AMBASSADORS FOR CHRIST: Shine, Shine, Shine!

When We Are Attached To Jesus Christ 

And 

Are Drawing All Our Sustenance, Our Nourishment, From Him Alone

Our Thoughts And Desires

Our Words And Deeds Aka Our Conduct And Character 

Are Changed To Be Like Christ's! 

We Are What We Eat! 

We Get Fleas From Where We Sleep! 
We Are Changed By What, By Whom, We Behold

And

We Emulate What, By Ear, We Devour! 
Everything Leads Us To The Judgment Hour!

We May Say To All Who Will Hear Us That 

We Are Born-Again, Bible-Believing

Spirit-Filled, Faithful-To-Christ

Heaven-Bound Christians 

But

Unless

And 

Until 
Our Outward Showing Reflects Our Inward Changing

It Is All Hot Air! 

We Will Be Just Shooting The Breeze

Speaking Just Because We Still Have Within Us 

The Breath Of God Which Animates Our Jars Of Clay! 

Beloved, 

General Moses Was In God's Presence Forty Days 

And 

When He Returned To His People

They All Positively Knew It: He Shone Gloriously! 

Is Your Life Perfumed With The Grace Of Heaven

Giving A Blessed Hint To All Observers

- Interested Or Bearing Malice -
That You Are Almighty God's Property

And

You Are Heading To Glory!?! 

Can You Say With Exact Clearness That

Your Present Life Is Leading You Unerringly

To The Heavenly Home!?! 

Does The World Really See Jesus Christ's Holy Light 
Shining Out Of Your Private Life 
And 
Your Published Persona!?! 

Will Anyone Say Of You That 

They Know Of A Surety That You Have Been With 

And 

Are Shut In With Our Lord, Christ The King!?! 

Did You Shine For Jesus Today!?! 

Will You Shine For Jesus On The New Day Just Ahead

- Should Life Be Spared - 

And

You Are Granted Another Opportunity

To Do The Good And The Right

And

To Be A Credentialled-By-Faith Ambassador For Christ!?!

We All Have One Opportunity

One Day

One Life

One Hope

One Lord

One God Glorious
And

One Happy, Heavenly, Heavenly Home!
Won't You Please Let Your Light Shine Now

To Draw Some Wanderer Near To The Lord!?!

In Jesus Christ's Holy Name

Dare To Fill A Need:

Shine All Over Your World! 

HAPPY SABBATH + Dare To Testify Of Almighty God's Amazing Grace!

... But When I Came To Christ Jesus
I Still Held On To Sorrow And Hurt ... Like A Crutch
And
He, Speaking Softly And Tenderly Asked:

I Have Need!

Will You Give That To Me!?!

I Was Stunned, Amazed
Fearful Even
But
I Saw The Love In His Heart In His Eyes
And
Heavenly Light Shone On Me
And
I Recognized That His Love For Me
Made Sin, Self, Sorrow, Pain, Shame, Hurt
Recognizable As The Thing ... The Crutch
That Was Preventing Me
Preventing My Desire For Him From Rising
And
I Said: 

Yes, Lord!

He Said: 

Give It To Me

And

You'll Have Something Much Better

To Replace It!

I Didn't Even Think To Ask 
What It Is That He Is Going To Give Me!
I Just Simply, Forcefully, Said:

Yes, Lord!

You May Have It!

He Smiled At Me So Joyfully
And
I, Relieved Of My Burden
Cried Happily:

I'm Free! I'm Free!

Your Love Lifted Me!

I Feel ... I Know ...  I Am So Happy!

He Said Gently:

Happiness Is To Know Your Savior!

My Heart Said:

Happiness Is ... The Lord!

Having Relieved Myself Of My Burden
By Releasing It To My Lord
I Walk The World A New Person
Disconnected From Satan The God-Fraud
Who Couldn't Make Me Do Anything
But
Who Would By Deft Insinuation
Cause Me To Think In Avenues 
Guaranteed Not To Satisfy
And
To Unconsciously, Unwisely, Cherish Doubt
And
To Walk In Ways That 
Did Not The Lord Of Life Glorify!

Let There Be Praise ...

Those Days Are Done: I Trust The Lord!
I Know The Truth For This Age!
The World's Great Wits Are No More My Sage!
I Look At And Choose To Live In The Good Book!
I Act Upon A "Thus Saith The Lord!"
I Repair To My Master
My Lord And My God
And
Glory Be To The Father
The Son
The Holy Spirit
With Jesus Christ The Righteous  
Nothing Is Impossible
And
With Jesus Christ As King Of My Life
Eternity Is My Time
And 
My Time In Eternity Has No Limit!

