Showing posts with label John 8:36. Show all posts
Showing posts with label John 8:36. Show all posts

Friday, July 30, 2021

HAPPY SABBATH + FREEDOM IN CHRIST JESUS: How Are You Using Your Gift!?!











Free! 
Freedom! 
Freely! 
Free-Will! 
Good Words! 
Costly Words! 

Bottom Line, Beloved, 
Free Ain't Cheap! 

For Us Free People 
To Have The Freedom 
To Exercise Our Free-Will 
To Live Freely
It Cost Jesus Christ His Blood 
To Purchase Our Freedom! 

The Glorious  Innocent 
Paid For The Cast-Out Guilty! 

Let's Ask Ourselves The Hard Question: 

"Am I Wasting My Freedom ... So Dearly Purchased 
To Live Like A Trussed-Up Aka Hog-Tied Slave To Sin 
Because I Do Not Recognize The True Value Of
The Great Salvation Acquired For Me Personally!?!" 

The Expression 

"There Is None So Blind 
As He Who Will Not See ... The Truth!"
Is 
Of Great Relevance To Us 
Who Call Jesus Christ, Lord And God!

We All Love To Receive Gifts
But
Who Determines The Value Of The Gift Given 
The Value Of The Gift Received!?! 

Is The Value Of The Gift Received 
Diminished Or Elevated 
Based Upon The Receiver's Attitude
Be It Bad Or Good!?! 

Our Father  ... Who Is In Heaven
Required The Perfect Sacrifice Of Innocent Blood 
To Pay The Full Price For Our Awful Sin: 
Jesus Christ The Righteous Willingly Paid It All! 

You Are Personally Given A Receipt For Sin Marked 


"PAID IN FULL!" 


To Some People Among Us
The Paid Receipt 
Is 
Just A Beautifully Engraved Card 
Artistically, Tastefully, Stamped With Real Red Ink! 
To The Saints Of God And Christ
It Is The Title Deed To Eternity 
Sealed With Living Blood! 

What Is It To You!?! 
Do You Even Care!?! 

Think About It ... 

Peace With The Omnipotent God Is Free! 
Peace With The Omniscient God Is Freeing
And
No Surprise At All
Peace With The Omnipresent God Is Freedom! 

Blessings Be Upon You:
Freedom In Christ Jesus Is Forever! 


The Shed Blood Of Jesus Christ
Is
The Love Of Almighty God!











Wednesday, August 9, 2017

JESUS : Always!?!

Jesus First!
Jesus Last!
It Is With The Lord Jesus
That My Lot Is Cast!

I Think You Forgot One!

I Doubt That!
If I Have Jesus First And Last
I Done Gone Home When He Comes!
I Hope He Comes Real Fast!

I Pray For You!
I Truly Do
For It Seems That You've Forgotten
Overlooked
Disremembered
Or Set Aside The Fact
That
You Should ALWAYS
In All Ways
For Always
Through All Ways
Because Of The Devil's Ways
Because You Don't Know The Way
Have Jesus With You!

Aren't You Being Just A Teensy Weensy Presumptuous?!

Not At All!

Really?!

Really!

You Better Back Up That Mouth Of Yours
With Some Facts
Or I Shall ....!

Or You Shall What?!
You Just Stellarly Proved My Point!

Huh?!

Yup!
To You
Jesus Is A Catch Phrase
And Dare I Say
Like A Comfortable Shoe
BUT
You Forgot To Make Him
Your Necessary Walking Stick 
StandAlone!

IF One Knows That One Has A Handicap
AND
Needs To Have A Physically-Stable Walking-Support
One Gets
AND
One Keeps
AND
One Maintains Constant Contact
With Their Walking Support
So That They Don't
Fall Short
Travelling On
The Right And Perfect Way!

Ahhm ... What Did You Just Say?!
Speak Street
For I Am A Layman
And I Have Not A Clue
What You Have Said
For
I Have Not A Handicap
Nor Impediment That I Can See
And
Furthermore
I Don't Even Know why
You Are Even Speaking To Me?!

Okay.
I'll Break It Down For You:

You Are A Human
Your Handicap Is Sin
Jesus Is Savior
Your Healer
Your Necessary Support
So That You Don't Fall In Sin!

He Is There So That
By Faith
- In His Help -
You May Be Held Up By Him
AND
Continue
On The Path To Life
Fully Supported
Be Upright Walking!

No!

Yes! It Is True!
With Jesus Holding You Up
Satan Cannot Knock Out
His Support From Steadying You!

