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Counting Coup Is Tallying One's Victories Over A Personal Enemy
At The Risk Of Injury Or Death!
Problem Is That Many In The Mortal Strife
Believe That That Works With Satan!
They "Play" His Game And Don't See Visible Injury Or Suffer Immediate Death
So They Dare To Think That They Have Won Something!
Self-Deceived Is The Worst Kind Of Deception! Willful Ignorance Leads To The Lasting Curse!
Jesus Christ Had To Die To Save All Mankind
So What Makes Us Think That We Wouldn't Have To Definitely Die To Self And Decidedly Die To Sin
If We Are To Enter The Living Kingdom!?!
Brethren,
Jesus Christ And Personal Sacrifice Are Synonymous! We Are Regenerated Christians And
The Regenerated Christian And Personal Sacrifice Should Also Be The Same!
That Is A Hard Saying: Who Can Bear It!?!
Since You Ask Jesus Christ Is Blunt About It:
Travelling To Heaven
Is Not
Cheap Or Easy!
Costs Are Incurred And Expenses Must Be Paid
But
Not With Man-Generated Currency!
We Who Faithfully Follow The Lord Christ
Must Choose To Endure All Things
And
Give Up Everything
If
We Will Enter The Holy City!
Everything!?!
Everything! Every Single Solitary Thing As In
Possessions, Position, Property Privileges, Passions, Pursuits Progenitors ... And Progeny!
It Has All Got To Be Given The Kibosh!
We've Got To Let It All Go!
Jesus Christ ... Our Jesus Christ
Gave Up Glory
The Loving Community Of His Father And The Heartfelt, Constant, Adoration Of The Holy Angels
His Crown
His Throne
And
His Very Life's Blood
To Purchase For Us The Pardon That Leads To Eternal Life
And
There Will Be No Doubters No Fence Jockey Nor Wafflers In Heaven!
Beloved, Turning Back, For Us, Is Not An Option: Heaven Is Home!
We Have Joys Forevermore To Enjoy So Giving Up What Will Burn Is Necessary: We Can't Have Both!
We Must Commit Wholly To Christ Jesus
To Be Eternally Blessed!
Without This, We Will Not Know Everlasting Peace! To Gain The Hereafter The Fleetings Thing Of The Here And Now Must Be Released! From Sin And Self, We Must Cease! Faith, Beloved Is The Victory Which Overcometh The World! Your Daily Gift Of Daily Faith ... Utilized Pays The Daily Operating Costs For Heaven To Be Realized! Work Your Faith And Your Faith Will Work! Think About It ... And Decisively Act And Don't Look Back!
Dare To Be Different And Make A Christ-Like Life Difference In The World!
Dare To Be Strange But Not A Stranger To The Truth!
Dare To Be Wise That Is, Wise Unto Salvation Wisely Separating Yourself From Satan! Dare To Not Be His Prize!
Dare To Teach That Is, The Good News Gospel Story! Dare To Tell The World That Jesus Christ Died For Them But That Satan Tells Them Lies!
Dare To Buck Man's Concocted Traditions And InsteadTake Bold Hold Of The Doctrines That Preserve Souls Shedding Light In The Encroaching Darkness And Causing Satanic Forces To Release Those Upon Whom
They Have A Hold! Chase Away The Blight!
Dare To Be Anna, Not Absalom Not Ahab Dare To Be Deborah, David, Daniel Date To Be Enoch, Elijah, Elizabeth Dare To Hannah, Hezekiah Not Haman Dare To Be Philemon, Peter And Paul Dare To Be Joseph, Joshua, Never Jezebel!
Dare To Like Christ Jesus: Bear Your Cross And Wear Your Own Glorious Gold Crown!
Dare To Believe The Lord! Dare To Trust His Word! Dare To Receive His Bold Promises! Dare To Stand Alone!
Dare To Pray! Dare To Care! Dare To Hope! Dare To Help!
