Really Living Dead!

I Stand Before You 
As
A Dead Person!
Not Any Old Pedestrian Dead
BUT 
A Person - According To The Bible
Who Is 
By Choice
Dead 
To The Call Of This World
Where All Sinful Lusts Are 
With Pious Devotion
Fed!

I've Tasted Of 
The World's Sweet Meats
Which Gregariously Pulled Me
Away From God 
AND WHICH
Without Fail
Left In My Mouth
A Bitter After-Taste
AND
A Sour Stomach 
On Riotous Repeat!

From The Reading Of The Holy Scriptures
I Know That
- If Left Unrepented
AND
Unconfessed -
All Known Sin
Is Going To Rear Up
In Accusation
Against Me When 
The Great Judge Of The Earth 
We Meet!

Only Problem, Though
When We Finally Face 
The Judgement Bar 
Of 
Jesus Christ The Righteous
It Will Be Too Late
To Confess Our Sins
OR 
"Try" To Make A Passing Excuse
AND
For This Very Reason
I Choose NOW
To Be Dead To The World
NOW
AND
To Be Alive In Jesus Christ
So That In That Great Day
I Will Not Be Among The Rejected
Who
- In Fact -
Are Accounted To The Kingdom
As Total Cast Outs!
The Ejected!

I Implore You, Therefore, Brethren ...

Let Us Live 
In The World
BUT
Not Be 
A Part Of It!

Let Us Be The Salt That Flavors
That Points The Taste-buds Of Others
 To Jesus Christ!

Let Us, Therefore
Lift Up The Savior
So That His Mercy And Grace
Will Enlarge Us
As We - By Right Living -
Set Stones In The Path Called 
The Holy Way
AND
Then Lift Us Up To Glory On
That Great And Glorious Day!

Are YOU 
Really 
Truly 
As A Born-Again 
United-With-Christ Christian
Living ... DEAD
To This World?!

OXYMORON: Nominal Christianity

A Nominal Christian
Is One Who Says
Give Us Your Name
For
For Our Bread And Clothing
We Can Ourselves Pay!

A Nominal Christian
Is One Whose Walk With The Lord
Is Conditioned Upon The Lord
Giving That Christian
Earthly Peace
AND
Much Earthly Reward!

A Nominal Christian
Is Not One Who Will Say
Sacrifice 
AND
Humility
Are On The Blessed God's Way!

Nominal Christianity Is
The Laodicean Way
Saying To The Life Giver
We Don't Need You Today
For We Are Rich
AND
Increased With Goods
With More
Much More 
Coming Our Way!

BUT ...

Let Me Tell You
What The Great God
On The Sifting Day
- After Having Issued The Directive
For Them To Change Their Ways
For They Were Wretched
Poor
Miserable
Blind
AND
Naked
In The Eyes Of The Divine -
Says:

Depart From Me!

Into Outer Darkness Go!

You Are No Child Of Mine!

I Do Not You Know!

In That Dark Dark Day
There Will Be Wailing
AND
Gnashing Of Teeth
BUT
The God Of All Ages
Will Have No Mercy
For Those Who 
Crocodile Tears Weep!

God Will Pour Out His Wrath
Unmetered
Untempered
By Mercy And Grace
AND
The Nominal Christian
Will Know The Terrible Sorrow
Of Eternal Separation
From The Loving Good Sweet!

No True Christ Lover 

Can Be Called

A Nominal Christian

For That Plainly Says

That Wicked Satan Did

Jesus Christ Defeat!

Jesus Christ Is Lord!

Jesus Christ Is God!

Satan Is The Father-Liar

AND

The Consummate Fraud!

Satan Deals In Half-Truths!

Satan Deals In White Lies!

Satan Is The Robber

The Murderer

AND

He Desires To See Humans Die!

Live For The Holy Jesus!!

Live! 

Why Should You Die?

Jesus Christ Paid Your Sin-Price

So That You Can

To God The Father

Be Lovingly Reconciled!

Call On Jesus Christ Today!

