VESPERS AT THE END OF THE SABBATH: WHO DONE IT: One Letter ...!?!

The Case Is Not ... Is ... Over!
They've Been Tied Up In Knots
And
All Because Of One Letter
Good People Are Being Given The Blot!

They Can't Stay!
They Have To Go!
They Aren't To Speak To Anyone
And
Anyone Who Answers Them
Must Give The Approved Answer ...!

... Which Is!?!

No! No! No!

But How Did This Happen!?!

It Was A Destroyer's Special!

He Changed One Letter In Praying Family's Name
And
Now They Are To Be By All Thoroughly Disdained!

Praying Family Is A Delight To Know
But
They Were Against Dark Lord's Bank Balance 

Making Deep Inroads By Telling The Truth
Doing The Good And The Right
Blessing God By Blessing Others

Telling The Good News Gospel
To The World And His Brother
And
Not Preying Upon Sisters, Friends
Brothers, Co-Workers
Relatives And Others!

Dark Lord Flipped The Script
And
Instead Of The Praying Family
Praying For Self And Others
They Are Now Publicly Branded
As The Preying Family
Preying With Malice 

Upon The Citizen Sisters And Brothers!

It Was A Stroke Of Evil Genius!

All Because Of One Letter!?!

No!

It Was Because The Good Praying Family
Was Causing Others To Believe That
They Could Change
That They Could All Things Well
That They Could Be A Blessing To Others
And That 

- This Was The Kicker -
Jesus Christ Saves To The Uttermost!

All The Publicl- Known Violations Against 

The Preying Family
- Those Known Crooks, Robbers
Liars, Murderers And Thieves -
Were Transferred To The Praying Family's Record
And
They Were All Arrested
Tested
Rejected
And
From The Society Of Men
Needing Soul Salvation
Ingloriously Ejected!

Lord, Help Us!

There Is No Recourse!
There Is No Appeal
And
For A Vengeful Lie

Everything That They Diligently
Conscientiously Worked For
They've Been Forced To Leave!

I Guess You Know That This Doesn't End Here
That Dark Lord Has Something Else Nasty
Under His Long, Black Sleeves ...!

... And Jesus Christ The Righteous
Has The Whole World In His Hand
And
Every Believer In His Heart!
We Are The Apple Of His Eye!

But, Wait
How Is The Family Taking It!?!

Just As Normal ... As Part Of The Journey!
They Are Praying, Praising
Trusting, Hoping
Speaking Truth In Righteousness!

That's Good! 

They Believe That God Is In The Moment ...!

... In All The Moments!

... And You'd Be Right! 

Almighty God Is The Eternal Spirit 

Who Inhabits ... With Us ... Time And Space

Past, Present, And Future

And

All Times And All Places!

He Was ... He Is! 

He Is To Come!

He Was Dead ... Is Alive

And 

Is Alive Forevermore!

He Holds The World In His Hands 

And 

He Dwells Within The Regenerated Believer's Heart! 

He Is Hope For Today

And 

The Promise For The Future!

He Created Time

And 

He Is Not Restricted By Time! 

He Knows Our Needs For The Duration Of Our Lives

And 

He Reaches Into The Time Not Yet Constructed 

And 

Makes Provision For What Is Needful 

So As ... As He Says 

To Give Us A Hope ... A Future, 

An Expected  End!

He Is Our Great Awesome God!

He Is Holy! 

He Is Creator! 

He Is Divine!

Brethren, 

Dark Days Are Ahead For All Of Us

Who Choose To Believe In

And

Enduringly, Willingly, Lovingly 

Faithfully Follow The Lord Christ

So, Please, Let Us Keep Our Thoughts
Our Words
Our Actions
To Him Ever, Always, Inclined!

I'll Speak The Truth!
Jesus Christ Is Mine
And Heaven At The Last Trumpet
Shall Surely Be Mine!

Our God Is Ever Faithful
Ever Present
Ever Kind
And
Not One Of His Faithful Children
Shall Be Left Alone
Or Left Behind!

With The Almighty God
As Our Healer, Feeder, Leader And Sealer
There Is No Created Being That
Can Cause Us To Repine!

Let Us Pray With Passion Always
And
On Jacob's Climb Confidently Climb!
The Praying With Faith Family
Will Be More Than Fine!

Dare ... To Delight!!

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! 

He, By The Holy Spirit Of Truth
Is 

Calling You, Personally
To Come Home!

A Forever Home!?!

Yes, Indeed!

It Is As Long As Eternity!

Very Well! 

I Shall Answer His Call

And I Shall Go To Him

... Even If I Go Alone!

Hallelujah!

Thank You, Jesus!

Welcome To The Family Of God!

The Destruction Delegation - Divide & Conquer Command Meeting

"Divide! Divide!"

"But, why?"

"Can anyone answer that question?!"

"So that we may conquer them!"

"Very gooood! And for that perfect,perfect, answer Distrust, you get first chance at them!"

So went The Meeting of The Destruction Delegation - Divide & Conquer Command.

