of Peace
AND
There Is Ever A Song Of Zion In Their Hearts
As They Go
God's Errands To Complete! 

However, My Brethren
The Same Cannot Be Said Of
Me-Me
My Self
I-Alone
Iris And Irene
Those Wild And Ungovernable Children Of 

The Self-Serving Household Called "Out To Sea!"
Overseen By Known Decadence!
Their Clan Head Is That Wily Wayfarer
The Very Devil, Himself
Common Lie N. Decay!

I Guess That You Know
That Wherever Those Miscreants Be
That There Is Ever Present
Doubting God
Misguided Confidence
Misdemeanor
Misdeed
Malfeasance
Terrible Troubles
AND
Dastardly Doings!

"Do What Thou Wilt!"
Is Their Published Creed! 

Hear! Hear!
It Is The Way Of Decay
AND
They. Don't. Care!

And Then There's ...

Carpe Diem
The Master Blaster
The Head Honcho Of
"Tek Whatcha Want 'N Payferit!"
Who Is Often Called
A Pleaser
A User
A Refuser
A Confuser
AND
An Abuser
BUT
Never, Ever, A Loser!

Maaaan, He Is Alternately
A Favorite Of All
And Not The Friend Of Any!

There Are Many Who Would Love To
Throw Him Away! 

I Don't Know Why Anybody
Would Expect Anything Less Than Straight
From That Analog ...!

... I Heard He Was A Digital ...!

... You're All Wrong!
He's Solar!
He's Never Wrong!
He's Always Right
He Does Not Fight
AND
He Is Considered By Most
To Be A Total Blight
That Benights!

Yeah!

Indeed!

THAT ... My Friends
Is The Great Equalizer!
He Is The Same For All
Rich Or Poor
Young Or Old
Free Or Slave
Good Man Or Knave
BUT
Different To All
AND
Indifferent To All
AND
Be Ye Of Meek And Mild
OR
The Offensive And Puerile Clan
Carpe Diem
Is The File Marker!
What He Is Not
Is Your Undertaker!

Pardon My French
But Who The Marbles Are You Talking About!?!

How Come You Don't Know Him?! 

Come On!
There Is No Soul
On This Planet
Who Doesn't Know Him!!

Who Owns Two Swords
And Spins On A Dime
And Whether You Set Him Right Or Not
He Is Always To Time On Time
Be Ye Sinner Or Saint
Early Or Late
Entering The World
Or
Going Out Its Gate?!

I'll Give You The True Clue:

He Works For The Master
Who Has Him In Control
And Whether You Lick Him
Or Tip Him
He Always Makes His Goal! 

You Cannot Turn Him Back!
You Can't Make Him Run Ahead
AND
When His Relationship With You Is Over
There Is No Do Over
AND
You're Dead!

WHO ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT!?!

There's No Need To Shout
Let's Tell Them
Who ...! 

... That's A What!

... WHAT We're Talking About!

Be Ye A Sinner
Be Ye A Saint
Be Ye The Very Devil
With God's Time Clock
You Have A Date!

God Sets The Time Of Our Lives
AND
What We Choose To Do With It
Is In Our Hands
BUT
At The End Of Time's Alarming
ALL
Will Face The Judge
The Son Of God
The Creator Of All Things
- Your Creator, Man -
To Whom We Must Give The Full Accounting
Of All Things
- Good Things And Misdeeds -
Showing How We Have Blessed His Society
Or
How We Did Darkness Feed!

Those Who Believed The Promise
Will Have Redeemed Their Time
AND WILL
At The Judge's Appearing
To Their King
- Who Is Love -
Be On The Upward Incline!

As For Those
On The Self-Service Crew
Who Did The Ways Of Godliness
Eschew
They Will Look To The Rocks And The Hills
To Find A Place To Hide
BUT
They Will All Ultimately
Die The Death
- The Second Death -
The Death Of The Own Way
For
They Will Have Chosen
For Their Own Sin To Pay!

One Final Word ...

The Meek Children Of God
Cannot Walk
In The Ways Of Selfishness
In The Ways Of The Devil
That One Known Unholy
- That Fraud -
Who Thinks To Change
Times And Laws
To Circumvent
The True Ways Of The Eternal God

Be Sober!
Be Vigilant!
Your Adversary Is Satan
That Known Devil
Who Is Seeking Companions
- The Willing
AND
The Unwary - 

With Whom
The War Against The Kingdom Of Light
To Carry On!

Be Not Deceived!
The Living God IS Not Mocked
For
Of The Weapons
Usable Against The Holy God
The Universe Does Not Stock!

 

Know This Of A Surety ...

Time's Clock, Permitted
Is Your Friend!
Time's Clock, Delimited
Is Your Enemy!
 

Jesus Christ Is Light!
In Him Is No Darkness At All
So
Since He Has Given You
Time ... On The Blue Ball
Let Time Be Your Light
So That
Into Darkness
You Won't Fall!

The Devil IS Darkness!
The Savior IS Light!
Live In And For The Light
AND
Acrimoniously
The Darkness
You Will Fight!
You Can't Lose At All! 

In Darkness ... Is Death! 

In Light ... Is Life!

Dismiss The Darkness
By Turning To The Light
AND
By Almighty God's Great And Glorious Goodness
You Shall Escape Eternal Death
The Known End Of Those
Who Choose The Self Life's Strife!

Who Would Have Thunk ... Thought
The Time Of Life
A Thing So Momentously Heavy?!

Let That Be A Lesson For All Of You! 

            Don't Take Time Lightly!

Never Again, Brother!
Never Again!

May The God Of Grace

The King Of Glory

Who Is Outside Of Time

Bless You In Your Life And Time

To Behold In Peace

The Coming King's Face!

AMEN. 

GODLINESS: Real Gain! + PRAYER: Father, Cleanse Us!

Look Around You!
Take The Tour!
God Is Truly Blessing Us
And That's For Sure!

Come On, Letsy!
Surely You Don't Believe
What You Just Said?!

Sure, I Do!
Pastor Says That Visible Prosperity
You Know
Houses, Land, Toys, Trips
Discretionary Cash, Nice Clothes
Beautiful Furnishings
Are All A Mark Of God's Favor!

Okay. Okay.
Nothing Wrong
With What "The Pastor Said!"
BUT
Can You Tell Us
- Me And You -
What Almighty God
- In His Living Word -
Says?!

Well, It Is Like This ...!
The Lord Said ... Says ...!
I Am Sure That The Lord Said ...!
Wait A Minute ... What DID The Lord Say?!
Mercy Me!
I Don't Even Know What The Lord Said!

You Should Hold Your Head Down ... In Shame!

Don't You Read Your Bible?!

Not Really!
There's No Need!

You Can't Be Serious! Why Not?!

Pastor Says ...!

STOP! JUST STOP!!

You Can Tell Me
What "Pastor" Says
But You Don't Know What
The Eternal God
The Savior Of Your Own Soul Says?!

Dear Lord!

This Is Eden All Over Again!

The Creature's Words Have Power

But The Creator's Word

Is A Mere Squeak!

Pity Us, Father!

Who Is Your Pastor Working For?!
Himself Or The Living God?
Or
Is It Possible
That He Is Working
For That Wannabe God
King Fraud?!

Shut Your Mouth!!

I Will Not!

You And I
Are Going To Have
A Coming-To-Jesus Meeting
For
You Have Surely Lost Your Way
And Are Babylonian Sweet Cakes Eating!

Yum! I Like Sweet Cakes!

Yes! I Can See That
But I Am Sure
That You Will Not Like
These Babylonian Sweet Cakes!
Their Leavening Ain't From
The Lord God Holy And Divine
Friend Of Mine!

You're Serious?!

Yes, I'm Serious!
All This Stuff Piled Up
And Your Wayward
Pastor-Inspired Erroneous Thinking
Has The Sulphurous Stench Of Satan
Reeking From It!

Come On!
That's Melodramatic!
It Can't Be That Bad!

It's Worse!

Gain Is Not Godliness
BUT
Godliness ... WITH CONTENTMENT
Is Great Gain!

From The Look Of This Place
And Your Rabid Spending
You Are Not Inhabiting
A Contented State! 

What You Are You Doing Later?!

I'm Doing A Mall Hop!
I'm Going ShoppingI

I Want To Buy ...!
Ohhh, Dear!

Yes ... Oh, Dear, Dearie!

Have you Ever Seen
A U-Haul At The Cemetery Gate
Carrying The Deceased One's Beloved Possessions?!
Or Have You Ever Heard
A Dead Man Speak About
Refitting His House
Or
His Going On Vacation?!

Girl, You Are On 

A Build A Bigger Barn Shopping Spree
AND

It's Not Going To End Well!

How Dare You?!

You're Just Jealous!

If You Say So.

Things Are Here To Make Us Comfortable!
We Are Not To Get Comfortable With Things
For
Things Are Just That ... Things!
No Heart - No Soul
Inanimate - Cold!
Just Like Belly Fat
They Don't Love You
AND
Just Like Belly Fat
The Rush To Grasp Things Will Kill You
Just Like A Cat Will Kill A Rat!