Call On His Name In Fervent Prayer!

Pray Like There Is Only Today

AND

Invite The Holy Spirit

Into Your Heart To Stay!

Trust Jesus Christ!

Your Hold Upon Eternal Life

Really Depends 

On Your Faith And Belief

AND

Love And Trust

In Him!

LESSON LEARNED: SIN Is Not My Friend!

Hands Down
The Most Interesting
Entertaining
Solicitous
Engaging
Open "Friend"
I Have Ever Had
On The Journey
Along The Street Of Life
Is Sin!

I Kid You Not!

Sin Was The Jolliest
Most Adventurous
Daredevil
Up-For-Kicks Acquaintance
That I Have Ever Had!

No Suggestion Was Considered 
Too Bland Or
To Boring
Because Sin Put His Spin On Everything
AND
Life Then Became
GRAND!

I Had New Hills To Climb!
I Had New Balls To Bounce!
I Had New Rocks To Roll!
I Had New Thrills From Which To Get Spills!

I Had
Newer!
Bigger!
Better!
Boundaries To Breach!

I Had More Gains From The Many Pains!

There Was Never The Same Thrill
Never The Same Store
Just More and More ...!

UNTIL ...

My Mind Started
Asking
Asking
Asking Why?
What For?
What's Right?
AND
Saying:

                                               That's Wrong!                             No!
                      Don't!
                                                                               Stop!
      Stand Still!
                                         Run Away!
                                                                                                God Sees You!
                   Haven't You Yet Had Your Fill?



THEN ...

The Day Came
When Fun Sin
Wasn't Funny Any More
AND
Doing Wrong No Longer Made Me Feel Strong
AND
I Hated
Hated
Hated What I Had Become
Because ...!

Because Why?!

Because Loving The Wrong Is Not You!

You Don't Belong

With That Crew

That Lives In The Loo

Besmirched

Branded

Waiting For The Death Plane ...

Which Is Coming In For A Landing!

BUT ...

No!

This Child Is Mine!

Come, Child!

Say Your Prayers!

You Know My Name!

Call On Me, Now!

I AM Your Way Of Escape!

Suddenly ...

I Really See
That Sin Is Not My Friend
BUT
A Fiend
AND
The Enemy
Of Anything Desiring 
By Jesus Christ
To Be Made Clean!

Lord Jesus!

It's Me!

I Have Need Of You!

Help Me, I Pray!

I Can't Last Another Day!"

AND ...

That Is When
The Blinders Fell Off
AND
I Tore Off The Black With Sin Cloth
AND
Spit Out Sin's Once Pleasant 
Soul-Tickling Bubbles And Bewitching Froth!

Satan's Sin Is No Man's Friend!

Christ's Salvation
Is
FREE
From The Friend To The End!

Doing Wrong Needs No Effort
BUT
Doing The Right
Requires
Making
A Conscious Decision!

... On The Broad and Bent-Up Way!

Everywhere I Look
I See
Murder
Greed
Envy and Hate
AND
Those Committed To The Cause
Seem Not To Know That
Time
Is Getting Ready For 
Its Final Round Of Applause!

Pride In Possession
Pride Of Place
Pride In Association
Even In Disgrace
Seems A Badge Of Honor
To Those Whose Fate
Is Clearly Delineated
In Heaven's Everlasting Slate!

Heaven's Slate
Is The Holy Bible True
Preserved By The Living God
As The Right-Living Guide
For Me And For You
AND
Deciding It Is Not Relevant
To Your Current Life
Does Not Change The Fact
That Satan's Way 
- As In The Bible Written -
Is The Way Of Carnality And Vice!

A Person Does Not Have To Believe
That The Bible Is True
For
God Gave Each Man
Free Will And Way To Walk
When He Places His Shoes!
Pity, Though
I Tell You
Many Have Chosen The Way Of The Lie
As Spouted Sprouted By The Proud
The Craven
The Cowardly
The Covetous
The Dark Prince Who Has The Power Of The Air!
And Human Ears, Too!

