CHRISTIANS: Peculiar Privileged People

The Word On Everybody's Tongue Today 

Is 

Privilege! 

We Are Being Asked To Check, As In Arrest, Our Privilege 

As Though Privilege 

Is 

A Bad Thing!

All Privileges Are Not Created Equal!

Beloved, 

We Are Christians ... Christ's Followers

And

By Virtue Of Our Faithful Association

We Have Access, Reach, Grasp And Hold!

We Are Peculiarly Privileged

So I Encourage Us All To Embrace 

The High And Holy Privilege That 

We Each Have Been Accorded By The Lord Of Life

The Creator-God

The Joy Of Every Man! 

Consider That We Are The Apple Of The Eternal God's Eye 

Even As He Holds The World In His Hand 

And 

He ... Personally Invited

Lives In Each Of Our Hearts! 

Think On These Things ...

We Have The Free And Open Invitation 

To, At-Will, Boldly Approach The Throne Of Grace 

In The Heavenly Sanctuary! 

We Are Encouraged To Reason With Our Maker! 

We Are Asked To Let Our Requests 

Be Made Known Unto The Living God! 

We Are Given Freedom

Free Will 

And 

The Choice To Worship Him

- Or Not Worship Him - 

Who Could Easily Deprive Us Of Life: 

No Force Is Employed! 

If These Things Are Not Privileges

We Will Never Ever Know 

What Makes Something A Real Privilege! 

Our God Is Holy, Kind, Loving

Giving, Forgiving

The Mighty Healer

The Sealer Of Souls

The Revealer Of Truths That Never Die!

We Are Invited To Enter His Courts ... Without Fear

So Let's Dare ... Today

To Ignore The World 

And

Choose To Embrace The Privilege 

Personally Given To Each Of Us 

To Become A Son Or Daughter Of The God Of Love 

Who Inhabits Eternity 

And

Has A Personal Place Prepared For Each Of Us 

In His Heavenly House Of Peace And Joys Forevermore! 

Remember, Remember 

Don't Ever Forget ... 

Earthly Privileges Are Ours To Enjoy

If

We Please ... Or Are Of A Benefit To ... The Giver

But

Heavenly Privileges Are Ours 

To Accept Or RejectUse Or Ignore!

No One Can Force Us To Use Our God-Given Privileges

And

No One ... Human Or Spirit

Can Force Us Not To Use Our Privileges! 

The Lord God Almighty Calls Us To His Side

And

To Be Like Him

By Taking Hold And Fully Utilizing 

The Privileges He Lovingly Accords Us! 

We ... Taught Of God And Faithful ... Know Who He Is! 

We Know Who We Are Because Of Sin! 

We Know Who We Will Be By, In, And Through Him

Through His Free-To-All Salvation! 

The Final Outcome ... Our Final Outcome

Will Always Be According To Our Exercised Sovereign Will! 

Brethren, Beloved

Please Choose Your Final Port Of Call Wisely!

 

Having ... And Being In ... Perfect Peace With 

The Eternal God Of Grace And Glory

Is

The Blessed And Sacred Privilege Of

The Saints Of Almighty God And Jesus Christ The Lord!

VESPERS AT THE END OF THE SABBATH: Privileges

When We Seek Always

To Please The Living God

What We Do Will Bless Us

And

Move Us Closer To The Heavenly Reward!

If What We Do To Please The Lord

Results Always In Our Receiving A Blessing

Does It Not Stand To Reason, Friend

That What We Do For Our God 

Results ... Always

Satan Displeasing!?!

I Can Live With, And On, That! 

Then Believe It, Friend! 

'Tis True, 'Tis True!

Pleasing Almighty God

Sends Satan After You

To Try, Test, Torment, Terrorize, Torture
And
To Try To Cause You The Holy Will To Doubt

Because

You ... Being Amongst Jesus Christ's Faithful
- Giving Up Self-Will -

Refuse To Bow To His Carnal, Bold, Lies!

Indeed, My Friend!

That's Because In The Realm Of The Willful

The Restive

The Recalcitrant

Self Always Satisfies!

Self Always Does Firm Discipline Wantonly Defy!

I Have Stepped Away From That Domain! 

I Am Eating Humble Pie ... Freely

So That Satan Can No Longer Deceive Me!

I Am Waiting On The Lord
Because I Desire To Walk With Him In Accord! 

I Hear That And I Concur! 

Left Unchecked ... Unattended

On The Great Day Of Small Things

Those Deceived Ones Will ... With Deep-Seated Regret

Bitterly, Bitterly, Cry!

Let Us Keep Trusting 
And
Waiting On Our Jesus
Our Savior, Lord And God! 
Waiting Is Not Not Doing Anything
And, For Sure
Trusting Jesus Christ Will Ensure That
None Of Us Is Ashamed!

Brethren,

I've Got A Text For Us To Prayerfully Consider
For This Week Ahead:

Do You Have 

Enough Faith In God ... Like Moses

To Wait 80 Years To Start Your Work For The Lord!?!

