Showing posts with label Self-Deception. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Self-Deception. Show all posts

Saturday, February 24, 2024

VESPERS AT THE END OF THE SABBATH: Think Tenderly ...

KJV Acts 24:25
25 And as he reasoned of righteousness, temperance, and judgment to come, Felix trembled, and answered, Go thy way for this time; when I have a convenient season, I will call for thee.


Think Tenderly On The Truth 
And 
Grow Rich In Righteousness! 

Beloved, 

Throughout The Church Age
Men And Women Have Squandered Their Blessings From 
The Divine Majesty Who Inhabits Impenetrable Light 
By Lying On The Truth 
And 
Embracing Self-Deception And Self-Delusion! 

Haven't You Heard That The Best Lie That One May Tell 
Is 
The Lie Told To Oneself!?! 

Dear Ones, 

The Only Thing In This Life Which Does Not Change 
Character, Clothing, Or Commitment To The Cause Of Christ
Is 
The Truth Of Christ! 

Have You Heard Our Savior Calling You 
By The Holy Spirit Who Leads Us Into All Truth!?! 

Did You Answer In The Affirmative 
Or Did You Calendar It For That More Convenient Time 
After You've Gotten Your Jollies 
By Indulging Your Favorite Sin!?! 

Beloved, Be Warned! 

Telling The Lord To Come To You 
At A More Convenient-To-You Time 
Is 
Like Asking Sunrise To Come At Sunset Twice Removed! 

The Sun Does Not Rise Or Set By Our Say-So 
Nor Is The Almighty God Our Servant 
And 
We His God! 

Tread Softly! 

Choose To Listen To The Lamb 
And 
Remember That Every Good And Every Perfect Gift 
Is 
From Him In Whom There Is No Variableness 
Aka Mood-Swings 
Or Shadow Of Turning 
Aka Fickleness 
Aka He Has No Liar In Himself!

Beloved, Think! 

Almighty God Is The Same
Yesterday, Today, And Forever! 

I Implore Us All To Heed The Call To Life 
Less We Awaken One Day To Find Ourselves Like 
King Saul, Judas Iscariot, And All Who Believe That 
They Can Instruct, Correct, Control, 
And 
Commission The Creator God
Our King ... The Judge! 

Night Is Coming
So Walk In The Light That Leads To Life Everlasting! 

Peace! 




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Tuesday, August 31, 2021

Walk The Talk The Walk!

 



The Perfect Love That Our Dear Savior Has For Us 
Will Never Allow Him To Overlook Our Sin 
And 
Permit Us To Indulge In Selfishness And Unkindness! 

Our Growing Love For Our Dear Savior 
Will Never Permit Us To Willingly Practice Sin 
And 
Be Participants In Acts Which Are Decidedly Unholy 
And 
A Straight Departure From His Divine Character Of Grace
Mercy, Goodness, Truth, Gentleness, Kindness
And 
Righteousness! 

Beloved, 

"Christian" Talk Is Cheap! 

Wearing A Christian's Garb 
Is 
Cheap And Convenient! 

"Speaking" The Christian's Language 
By Repeating Buzz-Words 
Does Not Give One Agility 
Or Facility To Treat To The Unexpected 
Or The Unfamiliar 
Or The Curve-Ball Of Catastrophe! 

We Have To Walk The Talk The Walk!

The Lord's Commitment To Our Growth Through Grace 
And 
Our Commitment To Him Through Willing Obedience 
And
The Bold, Even Aggressive, Exercise Of 
Our Daily Gift Of His Faith 
Requires Us To Walk In Accord With His Will 
And 
His Ways 
And
Under His Billowing Banner Of 
Living, Unchanging, Truth! 

Self-Deception Leads To Self-Destruction 
But 
Loving The Living Truth Leads To The Light That 
Is 
The Life Of Every Man! 

We Can't Be Dirty In The Dark! 

Jesus Christ 
Is 
The Lover Of Your Soul 
And
It Is By Him, Alone, That You Are Remade 
To Stand Clean Before The Great White Throne! 

Hold On To Your Blessings: 
Live In ... Live For ... Live Through ... The Truth! 

Peace!





Wednesday, April 21, 2021

Self-Utilized Backbone Required!




The Newest Growing Trend In Popular Culture 
Is 
To Place The Onus, The Duty, Upon Others 
To Be Your Personal Backbone 
To Stop You 
From Giving In To The Unbridled Lusts Of Your Flesh 
By Depriving Others Of Their Own Rights Of 
Self-Determination! 