Dare To Wear The Banner Of Jesus! Dare To Walk Away From Those Who Encourage You To Do What Is Wrong! Dare To Tell The World Show The World Live Before The World As A Committed To The Lord Christ Christian Walking In Your Gifts Of Daily Grace And Daily Faith So That You Will Sleep The Sleep Of The Just In Your Day-To-Day Living And When You Fall Asleep On That Last Night Of Your Mortal Life!
Delight To Follow The Lord, The Good Shepherd! Delight To Please The Lord, The Shepherd Of Rest! Delight To Worship The Shepherd Of Our Souls And Above All Things Delight To Obey The Lord Of Life And In The Great Day Of Small Things He'll Receive You As Your Redeemer Your Welcoming King And Not Reject You As Your Frowning Judge!
Dare To Bow, Today, And Always Before Shiloh, The Prince Of Peace The Glorious Lord Who Gives To His Children His Eternal Life!
In His Holy Name, I Assure You You Shall Survive The Mortal Strife!
I Have Need Of A, Uh, Ahmm ...!
... You Want A Guarantee!?!
Fair Enough!
One Iron Roman Hammer Three Iron Nails One Wooden Cross:
One Innocent Jesus Of Nazareth The Son Of Almighty God - Who Became Flesh And Dwelt Among Us - Forcefully Applied To The Wooden Cross And Physically Attached There To By The Strategic Application Of One Nail Through Each Hand And One Nail Through Two Bundled Feet By The Aggressively Malicious Swing Of The Dreadful Roman Hammer!
That Sounds Positively Awful And Decidedly Bad!
It Gets Worse! Much Worse!
The Weight Of Your Sin My Sin The Sin Of Everyone Who Ever Lived - Or Will Live - Broke His Heart And Crushed The Life Of The Giver Of Life Out Of Him!
This Makes Me Very Sad!
It Should!
Love For You Sent Him To The Cross! Love For You Kept Him On The Cross! Love For You Laid Him In The Grave! Love For You Kept Him There Three Days!
Love For You Caused Him To Get Up
And To Rise Up To Heaven Where He Is Now Interceding For Those Who Shall Inherit The Eternal Life Which He Shall Give To Those Who Are His And His Alone!
Was He, For Me, Truly Willing To Die!?!
Yes, My Friend! For Your Personal Sins No Matter How Petty No Matter How Egregious No Matter How Abominable He Willingly Did Atone!
I Was Held By Two Hands! I Could Get Away! I Could ... If I Wanted To By It Was For This That I Had So Fervently Prayed! I Am Gently Held By Grace To Cleanse AND Power To Heal The Great Champions Of My Lord God Almighty! Oh, How My Heart The Blessing Did Does Feel! Grace To Cleanse Is Unassuming! Power To Heal Is No Gully Bore! These Two Are On A Mission Of Restoration AND These Hands Will Deliver A Repentant One Right To Heaven's Gate Door! I Could Escape! I Could Run Away! I Could Back Away From Them! I Could Attack Them! I Could Even Call Them Pond Scum IF I Was A Child Of The Devil Which - Thank God By Jesus Christ - I Am Not So I Am Accepting These Hands AND I Shall Not From Them Run For They Work For The Living God Of Heaven!
They By God's Sweet Spirit Shower Free Mercy On The Living Disgrace AND They Oh, So, Gently Remove The Dross Of Sin AND Rain Down With Power The Shower Of Blessing AND Soon There Is The New Heart Within! Oh, How I Love Jesus The Holy King Who Loves Me First And Best And Most And Longest The Eternal King Who By His Personal Sacrifice For My Own Known Sin Did The Curse On My Life Reverse! I Am The Child Of The Heavenly King! I Shall His Praises Sing! I Shall Pray With Power This Day Right Now AND
Why Should Your Personal Choice Affect My Free Will?! Why Should Your Freedom To Make Foolish Even Egregiously Bad Decisions Cost Me My Life?! AND, FURTHERMORE Have You Even Considered How Each Person's Free Will Each Person's Free AND Personal Choice AND "No Man Knows The Day Nor The Hour
WHEN The Son Of Man Cometh!"Intersect?!
