VESPERS AT THE END OF THE SABBATH: Our Free-Will Can't Be Breached!

 

We Should Know By Now That 

We Sin By Thought, Word, And Deed! 

Hear The Excuses! 

We Sin Because The Devil Made Us Do It: 

He Didn't! 

We Sin Because The Lord Didn't Stop Us: 

He Does Not Breach Our Free-Will! 

We Sin Because We Felt Like It

Or We Really, Really Wanted Our Fleshly Desire Made Whole 

Or We Couldn't Find A Good Reason Not To Sin: 

We Didn't Look In The Right Place! 

Beloved, 

Have You For One Itty-Bitty Moment Considered That 

Our God, The Eternal, Sees And Records Everything That 

We Think, Say, And Do

And That It Is In Our Best Interests 

To Recognize, Accept, And Honorably

Wisely, Righteously, Act Upon The Knowledge That 

We May Escape Detection By The Earthly Judge But That 

We Will Not Under Any Circumstance 

Escape The All-Knowing, Ever-Present, All-Seeing, Eternal God

He From Whom No One Can Hide!?! 

Dear One, 

I-Feel, I-Must, I-Can, And I-Will Are Interesting Characters 

Who Can Be Used For Good Or Ill In Our Lives! 

When We Choose To Feed Them On The Good News

I-Feel Will Be Saying 

"I Feel The Presence Of The Lord!" 

I-Must Will Be Saying 

"I Must Tell Jesus All Of My Troubles!" 

I-Can Will Not Act Like Achan 

But, Instead, Will Be Saying 

"I Can Do All Right Things 

Through Christ Who Strengthens Me!" 

And

I-Will Will Be Praying Without Ceasing 

And 

Giving Thanks To The Lord For All Things ... Even The Fiery Trials ... 

Because 

We Know That We Are Not Alone! 

Let Jesus Christ Be Praised! 

Brethren Beloved, 

Your Adversary, The Devil, Satan The Damned

Wants You Dead And Damned: 

Roundly, Firmly, Aggressively Reject His Overtures 

By The Word That Works 

Aka "Thus Saith The Lord!" 

Our Advocate The Creator

Our Savior The Redeemer

Our Lord Blessed Forever

Wants Us To Live Forever 

So Please Dare And Choose Life In Christ 

And 

You Will Never, Ever, Have The Opportunity 

To Visit The Land Called Regret! 

Peace! 

There Is No Death In Righteousness!

The Way Is Jesus Christ: 

He Is The One Righteous! 

The Pathway Is That Marked By Jesus Christ Himself! 

The Pathway Of Righteousness 

Is 

That Path For One's Feet 

Where It Is Impossible For One To Go Astray 

When One Moment-By-Moment Chooses 

To Faithfully Follow In The Footsteps Of Our Savior 

Doing What He Did

Speaking As He Spoke

Loving As He Loves

And 

Choosing To Let Your Conscience 

As Directed By The Holy Spirit Who Leads One Into All Truth 

Be The Sole Guide For Your Life In This Vale Of Tears! 

Beloved, 

Please Do Not Expect To Hear The Still Small Voice Of God 

In The Whirlwind

In The Earthquake

In The Fire

Or In The Multitudinous Voices Of The Self-Serving Sort! 

Dear Ones, 

When We Long For The Sights And Sounds Of 

Those Seeking Distraction From Sorry Self And Sordid Sin

The Clamor They Make Gives One The Impression That All Is Well! 

These Dear Souls

Purchased At Infinite Price With The Innocent Blood

Find No Peace In Quietness 

And As Such

See No Point To Being Still! 

Please, I Beseech Us All

Learn As King Solomon Learnt That 

A Life Lived By The Senses 

Is 

No Life At All 

But 

Vanity And A Vexation Of One's Spirit! 

Learn From The Prophet Elijah That 

It Is In The Stillness That 

We Will Hear The Lord  Speak! 

There Is No Life In Unrighteousness

And

There Is No Death In Righteousness! 

The Life Lived For Christ Has No End! 

Let's Live For King Jesus! 

Peace!

HAPPY SABBATH + Live In Hope!

Our Today Behaviors Will Impact Our Tomorrow Outcomes 

But

There Is Nothing That Is Done Today 

Which Will Change What Transpired Yesterday! 