Beloved, 

Being Temperate Aka Having Personal Self-Control
Knowing When Enough Is Sufficient 
And
Accepting "Thus Saith The Lord!" 
All Make For The Perfect Deterrent 
No Matter What "Difficulty" We May Face! 

Think About It ...

 Sin Abounds! 
The Moral Law 
And 
The Health Laws Are Available 
And 
We Are Encouraged To Make Good Use Of Them!
 
The Lord Jesus Could Have Removed Sin 
And
Temptation From Our Presence: He Didn't! 

Jesus Christ ... The Righteous Judge ... Simply Says

 
Exercise My Gift To You Of Daily Faith 
And
Use My Commandments For You 
As Your Sure Hedge Of Protection 
And
You Won't Choose To Sin! 

See! 
Self-Utilized Backbone Is Required! 


To Willfully Commit Sin Is Not An Accident!
Living By Sinning Is A Personal Choice!

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Being Tempted Is Not A Sin!
Yielding To Temptation Is Sin!

Life Is Amazing! 
Self-Deception Is Mind-Boggling! 
Refusing To Take Responsibility 
For Your Own Self-Willed Actions 
Is 
The Mark Of A Lazy Mind In A Self-Absorbed Person! 

Remember, Remember
Don't Ever Forget ...

You Alone 
Stand Alone 
Before Christ Alone 
To Answer For Your Own Life 
In The One Judgment! 

One Life To Live Is Your Lot: 
Deal With It! 

Use Your Gift-From-God Tools!


Find Your Peace In The Lord!




Thursday, March 11, 2021

Familiarity With Sin Breeds Contempt For Sin!







It Is A Fact That 
Those Persons Who Live Close To Airports 
Are Not Bothered By The Roar Of Jet Engines 
Once They Have Become Accustomed To The Noise: 
Familiarity Breeds Contempt! 

Being Close To Sin 
Getting Personally Involved With Sin
Causes Us To Consider Sin As No Big Deal
And
We Soon Refuse To See Sin As Being Exceedingly Sinful
And
A Great Snare To Our Purchased Souls! 

Beloved, 

Are You Becoming Comfortable With Sin!?! 

Are You No Longer Bothered By Lil' White Lies
Five-Finger Discounts
Robbery, Murder, Adultery
Covetousness
Dishonoring Your Parents
Being A False-Oath Taker
Indulging Idolatry ... And The Like!?!

Are You So Into "Doing You" 
And 
Living "Your Truth" That You Have Forgotten That 
Every Committed Sin Crucifies Our Lord Christ Afresh!?! 

Wise Up ... 

The Doings Of Bold Sinners May Seem Exciting 
And
Be Looked Upon Favorably By The "In" Crowd 
And
Viewed Jealously By The Wannabe-Cool Crowd: 
Do Not Be Deceived! 

Almighty God 
Is 
Neither Sleeping, Fooled ... Nor Mocked! 

Heads Up ... 

The Great Day Of Small Things
The Day Of Accounts
The Day Of Reckoning 
Is 
Fast Approaching 
And
There Will Be No Discounts For 
"I Didn't Know!" 
"I Didn't Understand!"
Or
"I Thought I Was Exempt!" 

Stop And Think! 
Be Still! 
Look Around You! 
Look Up 
And
Turn Away From The Dead-End Path Of Daring Disobedience
And
Remember That Who Encourages You To Sin
Aka Who Helps You To Buy A Big-Belly Horse 
Will Not Help You Feed It! 

Your Encourager Will Also Be Your Exposer
But
Never, Ever, Your Healer! 

There Is No Profit In Sin! 

Believe It ... 

Jesus Christ Saves: 
Soul Salvation Pays! 





Sunday, January 10, 2021

SOON COMES THE JUDGE: Humbly Choose To Live Wisely!






One Preacher Said: 
"Hell Is Like Santa Claus!" 

One Pope Said: 
"Who Am I To Judge!" 

One Pastor Said: 
"When You're Dead You're Done!" 

Others Loftily Say: 
"Hell Is The Life You Make For Yourself On Earth!" 

Many Grandly And Knowingly Say: 
"God Is Love!" 
And
Daringly Report To Their Fawning Parishioners That 
"God Is Going To Save Everybody!" 