And, And
I'm Speaking To You
Because
I Sincerely Care About You!

Wow!
I've Never Heard Jesus Explained Like That
And I Never Though
About How
Jesus First And Jesus Last
Were Attached!

I Simply Assumed
That If I Have Him
First And Last
That That Meant That I Have Him
Like How You Have A Flask!

Sym,
Let Me Tell You
You Are Not Alone
I Was Like That
Until The Day I Had To Walk Alone!

First,
I Did The Assume Thing
And Found A Donkey Leading Me
AND
As For That Flask
You Should Have Seen Me!

Life Gave Me The Tall Flask
Supposedly Containing Cooling Cure-For-All Tea!
That Flask Was Truly Heavy
So I Put It In The Cares-Of-The-World Bag
That I Studiously Carried Around
Every Single Place With Me!

As So-Called Fate
AND
Time Would Have It
I Needed A Cooling Respite One Day
AND
I Opened That Bag Of Cares
AND
Lifted Out My Heavy Flask
AND
It Being Light
It Hit Me 
"Wham!"Dead In My Face!

Wait A Minute!
You Said That That Flask Was Heavy
With Cooling Cure-For-All Tea
So How Did It Get Light?!
Were You Drinking From It Constantly?!

Not At All!
I Was Just About To Pour My First Cup!

And ... You Just Lost Me!
You Received It Full!
You Had Never Opened It!
Yet It Is Empty!
Maaan, I Can't Wait To Hear This Explanation!

I Was Dazed
Just As Are You!
I Shook The Flask - No Sound!
I Unscrewed The Cap
AND LO AND BEHOLDThat Flask Of Cure-For-All
Had No Stopper ...!

Ha Ha Ha!!

Why Are You Laughing!

Been There Done That!

Then Why ...?!

Why Am I Not Further Along?!

Yes! Yes!
You Can Say It That Way!

I Am Not Further Along Because
A. My Head Hard
B. I Am Stubborn, and
C. I Needed To Hear Your Witness
Obviously!

Seriously, Though
I Had Never Been Told
Or Never Had It Properly Explained
That The Life Lived In Christ
Is More
- Much More -
Than Start And Finish
Beginning And End
First And Last!

No One Has Ever Explained
- I Mean Really Explained -
That Life With Christ
Is A Constant
A Continuity
A Living With Its Highs And Lows
Humps and Grumps
Good Days Bad Days
Joys Sorrows
Ever Learning
AND
Most Important Of All
Coming To The Conclusion
That Jesus Is
All And All
AND
Acknowledging His Rights
To Our Person
AND
Being Glad About It!

The Student Is Become The Teacher!

Not Really!
I May Be Hard Headed
But When I Reach Understanding
That Knowledge Belongs To Me
AND
I Completely Embrace It
No Matter Where It Leads
Or Who It Offends!

You Know
That Is Where All Christians Need To Be
For That Is The Truth
That Comes Of The Text





I Love You!

Give Us A Cuddle!

Muah! Muah!

I Am Heading Outside!

So Am I! 

Let's Walk Together!

Yes, Let's! 

We Agree!


Wednesday, July 19, 2017

Time For A Think ...!



You Are A God-Fearing Christian!

Have You Considered
The Difference Between
The Worldly ...
"Things Happen!"AND
The Biblical ...
"All Things Work Together For Good...!?"

Have You Considered
The Difference Between
A Life Consecrated To Christ
AND
The Christless Life Dedicated To Vice?

Have You Considered
The Difference Between
A Heart For God
AND

The Heart That Is Its Own God?

Have You Considered
The Difference Between
The Lord Of Life
AND
The Life Of The Lordly?

Have You Considered
The Difference Between
"Go Ye Into All The World And Preach The Gospel ...!"
AND

"Go Around The World And Eat!?"

Have You Really Considered
- Truly Contemplated -
The Difference Between

  • Satan And The Savior
  • Truth And Error
  • Fact And Fiction
  • Angels And Demons
AND

  • Faith And Doubt?

Do You Realize Or Recognize
That You Been Touched By Grace
AND
Held In The Arms Of Mercy?

What Do Think About ...

Standing In Truth Versus Dying In Error?
Living To Love
Versus
Loving To Live
Versus
Living For Loving
Versus
Loving Living?

Have You Ever Really Thought On:

God Is Good All The Time!
AND
All The Time God Is Good!?
Do We Even Appreciate What Is Good About God
AND
God's Goodness To A Fallen Race
Now Filled With Beyond Wise Ingrates?