"Wow! Those Christians don't stand a chance!"

"Do not try to get them to leave their churches - Join their churches!
Join their committees!
Be their Best Friend!
Be their Girlfriend!
Be their Boyfriend!
Be their Mother!
Be their Father!
Be their Brother!
Be their Sister!
Be their Guide!
Be their Leader!
Be their Teacher!
Be their Preacher!
Be Whoever, Whatever, Wherever, Whenever you need to be, or to do, to Accomplish The Task!"

"I liiiikkkke!" said Falter

"Wherever they go - you go!
Whatever they do - you do!
But ... Do not forget to go The Extra Mile!
Give The Friendly Smile!
Be kind to The Child
AND
Beguile! Beguile!"

"Niiiccceeeeeeeeee!" said Randy, Rowdy, Rambunctious and Ribald in unison.

"People, this is no different from a bloody war!
We can't go back home, and it is our job to make sure that they can't go home either!"

"Yeahhhh!!" said Okay-But

"We won't get them all but WE WILL GET A LOT OF THEM!!

"Becauseeee ...?! 
Why?!
How?!
Wha...aat?!"

"BECAUUSSSSSSSSE:

1. Humans love to be told how wonderful they are!

2. They love to be told that they are better than everybody else, and
3. They love to know they know something by nobody else does! And, get this!
4. They really love to have something that nobody else has to brag about!"

"Gooood to knnooooww! said Mendacious.

"People!! You must:

1. Appeal to their Vanity!

2. Appeal to their Greed!

3. Stroke The Ego!

4. Pat them on The Head!

In short, go for Overkill!"

"And when they are leaning on your shoulder
Feed then The Swill
And they'll eat until they fall down 
Dead from Overfill!"

"I really, really, like that!" said Tempted-to-Touch.

"Feed them so they can't think straight and make "The Decision" for You Know Who!

Promise them the World!

Give them a quick Twirl!

Give them a few Pennies

And hear them as they Purr

And Perform

And Run Around

Doing as we Bid

Never Realizing that

For them, we don't give a Fig!"

"Niiicee!!" 

"It's all about The Numbers!

We must get our Numbers High

Don't ever Forget

He is Coming and

We are going to Eternally Die!"

"He loves these Silly Humans!

They are His Pets

And that very reason gets Boss-man upset!

So, let's get to it

Let's have a Harvest
Let's have a Harvest Galore
Let's make Boss-man Happy
Let's bring down those Humans for Certain Sure!

"Yeeessss!! 
Yeeessss! 
Yeeessss!!"

Dear Ones:

Since God loves us, Satan hates us with a Passion Refined by Time and Experience.

Satan is not our Friend!

Satan will rob us of our Peace!

Satan will try to make us Release our Hold on our Salvation, and he will do it by sitting next to us at our Church Services, and even in our very homes!

Don't look for Satan at The Gin Joint - he has no need to go there!

Look for Satan where God's People Meet:

Look for The Self-righteous
Look for The Puffed-up
Look for The Grossly Opinionated
Look for The Holier Than Thou
Look for The Greed-actuated 

"Saint" Who Must Always Have Preeminence, and 

Look for Master Mouse of Mindful Manners to whom everyone willingly, wittingly and "wisely" defers.

Look for Satan in The Kindly Teacher of "Truths" taught with Worldly Passion and Vain-glorious Purpose!

Look for Satan in The Strikingly Handsome AND 
Honestly Homey AND 
Winningly Wonderful AND 
Borderline Beautiful and Bumptious AND 
Soulfully Saintly Sellers of Profane Symbology and New Age Truths.

Look for Satan in ... Self!!

Remember, if we are not looking at Jesus Christ, we are seeing Satan! - There is No Middle Ground!

Remember, Satan, Sin and Self all begin with "S" and their fates are all the Same!

Let's give none of them a toehold!

Give Jesus Christ Your Head

Your Heart

Your Hand

and

Your Hope

and

Get 

Help

and

Healing

and

Gain 

The Glorious Home in Heaven!

Believe and Behave!

Believe and Behave

Bless God and don’t be a slave

To the world and its beckoning caves

Of sin where the soul decays!

Believe and Behave

Bless God and don’t be a slave

To the emotional highs and lows

That carry you to Satan through its flows!

Believe and Behave

Bless God and don’t be a slave

To neither money nor men

Nor carnality in the den and glen!

Please, Friend, believe that this life is ending

For your soul there’s contending

Satanic Forces are offending and

Jesus Saves is defending!

Stop and look and listen and STOP

To choose the right side - not the suicide

For there’s either Life with the Loved Glad

Or Loved Life with the Lost Sad!

A decision then must now be made

For even a “no decision” card is the decision played

And the wrong decision equals eternal death in spades

Eternal separation - no Life in Bright Glades!

Believe and know that Christ Jesus Saves!

Behave now as you have for so long prayed!

Pray, pray, and sing His praise in oh so glad song

And you will indeed Live Forever ... e’er long!