Beloved, 

There Is A Glitch In The Man-Matrix 
When The Alleged Preachers And Teachers Of 
Jesus Christ's Righteousness
- With Determined Deliberation - 
Call Almighty God A Liar 
By Denying To All And Sundry That 
The Lord Means Exactly What He Plainly Says 
In His Plain And Eternal, Preserved, Word That 
Is 
Saving Truth! 

We, All, Have Choices To Make 
And 
A Personal Free Will To Exercise! 

We May ... With Self-Deceived Vanity
Choose A Convenient ... Easy
No Faith That Works By Love 
No Life-Style-Change Required "Christianity" 

Or

We May Humbly, Reverently, Gratefully
Wisely ... Hope-Filled
Take The Living God At His Holy, Immutable 
Aka Unchangeable, Unfailing, Word Of Love And Life! 

Remember, Remember
Don't Ever Forget ...

It's Your Life To Live
Your Choice To Make
And
Your Own Final Destination 
To Be Personally Determined By You
No Deceitful, Lying Pastor, Pope, Or Priest Required!

There Is No Tomorrow Aka Forever 
Without Living The Modeled-For-Man Righteous Life Of 
Jesus Christ The Kind King
And
Only Judge Of All Flesh
Our Only Lord And God, Today!  
Book It! 

For Perfect Peace
Make Personal Peace 
With
The Prince Of Peace!





Saturday, May 23, 2020

VESPERS AT THE END OF THE SABBATH: Plant Good Seed + PRAYER: I Shall Emerge As Gold!





Just Like Good Seeds
Bad Seeds Grow
And 
What Grows
Grows Up To Be Harvested For The Table 
To Bless Body And Soul 
Or 
Grows To Be Cut Down 
And 
Cast In The Furnace
Cast On The Pyre, The Rubbish Heap 
Or Discard Pile As Fuel 
Because 
It Serves No Otherwise Profitable Purpose! 

Beloved, 

Let Us Not Deceive Ourselves:
We Cannot Deceive The Living God!

We Who Follow The Lord Christ 
Must Sow Good Seeds Of Kindness
Love, Sharing, Caring And Helping
Believing The Word
Trusting The Lord
Living In Light And Ever Doing Right
Always Pleasing Almighty God 
And 
Blessing Ourselves As A Result! 

Please Let Us Permit The Holy Spirit 
To Have His Way With Us
Feeding Our Souls 
And 
Maturing A Clear Conscience 
Because 
To Do Otherwise ... To Resist The Sweet Of Truth Spirit
Is 
To Mark Us As Among The Unwise Who Shall Reap 
Their Preferred Harvest Of Destruction 
In The Lake Of Fire! 

Be Wise
And 
Choose To Have A Heart Tended By The Holy Spirit! 

Plant Good Seed!
Enjoy The Water Of The Word!
Reach For The Sun Of Righteousness
And 
Look Forward With Joy 
To The Harvest Celebration
The Coming Of Lord Christ
Our Loving, Kind, Great And Glorious King 
Who Cares And Utterly Saves! 


PRAYER:

Lord,
By Your Grace
I Will Covet No Man's Silver Or Gold Or Raiment
And I Will Daily Choose To Be Contented
With Such Things As You Provide For Me!
Most People Have Nothing
But I Have Much To Be Thankful For!
I Give You Praise And Say: "Thank You!"

Father, You Lead Me To Green Pastures
And I Am Substantially Fed!
You Teach Me The Ways Of Righteousness 
And I, Contented, Rest Easy In My Bed!

You Chastise Me Because I Am Not A Bastard
But Am Your Child Greatly Beloved!
By Your Will And Under Your Supervision
I Know I Will Pass Through The Crucible Of Affliction
Leading To Character Perfection
And At The Moment Of Your Choosing
I Shall Emerge As Gold
Revived And Reformed
Suitable To Dwell Forever
In The Presence Of Your Holy Fire!

You Equip Me To Serve You
In The Harvest Field Ripening
And I Enjoy The Pleasant Work!
I Thank You For The Spirit That
Makes Me The Worker Willing!

Father, 
I Trust You!
I Love You!
I Praise Your Holy Name!
I Look Forward To The Great Day Of Small Things
And While I Am Patiently Waiting
In The Here And The Now
I Humbly Beg You, Please
For The Holy Spirit's Infilling!