I Once Heard A Pastor Say That Because He Is So Certain Of His Soul's Sure And Promised Salvation That He Would Not Defend Himself Against An Intruder A Bandit Even If It Cost Him His Life Because It Could Lead To - AFTER His Demise - That Bold And Ravening Sinner Repenting Of Known Sin AND Coming To Jesus AND Being Saved For Eternity!
Maybe He Was Thinking Of What Jesus Said:
Greater Love Hath No Man
But He That A Man Lay Down His Life For His Friends!
And I Would Say That He Is Wrong?!
I Agree! Work Out Your Own Soul's Salvation!
Jesus Christ's Life Is The Only Life That Was
That Is
The Suitable Sacrifice For Sin!
Everybody Knows Right From Wrong! God's Law Is Written On Every Man's Heart So That They Are Without Excuse!
But What Of Innocent Blood As Seed?!
Indeed ...!
So We Come To The Crux Of The Matter ...
Tomorrow Is Not Promised! Now Is The Acceptable Time! Now ... Is The Day Of Salvation!
What Of The Martyrs?!
What About If We Confess Our Sin He Is Faithful And Just To Forgive Us Our Sin And Cleanse Us From ALL Unrighteousness?!
What About If Any Man Hear My Voice And Answer?!
What About Harden Not Your Heart?!
What Of
Get Wisdom!
Get Understanding?!
What Of
Let Us Hear The Conclusion Of THE WHOLE MATTERFear God And Keep His Commandments For The Living God IS Judge?!
What Of
My Reward Is With Me To Give Everyman According As His Personal Work Shall Be?!
Harden Not Your Hearts!
Be Ye Holy As Your Father Is Holy!
Blood As Seed Works While God's Mercy Is Still Working! It Won't Work When Man's Probation Is Finished!
This, Somehow
- To Me - Smacks Of A Certain Level Of Presumption ...!
... Just Like Death Bed Confessions And Death Bed Repentances!
Too, True!
Man Looks At The Outward Appearance!
Almighty God Looks At The Man's Heart!
Think About This:
You Stab A Man In His Heart ... Deliberately AND THENPlead With Him Not To Die ... As You Try To Save Him From Dying!
That's Presumptuous!
We Need To Confess Our Known Sin And Repent To God Every Day
In Jesus Christ's Name For No Man Knows The Day Nor The Hour WHEN The Son Of Man Cometh
Is All That I'm Going To Say!
Be Careful Ye That Think Ye Stand Lest Ye Fall!
No Man Should Take A Stance Like That Pastor!
We Daily Sin
By Thought Word And Deed
AND
We Need To Remember The Word:
Every Man Has The Same Opportunity
AND
We Should Remember That
The Soul That Sins
It Shall Die
AND
Unconfessed Sin Is Sin ... Unforgiven!
Any Final Thoughts ...
By Thy Word, Thou Art Justified! By Thy Word, Thou Art Condemned!
I Sincerely Believe That That Pastor's Idea Is Heaven-Daring Arrogance!
Nowhere In Scripture Will You Find A Saint Of God Presuming Upon God's Mercy In Such An Unseemly Manner!
We Are To Give Up Fleeting Things For Christ
And For The Sake Of The Gospel!
We Do Not ... In My Personal Opinion Have The Right Nor The Power To Decide That Our Life Is God's Seed
And Be Hopeful Of Something That In All Likelihood May Never Happen!
No Criminal Ever Said Or Will Ever Say:
I Shall Go And Kill Me A Good Christian Man
A Man Sure Of His Soul's Salvation
A Heaven-Bound Saint
And God ...
