Sin Is Fire!

De Fire Burning! 

To Extinguish An Uncontrollable Desire 

Aka Fire

Someone With Control, Ability, Knowledge, And Experience 

Aka CAKE

Ignites A Strategic Fire With The Expectation That 

It Will Extinguish The Old Fire 

And

Itself! 

If Someone Lacking The Knowledge Of 

And 

Experience With Fire 

Lights Fire To Extinguish A Fire

We End Up With Unintended Consequences 

Aka More Destruction 

And

Death! 

Of Course, There Are Pyromaniacs 

Aka Malicious Fire-Setters Amongst Us 

Who Just Love To Kill And Destroy! 

Beloved, 

Sin Is Fire! 

Willing Sinning Is Raging Fire! 

The Supreme Pyromaniac Of This Life 

Is 

Satan: 

His Minions, Those Who Will Encourage Us To Sin

To Set Ablaze Fire In Our Lives

Are The Little Fire-Setters Aka Instigators To Sin! 

Jesus Christ The Righteous

Is 

The Excellent Fire Chief 

Who Gave Of Himself To Save Us All Willing To Be Saved 

By His Holy Hand ... His Life

Through The Cross Upon Which He Was Raised Up 

As The Sinless One Accursed For Us 

Aka Our Only Savior! 

Save Yourself! 

Separate From Sinful-Self

Known Sin

Other Known And Bold Sinners

And 

Satan 

And

Seek The Solution Aka The Savior! 

Out De Fire: 

Kneel At The Cross! 

Peace!

Pride Is Poison + PRAYER: Father, Please Help Us To Humble Ourselves!

It Is Significant To See Righteousness And Unrighteousness

Faithfulness And Faithlessness 

And 

Pride And Humility 

So Starkly Compared And Contrasted! 

Beloved, 

We Are To Live By Faith 

While Lovingly Humbling Ourselves Before The Lord Christ 

Who Will Lift Us Up In His Day Of Appointment 

Just As He Lifted Up Jacob, Joseph, Job, And Moses! 

We Are Not To Lift Up Ourselves 

In Pride And With Arrogance Like Lucifer: 

It Didn't Work Out For Him 

And

It Will Not Work Out For Us! 

We Love To Say With The Worldly-Wise That 

Man Appoints And God Disappoints 

But 

If We Look Closer

We Will Clearly See What Manner Of Defeat, Disaster

Destruction, And Deviltry Exists 

When Man Appoints Man

And 

Man Anoints Self! 

The Humble, Faithful, Servant Of God

Is

Always A Blessing To Mankind!

Pride Is Poison 

And 

Self-Aggrandizement Is Terminal Disease 

And

Neither Has A Place In The Heart Of 

The Committed-To- Christ Christian! 

Dear Ones, 

The Only Lifting Up We Should Be Doing 

Is 

Lifting Up Our Souls To The Lord

Lifting Up Our Hands In Worship And Praise

Lifting Up Our Brethren

And 

Lifting Up Our Bibles And Our Spoons 

As They Convey To Our Bodies 

Our Very Necessary Daily Food! 

Pride Decimates! 

Faith Elevates 

And 

Humility Opens The Flood-Gates Of Blessing! 

PRAYER:

Heavenly Father, 

Please Help Us Today

To Humble Ourselves Before You On Earth

Your Footstool

So That You Will Lift Us Up To Heaven

Your Throne

On The Glad Day That You Have Set! 

Amen!!! 

DON'T BE A REPROBATE: Choose The Life-Giver!

To Love The Lord Jesus

To Be Kind In His Holy Name

To Do Right Because It Is Good

To Trust The Living Word And Not Fear The Word Of Man

To Speak Truth In Righteousness

To Walk Wise And Not Act The Fool

And 

To Lift Up The Lord 

And

Never Instigate Evil 

Are All Personal Choices To Be Constantly 

And 

Consistently Made By Us 

As Christians Committed To The Cause Of Our Lord Jesus Christ! 

