VESPERS AT THE END OF THE SABBATH: Look At Foolishness!

 

Have-All Got-Nothing Was The BMIT Aka The Big Man In Town 

And

To Promote It

He Drove A Brand New BMW Aka Big Man Wagon! 

He Had Big Bucks 

And 

He Could Buy And Sell Anything

Everything

And 

Anybody In Town! 

Everybody, Somebody, And Nobody At All 

Were Afraid Of Him! 

What  People Didn't Know Was That In Truth And In Fact That 

It Was He Who Was Afraid Of Them 

Because 

Without Their Fear Of Him

He Had No Control Over Them! 

Look At Bare Foolishness! 

He Was The Boogeyman Who Didn't Have A White Sheet To Wear 

Nor A Night-Wind To Blow It About! 

Have-All Got-Nothing Was Just Like That Laodicean Church 

Which Said It Was Rich And Increased With Goods 

And 

Had Need Of Nothing 

But Was, Instead

Wretched, Miserable, Poor, Blind, And Naked! 

Beloved, 

Saying Something Doesn't Make It So! 

Believing Something Doesn't Make It True! 

Throwing Ones Wealth And Weight Around 

To Make Others Fear And Tremble 

Doesn't Make One Almighty God 

... And ... 

Christians Who Doubt The Eternal Word Of The Everlasting Father 

Are Calling Almighty God A Liar 

When We Tremble And Live In Fear Before Mere Men 

... And ... 

That Damned-Forever Father-Liar, Satan! 

All Men Have A Master 

...  And ... 

So Does Satan, Too! 

Brethren, 

Please Let Us Tremble And Fear Before The Lord

The King Of Glory ... Our Maker, Sustainer

Maintainer, Savior, Friend, And Redeemer 

For He Is The Truth

Our Peace

Our Life

And 

The Light Of Every Man Aka Human! 

Peace! 

VESPERS AT THE END OF THE SABBATH: Shhhhh! "E" Words Inside!

 

Who Are You!?! 

Enlightened Or Entitled!?! 

Confessor Or Possessor Of Truth!?! 

A Christian Committed To Jesus Christ The King 

Will Never, Ever, Possess The Spirit Of Entitlement! 

Every Gift Of God 

Is 

Free From Him To Us 

By Our Free-Will Acceptance 

So There Is No Place Or Call For Entitlement! 

Possessors Of Truth By Working Faith Will Confess 

But 

It Is A Rare Thing To See Professors Of Truth 

Being Humble Enough To Confess That 

They Are Children Of The Great King 

Willing To Stand Up In The Light Of Life 

No Matter The Rabid Opposition Which They Will Undoubtedly Face! 

The Heart Enlightened By The Truth 

Is 

Enlivened By The Holy Spirit - Who Leads Into All Truth - 

And 

Is Lively To Tell The Good News Of Almighty God's Great Grace That 

Leads To His Surpassing Glory! 

Unregenerate-Self Is Dissolved 

And 

The Saint, Being Daily Sanctified, Walks Humbly Before His God 

And

With Enduring Faith

Presses On The Upward Way 

To Reach The Home Of The Forever Blessed! 

Entitled Self Is A Sure Sinner! 

The Humble Saint Is For Christ The King! 

Please Learn The Clear Difference 

And 

Choose The One Which Will Surely Help You 

To Walk Through Your Designated Pearl Gate 

And 

Into That Glorious City Which Has No Night There! 

Be Wise For Your Own Being-Regenerated-By-Christ Self! 

Peace! 

VESPERS AT THE END OF THE SABBATH: PRAYER For Help!

PRAYER:

Oh, Heavenly Father, 

Please Have Mercy On Us Who Are Distressed

Walking In Darkness, Deceived

Doubting The Deliverance Paid For And Promised 

And Provided To Whosoever Sees Their Need

And Is Willing To Reach For The Extended Hand Of Him

Who Is Our Hope, Bringing Help And Healing

And Is The One Door To The Heavenly Home! 