By You, Dear Lord
I Live And Breathe And Have My Being 
And I Desire To Arrive Safely At The Place
On The Appointed Day Prophesied 
When Your Dear Sweet Face 
In Perfect Peace
I Shall Surely Be Seeing!

Father, 
Please Keep Me Faithful
Please Keep Me Spiritually And Physically Fed
And Bless Me Out Of Your Great Supply Of
Mercy, Grace, Goodness And Righteousness
As I Daily All My Known Sin Repent And Confess!

Remember The Holy People
The Praying People
The Waiting People
And Bless Us All To Do Your Bidding
Without Murmur Or Complaint!

Thank You For The Daily Victories Over Sin And Self
And Bless Us, Lord, Bless Us
So That In The Final Analysis
It Is Noted In Our Record That
To You, We Are Indeed The Child Called
Spiritual Success!

Please Provide For Us All According To Our Need
And Grant Us These Few Petitions
For We Ask All In The Wonderful Name Of
Jesus Christ The Righteous
Our Soon-Returning Kind King!
AMEN!!! 




Sunday, March 8, 2020

COUNTING COUP: Counting Costs

The Lord Chose Me
So I Choose The Lord
And
By His Great Grace
I Shall No More Associate With The God-Fraud!

Jesus Christ Made Sacrifices
To Make It Possible For Me ... For Us
To Appear Before The Throne Of Grace
But
Before That Will Benefit Us
We Must Give Up Everything
That Engenders Our Disgrace!

Everybody Loves To Prate About Winning
About Their Counting Coup
But
I Suggest To Us, Dear Brethren
That Counting Costs 
Would Be Better For Me, For You!

Sacrifice Is A Bad, Bad, Word
According To Those Who Know Not Christ
And
These Are The Very Ones Who Reject Introspection 
And
Fall For The Always Charming
Demonic Device!

What Is Counting Coup!?! 

Good Question! 
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:




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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!





Sunday, November 3, 2019

INCOMING: Strange!


Almighty God's Great Grace 
Is 
Free
To All Who Choose To Believe
And
Not To Those Who Choose
To Let Themselves
By Satan Be Deceived!


Something "Strange"
Is 
Afoot On This Planet!
What It Is!?!
I Cannot Fathom It:

  • A Tangerine Alligator
  • A Green Puppy
  • A Three-Parent Baby
  • A Hubby That Is A Mummy And A Daddy!
  • A Son Who Is A Daughter And A Boy And A Girl Choosing The Day Of The Week To Decide Which Day Will See Their Cute Curls!


What's Wrong With Being Satisfied With What You've Got!?!
What's Wrong With Make-Do!?!
What's Right About A Green Baby Dog!?!
Who Painted That Alligator Tangerine!?!
Was It Perhaps You Know Who!?!

This Would All Be Hysterically Funny
If 
It Was Not A Crying Shame
But
Forgive Me
Because 
I Forgot That I ... Being Regular Normal
Believing The God Of Heaven
Living By Holy Faith
Trusting In The Merits Of The Shed Blood Of Jesus Christ
And
Striving For The Mastery
That Purchased Victory Over Sin
Is 
The One Who Is Now Regularly Called Strange!
I Know I Don't Have The Mange!

I Don't Know What Will Happen
Five Minutes From Now
But
I Do Know That The Lord Christ Is Soon Coming!
I Also Know That There Is Nothing New Under The Sun
So ... Look Out, World!
The Unbelievably Different
The Strangely Weird
The Spectacularly Mind-Blowing
The Awe-Inspiring
The Down-Right Demonic 
Is
On The Horizon
And
Even Now
Is 
Already Showing Its Benighting Face!


Have You ... By Living Faith
Availed Yourself 
Of
Almighty God's
Can't-Fail
Presently Available
 Saving Grace!?!

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Are You Trusting
The Sight Of Your Lying Eyes
And
Crediting Signs
And
Unimaginable Wonders
As
The Working Of The Living God
Instead Of
The Sure And Secure
"Thus Saith The Lord!?!"








Friday, March 29, 2019

HAPPY SABBATH + PRAISE: What's In Your Life's Permanent File!?!






Fidelity!
Integrity!
Love!
Unkind Words!
Ungodly Deeds!
Doubt!
Hope For Heaven!
Grateful Praise!
Thanksgiving!
Gainsaying!
Distrust!
Joy In Jesus!
Sacrifice!
Working Faith!
Commitment To Christ!
Presumptuous Playing With The Demonic Device!
What's In Your Life's Permanent File!?!
Is There Godly Fear!?!
Good Things!?!
Bad Things!?!
Do You Even Care!?!