Beloved, 

Praying Without Ceasing 

And 

Exercising Faith First, Last, And Always 

Is 

A Personal Choice That Eternally Profits! 

Doubting The Word Of God 

While Calling On The Name Of The Lord 

Reaps Us No Reward Or Benefit 

And

That, Too, Is Our Personal Choice! 

Please Never Forget That 

We Reap What We Sow 

And

We Eat What We Grow 

And

We Walk Where Our Mind Wanders! 

If We Choose To Longingly Follow After Christ

We Will ... By Faith ... Permit Our Minds To Be With Him 

In The Most Holy Place Of The Heavenly Sanctuary! 

If Jesus Is In Us By The Holy Spirit Of Truth

Then We Will Not Wonder About Sin

And 

Wander Into Transgression 

And 

Hang A Hard Left Into Iniquity 

And 

End Up As Reprobates 

To Be Cast Into Outer Darkness 

By Our Own Choosing! 

Let Us This Day Choose To Make Wise 

And 

Eternally Profitable Choices 

No Matter Who By Or For What 

We May Be Cursed At And Ridiculed! 

May It Be Your Choice Today To Smile With Hope 

And

Let The Light Of The Life-Giver 

Gloriously Shine Into Every Dark Area Of Your Life! 

Peace! 

VESPERS AT THE END OF THE SABBATH: Make Jesus First!

There Is No Wealth In Wickedness

There Is No Comfort In Crime

There Is No Peace In Perverseness

But

There Is Security In The Salvation

Which Comes From Our Savior Divine!

Love Is Like The River Glorious

Peace In Christ Is A Promise With No Shame

Hope Is The Haven Where Rest Is

And Righteousness Is The Life That Is Not In Vain!

Mercy Is Free And Available

Grace Is Our Sufficiency

Power Is Ours From The Hand Of Our Master

Who Is Truth And Will Bless You And Me!

Be Humble And Keep A Loving, Giving Spirit

Be Bold And Walk Wise By The Word 

Be Strong, Your God Is King Of Glory

And 

By His Will

We Will Go Up To Him Before Long! 

Be Strong! 

Peace! 

HAPPY SABBATH + Bad Choices ... Bad Results!

Bad Choices Equal Bad Results! 

Righteousness 

Is 

Like The Peacefully Cooing Dove 

And

Self-Righteousness 

Is 

Like The Splendidly-Showy Strutting, Screaming Peacock! 

Each Is A Chosen Way Of Life! 

Beloved, 

The Fact Of "Choice" States Clearly That 

You, Me, We Allowed Ourselves To Indulge Thought 

Which Speaks To Our Detailed Analysis Of 

The Pros And The Cons Of A Proposed Action! 

With This In Mind

It Is Clear That Whatever Decision We Thoughtfully Make

Whatever We Choose To Do

The Outcome, Good Or Bad

Cheap Or Expensive 

Or

Life Or Death

Is 

All On Our Own Head! 

Remember Your Creator-Given

Free-Will And Free Choice!

If We Take This Further

We Will Understand That "Choice" 

Is 

Why Not One Of Us 

Will Be Able To Stand Before The Judge Of All Flesh

The Savior Of Every Man

And Say

"I Didn't Know Right From Wrong!" 

Or 

"The Devil, My Brother, Sister, Neighbor

Mother, Father, Friend, Enemy

Made Me Do 'It!'" 

That Boat Ain't Gonna Float! 

We Are Called To Be Wise For Our Own Selves 

So Let Us Understand That 

We Have One Chance To Make The Right Choice 

To Avoid The "Why Me!?!" Consequence Of 

Departing From The Path Of Purity, Truth ... Righteousness! 

Brethren, Beloved

Please Let Us Dare Today 

To Do The Deeds To Plant The Seeds Of The Fruit That 

We Really Desire To Eat! 

Choose To Do Right 

And 

Walk Right In Living Light! 

Peace!

Of Muzzles And Funnels

Believe It Or Not

Both Muzzles And Funnels Exert Control! 

Muzzles Stop One From Doing Something 

And 

Funnels Specifically Send Something Somewhere Desired! 