Please Help Us To Not Yield To The Taunts And Temptations Of 

The Naysayers, The Scorners, The Liars

The Licentious, The Proud, The Perverse

And The Affluent And Boldly Willing Sinners 

Who Are Unafraid And Unashamed

And Are Vociferously Calling Others 

To Follow Them To Satan's Planned And Man-Purveyed Ruin! 

Please Unstop Our Ears So That We May Truly Hear Your Truth! 

Please Apply The Heavenly Eye-Salve

So That Our Eyes May Be Healed 

And We Will Truly See The Light Which Leads To Everlasting Life! 

Oh, That A Coal From The Altar In Heaven May Be Applied To Our Lips 

So That We May Be Cleansed Of Our Iniquities

And Purged Of Our Sin! 

Oh, Father, 

Let It Be That We, Willing To Be Saved, Will Say: 

"Without Our Lord Jesus, We Cannot Do Anything!" 

And, In Faith, Nothing Wavering

Commit To Our Lord

And To Taking The Way Of The Cross Which Leads Home! 

Hear Our Earnest Prayer 

And Answer Us According To Your Will 

And In Your Way 

For We Ask These Blessings In Jesus Christ's Holy Name! 

AMEN! 

VESPERS AT THE END OF THE SABBATH: Relevant In An Irreverent World! Really!?!

 

No Christian Can Possibly Be Relevant In An Irreverent World! 

No Christian Can Remain Godly By Partaking Of 

The Ungodly Activities Of Those Who Ignore   

And 

Forsake  The God Of Grace Who Inhabits Glory! 

Beloved, 

Is It Possible to Straddle A Fence 

And 

Still Walk Firmly, Steadily, Confidently On Both Sides!?!  ... To Glory!?! 

Dear Ones, 

Playing Fast And Loose With Salvation 

Is 

To Belly Up To The Trough 

To Eat Blow-Pork! 

Do You Want To Die!?! 

Don't You Want To Live!?! 

Growing Up, We Were Oft' Told The Old Story Of 

A Man Who Didn't Eat Known-Unclean Pork 

But 

Smelt It, Saw It, And Wanted It 

That Was On That Table "Real Bad!" 

His Solution Was To Say His Prayers 

And 

"Christen" That Pork 

And 

Call It Beef! 

What Changed!?! 

What Remained The Same!?! 

Who Changed!?! 

Were The Facts Changed!?! 

Did Truth Become A Lie!?! 

Did Desire Change Reality!?! 

Please Remember This, Dear Ones,

Turning A Deck Of Cards Upside Down

Bottom To Top

And 

Sideways

Does Not Change It To Something Different! 

It Will Remain A Deck Of Cards! 

The Word Of God Is Fixed ... 

This World Is Dying: 

Jesus Christ Is Life! 

Choose Wisely! 

Peace! 

 

VESPERS AT THE END OF THE SABBATH: The Choice Morsel!

 

Simply Put, Psalm 119 Verse 112

In King David's Own Words, Is 

"I Have Decided To Obey Your Laws Until The Day I Die!" 

Beloved, 

If We Remember The Words Of Prophet Samuel 

To The Disobedient King Saul

We Hear The Plain Talk: 

"To Obey Is Better Than To Sacrifice!" 

Obedience Is The Hallmark Of The Christian Experience! 

The Law Of The Lord Is Perfect 

So There Is No Need To Fear 

When We Do All That The Lord Asks Of Us! 

Dear Ones, 

Having A Life In And With Our Lord Jesus Christ 

Is 

Our Personal, Uncoerced, Unforced

Unenticed, Free-Will Decision! 

And Then

There Is The Biggie Aka "Until The Day ... I Die!" 

Your Clock, My Clock, Stops At The Moment Of Death! 

The Record Book In Heaven "Slams" Closed 

In The Day Of Your Death! 

Nothing Can Be Added By You 

And 

Nothing Can Be Erased By The Lord 

After You Close Your Eyes In Death! 

Beloved, 

Psalm 119 Verse 112 Is The Covenant Of A Person 

After The Eternal God's Own Heart

A Man Convicted Of Sin 

And 

Convinced Of Righteousness 

Who Is Determined To Meet His Lord And His King In Perfect Peace 

No Matter Who Or What

When Or Where

Why Or How The Vagaries Of Life Try To Have Him Change Course 

From The Plain: 

"Thus Saith The Lord!" 