Stop For A Moment
And Think On ...

Come Unto Me All Ye That Labor
And Are Heavy Laden
And I Shall Give You Rest!
... Take My Yoke Upon You
And Learn Of Me
And Ye Shall Find Rest
... Unto Your Souls!

Receive Rest For The Body
AND
Find Rest For The Soul!

How Is It Possible
To Get Rest By Carrying A Yoke?

Have You Thought On The Fact
That Learning Of Christ
The Meek And Lowly One In Heart
Causes One To Find ... Rest?!

Have You Thought
Even For A Mere Moment
On The Statements:

"The Lord Jesus Thinks On Me!"

"I Go To Prepare A Place For You ...
I Will Come Again And Receive You Unto Myself
That Where I Am There Ye May Be Also?!

And ...

What Of:

They That Wait Upon The Lord
Shall Renew Their Strength ...
Mount Up With Wings As Eagles ...
Run And Not Be Weary ... Walk And Not Faint?!
AND
I Waited For The Lord And He Inclined Unto Me?!

No Justice - No Peace
AND
The Peace Of God Passes Understanding
AND
Lean Not To Your Own Understanding?!

Have You Considered
What It Means When Christ Said:

 



AND

When Man Says:


He Who Has The Most Toys Win?!

How Do YouLive In The World
AND
Not Be Of The World
IF

You Are In Christ?!

What Is The Difference Between:

Giving Thanks With A Grateful Heart
AND
Politely Saying: "Thanks!"

Fear God!
AND
Do Not Fear!

How Does One Yield To God?


Can Yielding To God
Be Likened To Yielding The Right Of Way
In A Traffic Situation?

Who Is Driving Your Life?

How Is One A Slave To Whom He Obeys
When Jesus Sets The Captive Free
AND
Says:


Obedience Is Better Than Sacrifice! 

AND


Disobedience Is As The Sin Of Witchcraft! 


AND


IF You Love Me
Keep My Commandments?


AND


 



Consider That ...

A Worldly Mind Has Objections 
To Every Statement
Every Saying
Every Commandment Of God
For
Being Given Over To A Carnal Mind
He Has No Insight
Into The Things Of God!

Carnal Things
Are Understood Carnally!
Spiritual Things
Are Discerned Spiritually
FOR
The Proof Of This
Is In The Statement Of God:

Come ... Let Us Reason Together!

Which Statement Is Not An Attribute Of The Fraud!

Satan Is Free
To Freely Lie ... Faithfully!


Jesus Christ
- The Living God -
Is Faithful
AND
Offers Eternal Life Free To All
Freely!

Truth Cannot Be Bent
Be Turned
Be Covered
Or
Be Colored!
Truth Stands Up On Its Own Merits! 

Truth Cannot
- By Man Nor Satan -
Be Lowered!

Truth
May Will
Be Cast Down In The Street
BUT
What Does That Change
When He That Is The Truth
Is High And Lifted Up
Settled
Reigning

ANDEnthroned
In Heaven?

What Does It Profit A Man
To Gain The Whole World
AND YET

Lose His Own Soul
When
For A:

"Lord, Save Me!"

He Can Leave Satan 
AND
His Like
To The Good Offices Of Christ Jesus 

The Eternal God!

Why Do We Trust
The Marked-For-Death Dying
When We Can Trust Wholly On Him
Who Conquered Sin And Death
By
- Of His Own Self -
From Death Arising
AND
Rising Up
Glorified
To Receive The Kingdom's Throne
AND
Not Accept The Words Of Those
Who Can't For Their Own Sins
Hope To Atone?

Why Do We Worry When
We Can Wait On Almighty God?


It Must Be Said ...

I Look Forward To The Day
When I Shall
- In Peace -
See My Lord Christ
When
Touch Me!
Handle Me! 
AND
Let Us Break Bread Together!
Will No Longer Be A Hope
BUT

The Thing Faith-To-Face Nice!

I Look To The Day
When Hope Is Realized
When All Self-Denials
Will Be Proved To Have Been Worth
All Of Life's Trials
When With My Own Eyes
In My Own Perfected, Immortalized, Flesh
I Shall Jesus

Who
- For My Salvation -
Took On Man-Death
To Get Me And My Kind
The Christ-Life
Which Is
The Way Back To The Eternal God
AND
Out Of The Decimating Clutches
Of The Evil One
Who Thought That He Could Kill ... God!
Oh, Foolish, Wicked, Satan.