Beloved, 

As Says The Scripture

Where There Is Life, There Is Hope 

So, Obviously, We Who Are Alive 

Should Take Pleasure In Living Our Lives With Hope

The Blessed Hope

Our Can't-Fail Hope In The Lord Jesus Christ 

Who Shall Come The Second Time In Blazing Glory 

As King Of Kings And Lord Of Lords 

To Receive Unto Himself 

All Who By Sacrifice Have Made Him Their Everlasting Portion! 

Dear Ones, 

Every Now-Alive Person 

Is 

Given One Day Aka Today, To Live Today: 

Tomorrow Is Not Promised To Any Created Being! 

We Are Given Today To See For Ourselves What Sin Is 

And 

What Sin Does 

And

The Opportunity To Choose Salvation Aka Life In Christ 

Which Offers To Us The Better Way To Live Now 

And

Eternal Guarantees Of Everlasting Life 

And 

Unsurpassed Glory In The Land Of No Night 

Where All Is Peace, Love, And Joy! 

We Are Not To Live Like Heathens And Dumb Animals 

Who Have No Hope! 

Our Hope Is In Our Lord God Jesus Christ 

Who Gently Calls Us 

And 

Warmly Invites Us To Believe Him At His Word 

And

Choose To Enter The Haven Of Rest! 

Beloved, 

No One But You May Make Your Eternal Decision For You: 

Keep Hope Alive 

And 

Live For Jesus Who, Alone, Saves And Seals Us 

By His Holy Spirit 

Who Leads Us Into All Truth! 

Hope In God! 

Peace!

Trusting The Kind, Loving, Master You Cannot See!

If To Be Rich, You Had To Be Kind 

And

To Be Powerful, You Had To Be Poor 

Which Would You Do ... And Why 

And

Why Not The Other!?! 

If To Be Rich And Powerful

You Had To Be Gentle And Generous

Giving And Forgiving

What Would You Do!?! 

If To Enter Into Everlasting Joy

To Have Eternal Peace 

And 

Know Love Forevermore

You Had To Be Always Obedient 

Enduringly Faithful

Grow Where You Are Planted

Trust The Master You Can't See

Walk According To His Will 

On A Way You Can't Fathom

And

Persevere In All Trials 

Even Though Persecuted 

And 

In Constant Pain

Would You Hold On To A Promise That 

Does Not Have A Human Hope Of Fulfillment 

Just Because He Says: 

"Believe And Receive!?!" 

Where Do You Stand On Going Through Dying Hell 

To Get To Living Heaven!?! 

Beloved, 

Pray

And

Reflect On Your Past Journeying 

And

Consider Your Present Walking 

As You Remember Whose Child You Are 

And

Read And Answer The Questions Again! 

You Are Greatly Beloved 

And 

Infinitely Blessed! 

Peace Be Upon You!

VESPERS AT THE END OF THE SABBATH: Jesus Christ In Man Equals Change Of Man!

 

Just Because Sin Is Popular

You Don't Have To Temptation Give In! 

Just Because Righteousness 

Is 

Unpopular

You Don't Have To Give Satan The Win! 

When We Ask Our Lord Christ 

To Cause Aka Help Aka Show Us The Right Way To Walk

We Are Choosing To Call Satan Our Deadly Foe 

And

To Call Jesus Christ Our Lord And God 

And 

Have Consciously Determined That 

We Are Departing Station Sin 

And

Are Heading Toward Destination Salvation Sure And Secure! 

We Are Also Saying That 

A Change Of Cause 

And 

A Change Of Character Are Inevitable 

Because 

We Are Willingly Cooperating With Our Lord Christ! 

Christ In Man

Equals

Change Of Man!

We Cannot Continue With Business As Usual 

Because 

Our Life In Christ 

Is 

Unusual: 

We No Longer Run With The Heedless Hares 

Into The Teeth Of The Hounds Of Hell! 

Beloved, 

There Is Nothing In Our Walk With The Lord That 

Permits Compromise Or Self-Satisfaction 

So If For Some Vain Reason 

You Are Straddling The Fence Of Faith ... And Sight

Get Off Now! 

Eyes Can Be Mesmerised 

And 

Can Go Blind 

But

Faith In Christ Can Never Fail! 