Dear Ones, 

Please Never Forget That 

What You See, Hear, And Feel Are Natural Liars! 

If These Three Regular Employees Of Satan 

Cannot Stand Up To A Clear: 

"Thus Saith The Lord!" 

Please, I Beseech Us All, Have Them Act Like 

The Dishonorable Priest And The Indifferent Levite

- Who Both Lacked Charity Aka Love -

And 

Pass You By On The Other Side Of The Dusty Road! 

The Lord Is Always Near 

So Stand Like The Brave 

And 

Be Very Courageous! 

You Are Not Alone: 

The Lord Jesus Will Never Forget One Of His Own! 

Peace! 

VESPERS AT THE END OF THE SABBATH: Second Spring!?!

 

Surprise And Shock! 

The "Strange" Variableness Of The Weather Has Permitted Us To See Something Stunning: 

The Spring Bloom Bloomed In Spring 

And

The Trees Blossomed And Budded And Bloomed All Over Again 

In July ... In Summer-Time! 

The Trees Are Absolutely Gorgeous! 

In The Old Days

When A Family Had Already Raised Their Children To Adulthood 

And 

The Wife Found Herself In The Family-Way

People Talked About The Second Spring! 

It Was Amazing! 

Beloved, 

Let Us Think About This And Grow Rich 

In, By, And Through The Saving Grace Of Our Blessed Jesus! 

We, Believing, Connected, Grounded

Enduring, Trusting, And Faithful 

Shall See And Be Participant In The Second Spring

The Renewal

The Redemption Of Our Vile Bodies 

To Be Renewed To Edenic Splendor 

With A Glow-Up Grow-Up To Immortality And Incorruptibility! 

We Shall Be Like Our One Benefactor 

And

We Shall Be Like Him 

Because 

We Shall See Him As He Is! 

Dear Ones, 

Please Let Us Not Become Complacent 

With Our Dearly Purchased Salvation! 

Let Us Remember That Spring-Time Is Renewal 

And 

The Marker For New Life! 

Our New Life Is In And Of Jesus Christ! 

Catch The Vision! 

Toe The Line! 

Hold The Fort

And 

Ride The Gospel Train To Glory! 

Grow Where You Are Planted, God's People! 

Grow! 

Peace! 

VESPERS AT THE END OF THE SABBATH: Fencing With The Lord!?!

 

Are We Laboring Under The Misguided Notion 

As Proffered By The Blind Guides 

Which Says That 

It Is Better To Ask For Forgiveness 

Than To Ask For Permission 

To Live Our Lives How We, Like Roving Slugs, "Authentically" Feel!?! 

Ask Jonah, King Saul, Balaam, Korah, The Denizens Of Sodom And Gomorrah

And 

Disciple Judas Iscariot

How That Worked Out For Them! 

Beloved, 

This Authentic Living Idea-Ideal 

Is 

One Of  The Most Poisonous Pills As Panacea That 

Satan The Damned Is Selling 

To The Sold Out To Sin Segment Of Society! 

Do Not Be Fooled ... 

Almighty God Is Not Mocked! 

Dear Ones, 

The Only Authentic Life

 Is

 The Life Lived In And For Jesus Christ The Lord! 

The Child Of God Will Know The Law Of God 

And 

Will Seek After The Will Of God For His Or Her Life 

By Mining The Word Aka The Preserved For Posterity Word Of 

The Lord Who Cannot Lie! 

Remember Achan! 

The Lord Means What He Says! 

Remember Ichabod Aka The Glory Has Departed 

When Presumptuous Sin Causes You, Me, Us

To Turn An Unanticipated Sharp Left Into The Land Of Regret 

Because 

We Unwisely Chose To Pursue A Lie 

To Appease Our Fleshly Desires! 

Remember That The Lord Will Never Chastise A Child 

For Asking For The Wisdom That The Lord Has Asked Said Child 

To Request Of Him Who Lives In Heaven! 

Committed-To-Christ Christians 

Do Not Wear Clown Shoes! 

Look Up To Jesus: 

You Are Greatly Loved! 

Peace! 