Beloved, 

As Committed Christians 

We Must Always Keep Our Wits About Us: 

There Will Be No Fools In Heaven! 

Nobody, No Matter How Connected

Powerful And Intimidating They Are 

Should Be Able To Muzzle You 

As You Speak The Lord's Truth In Righteousness! 

Those Who Tried To Muzzle Apostle Peter Were Plainly Told: 

"We Should Obey God Rather Than Man!" 

Anybody Who Tries To Corral You And Funnel 

Aka Put You In Your Place 

According To The Finite Will Of A Fallen Being 

Should Be Disabused Of That Notion When They Realize That 

We, Repentant Sinners And Saints Of God And Christ

Have Already Taken Up And Are Inhabiting 

And 

Prospering In Our Appointed Place 

As Found In Christ Jesus! 

Are You Afraid!?!

Let It Be That You Fear Aka Hold In Awe The Living God 

Who Is Able To Destroy You Body And Soul In Hell! 

Our Lord Christ Is The Eternal King 

And 

Wherever He, His Word, Is

We, His People, Have Liberty! 

Dare To Be Who You Are Called To Be In Jesus 

And 

Let No Man Or Fallen Angel 

Steal Neither Your Joy Nor Your Crown Of Life! 

Our Bread And Our Water Are Secure In Jesus Christ: 

Be Very Strong And Courageous In Him! 

Peace!

TRANSFORMED: Unmasking The Masked!

Is Your Mask On!?! 

Is Your Facial Expression Shellacked In Place!?! 

Does Anyone Know The Real You 

Or Are They Just Looking At The Someone That 

Time And Circumstance Grew!?! 

Beloved, 

We Have All Worn Masks Of One Kind Or Another 

At One Time Or Another 

But

As Children Of The Father

As The-Bought With The Blood Of The Son

As Those Comforted By The Holy Spirit

We, By Faith, May Set Aside The False Image 

And 

By The Love Of Jesus Christ ... The Great Physician

Display The True Me ... The True You! 

Our Savior Could Not Lie 

And 

Let Us Die Lost! 

He Had To Live The Truth 

And 

Die The Death 

So That We, Convicted Of Sin And Of Righteousness

May Ultimately In The Father's House Of Joy And Peace 

Eternally Live! 

Masks Cast Shadows Which Hide The True 

And 

Highlight The False: 

This Behavior Practiced By Satan 

Placed Our Lord Upon Calvary's Cruel, Accursed, Cross! 

Today Is The Day Of Salvation 

When We Must Throw Off The Mask Of Sin 

And 

Let The Light That Is The Life Of Our King Jesus 

Shine In Our Eyes 

Revealing Our New Lives! 

Nothing That Defiles May Enter The Glorious City 

And So 

I Beseech Us All To Get Rid Of Anything And Everything 

Which Will Stop Grace And Mercy 

From Transforming Our Lives! 

The Death-Mask Of Sin Is For A Time: 

Nothing That Bears The Stench Of Finite-Time 

Will Enter Eternity! 

Be Transformed: 

Renew Your Mind! 

Let The World See Jesus Christ In You! 

Smile: 

Drop Sin And Self 

And 

Keep Salvation 

And

Recognize That We Are At The Last Mile Marker 

On The Road To Home! 

Be Real! 

Get Ready! 

Be Redeemed! 

Peace!

Soooo, You're Determined ...! ?!

What Are You Determined To Accomplish 

If

As Our Elders Used To Say

It Is The Last Thing That You Ever Do 

Before Joining The Underground Staff 

Aka The Society Of The Dead!?! 

Will Almighty God Bless You In Your Striving!?! 

Will It Get You One Step Closer To Heaven Or 

Will It Autograph Your Account In The Books Of Heaven: 

"Outcast! Condemned! Damned!?!" 

Beloved, 

Determination 

Is 

A Good Attribute To Possess 

When It Comes To The Things Of God 

Aka Goodness, Meekness, Gentleness

Kindness, Self-Control, Temperance, Long-Suffering

Faithfulness, And The Like! 