Brethren, Beloved
We Know Of A Surety
That The Eternal God Is Not Mocked
So ...With Faithful Consideration
- By Contemplation -
Answer The Questions!


Do The Comparisons
AND
Of Your Own Life
- For Your Own Soul's Sake -
Take Stock
AND
Take Your Salvation
- Your Gift -
Free From The Living God
AND
Turn Your Eyes
- Fixedly -
Upon Christ Jesus
Who Paid Dearly
- How Much We Shall Never Know -
To Get You Me Us
Out
From Under
Satan, The Fraud!

Jesus Saves ... To The Uttermost!
Come To Jesus Now
AND
In The Great Day
- That Appointed Time -
Join
AND
Be 

A Forever Part Of 
The Heavenly Host!

It Must Also Be Said ...

IF
The God You Presently Serve
Requires You
- For Him It Her Them -
To Be Eyes, Ears, Mouth, Feet
Sustainer
AND
Provider
It Is Time To Trade Up
To The Living Loving God
Who Does Not Sleep
BUT
Loves To Count
AND
Account For
AND
Care For His Sheep!
He Does Them Safely Keep!

I Am ONE Of Them!
Won't You Join Me?!

Praise God!

Bless God!
Deny The Fraud

AND

Accept
The Righteous Man's Reward!



Monday, November 21, 2016

Strange Work For God!




How Much Faith 
Is In Our Faithfulness?
How Much Faithfulness 
Is In Our Faith?

How Much Love 
Is In Our Happiness?
How Much Happiness 
Is In Our Love?

How Much Hope 
Is In Our Helplessness?
How Much Helplessness 
Is In Our Hope?

How Much Greed 
Is In Our Needfulness?
How Much Needfulness 
Is In Our Greed?
How Much Needfulness
Do We Feed Our Sinfulness
Before Faithlessness Leads To Christlessness
With Lying Satan
Riding Us Like Prize-winning Steeds?

************


"Come Unto Me
All Ye That Labor
AND
Are Heavy-Laden
AND
I Will Give You Rest!"
Is Not An Invitation Carelessly Tossed Out!
It Is An Invitation
To Live In AND For The Lord
AND
At His Returning
Shall He Find Faith
There Will Be The Heavenly Reward
Gloriously Given Out!

It Is Bandied About
By The Faithless Crew
That In Self Is Satisfaction
AND
A Bauble Or Two
BUT
In The Invitation To Rest
Is A Rejection Of The Fun Run
AND
A Willingness To Grinding Servitude
Where
Individuality Is Considered A Bad Attitude!

It Is Also Stated
By Those Who Are To Self
Slaves
That They Want No Part Of The God
Who Sodom And Gomorrah Did Raze
For
In Their Indictment
Of The Creator Of Us All
They Say
That God Made A Defective Creature
AND
As Such
He Is Responsible For Man's Fall!

These Also Rashly Point 
To The End Of All Things
AND
Accuse The Living God
Of Evil Speaking
Bullying
Grandstanding
AND
Threatening 
All Contrary-To-His-Will Men
With Annihilation In Eternal Hell Fire
If They Don't Bow To His Sovereign Will
AND
From Sinning Retire!

These Willful Wanderers
Call The Holy God Mean
AND
Take Pleasure In Unrighteousness
Just To See If
What God Says
Is What God Means!
The Attitude Is Such That Says
That If God Were Really Real
Destruction Would Be Instant
AND
Not To Be Meted Out 
Eternally
In Some Distant Day
AND
For This Very Reason
They Will Do What They Like
AND
Indulge In Abominable Displays
For
Life Is For Good Living
For We Are On The Earth For A Few Short Days
AND
In All This
We Can See Satan's Dirty Hands
AND
His Interpretation Of 
The Holy God's Attributes
AND
Ways!

Eternal Hell Fire Simply Means
No One Will Extinguish It!
It Doesn't Mean
Everlasting Burning
In Inextinguishable Flames!
That, Too
Is One Of Satan's Best Lying Efforts
To Show Man That
Almighty God
Is Like Him
A Sadistic Barbaric Yahoo!

Our Almighty God
Is Loving
Kind
Merciful
Even As He Is 
A God Of Justice, Too!
God Gives Each Man
Will
Way
AND
Opportunity
To Go To The Lord
AND
Say:

Father, I Am From This Day Willingly Following You!