VESPERS AT THE END OF THE SABBATH: Careless Living Ain't Comfortable Nor Care-Free!

Before We Came To The Lord Jesus Christ

We All, Without Exception, Lived Thoughtless, Careless, Even Reckless Lives 

Because 

That Is What The Unregenerate Soul Does! 

Remember The Truth ... 

All Have Sinned 

And 

All Fall Short Of The Glory Of God! 

Dear Ones, 

What Do You Believe That You Could Give The Beautiful Savior

As Your Valid, Unimpeachable Reason 

For Your Hand In Causing Him To Have To Die 

To Save You From Eternal Separation From Almighty God!?! 

Do You Give Up!?! 

I Did 

Because 

There Is No Excuse For Our Sinning Against God's Holiness! 

Do Your Remember When Wanting To Do 

Turned Into I Did It 

And Then 

Turned To Why Did I Do That 

And On Into 

"Lord Jesus,

Please Help Me And Save Me!?!" 

Been There, Done That! 

Beloved, 

We, As Committed Christians

Can No Longer Walk With Or As The Unwise! 

Our Lives Must Be Lived As Those Wise Unto Salvation! 

Our First, Our Default, Position 

In Everything That Causes Us To Have To Make A Decision 

Is 

"Lord Jesus,

Help Me! 

I Come In Faith, Nothing Wavering!" 

Because 

Being Thoughtful, Careful, Prayerful, Faithful

And 

Ever Showing Abiding Love For Our Blessed Jesus 

Is 

The Anchor For Our Souls! 

Hang On To Jesus Today 

No Matter What Your Lying Eyes

Your Stopped Up Ears

And 

Your Crawling Skin Say! 

Jesus Saves So Let Him Save You! 

Peace! 

VESPERS AT THE END OF THE SABBATH: Give All Your Anxiety To Christ Jesus!

 

Worry Is A Waster! 

Worry Is A Fraud! 

Worry Is A Lie Of The Devil To Place A Stout Curtain 

Between Me And Jesus Christ My Lord! 

Worry Is A Wanderer! 

Worry Is A Cheat! 

Worry Is Vehicle Willing To Transport Me 

To Avidly Suckle Anxiety's Ample Teats! 

Brethren Beloved, 

Please Listen Carefully To Me! 

We Are Not To Take The Path Of Least Resistance 

And 

Rock Back And Forth 

And 

Suck On Our Thumbs

Foregoing Rinse

But 

Lauding Repeat! 

Let's Get To The Altar Of Grace And Praise! 

Let's Access The Mercy Seat 

And 

Hallow The Ancient Of Days! 

Things May Look Hard 

And You May Be Hurting A Lot 

But Know For A Fact That Hurt-A-Lot Is Preferrable 

To Suffering The No-Eternal Life Blot! 

Trust The Lord Whom You Know To Be True! 

Resist The Devil And He Will Flee From You! 

Lean On The Lord 

And 

Away From The God-Fraud 

And 

By Going Through The Fiery Trials Of This Life 

With Intact Faith And Trust 

In Our Forever Faithful, Promise-Keeping Friend

You, Me, We, Will Arrive Safely 

To Spend Eternity With Jesus Christ The Lord Our God

The Word That Performs

The Truth That Saves! 

Peace! 

VESPERS AT THE END OF THE SABBATH: You've Got A Forever Friend!

The Words 

"I Shall Never Leave You Nor Forsake You!" 

Should Be As Manna In The Desert 

To The Ears, To The Heart, Of A Christian! 

Beloved, 

We Should Ever Be Quick To Recall To Mind That 

Our Blessed Jesus Does Not Remove His People From Their Trials 

But 

Is With Them, With Us, No Matter What It Is That We Are Going Through! 

Dear Ones, 

Remember Job, Abraham, Jacob, Joseph

And

Daniel And The Three Hebrew Worthies

And

Remember Your Very Self! 

Remember The Words 

"Yeah, I Will Be With You Always ...!" 

And 

Let Your Heart Be Glad For The Certain Knowledge That 

The God Whom We Serve 

Is Not 

Paper, Plastic, Precious Stone, Stone, Gold, Silver, Bronze, Iron

Nor A Concoction Of The Vile Imaginings Of 

An Unregenerate Heart! 