You Work For The Master!
You Stand On The Solid Rock!
You Bless God For His Blessings
But
His Praise You Hold Back!

You Believe That You Are So Wise!
You Know The Inside Track
But
You Are Playing The Dry Stick
With Bold Adversary Satan
And
Self-Deception And Temptation
Are Lit Matches!


Did Someone Just Yell:
"FIRE!?!"

You Praise Self For Almighty God's Blessings!
You Praise Others Who Also Receive The Heavenly Gifts
But
You Think Not To Praise The Heavenly Provider
Even Though You Know Your Blessings
Come From No Other!

Self Is The Sinner!
Ingratitude Is The Curse!
Ignorance Is No Off-Shoot
And
Heads-Up:

Blessings That Bless
- Left Unacknowledged, Unappreciated -
Can Turn Around
And
Also Curse!


Humble Yourself!
Lower Your Height!
Give The Living God His Glory
And
Praise
And
By Practiced Obedience
Enjoy Length Of Days!

Praise Is Comely!
Don't Permit It To Be A Phase!
Inhale!
Let Your Tongue And Your Teeth Have Words
And
With Gratitude Being Your Wind
Give The Good Lord Great Praise!
It Will Never Be A Waste!






Saturday, March 25, 2017

VESPERS AT THE END OF THE SABBATH: Savoring Satan





I
 Me
   My
     Mine
        Myself
Are One!
One Person
One Ideal
One Fact
One Foe
No Good Fillip
No Good Gold!

Self
AND
Self-Adulation
Self- Gratification
AND
Self-Aggrandisement
Are
The Lost Soul's Sole Goal!

I
 Me
   My
     Mine
        Myself
Are Strung Out
On
Self Dope!
Self-Made Rope!

I
 Me
   My
     Mine
        Myself
Speak
To Self
About Self
For Self
Because Of Self
Identifying Self
AND
Creates Its Own Savor
AND 
Is Its Own Savior!

How Ridiculous!
What's Wrong With Saying
I
 Me
   My
     Mine
        Myself?

Nothing ... By Itself!
BUT
When Every Single Solitary
Syllable Of Speech
Stems
Starts
AND
Spreads Out
Like A Line-Dried White Sheet
Then ... THEN
Is When You Know
That Self
Is Savoring Satan
Imbibing His Delusions
His Wine
His Willfulness
Forgetting That There Is The Eternal God
Seeking
To Save A Soul Lost
Who Is Walking Wild 
AND
Blind
AND
At Fearful Cost!

Oh.

Give Self To The Savior
AND
Satan Can't You Sway!
Give Self To Satan
AND
You Are On A Hellbound Cruise
Called
Own-Sin Pay-day!

That's Awful Harsh! 

So Was The Savior's Sacrifice!

Oh.

How Erudite You Are! Not!!

I'm Sorry!
It's Just That
All The Years
Everybody Said:

"Lift Up Your Self
For
Self-Made Always Gets Fed!"

It Seemed Sooo ... Simple
But How You Put It
It Is Just ... Saaaad!

Self Without A Savior 
Is
The Self ... Sacrificed
On The Altar Of Ambition
With Greed As The Steed
Pride As The Nose-Ring Lead
AND
Satan Aggressively Stimulating
Your "Felt" Need!

Anything
That We Can Do Without
Is Not A Need!
What We Need
Really Need
Is The Savior!

And ...

The Savior Says
Seek First
The Kingdom Of God
AND
His Righteous
AND
All Good Things 
Will Be Added On
To Me 
AND
To You!

Well ...
Since You Put It Like That
I Will Acknowledge
That I Am Self Centered ...! 

And ... 

I Shall Say That
If You Acknowledge
That You Are By Self
Cornered
AND
Appeal To Jesus
For Relief
He Can Do A Good Thing
In AND For
You!
Salvation In Him Is Achieved
AND
Satan Can You Any Long Deceive!


I Like That!
You've Got Yourself A Deal!

God Be With You!
Blessings Await!
Satan Is The Liar!
Leave Him
To His Just Fate!
Ignore His Sly Titillate
AND
His Tried
Tired Tittivate
AND
You Will Gain The Right
By Trusting
AND
Obeying
Our Lord Jesus
To Enter The Heavenly City
Through
The Protected Gate!