Enough Faith ... Like Abraham 

To Wait 25 Years To Get The Promised Heir!?! 

Enough Faith ... Like Noah 

To Believe The Dire Warnings Of God 
And 
To Build An Impossible Ark Of Safety 
And 
Preach The Same Message for 120 Years!?! 

Do You Have Enough Faith 
To Watch For The Lord's Coming
To Work To Tell Others The Good News 
And 
To Patiently Wait For His Coming 
When There Apparently Seems To Be A Delay!?! 

Will You Wait For Your Requested Blessing 
Even Though You "Know" Its Accomplishment 
Is 
Impossible!?! 

Beloved, 

Remember That He Who Asks You To Wait On Him 
Gives You A Share Of His Holy Faith To Use 
To Make Your Waiting Bearable! 

Please Use Your Faith To Wait On The Lord Christ
And 
Watch Your Faith Grow
And 
Soon You Shall See Your Faith Blessed 
And 
Your Heart's Request Realized
According To The Will Of The All-Knowing God
For Your Life!
What's For Your Good Will Accrue To The Lord's Glory! 

I Encourage Us All: Please Do Not Give Up!
We Are At The Border Of Present Blessing 
And 
Eternal Prosperity! 
Believe The Lord Jesus Christ:
Trust Him And Trust His Word!

The Promised Land 
Is 
Just Ahead 
So Be Wise! 
Watch, Pray, Work
And 
Patiently, Enduringly, Wait!

May The God Of All Grace
Bless You  And Keep You
And 
Help You To Remain Faithful
As You Humbly Wait Upon Him!
He Is Faithful!

AMEN!!!
  

Memory Hall: Gratitude!

One Day I Made A Visit To That Memory Hall!
He!

She!

It Is Human
Living
Christian
Sighted
Hearing
Walking
Eating
Sleeping
Healthy Happy
Hopeful Hearing
And
A For-Real Ingrate
If I Know What One Is At All!
Behold A Laodicean Spirit!

Eyes To See: He's Blind As A Bat!
Ears To Hear: He's As Deaf As A Door Nail!
He Tastes And He Sees The Goodness Of
The Creator
The Savior
The Redeemer Friend
And, YetHe Finds No Reason
Sees No Need
Has No Desire
Shows No Willingness
To Approach Unto His Provider
Sustainer
Support
His Surety And Security
His Guardian Guide And Stay
And
Joy-Filled
Say:

Oh, Lord

I Bless You!

I Praise You!

To You, I Give Thanks!

My Heart Is Grateful

For The Great Gifts

Some Of Which

- Prior To Their Receipt -

Held In My Eye

No Position

No Rank!

Father,

I Will Not Be An Ingrate!

My Heart

My Head

My Hand

My Home

Are All Daily Blessed Immeasurably

By And Because Of You

And

In The Gallery In My Mind

I Shall Hang Memorials

Of

Your Goodness

Your Greatness

Your Blessings

Your Benefits

Your Gifts Of Loving Care!

You Are The Holy God

And

It Is You That I Fear!

I Appreciate You!

I Love You!

I Bless You!

I Need You More Than I Did Yesterday!

I Desire To Live On The Golden Shore

So That I Will Be Close

The Lord Jesus Christ

Who Did My Sin And Shame

Death And Damnation

Did Bear!

Oh, God Eternal

Mighty To Save

In Gratitude For Your Goodness

Greatness

And

Gifts Of Sacrificial Love

I, By Wisdom

In Faith

For Love

Give Unto You, Myself

And, Thereby

Brand Myself A Willing Slave:

I Serve You With A Heart Of Love!

Lord, You Give!

I Get!

I Gain!

In Gratitude

I Give You All Glory

Honor And Praise!

I Choose To Walk In Your Wise Ways!

Lord,

Help Me To Never Take

Your Blessings Upon Me

As Your Duty

And

My Right

For

Such A Gross Attitude

In The Heart Of Me

Does Nothing But My Soul Blight!

I Desire Your Heart To Delight!

I'm A Sinner, Saved!

I'm A Child Of The King!

I'm A Faithful Servant

And

A Student Awed By Your Majesty

By Your Glorious Self!

Help Me To Not Stifle My Conscience

But

To Remember With Gratitude

- Always -

From Whom My Blessings

My Help

My Certain Aid Comes

So, That

In The Day Appointed

I Shall Walk In Peace

In The Glade Of Joy

In The Home Of The Blessed

Where All Is Love

Joy

Peace And Rest!

I Worship You!

I Know I Am Blessed!

Brethren,

Since It Is A Fact That You Are Human

You Have A Memory Hall!

The Living God Owes You Nothing

But
You Owe The Living God Your Life
Your Service
Your Prayers
Your Worship
Your Praise!

Please Take Out The Remembrances Of 

The Blessings Of God Upon You
And
In Soul-Gratitude
Have The Occasional Service Of Song
Service Of Thanksgiving
To And For
The Living God Holy

Who Gives You Gladly
Grandly

And
Gloriously Of
His Great Grace!
Take The Time!
Life Is Not A Race!

Remember This ...