Got Troubles!?! 

Get Jesus Christ ... Your King! 

Peace! 

Artificial Intelligence Relevance!?!

Artificial Intelligence, Acquired Ignorance

Is 

Costumed Presumptuous Sin Aka One Of Satan's Choicest Weapons 

In His Lost-Cause War Against Jesus Christ The Lord! 

Does Not One's Name Speak To One's Character!?! 

In This Age Of Irreverent Relevance

Let Us Look At The Seated In The Living Room Elephants: 

Please Stop Reinventing Your Morals And Ideals 

To Become One Of The Common Good We Are In This Together Pack 

Because 

Satan The Damned Will Have Your Guts For Garters Aka A Tasty Snack! 

Almighty God Is True 

And 

His Will Is Sovereign 

And 

His Ways Are Good And Perfect! 

Satan Is The Father Of Lies! 

Every Man Is A Liar: 

His Will Is Wayward 

And 

His Ways Are Toward Evil Continually! 

Dear Ones, 

What Has Man Done For You!?! 

What Is Man Doing For You!?! 

What Will Man Do For You!?! 

What Is Man's Can't Lose "Opportunity" For You 

Going To Cost You Now, Today, Or Tomorrow 

If 

You Remain Alive To Talk About It!?! 

Will Our Righteous Redeemer 

And 

Forever Faithful Friend 

Regard It Aka Bless It!?! 

Beloved, 

Jesus Christ Saves! 

Truth Sets Us Free! 

Obedience Pays! 

Endurance For Christ Delivers The Reward! 

May The Living Word Of The Eternal God Be 

And 

Remain Relevant And Necessary In Your Life 

As You Look Forward To 

The Regeneration To Immortality And Incorruptibility: 

It's Personal! 

Our Recreator Is He Who Was Our Creator 

Aka He Who Makes All Things Perfect, And Beautiful, In His Time! 

There Is No Upgrade 

From Perfection Through Jesus Christ Our Lord ... The Life-Giver! 

Peace!

HAPPY SABBATH + Generally Recognized As Safe!?!

 

Here A GRAS, There A GRAS! 

Everywhere A GRAS, GRAS! 

Old Mcdonald Lost His Shirt And His Farm

And 

It's Time That Everybody Knows Why! 

Dearly Beloved, 

We Are Gathered Here Today 

To Consign GRAS To The Underground Staff! 

GRAS Ain't Your Brother Nor Your Sister! 

He Ain't Your Friend Nor Your Family

And 

It's For Certain Sure That He Does Not Have 

Your Best Interests Coddled In The Cockles Of His "Heart!" 

GRAS Has Long Fooled Us All That 

He Is A Blessing 

When In Truth And In Fact 

He Ain't Nothing But A Blight On The Butt Of All Mankind 

From The Cradle To The Grave 

And 

We Are Putting Him In His Grave Today! 

GRAS Aka Generally Recognized As Safe

Makes Things Stronger

Look Whiter, Brighter

Taste Better

And 

Last Longer! 

Think, People

And 

Look At The Detritus Of Your Life 

And 

Recognize How GRAS Wrapped Himself Around 

And 

Jumped Into All That Was Biblically And Historically Known As 

Sin And Darkness And Death 

And 

Made Them Salvation And Light And Life 

And 

We, All, Trusting Man-Science And Guru-Gospel

Because

We Despised Our Peculiarities 

As People Of The Living Book Of Truth Of Jesus Christ

Tried 

To Reinvent Ourselves 

To Be Relevant To The Worldly-Wise 

Who, Unrepentant, Shall Never Reach To Heights Unknown! 

Lord Jesus,

We Repent! 

GRAS, Generally Recognized As Safe You Are Not! 

Dear Lord, 

Please Grant Us Your Grace

To Walk Aright On The Path Of Light 

That Is The Word Of Truth 

Neither Adding Nor Subtracting

To Be Attractive To Those 

Whom You Cannot Approve! 

GRAS, Hell Is Not Too Good For You: 

Burn Well! 