Your Obedient, Willing, Walk Of Faith 

Holding The Hand Of Wisdom 

Ensures That You Will Never Be Beguiled: 

You're Walking With The Light Of Life!

Please Remember That Your Journey 

Will Not Be A Walk In A City-Slicker Park! 

You'll Be Going Up Steep Hills 

And 

Even Crossing Treacherous Mountains 

But

Your Enduring Faith In Jesus Christ

Will See You Arriving Safely 

In The Land Of Pure Delight:

Patiently Wait For It! 

YOU KNOW THE TRUTH: Dare To Be Brave!

Are You Safe!?! 

Do You Know That You Are Safe 
Under The Banner Of The Almighty God 

Or 
Are You Trusting The Say-So
The Personal Experience Of Another Person 

To Know That You Are Safe In The Lord Christ
The Eternal King
The Faithful And Just Judge!?! 

All Who Enter The Kingdom Of Glory 
Will Have Their Own, Personal, Relationship With Jesus

Will Know What He Says

Will Eagerly Do His Will

And 

Will Walk Wisely, From Grace To Glory
Because 

They Know The Voice Of Christ Jesus

Have Made An Unshakeable Commitment To Him

And 

Walk With Assurance In His Word ... According To His Will 

Because Of 

Love, And Real Trust! 

Trust In The Lord 

And 

Be As Mount Zion 

For There Is Where You Shall Eternally Abide! 

Work Your Faith, Experience Life In Christ Here 

And 

Be Blessed Forever With Life With Christ In Zion! 

The Facts Remain ...

We Who Call Ourselves Christians
Have Got To Take A Stand
And
Let The Whole World Definitively Know That
We Are Committed Followers Of
The Son Of The Eternal Holy God
Jesus Christ The Righteous
The Loving Son Of Man!

It Is Getting Toward Crunch Time
And Therefore
Not Time To Grow Weary, Be Afraid, Or Faint
Because
It Is Time To Wear The Whole Armor Of God
As Befits His Living Saints!

You Know Truth: Live It!
You Know The Holy Way: Walk Boldly On It!
You Are A Lamp: Burn Brightly!
Brethren,
It Is Time To Awaken From Sleep
You Who Are Jesus Christ's Faithful Lambs And Sheep!

You Are Not Forsaken: Trust The Promise!
Holy Angels Are Protecting You: Be Brave!
Now Is Not The Time To Be A Doubter
Or To Revert To Being A Sin-Slave!

We Have Perfect Peace!
We Have Available Grace!
We Have Mercy Ever Free
And
We Do, Indeed, Have The Perfect Love Of Our King Jesus
Who To The Father's House Of Joys Forevermore And Rest
Is
The Sure ... The Only ... Key!

Jesus Christ Does For Us What No Created Hand Can
So Dare To Be Brave
And
Reach For The Extended Holy Hand
Which Is So Scarred And So Gentle
Which Is Sheltering Strong
Which Was Extended, Pinned, For Our Salvation
Where For Us Sacrificial Love Is Always Found!
In His Embrace, We Belong!

Dare To Be Brave!
Dare To Hope And Trust!
Dare By Faith To Endure What Must Come
And
Know For A Surety
In The Glad Throng At The Last Trumpet
You Shall Surely Be Found!

Jesus Christ Saves!

Praying ... And Remonstrating With Self ... By Recall!

Lord,
Please Remember Me
And
Help Me Not To Present Myself Before You
Clothed In My Own Righteousness
For My Garments
Are With Sin Stained
And
Will See Me Assigned To
The Burning Flames!

Help Me To See
And
Recognize My True Condition
That Of Needing The Righteousness Of Jesus Christ
If It Is My Soul's Desire
For Immortal Living!

Help Me Not To Fall
For Satan's Sophistries
Which Will Cause Me To Fall For His Hype
And Cause Me To End Up Naked
Even Though I've Sewn For Myself
A Garment Of Fig Leaves
Of Modern Fashion By Type!

Father,
You Gave Our Foreparents
LiFe First
But
We Removed You, Father
From Our LiFe
And
Accepted
Satan's Lie!

We, Today
Are As Eve In Eden's Garden
Listening Still
To The First Sermon Preached
On The Emerging Church
Where
In Our Own Strength
Or Own Wisdom
Our Own Understanding
In Our Own Eyes
We See
And 
We Declare
What Is Good AndA Evil
By Our Own Knowledge!
Lord, Forgive Us!