Don't Fill Your Stomach
With Food You Can't Digest!
Don't Fill Your Heart
With Sin
Refusing It To Confess
For The Day Is Soon Coming
When The Lord And Creator Of All
Will Return To Claim His Creation
Dispossessed By Adam's Fall!

Whether Or Not
You Choose To Believe This Refrain
Know - With Certainty
Creator God
Does Not Play
Human Nor Satanic Games!

God's Word Is THE WORD!
God's Will Is THE WAY
AND
Despising His Law
Is Only Going To Cause You
The Ultimate Penalty
For Yourself
To Have To Pay!

Now Is The Accepted Time
God's Pathway
Is The Way That Shines
Dismiss The Goat-Master
Get Away From The Herd
Call Out To King Jesus
And Your Plea 
Will Be In Truth
Heard!

JESUS SAVES!
Satan Lovingly 
Unbelieving Men's Necks Shave
After Oiling Their Bodies
For The Brimstone And Fire Grave!

Don't Believe
All His Half-Truths
Machinations
AND
White Lies
Strategically Placed
On The Broad And Bent-Up Way
Causing Men
God's Truth To Flagrantly Deny!
Call Out To The Heavenly Father
It Is The Only Safe Way!
Think!
Talk
Or Scream Out
Call Out To God!
He Won't Leave You Out
So
Weak And Falling
On Your Back
Or A Gun In Your Mouth
Call Out His Name - It Is A Prayer
AND
He Will Aid You Out!!

Have Mercy, Lord Jesus 

Is

The Perfect Prayer!

PIE IN THE SKY: Slice Of God

There Are People Saying:

"God Is Not Real!"
He Is Just Pie In The Sky!"

Well, I Like Pie
BUT
I Love God!
They Are A Good Combination
The Sweet
AND 
The True
And I Want A Slice Of Pie
AND 
A Home With The Holy God, Too!

If God Is Pizza Pie
Give Me A Twelve-Inch Round
Deep Dish
Stuffed Crust
With Extra Cheese
AND
Hold The Napkins!

I Need God All Over Me!

If God Is Apple Pie
- Truth Or Lie -
I Am Not Hedging My Bets!
I Am All In!
I Want Need The Pie God
For
I'll Be - By Faith -
Fat
AND 
Flourishing
AND 
Filled
AND
Satan
Can Go Take Himself
A Lake Of Fire and Brimstone Not-Chill!

Faith 

Is 

The Victory 

That Overcomes 

The Loud-Mouthed Confidence 

Of 

Satan's Con Men ... And Women!

*********

Don't Be Fooled!

TRUST THE LIVING ETERNAL HOLY GOD!

VESPERS AT THE END OF THE SABBATH: PRAYER: ... For A New Heart!

Dear Father,

I Desire Of You As I Pray

A New Heart

Pristine As The New Day

Holding

No Envy

No Malice

No Hatred

No Greed

No Bigoted Intentions

No Corruptions To Feed!

No Gluttony

No Guile

No Penchant For Pride

No Possibility For Base Passion

No Smells In The Nose That Will The New Heart Defile!

No Ning-Nings

No Nudges

No Sarcastic Forays

No Listings
No Lustings
No Angry Displays!

Lord, Please Help Me Keep That Satan Away!

Lord,

Just Give Me A New Heart
New From Your Heart

That Will Honor Your Presence

Is My Humble Pray!
Lord, Set Me Apart!

I Love You,  Lord!

Help Me To Love You Aright

In The Day Light 
and

Through The Dark Night!

Through Wins and Loses

The Fights 
and 
The Flights

Until The Dawning Of The Glorious Coming

Of The Living Holy Jesus' Light!

AMEN.

TRUTH: God Loves AND Satan Hates What God Loves!!

God Can't Love You Less!
Satan Can't Hate You More
AND
Faith Is The Key
That Unlocks Heaven's Mercies
And Its Made-of-Pearl Gate Doors!

Because You May Hate God
It Does Not Mean That God Hates You!
BUT ...
If You Love God
Know For A Fact That
Satan Despises and Hates You!