Ingratitude 

Is 

Not Fit Attire For
Nor Upon
A True Christian!

Almighty God 

Is 

For You!
Do Not Overlook His Goodness 

By Taking It As Your Right!

You Have No Right To God's Blessings!

They Are A Gift!

Almighty God

By Christ Jesus

Under The Agency Of The Holy Spirit

Works ... In Your Behalf 

Every Single Moment Of

Every Single Day

So

Show Some Gratitude

And
Do A Solid For The Lord Today: 

Give

Almighty God

Some Willing Praise!!

P raise God From Whom All Blessings Flow!
R each Out And Touch God! Enjoy The Glow!
A lways Say Thank You! It's A Desirable Trait!
I gnore The Naysayers! Don't Suffer Their Fate!
S eek The Lord: He Is Waiting To Be Found, And
E xpress A Joyful Hallelujah

Because

Almighty God's Mercies 

And 

Blessings 

Upon You
Do Daily Abound!

Have You Given The Father

His Son

The Holy Spirit

Aka Our Great God

Aka The Godhead

Due Praise Today!?!

If Not,

Now Is Acceptable Time!

Go On! 

Get To It!

SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT: Unclean To Clean: No Soap!?! ... + Prayer: Jesus, Take The Wheel!

I Am Wondering ...

How Many ... If Any
Of Us Have Thought About
Looked Into
Truly Considered
Dwelt Upon:

Though Your Sins Be As Scarlet

They Shall Be As White As Snow;

Though They Be Red Like Crimson

They Shall Be As Wool!

AND

Thought On
Ruminated
Fixated
On The Significance Of
On The Fact That
This Charge Is Prefixed By:

Come Now And Let Us Reason Together!

Come (YOU, ME, WE) 

Now (Immediately; While It Is Yet Day)

Let (Cause) US (Our Creator, Lord And God And Ourselves)

Reason (Itemize The Facts aka Specifics)

• Of Almighty God's Will
• Our Present Condition
• Our Natural Inclination To Sin
• Our Personal Desire To Follow The Living God's Direction
• Our Yielding Our Selfish Will To The Eternal God's Control
• The Blessing God's Sure Aid To Help, Heal, Shield, Change And Save Us

 AND 

Our Cooperating ... TOGETHER

So That We Humans

Will Fully Understand The Temporal Risks Involved

AND

The Eternal Rewards At Stake

So That The Unchanging God

Will Make Us Sure-To-Die Sinners  ... Whole

AND

Alive

AND

Clean

So That We May Rejoin The Unfallen Worlds Of The Great I AM

IF

We Submit Our Personal Will

To His Sovereign Will!

Has It Even Breached Your Consciousness That
Sin Is Spiritual
Scarlet Is Color (Light Impacted)
Snow Is Chemical Natural Mysterious Unique White Clean
Red And Crimson Are Colors (Light Impacted)
Wool Is A Biologic
AND
The God Making The Offer
Uttering The Pronouncement
IS
The Light ... Of The World
The Way ... To And Of Salvation
The Truth ... That Reveals Right
AND
Makes The Convicted Repentant Soul
Alive
Clean
Acceptable
Accepted
In The Presence Of
The Holy One
In Whom Is No Variableness
Who Gives
Every Good And Perfect Gift
AND
Is Calling Us
To Join Him In The Courts Of Love!

How Do You Change The Spiritually Dead
To The Spiritually Alive?!
Red To White?!
Unclean To Clean ... No Soap?!

The Colors Of The Sanctuary
Of The Eternal God
Who Created Us
Provides For Us
Heals Us Of Our Backslidings
AND

Desires To Save Us Into
His Eternal Kingdom
Are These:

Gold

Blue

Purple

Scarlet

White

Turned Upside Down
As Like The Ladder 

Pointing
The Upward Way
They Speak And Say:

Those Who Desire To Receive

The Tried

True

And

Imperishable Gold Of Heaven

From

The Hand Of The Divine 

Will

By God's Great Grace

Choose

To Stand On The Law Of God

Represented By Blue

Wholly

Desiring To Wear Purple

Marking You To Be Royalty

By

Turning Over Your Sin

That Is As Scarlet

Impossible

To Overlook Or Ignore

And

Receive Of The Lord Your God

Christ's Righteousness

Which Is Designated

Linen

White And Clean

And

In The Day Of Appointment

You Shall ... By Right

Walk Through Heaven's Gate

The Door To Everlasting Life!

*******

PRAYER:

Heavenly Father, 

Light Up My Life!

Light My Way To Life!

Teach Me To Walk

The Straight And Narrow Way!

Help Me To Do All

According To Your Will

Just As You Say!

You Are My God

Holy Faithful True

And

It Is My Heart's Desire

To Forever Live

In Peace

With You!

Jesus Take The Wheel!

Holy Spirit Be My Guide!

Let The Holy Angels

Influence Me For Good

And

My Person Protect

For

I Claim The Privileges

Of

One Of The Living God's Elect!

In Jesus Christ's Holy Name

I Humbly Prayer And Plead!

AMEN.