Self-Wisdom Is No Wisdom!

Self-Knowledge Makes No Sense

For

Self-Awareness

Without Jesus Christ

Makes A Creature

By Hell Bent!

Trust In God - Not In Your Own Self!

Walk In Faith - Not In Satan's Color-Profused Sight!

Believe The Word Of Your Loving Father

And

You Will Wear

A Garment Of Heavenly Light!

Eve Broke All Ten Of God's Commandments

In The Day She Answered Satan

AND

Accepted His Tainted Word

And In The Instant She Corrected Satan

And Added Unto

The Father's Word:

Eve Placed Satan Before Almighty God

And Broke Commandment No. 1!

She Coveted God's Wisdom

And Broke Commandment No. 10!

Eve Put Satan's Affections Before God

And Committed Adultery - Commandment No. 7!

She Took Fruit From A Tree Nor Hers

And Outright Committed Thievery

And Broke Commandment No. 8!

Eve Committed Murder

When She Broke Commandment No. 6

For God Said:

If You Eat You Die!

She Killed Herself!

Eve Dishonored Her Father

And Broke Commandment No. 5

And, In So Doing

According To The Apostle James

Having Broken Even One Of God's Commandments

She Broke Them All

AND

Deserved Eternal Death

Eternal Separation From God

AND

Being Cast Into Outer Darkness

To Be Consumed

By God's Unquenchable Flames!

Thank You, Lord

For The Plan Of Salvation

Played Out In Type In The Garden

When You Gave Our Foreparents

The Sacrificed Lamb's Skin's Tunics

To Cover Their Nakedness

Impossible To Be Covered

By A Man-Made Apron

Of Sewn-Together Fig Leaves!

Thank You, Lord
For Showing Us
That Self-Righteousness
Is No Garment Of Light
But A Blot
A Blight
That Exposes Our Short Comings
Even Though We Call It Of Fashion The Height!

Lord,
Though We Cry
We Say: "Thank You!"
For Our Lord Christ
On The Cross
Naked And Exposed To The Howling World
Signifying
Our Sin On Him
Fully Invested
From Us Fully Divested!

Our Savior Died
And Was Buried
And Resurrected
And Is Risen
And Is Enthroned In Heaven
And Is Interceding
And Forgiving Us
Preparing For Us Homes
Providing Us New Robes
And
Making It Is All Possible So That
In The Day Coming
Monthly We Shall Eat From The Tree Of Life
So That We Shall Then
Live Forever
Free
Of That One
Who With Malice
Brought To Us Darkness And Sure Destruction
By Tempting Us With
The Lust Of The Eyes
The Lust Of The Flesh
And
The Pride Of This Uncertain Life!

Thank You, Lord, For The Miracle!
Thank You, Lord, For Your Great Grace!
Thank You, Lord, For Your Mercy!
By Faith, We Shall See Our Lord Redeemer's Face!

Father,
We Confess Our Sin!
Forgive Us
For Letting Our Eyes
Feed Our Bellies
And Encouraging Us
To Daily In Sin
To Proudly Walk In!

Forgive Us Our Fake Humility
And Cleanse Us Thoroughly
So That We Can Abide
In The Newness Of Life With Thee!

Forgive Us Our Greed
Our Covetousness
Our Idol-Building
And
Our Neglecting Christ's Name To Confess!
What Opportunities We Have Missed!

Forgive Our Willful Wandering!
Forgive Our Wayward Walk!
Forgive Our Unkind Words!
Forgive Our Gainsaying
And
Our Pleasure In Back Talk!

Forgive Us, Lord!
We Repent!
Accept Our Sorrow For Our Sin
And
Help Us, Dear Father
Not To Be As A Heifer
Constantly Back Sliding!

Try Us, Lord!
Test Us!
May We Emerge From Your Crucible Clean
To Be Enrobed In Christ's Righteousness
In The Day That His Glory
Shall By All Living
Be Plainly Seen!

We Love You, Lord!
Bless Us!
We Worship You, Lord!
Please Remake Us
So That Our New-Made Peaceful Hearts
In Joyous Celebration
Will Beat Bountifully
And Our Aspects
Serene!

Let Your Will Be Done In Us This Day And Always
In Jesus Christ's Name, We Plead!
AMEN.