When We Do What We Want
Against Law
Common Sense
Instruction
Direction
AND
Correction
We Pay The Price
BUT
When We Do What The Lord Desires
Letting The Holy Spirit
Be Our Guide
We To Heaven Aspire
AND
We Avoid God's Prepared-For-Unrepentant-Sinners
Hell Fire!

God Offers A Blessing!
God Offers A Curse!
Blessing Or Cursing
It Is Up To Man
To Choose A Verse
In The Hymn
That Is Sung
In The Life Of All Men
AND
It Is Up To Each One
Who Will
Over Him
Say The "Amen!"

God's Blessing ... Blesses!
God's Cursing ... Curses!
AND
None But The Living God
Can A Curse Reverse!

We Are Called To Faithfulness
Truthfulness
Honesty
Obedience
AND
Love
AND
We Are Called To Worship
Honor
AND
Praise
The God Of Heaven
Through Whom We Have Length Of Days
AND
Abiding Heavenly Love That Faith Pays!

We Were Made
For Jesus Christ's Pleasure
AND
In Him We Have Life
AND
We Are Not To Give Unto Satan
Our Blood-Bought Selves
To Be His Stolen Treasure
AND
It Is Time
That We Take His Measure
AND
Mark Him Off
Our Lives Accounted-For-Good
Accounting Ledger!

God Cannot
Will Not
Save Man
In His Known
Relished
Unconfessed
Unrepented Of Sin
AND
Those Who Refuse To Go Humbly To God
Will See God Himself
At The Second Resurrection
- That Of The Filthy
AND
The Unrighteous -
Do A Strange Work
To Clean The Earth
Even Though
It Is Not His Desire
That Anyone
Should Perish!

Think ... Before You Act!
Get The Facts
AND
Walk Right And Holy
AND
Do Not Like Lot's Wife
At Sinning Look Back!




Monday, July 4, 2016

Happy Independence!?!





Let Not Your Gift Of Independence
Be  A License
To Consort With The Fraud!
Let Your Independence
Be A License
To Live
Faithful
True
Holy
By The Grace Of The Eternal God!

God Has Given Unto Each Man
A Measure
Of His Grace
AND
A Personal Measuring Cup
To Fill
As Each Soul Is Lead
By Him From Whom
Each Soul Chooses Daily To Be Fed!

As Strange As It May Seem To Some
Some Food Is Not Satisfying
Some Food Is Only Gum
Which A Hungering Soul Chews
Giving The Impression
Of Eating A Solid Meal
When All That Is Happening
Is
Appearance!
No Substance!
No Satisfied Soul
Belly
Having Been Comfortingly
Contentedly Filled!


Not True!

'Tis True! 'Tis True!

Weight Loss?

Eating From Sin's Plate
With The Excuse Of Being On A Diet
AND
Trying To Lose Excess Weight
To Look Healthy
AND
Hollywood Great
Is The Lie From The Master Of Deception
To Truss One Up
Like A Chicken
Of The Stew Pot's Fate!

The Soul Unfed From Heaven
AND
The Cooked Chicken On The Plate
All Will Be Consumed
AND
That Before Long
AND
Definitely Decidedly
Before Time Is Late!

Use Your Independence
To Bless
And Be Blessed By
What Does Truly
The Longing Hurting Soul Satisfies
AND
Do Not Put Meals In Your God-given Measuring Cup
Which
When Filled For By Ill
Will Cause You God To Arrogantly Defy
AND
God You To Solemnly Deny!

The Contents Of The Godless Cup
Will Be Filled Up AND Stopped!

The Contents Of The Godly Cup
Fills To Running Over
AND
By The Grace Of God
Will Not Be Stopped!

Use Your Independence
To Bless The Creator God
Who Died To Redeem You
AND
Who Ever Lives
To Bless Those Who
Godly Spiritually Grow
AND
True Independence Knows!

True Independence Is
Freedom
To Sin Like Satan
BUT
Choosing
By God
To Live Sinless
Like Jesus Christ
The Son Of Man!

True Independence Is
Freely Taking
Your Will
Your Way
Your Body
Your Soul
Your Mind
Your Spirit
AND
By Faith
In The Truth Of The Word Of God
- Settled And Sealed In Heaven -
Of The Promised Provision
Of The Provider God
AND
Freely Giving It All
To The Soon Coming
Redeemer God
For
Saving
Feeding
Healing
Keeping
Sealing
Edifying
Satisfying
Utilizing
AND
Ultimately
Glorifying!


Are YOU Really Free?!

How
Are YOU Using
Your Independence
TODAY?