What A Wonderful Change Was Wrought
Because
I Stopped Looking In At Self
And
Started Looking Up To The Creator Of
Heaven And Earth
The Seas And The Fountains Of Water
The Visible And The Invisible World
And
Ceased From Walking Wild And Willfully
With The Heading-For-Damnation
Wild Goat Herd!

The Lord Handed Me A Lamp
Which Gives Me Light To Light My Life
To Mark And Make The Way To Truth Plain
To Plainly Speak Righteousness
So That I Do Not Indulge In Things Profane
Profaning His Name
And
Causing Him Unnecessary Pain!
By His Great Grace
I Will Not Crucify Him Again!

I Trust The Lord God Almighty
Just And True
Giving And Forgiving
Blessing And Revealing
Providing And Chiding
Leading And Feeding!
I Am A Blessed Child Of The Eternal King!
I Have A Song Of Praise To Sing To Him!

Believe Me When I Tell You Plain:

Jesus Christ Utterly Saves

So Choose To Be Grateful And Thankful

For Free Mercy

And

Available Grace

That Has No After-Taste!

Only Jesus Christ

Can Cause A Repentant Sinner

To Win In The To-Eternal-Life Race!

Trust Him Implicity

Even If You Can't

His Hand Of Help Trace!

 

 Brethren,

Please Remember, Remember
And
Don't Ever Forget That
There Is Nothing That We Can Do 
That We Can Do Without Jesus Christ The Lord! 

There Is No Place That The Lord Can Bring Us To 
That He Cannot Carry Us Through

And

There Is No Hurt Or Sorrow That He Cannot Heal! 

His Grace Is Sufficient

And 

His Mercies Are Never Stale 

Because 

They Are Ever New 

Fresh From Heaven's "Bakery!" 
Jesus Christ's Love For Us Will Never Fail!

Please Give Thanks To Our God With A Grateful Heart! 

He Loves You: Love Him Fearlessly! 
He Is Our Only Peace!
His Love For Us Will Never Cease!

Conclusion

I May Have Taken My Time To Get Here

Or More Specifically 

It Might Have Taken Me A Time To Get Here

But

I Have Arrived At The Conclusion That

There Is No Profit In Sin

There Is Nothing Profitable About Sin

For All That Comes Thereby 
In The Life Of Fallen, Sinful, Sinning, Man

Is

Pain, Guilt, Sorrow, And Suffering!

We All Know De Drill:

A Lil' Bit A Sin

Wipe Yuh Mout' And Yuh Gone Clear! 

Pity Though, The Stench Persists

And SoonYuh Walkin' 'bout In Bare Fear!

You Don't Have To Worry About Who You See

Or Who Allegedly Saw You!

Our Major Concern Should Be About Him

With Whom We Have To Do

The Great God Who Can Destroy You

Body And Spirit In Hell

He To Whom We Must Give Account

And

Confession 

The One Whose We Are

By Creation And Redemption!

A Little Bit Of Sin

Works Just Like Bread Yeast! 

A Little Packet Of Yeast

Mixed With Flour Makes A Boat Load Of Bread

For Our Good Eating!

It Tastes So Very Good That

Before You Know It

You've Eaten The Whole Pan

And

In The Middle Of A Dark Night

Which Reveals Your Despair

You Embark On The World Of Hurting! 

Been There, Done That! 

Yes, Indeed! 

Sin Only Satisfies For A Season

And

Man Shall Not Live By Salt Bread Alone!

The Great Day Of Small Things Always Arrives

And At The Time Most Inconvenient ... For You!

Okras In The Stew!

Indeed!

Everything Come-To!

Yes!

It's Come To A Head

And The Old Sinner Is Caught

And Left With Only Two Places To Go To:

The Lord Of Life

Or The Prince Of Darkness!

It's Either Get Out From Sin

And 
Go To The Savior 

Or 
Go All In With Satan

And 
Burn With Him Later!

Who Wants To Burn!?!

Strange That You Ask

But

I Suggest To You That The Question Should Be

Who Doesn't Want To Live!?!

The One Who Doesn't Want To Live

Is

The One Who Refuses To Be Humble

To Be Set Straight

To Repent

To Confess 

To Turn Away From Easy Sin ...!?!

... Easy Sin!?!

Are You Cray-Cray!?!

Beloved, 
Sinning Is Easy

Because

It Is In Our Nature

Which Is Where Those Benighted Expressions

"Do You!"

And

"My Truth!" 

Come From

And

Why That Movement 
Into Being Comfortable Indulging Known Sin 

Is 
So, So, Very Popular!

Let's Finish This Conversation Right Here:

We Are Made A Little Lower Than The Angels

Which Makes Them Higher In Rank

Than We Are!

Lucifer And One-Third Of The Angelic Host

Sinned Against Holy Light

And

They Were Cast Out Of Heaven

Never To Return

And

Cast Down To Earth 

Where They Are In Full Knowledge

That Their Time Of Activity Is Short

While They Await Their Known, And Sure, Punishment

Aka Total Destruction 

By Jesus Christ The Lord!