God Hates Sin!
God Loves The Sinner!
Repent and Confess Your Sin
AND
Be Present At 
God's Saints' Welcome Home Dinner!

God Love Is Not Blind!
God's Love Can See!
God Loves Us Nevertheless
AND
No Surprise
God's Love Is Free!

God Loves You!
Satan Hates You!
BUT
No Matter The Hate
To Sin  ... Satan Cannot Make You!

God Could Bend Your Will
But He Won't!
Satan Would Bend Your Will
But He Can't!

God Is God Is Real!
Satan's Plan To Be God Is Stale
BUT
Don't Go Facing Satan
Believing You Can't Fall
For Without God As Your Shepherd
You Are Nothing More Than 
Satan's Cheap Bouncy Ball!

God Loves!
Satan Hates!
Soooo ...
Learn Ye The Difference
Before Your Expiration Date!

Satan "Wears See-through Plastic Polka-dot Pull-up Pants!" a/k/a Liar Attire!

A portion of their time was to be occupied in the happy employment of dressing the garden, and a portion in receiving the visits of angels, listening to their instruction, and in happy meditation. Their labor was not wearisome, but pleasant and invigorating.—The Signs of the Times, January 9, 1879.


God Gave to Man Happy Employment!
BUT
Through Satan's Machinations
It has Devolved into Dreaded Work!

Would That The Lord
In Mercy 
Restore Love for The Creator
And 
Remove Employment from Being a 
Bore
Snore
Chore!

Would That The Deceiver
Had Not Seen To His Personal Self
And, Instead, had Accepted Jesus Christ as God
As God The Father Almighty was Himself!

"If Only!"
To This Very Day
Are Words that Men -  Broken -
Resort To ...  As They Pray
To The God They Don't Believe In
The God They Vehemently and Thoroughly Deny
Until The Day of Visitation 
When
Their Prayers 
Prove That Their Denials of God and His Glory
Are
A Demon-Inspired Packaged Lie!

How Often Have We
In a Fit of Pique
Denied God's Sovereignty
And 
Elevated Satan's Malignity?

How Often Have We 
Denigrated God's Truth and Righteousness  
And 
Elevated Satan's Crookedness and Deceit?

The Living Holy God's Weapons of Warfare are
Truth and Righteousness
Made Up of Love and Light and Grace, and 
Justice By Mercy,  Faithfulness
Hope, Helps,  Healing,  and 
Provision, and 
Salvation 
By Forgiveness Of Sin
Through 
The Sacrifice of Jesus Christ!

Satan's Weapons of Warfare are 
Crookedness and Deceit Made Up of
Lies, Hate, Cruelty,  Injustice
Perversion,  Diversion, Dalliance and Denials of Truth
Malice, Murder, Malevolence, and
Brutishness, and Brutality.

God IS Able!
But 
Satan Tells Man God is A Fable
So that
He - The Pretender - Is Then Capable of
Elevating -  Extricating -  Himself 
Up and Out of 
The Losers Stable!

BUT ...

Satan,  Ever The Liar
Ever Lying
Sells to The Unwary and The Unbeliever
His False Bill of Known Goods and
His Known Bill Of False Goods!

Satan is Not a god Nor God!
Satan Cannot Make Man Into God!
Satan Cannot Save Himself!
Satan Cannot Lift Up 
Nor Uplift Anybody
And
He Cannot Force Anybody Do Anything
And
He Cannot Read Minds
Nor Can He Tell Any Man His Future!

Satan Is The Master of Illusion
Who Sells to The Unwary 
An Excess of Delusion!

When You Recognise

That YOU Need The Truth

Go!

Run!

Don't Walk!

To

Jesus Christ - The Righteous

The Able 

Available

All-Seeing

All-Knowing

Ever-Present

Miracle-Working

God Of All Grace

and 

Heavenly Glory!

*******

Until YOU Accept Jesus Christ

THIS

Is Who YOU Are:

When YOU Accept Jesus Christ

KNOW This: