Trust The Living Word: Put Satan On Trial!

Whether We Choose To Believe It Or Not

We Have An Unreliable Narrator In The Person Of Satan

The Devil

The Dragon

The Piercing Serpent Aka The God-Fraud! 

Beloved, 

Be Wise ... For Your Own Self! 

Satan Tells All Willing To Hear Him 

That The Living God Is Unfair

That There Is No Victory Over Sin

That The Lord Will Save All Human Beings

That Dead People Watch Over And Talk To The Living

That Sunday Is Sacred

That Man Is ImmortalThat There Is No Devil And No Hell

And 

That There Is No Need To Grow In Grace 

Because 

We Will Be Sinners Until The Day We Physically Die

And 

That A "Little Creature" Called A Soul 

Jumps Out Of The Then-Dead Body 

And 

Floats Up To Heaven 

To Direct Almighty God's Traffic Up There 

For The Benefit Of The Gullible Down Here! 

Let's Get Real! 

Lucifer Nka Satan Got Thrown Out Of Heaven, For Cause

So He Has A Hidden Agenda! 

The Lord Christ 

Is 

In Heaven 

In The Most Holy Place Of The Heavenly Sanctuary

Interceding For His People

And 

His Plan Of Salvation For Us 

Is 

Open And On Public Display

And 

Is Actively Working! 

Who Are You Going To Believe!?! 

Dear Ones, 

Discovery 

Is 

Always Big Doings In Every Court Case! 

Dare To Put Satan On Trial 

Via The Living Word Of God Your Creator 

And 

See Whose Words And Works Are Reliable Aka Trustworthy! 

The Truth ... Jesus Christ The Lord ... Was Executed 

And 

Still Lives! 

Do The Math! 

Peace!

Working Wings And Staying Power!

There Is Not A Single Human Being 

Who Does Not Desire A Carefree 

Painless

Joy-Filled

Comfortable Existence! 

Problem Is That 

Desire And Reality Don't Walk The Same Line! 

Even In The Household Of Faith 

Where The Members Are Heading Toward

 The Realm Of The Forever-Blessed

Trouble Is On Every Side 

But

With A Significant Difference! 

Beloved, 

As A Child Of The Great King

Trouble For Us Places Us In The Arena Of 

Growth In Grace 

Where Mercy For Me And Thee 

Is 

Ever In Attendance Doing Yeoman Service! 

Absolutely Nothing Happens To The Child Of God

Without The Lord's Knowledge 

And 

Consent 

And

We Will All Do Ourselves A Favor 

To Remember And Accept 

That All Things Work For Our Good

That We Are Not Alone

That The Holy Spirit Is Our Comforter

That We Are Protected By Holy Angels Excelling In Strength 

And

Our Father Hears And Answers Our Prayers 

Even If The Answer 

Is 

"No! 

Don't Ask Again! 

My Grace Is Sufficient For Thee!"

Remember, Dear Ones, That 

You Must Go Through 

To Come Through! 

Put Another Way

Bread-Dough Risen Won't  Cook-Through 

And 

Hold Its Shape

And 

Be Appetizing Smelling

And 

Delicious Looking 

Without Being In The Hot Box! 

Emerging From Struggle Aka The Heat Of Affliction

Produces Working Wings 

And 

Staying, Lifting, Carrying Power! 

We Must Be Tried In The Fire Of Affliction 

To Be Able To Then Live With Our God Almighty 

Who Is Consuming Fire 

In Glory-Land! 

Hold On! 

Peace!

TEMPTATION: You Know The Devil's Devices!

There Is No Sin In Being Tempted

But

There Is A Problem With 

Being Regularly Tempted By The Same Sin!

Falling Into Divers Aka Different Temptations 

Suggests Onward, Upward, Mobility In Our Christian Growth! 

All Christians Must Grow Up In Grace!

Beloved, 

Nobody Plans To Fall! 

Falling Happens When One Is Unaware Of A Pitfall

Is Careless About One's Surroundings 

Or One Just Loses One's Balance! 

We Are Warned Of The Devil's Devices 

And

We Know 

And 

Should Be Within The Hedge Of Protection That 

The Lord Provides For His People! 

When We Find Ourselves Being Tempted By 

And

Giving Into The Same Temptation 

And

Committing The Same Sin Repeatedly

We Need To Take Stock Of Our Thoughts

Look At Those With Whom We Are Walking

And

Reevaluate Our Commitment To Christ 

And

Our Growth In His Grace! 

The Temptation

That Is Not

Forcefully Resisted

The First Time That It Appears

Comes Back Harder And Harder To Resist

Each Time That We Fail To Overcome It!

Think Carefully ...

A Healthy And Fit Person Crawling Like A Baby 

Has A Problem Which Must Be Patiently Corrected 

And

Likewise The Christian Who Is Not Forcefully

Patiently, Prayerfully

Daily Conquering The Minor Temptations 

To Grow Strong Spiritual Muscles 

To Deal With The Major Temptations Known Up Ahead! 

Be Wise ... 

Don't Play With Temptation! 

Chop Off Temptation's Head By The Word Of Truth

And

Stay Constantly In Prayer:

Take Your Burden To The Lord

Pray For The Outpouring Of The Holy Spirit

Take The Living God At His Holy Word

And

Dare To Walk ... Enduringly ... In Unfailing Faith!

Jesus Christ ... Alone ... Saves!

Your Temptation

Is

Dressed To Thrill You!

Have A "Thus Saith The Lord"

At The Ready To Decimate It!

YOU OWN IT: Give The Lord Real Praise!

If We Look Closely

We See In This Text Ownership! 

Peace Belongs To The Lord: 

He Gives To Us A Gift Of His Peace! 

Praise Is Ours To Freely Gift To The Lord! 

Interesting Thing, Though

All That We Call Ours Comes To Us As Gifts From Our God 

So, In Truth And In Fact

What We Are Substantially Giving Back To Our Lord 

Is 

Gratitude! 

What The Lord Gives 

Is 

Given For Good! 

How We Choose To Use It ... By Our Free Will

Says An Awful Lot About What We Have Learned

- And Are Practicing - 

From This God Who Only Gives Good And Perfect Gifts 

To Bless Us! 

Giving Our God Praises Blesses Our God 

And

Blesses Us 

Because

By So Doing

We Are Rising Up Higher And Higher! 

Beloved, 

We Can't Fool The Lord! 

Feint, False, Praise 

Is 

An Abomination 

Because 

It Minimizes The Recipient 

And 

Brands Us As Deceitful 

And 

Untrustworthy

And 

Stagnant In Our Growing In Grace 

As Recipients Of Unmerited Favor! 

We Can't Earn The Lord's Favor 

And

We Can't Buy The Lord's Gifts 

And For Sure

We Can't Exchange The Lord's Good And Perfect Gifts 

To Receive Better From Another More Profitable Source! 

There Ain't None! 

Please Let Us Endeavor Today 

To Abundantly Lavish Praise Upon Our Lord And God

Savior, Redeemer 

And 

Forever Friend 

Like It Is Going Out Of Production 

And 

You Desire To Be The Last Giver Of Praise 

Left Standing At Power Down! 

Giving Praise To Our God Brings Peace!

VESPERS AT THE END OF THE SABBATH: The Sown Seed: Soil ... Soiled! + PRAYER: Help Us, Father, To Look Up!

In The Word Of God Is Life
But
It Is The Soil In Which It Is Received
That Determines
If
The Word
Is
Growing Life-Giving Seed
That Will Yield For The Lord Christ
The Holy Harvest!

How Do You Mean "If"
The Word Is Growing Life-Giving Seed!?
The Word Is God!

If
The Word Contains Life
And
The Word Is Seed
Then 

Nothing Is Wrong With The Seed Of The Word!

It Is 

Where 

It Falls From The Sower Of Good Seed's Hand!
It Is Not The Seed
But
The Soil
That Determines The Harvest Yield
Of The Son Of Man!

Cherished Sin
Self-Righteousness
Hollow Formalism
Attachment To Mammon
And
The Refusal To Suffer Loss Or Lack
Are Some Of The Soils
Found In The Hearts Of Men
And
Barren Land, My Brother
Will Never Yield A Crop!
Do You Ken!

Ken!?!

Understand.

Oh.

Rich Men
Poor Men
Beggar-Men Thieves
Religionists
Antagonists
Pacifists
Priests
High Born
Low Life
Bond Man
Free
All Have A Need That Can Only Be Met
By Obedient Self-Surrender
To Him Who Died
For Me And Thee!

The Rich Young Ruler Of 

Christ-Interview Fame
Longed For The Savior
But
His Fortune Power Authority
Had Him Tied Up In Chains
- Glittery Shining Tight Metal Chain -
So That
For All Of His Profession Of 

Holy God-Following Righteousness
He Was A Vain Idol-Worshipper
And That Even To A Blind Man
Was Right Plain!

Facing The Lord Christ
And
Bowing To Your Money
Hopeful Of Carnal Elevation
Is 

A State That Trips Up Many
Because
Almighty God Doesn't Do The Threesome Thing
Touted By The Pharisaic Clan
And
This, My Dear Brother
Is 

What Will Have Many Wailing
Outside The Gate To Life
Kicking On Lost-Opportunity
Blackened-Hope Burning Sand!

We Need To Trust The Living God
And
Go Where He Sends!
We Need To Lift Up The Fallen
And

By So Doing
We Will To The Eternal God Lend!

Repayment Is Assured!

And
Eternity's The Time!
The Coin Is The Robe Of Christ's Righteousness
And
The Payer's Hand
Is
The Hand Of The Lord God Holy 

Faithful True Kind Divine!

Alright, Then!

Let's Study!

Your Bible Or Mine!

Let's Not Be Sloths!
We Shall Mark Both
For Personal Study
Assures
True And Steady Christian Growth!

Indeed!

Anything That Denies Us Growth In Grace
We Must Loathe!

PRAYER:

Father,

We Come You

With Hearts Filled With Hope

And

Trust

And

We Ask You

To Help Us To Grow Up

In Jesus Christ's Faith

Nothing Wavering

Nothing Holding Us Back

To Cause Us The Holy Name To Disgrace!

Help Us To Look Up

To Walk Forward

And

Not To Stagnate

So That In The Day Of Judgment

We Won't Suffer Satan

And

Willful Sinners'

Prescribed And Just Fate!

Please Bless Us To Be Faithful

Enduring And True

And

To Lift High The Cross

Of

The Lord Jesus Christ

Because

It Is Our Desire

To Have Others Know The Word

The Word Who Is God

Who Dwelt Amongst

And

Who Showed Us How To Live Lives

That Are Pleasing In Your Holy Sight!

Please Pour Out Of Your Spirit Upon Us

And

Direct Our Focus

So That Nothing That We Do

May Offend Thee!

We Love You, Lord 

And

We Ask These Few Mercies

In Jesus Christ's Holy Name! 

Please Come Soon! 

AMEN.