Determination That Is Brought On By Pride

Self-Centeredness, Envy, Greed, Hatred

The Desire For Self-Promotion

And 

The Callous Disregard For The Rights

Freedoms, And Feelings Of Others 

Is 

Of The Devil! 

Anything That We Have To Hide And Buy 

Or Sneak To Do 

Cannot Stand Up To The Sniff-Test Of Righteousness 

And

Our Determination To Gain From God-Declared Loss 

Will Ensure That We Are Counted As Lost To  All That 

Is 

Godly Gain! 

Dear Ones, 

We Are Called To Seek Christ 

And 

His Righteousness 

Through Faith And Determined Effort! 

To Be Determined To Mine Jewels 

In The Fields Of Wickedness 

Is 

To Water And Feed Sin 

And

Wantonly Starve Your Own Soul Of 

Sure And Secure Salvation! 

Please, I Beseech Us All

Do Not Be As Was Lucifer

Achan, Prophet Balaam

King Saul Or Judas Iscariot! 

Plead For Direction 

And

Accept Correction 

Before You Are Damned By Wrong Determination! 

Jesus Christ Is Our Peace: 

Follow Him! 

Rest Easy In Righteousness!

It Is Quite Easy In The Midst Of Trial And Tribulation

Loss And Grief

Sorrow And Shame

Hurt And Humiliation

Sickness And Suffering

And 

The Feelings Of Abandonment And Powerlessness

To Wonder Where Is The Lord

This Great God Whom We Serve! 

Beloved, 

Fear Not! 

The Lord Is Near! 

The Lord Is Here! 

Jesus Christ Loves Us With An Everlasting Love 

And

He Will Never Forsake Us Who Are His Own! 

Jesus Christ Gave Us This Promise With His Birth

By Baptism

Through His Spilt Blood 

And

In The Beauty Of Holiness 

As He Is Now In Sweet Beulah Land 

In The Most Holy Place Of The Heavenly Sanctuary 

Interceding For Us! 

We Have This Plain Promise 

To Hold Close In Our Hearts When We Are Bothered

Burdened And Bewildered! 

We Have This Same Promise As The Anchor For Our Souls! 

We Have The Valid Reason To Hope 

Because 

We Know That This Jesus Christ

The Lord Of Glory

Is 

Our Help And Salvation 

And

We Have No Reason To Fear What Mere Man Can Do Unto Us! 

Let Us Never Cease To Pray And Plead With The Lord

Trusting The Promises

And 

Daring ... By Faith 

To Walk In And For The Truth Humbly

Wisely

Obediently

And 

Enduringly! 

The Wrath Of God ... Without Mercy

Is 

The Lot Of The Wicked

The Unwise

The Proud And The Pitiless 

So Please Accept The Plain Promise In The Living Word 

And 

Choose To Rest Easy In Righteousness! 

The Day ... Our Day ... Of Deliverance 

Is 

Surely At Hand! 

Our Peace 

Is 

In The Hands Of Our Lord Jesus!

Pray 

And 

Perseveringly, Patiently, Plod On:

The King Is Coming! 

Peace!

Nabal-Laban: Tread Very Softly!

To Be A Nabal 

Is 

To Be Wicked, Foolish! 

To Be A Laban 

Is 

To Be Cunning, Deceitful! 

To Be So Afraid, Like Nabal, After The Telling Of 

How Close You Came To A Bloody Ending 

That You Freeze In Shock

And Die Within Ten Days For Your Ill-Mannered

Ungrateful, Thankless, Attitude 

Should Be A Warning To Us All! 

To Have The King Of Glory Tell You

As In The Case Of Laban, Jacob's Uncle

To Have Nothing To Say ... Neither Good Nor Bad

To His Servant Should Make Us All Tread Very Softly 

When We Are Planning To Execute Ungodly Deeds 

Against The Faithful Servants Of The Lord! 

Beloved, 

No Sin Goes Unpunished 

And 

No Good Deed Goes Unrewarded! 