The Living Eternal God Of All Grace
Who Pays All
BUT
Is Paid By The Wilful Desire Of The Christian
To Be A Human Christ
AND
Who Knows The Thoughts
AND
Intents Of The Desperately Wicked Human Heart
Is Going To
- In Servile Cooperation
For This "Once Saved Always Saved" Man's Willing Sacrifice -
Convert Me
And Save My Soul
From The Second Death
Even Though I Am Wilfully Sinning
AND
Have Repeatedly, Flagrantly, Scorned His Free Grace
AND
Have Purposefully Chosen
The Way Wherein Lies
Death!
You Ain't Lie!
Wouldn't It Be Easier For The Christian In Faith For Faith To Pray:
God Have Mercy!
Save Me!
And Then Say To That Wilful Sinner:
In The Name Of Jesus Christ The Righteous
Stop!?
The Apostle Paul Consented To Murder AND By His Zealous Wrong-Headed Efforts Caused Many Christians To Perish!
Jesus Christ, Himself Met The Then-Called Saul - On His Way To Harm More Christians - AND Asked Him Why He Was Persecuting Not The Christians But Christ, Indeed AND Blinded Him AND Cast Down His Vain Imaginings AND Caused Him To Walk In Physical Blindness For Three Days - The Same Time That Christ Had Lain In A Sinner's Grave - To Ultimately Give Him Spiritual Eyesight!
He Repented
AND Was Converted AND
Physical Scales - At The Appointed Time - Fell From His Eyes
AND He Became
The Ultimate Warrior For Christ!
Paul Was Humbled AND
He Humbled Himself!
Not Once Did He Say:
I Shall Let Them - The Adversaries - Kill Me So That They - By My Personal Sacrifice - WILL Be Saved!
Paul Did All To Preserve His Life!
Paul Did Not Indulge In Heaven-Daring Arrogance Because He Had "An In ... An Inside Track To God!"
That Faithful Apostle
At His Life's End
Said:
Paul Trusted The Lord AND The Word Of The Lord AND He Chose To LIVE For His Jesus AND ... WORK ARDENTLYFor The Salvation Of Dying-In-Sin Dying-Through-Sin Men's Souls!
The Point Here Is ...
As Jesus Christ Asked The Murmuring Pharisees:
Which Is Easier?
To Say
Son, Thy Sins Be Forgiven Thee!
OR
Take Up Thy Bed And Walk!?!
Which In This Case, Is
Dare To Die For The Sinner
Who Will Perhaps Not Be Saved AND You, Yourself, Are Probably Also Lost Because We Sin Daily By Thought Word Deed OR Dial-Up Yourself Your Saving Jesus By Fervent Prayer AND Request The Angel Guard While Also Requesting That The Holy Spirit Meet The Evil-Doer Face To Face!
Brethren,
If You Say You Trust Believe Worship Praise Obey Honor
AND Glorify Almighty God In Your Person Do It All Day Every Day In Every Way In Every Situation!
There Ain't No Back-Door To Heaven! There Ain't No Special Pass-By-Here For Saints!
The Door To Heaven Is Jesus Christ The Lord!
AND The Key To The Door Is Living Faith!
The Way IS Straight And Narrow For We Must Live By Christ - The Way The Truth And The Life - AND We Are Not To Do Anything That Will Cause Us To Lose Our Crown AND That Free ... To All REPENTANT SINNERS Eternal Life!
Brethren,
I Caution You
AND Myself I Am Certainly Including:
Check Yourself Before You Wreck Yourself!
Let Us Ever Seek Out The Will Of Almighty God For Our Lives!!
Be Faithful ... Unto Death! Don't Call Death Unto You!
What Is Our Watch-Word?!
Jesus Saves ... To The Uttermost!
Please Do All
To Grow In Daily Grace
Through Your Working Faith For, Soon
- Very Soon - We Shall See Jesus Christ Face To Face!