Let Any Man Who Thinks He Can Stand Against The Judge
The King Of Glory

Dare 

Against The Lord Of Life To Antagonistically Fight!

I Wouldn't Even Bid The Fool

Who Is Saying That There Is No God

By That Stance

Good Luck Nor Good Night!

They Don't Have A Snowball's Chance In Hell!

Agreed!

That's Exactly Where They'd Be 
On A One-way Ticket Heading!

Depart From Sin

And

You Shall Surely To Heaven Get In!

We Are Children Of The Great King 
So Let Us Live As Those Who Have 
A Daily Allowance ... Faith
An Inheritance
Immortality, Incorruptibility
A New Name
A Crown 
And 
A Home In Glory Land
And 
A Commission ... A Work To Do
Telling The World That Our Heavenly Father Cares
And 
Jesus Christ Saves
And 
The Holy Spirit Guides And Chides
And 
The Holy Angels Protect And Influence Us 
To Do The Good And The Right! 

Let The Light Of Your Life In Christ Shine Bright  

As You Progress Through This Brand New New Year! 

Brethren,

Hold The Living God In Awe

In Godly Fear

And 
Of The Feeding Of Your Purchased Soul

See That You Take Care! 

Do Not Against Saving Truth Swear! 

True Christians ALWAYS Exercise!

The Righteousness Of God
IS RECEIVED THROUGH 
The Faith Of Jesus!

Justification
Comes From Christ Jesus

AND
All Those Who Will Be Just
Must 
Exercise Faith!

Jesus Christ 

GIVES

To All
The Measure Of Faith
AND
He Who Believes
Loves
Hopes
Trust
AND
Desires To Be Numbered Among The Just
Shall Live By His Received Faith!

This Can Be No Bluff!

It Is A Must!

The Righteousness Of Faith
The Linking
- The Locking -
Of God The Father
To Jesus Christ His Son
IS A (The) Problem For The Many
Who Live By Earthly Light
AND
Not The Light From On High!

Hear This Word:

So ... Obviously

Temporally Living In The Faith Of Jesus
IS
What Gets One
The Gift Of Living Eternally
In The Righteousness Of God
The Eternal Light Of The Eternal God!

Righteousness Is Right Living
Aka Bright Living
Aka Living In The Light Of Life
Aka Living In Son Light
Aka Living In Christ Jesus
Who Shares
Daily Faith For Right Living!

You Can't Get Over It!
You Can't Dig Under It!
You Get Around It!
You Can't Avoid It
SO

As The Lord Said
The Only Way In ... To Heaven
IS
Through ... Jesus Christ
AND
That Through
IS
Through Jesus' Faith!

I Repeat ...

Those Who Get Into Heaven
Will Only Do So Through Jesus Christ's Faith!
There Is No Packing The Suitcase With Man Clothing:
Only Spotless Character Will Suffice! 

There Is No Loading The Purse With Credit Cards And Cash:
Only Fire-Tried Gold Purchased From King Jesus Will Ever Suffice!

For True Seeing-Eyesight
We Need Healing Balm
Purchased From Jesus Christ The Lord!

For Real Hearing-Ears
We Need The Good Word Living
Freely Given
Lovingly Spoken
By The Word Of God Who Is, Himself, God
Who Is Jesus Christ The Holy Lord!

Look At It This Way ...

In Earthly Parlance

Past And Present
All Roads Led
All Roads Lead
To Rome!

End Result: Shame And Disgrace And Death!

In Heavenly Light

From Time Immemorial
All Petitions Enshrouded In Faith
Find In The Holy God's Ear
A Living Place!
No Shame Nor Disgrace

AND

As Is Promised And Expected
Eternal Life ... To Come!

History Says

Rome Could Not Save Itself
Rome Did Not Save Itself

AND

Revelation Says That In A Future Time
Rome Will Not Save Itself
AND
Continuing Truth Unadulterated Says

Jesus Christ Saves
- To The Uttermost -
Those
Who Exercise Their Gift Of Faith
- Freely Given -
Humbly Received
Having Been
Lovingly Purchased By The Holy Innocent
For Man ... Fallen
Base
Guilty!

Do You Desire To Be Free
From Sin Guilt
Death
Damnation
The Grave?!

I Think So!
Yes, I Do!

Get Some Exercise!

Exercise Your Portion Of
Jesus Christ's Faith!

In His Truth ... Bathe!

For You

His Own Life He Willingly Game

So ... 

Choose To No Longer Be

A Sin Slave!

Choose To No Longer

To That Vile Satan

Cave!

Don't Forget!

Please

REMEMBER:

Jesus Christ

- To The Uttermost - 

Saves!