We Are Called To Search The Scriptures 

And 

In Process 

We Should Ask The Lord To Search Our Very Hearts 

To See Whether We Are In The Faith That Cannot Fail! 

There Is No Point To Reaching Up To The Unseen God 

Acting All Holy And Clean 

When We Act Like Hell-Bent, Hell-Bound, Devils 

To Our Brethren Whom We See Daily! 

The Lord Jesus Plainly Said That 

The World Will Know That We Are His Disciples 

By The Love That We Have For Each Other! 

Brethren, Beloved

Let Us Be Reminded Again, Today, That 

Wickedness Has A Best By, Use By, Expiration Date! 

Righteousness Lasts Forever! 

The Ass From The Lord Speaks Truth 

And

The Holy Angels Of The Lord Wield Sharp Swords! 

Please Pray To The Almighty God For The Heart Of Flesh

Seeing Eyes

Hearing Ears

A Cleansed Tongue

Gentle Hands

And 

An Obedient Spirit! 

Kindness Is A Cure-For-All! 

Peace!

Walk Uprightly In The Glaring Light Of Truth!

Whatever We Do In This Life

Our Witness Is Also Our Judge! 

Whether It Be For Or Against Us 

Is

Determined By How We Operate 

Under The Word Of The Lord Jesus Christ 

Whom We Say That We Dearly Love! 

Beloved, 

Please Do Not Permit Truth 

To Be A Strange Flavor Upon Your Tongue 

Because 

This Will Mark You 

As Cohort With Him Who Has Made Lying A Science 

And

Sells It As A Heart-Comforting Song!

Jesus Christ Our Savior 

Is 

Calling His Children To Walk Uprightly 

And 

In The Glaring Light Which Makes All Darkness Strip Naked 

And 

Be Ashamed Of That Which Is Well And Truly Wrong! 

Let Us Endeavor Today To Stand In Truth ... Come What May

And 

Give No Ground To The Devil 

When For All Of Our Sin 

Jesus Christ The Righteous Already Paid! 

Please Take Your Burden To Jesus Christ

And 

See To It That By Your Hand 

At His Nail-Pierced Feet 

They Are Laid! 

Call Sin, Sin

And 

Call Satan,  The Fraud

And 

Choose To Let The Lord Lead You 

So That He Will Call You To His Side

When He Returns To Earth With The Angels 

Riding On The Conqueror's White Horse On The Cloud!

Almighty God's Grace Is Sufficient: 

Humbly Pray

Gently Speak

And 

Faithfully The Treasures Of The Living Kingdom Seek!

 Maranatha: 

The Lord Is Coming! 

Peace!

HAPPY SABBATH + THE LORD COMMANDS: Hearken And Do!

Do You Hear The Still Small Voice Of God

The Holy Spirit Of Truth!?! 

How Well Do You Listen!?! 

Do You Diligently Follow The Lord's Commands Obediently 

Or

Do You Take His Commands As Recommendations 

And

Then Use Your "Solutions" 

To Fix What Only The Living God May Cure!?! 

Remember Lot's Wife! 

The Lord Warns His People Before Disaster Strikes! 

With Compassion For Our Human Weaknesses

And 

Despite Our Tepid Obedience

The Lord Helps Us So That We Are Not Destroyed: 

We Are Usually Left With The Scars And The "Tee-Shirts" 

To Show The Results Of Our Lack Of Bold Faith 

As A Plain Warning To Others! 

Beloved, 

The Lord Asks Us To Be Still 

And 

Know That He Is God

And 

To Be Still And See Your Own Soul's Salvation! 

The Lord Warns Us To Go In One Direction 

And 

To Return Another Way! 

He Says Do Not Eat Or Drink 

In Known Sinful Places! 

The Lord Warns Us Not To Allow Others To Divert Us 

From The Path Of Righteousness 

And

He Makes It Clear That 

When He Commands You To Go For Him That 

He Will Never Send Another Being 

To Change His Direct Commands 

Personally Given To You! 

We Have Free-Will And Choice! 