Only Problem, Though
The Inordinate Desire For Things
Will Ultimately Kill You Twice!
It's A Satanic Device!

But Having Things Is Such Fun!
They Are So Shiny!
That New Merchanchise Smell Is Sooo Delicious
And Best Of All

It Makes Me Feel So Very  Prosperous!
Ahhhhh!
The Thrill Of Acquisition!

Lord, Have Mercy

On Your People Today

Who Erroneously Believe That Feelings

And Things Possessed

Will Cause Them To Enter Heaven

On The Great Day!

Letsy ...
How Did You Get Here?!
You Used To Unfailingly Trust God!
How Did You Arrive At This Cross Road
Between King Jesus
And Satan
That Murderous Fraud?!

I Don't Know!
Maybe I Just Got Tired Of Being Poor
And Always Wanting
... Never Having Anything Beautiful ... !

... So You Listened!

Listened!?
Listened To What?!

The Siren's Song!

What Are You Talking About?!

RiCaP!

What Are We Recapping?!

Not That Kind Of Recap!

RiCaP -
Riches!
Cares!
Pleasures!
The Big Three
That Satan Uses
In Playing The Game Of Life
Where The Holy Grail Prize
IS
The Human Soul!

Don't Say That!
You're Scaring Me!

Good!

If You Were Not Being Scared
Then
All Hope Would Have Been Lost
BUT

Your Being Scared Says
You Can Find Comfort
At The Foot Of Christ's Cross!

Mirrie? Can I Tell You A Secret?!

You Know You Can!

Well ...

It's Like This!

Someone Across The Quad
Reported Me To The Co-op Board
And I Received A Warning Letter
That If I Don't Get Rid Of All This Stuff ...!

... Well, It Is Piled To The Ceiling
And It Is A Fire Trap!

... They're Threatening To Evict Me!

Please Help Me!

Tears Followed!
Hugs Pursued!
Prayers Were Sent Up
AND

Comfort Ensued!

Things Are For Comfort!
Things Should Not Comfort Our Souls
For In That Instance
Things - Not The Living God
Get The Worship
Not The Maker Of The Soul!

Look At The People Around You!
Look At The Things
For Which They Do Care!
Look At How And What For
They Acquire Riches!
Look At What They Take Pleasure
In From And For
Each And Every Day
AND
Consider
- For Just A Moment -
Where Jesus Christ Is
In Their Fraught Lives
AND
Decide For Your Own Soul
- Your Own Self -
With Whom
For What
Where
Your Soul's Salvation Lies

ANDIn The Name Of Jesus
Quote
Live In
Live For
Jesus!

Your Pastor Needs Jesus, Too
For 

He Can't Save His Own Soul
Far Less Save Yours
No Matter How Much
In The Great Day
You Boo Hoo!

Now ... About These Shoes
Pots Pans
Dresses Utensils
Glassware Cutlery
Coats Electronics
Lamps Hat Boxes
Boots ...!!

... They've Got To Go!

Do You Wear Any Of These Things
Or Use Any Of These Gadgets?!

Not Really!

Then ...!

... Why Did I Buy Them?!

Yes!

Lust Of The Eye!Check!

Lust Of The Flesh! Check, Check!!

AND ...

Drum Roll!!!

THE PRIDE OF LIFE!!!

You Know What?!

What?!

Confession Is Good For This Soul ...!

... But It Won't Help Us
Figure Out How
To Get Rid Of These Things
This ... This Stuff!

Time To Start Writing The List!!

PRAYER:

Father, 

Forgive Us

For Putting Possessions Before Praise

For Letting Things

Take The Place Of Thankfulness

For

Not Taking Our Cares

To The Ancient Of Days!

Father, 

You Are Our God

And

We Confess Our Sin

And

We Repent Of Our Folly

In Not Studying The Living Word

For Our Own Selves

And

For Letting Our Faith Be Misspent!

Grant To Us

The Outpouring Of The Holy Spirit

Whom You Have Promised

Will Lead Us Into All Truth

And

Grant Us Spiritual Ears

To Hear That Still Small Voice

And

Help Us, Father

To Make The Lord Christ

Our Eternal Choice!

Cleanse Us From All Unrighteousness

And

Grant Us Blessed Mercy

And

Dear Grace

So That

- In Peace - 

We Shall Our Lord's Face

In Whose Name

We Make The Contrite Heart's Plea! 

AMEN.