Brethren, 

Be At Peace With Our God, Jesus Christ The Lord, The Almighty: 

He, Alone, Saves! 

Peace! 

HAPPY SABBATH

BLESSINGS AND BOUNTIES!

VESPERS AT THE END OF THE SABBATH: Delight Yourself In The Jesus Christ The Lord !

Lack Of Reverence For Almighty God 

Is 

A Thing With The Worldly-Wise! 

However, As Committed Christians Walking Faithfully And Enduringly 

On The Good King's Plainly Marked Highway

We Should Sincerely Know 

The Best-Held Rules Of The Way Home: 

Do Not Look Into Almighty God's Business With Scornful Eyes! 

Do Not Touch The Word Of God With Presumptuous Hands! 

Do Not Hear The Word Of God With Disbelieving Ears! 

And

Do Not Speak The Name Of God With A Disrespectful Tongue! 

Almighty God Is Holy: 

Fallen Man, Sinful, Is Not! 

We Often Hear The Expression:

"Speech Belongs To God 

And Respect Is Due To A Dog!"

  

Disrespect A Dog And You Will Feel His Wrath: 

A Dog's Year Are Few! 

Almighty God, The Eternal God

Is 

Our Creator, Maintainer,  Sustainer

Savior, Redeemer, Judge, And King: 

Shouldn't We Respect Him Who Can Move Mountains

Make The Sun To Stand Still

And 

Hold The Earth In His Hand 

And Yet 

Live In Our Puny Hearts When Invited!?! 

Presumption Is A Deadly Sin: 

Tread Softly In The Presence Of The Almighty 

Who Reigns And Rules In Zion 

The Beautiful City Of God! 

Beloved, 

With Humility And Awe At His Glory And Power

And 

For His Grace Upon Us

Delight Yourself In The Jesus Christ The Lord 

Who Is Soon To Come Again 

No Matter What The Naysayers Bray! 

Peace! 

HAPPY SABBATH + Let Holy Spirit Rise In You!

 

When Our Blessed Jesus Was Soon To Depart This Earth

He Promised To Send Another Comforter, The Holy Spirit

Whose Person Is Represented By A Dove, Water, Oil, And Fire! 

Beloved, 

The Dove ... The Peace Dove

Points Us To Home! 

Water Is Life 

And 

Where Water Is

We Make Our Home! 

In Our Home

We Being The Salt Of The Earth Take Of 

The Lord's Good Wheat Harvest 

And 

Grind It Into Fine Flour 

To Which We Add Water Of Life 

And 

The Oil Of Gladness 

And 

Make Our Choice Bread 

To Satisfy Our Hunger And Bless Ourselves! 

A Secondary Oil Is Used 

To Power Our Stoves, Ovens, Furnaces 

To Bake Our Bread! 

But

With All Of This Preparation

Without The Fire Of God Which Comes Down From Heaven

We Will Never Have Heat To Bake Our Bread 

Or Warm Our Homes, Our Bodies 

And 

Power Our Lives! 

Dear Ones, 

Think! 

Was It For Nothing That 

Our Lord Jesus Sent And Gave Unto Us His Holy Spirit

His Vicar - Never A Man 

To Be Our Only Comforter!?! 

The Holy Spirit Is Present In Every Facet Of Our Lives 

And 

Is With Each Of Us By Invitation! 

He Is Here For All Mankind 

But 

Lives Within Us, In Intimate Relation

At Our Personal Invitation! 

Would You Quench

Put Out Of Your Life

That Sweet Spirit  Who Is Our Safety, Security, And Salvation

By And Through Whom We Live And Breathe

And 

Have Our Very Being

The One Who Leads, Blesses, Corrects, Comforts

And 

Carries Us In Sickness And In Health

Through Trial And Tribulation

War And Peace

Sorrow And Joy!?! 

The Holy Spirit Is God Almighty: 

Where Is Your Faith

Where Is My Faith

Where Is Our Faith In Our God Today!?! 

Please Despise The Ways Of The Worldly-Wise 

And 

Quench Not The Holy Spirit Of God 

Who Gives Us Jesus' Peace! 

Let The Spirit Of The Lord Rise Up Within You! 

Peace!