Please, I Beseech Us All

Do Not Permit The Loud And Obnoxious Voices

The Busyness Of Life

And

The Race To Get Gain And Power 

To Cause You Not To Hear 

And 

Heed The Voice Of Almighty God 

By The Holy Spirit Of Truth 

Who Is Leading Us Safely Home 

Via Guidance, Warning ... And Correction!

Jesus, The Lamb Of God, Is The Truth:

Listen To 

And 

Obey The Lamb! 

Hearken And Do: 

Blessings Await! 

Peace!

The Valley Of Decision!

At The Border Between Decision And Death

I Sincerely Pray For Us All That 

We Will Reach Out To Jesus Christ 

And 

Choose Life! 

A No-Decision Is A Decision

And 

A Not-Now Decision Decides That 

We Will Not With Our Dear Savior

Eternally Abide! 

Wait And See 

Is 

As Good As Continue And Do ... Wrong ... 

While Forgetting That 

Tomorrow Is Not Promised To Either Me Or You! 

We Must Live With Awareness 

Consciously Doing What Is Right

Never Engaging Auto-Pilot To Walk Wild 

On The Dark Side! 

Beloved, 

Today Is The Day Of Salvation

Not For A Family

A Group

Or A Church

But 

For Each One Of Us Individually: 

Let Truth, Righteousness, And Faith Be Your Perch! 

Please Let No One Detain You To Indulge In A Lil' Fun 

Because 

The Very One Who Encourages You In Wrong-Doing 

Is 

A Payee Of 

Satan's Do-You Ruin-A-Friend And Another Fund! 

Think For Yourself! 

Walk Alone If You Must! 

Jesus Christ Bore The Cross Of Shame 

All Of Our Sin To Atone ... To Pay For ... Alone! 

We Have One Shot At Jesus Christ's Glory! 

There Is No Do-Over Of Life! 

In The Valley Of Decision, Dear One, 

Please Choose Christ's Eternal Life! 

Don't Look Back At What Was! 

Look Up To What Shall Be 

And 

Think Of The Welcome Home Table 

Where Christ, Himself, Shall Serve You And Me! 

Think About Our Eternal Home! 

Peace!

SUCCESS AT CALVARY: It Is Jesus Christ-Alive, Alone, Who Saves!

If Our Hope In The Living  God 

Is 

Built On Anything Other Than Jesus Christ

His Righteousness

His Successfully Completed Work On The Cross Of Calvary 

And

The Fact That His Was A Sinless Sacrifice 

Totally Accepted By His Father

Then 

I Totally Recommend That 

We All Be Prepared To Be Completely Disappointed 

By What It Is That We Believe Is Better 

Aka More Profitable Than The Lamb Of God 

Who Takes Away The Sin Of The World! 

For Every Gift Of Almighty God 

There Is A Counterfeit Freely Sold By Satan 

And

As A Result

There Are Some In "Religious Royalty" 

Who Are Confidently Broadcasting That 

Jesus Christ Was Himself A Sinner 

And 

An Abject Failure As Our Only Savior! 

Beloved, 

If These Claims Held Water

Our Hope For Heaven Is For Nothing 

Because

The Father Has Not Accepted His Son's Sacrifice For Sin

And

Christ Is Dead

And

Our Promised Salvation

With New Life In This Same Christ

Is 

As The Sand In A Desert Storm! 

Sinners Cannot Live

In

Almighty God's Presence! 

Brethren, Beloved

We Must Each Know The Word Of Our God 

For Our Own Selves! 

We Will Not Understand Everything Now 

But

We Will Surely Understand Hereafter!

"Pastor Preacher Priest Pope Said" 

Is Not 

Proof Of Bible Knowledge! 

Please Read And Study The LivingWord 

For Your Own Education 

And 

Your Own Soul's Salvation! 

Neither Satan Nor Lying Mortal Man Is Our Savior: 

Jesus Christ-Alive, Alone, Saves

And 

The Holy Spirit Teaches Those Who Are Willing 

To Humbly Learn The Truth From Him!

Come To Jesus Now! 

Peace!