Think On Jesus Christ!

Burdens Were Lifted At Mount Calvary 

So That All Of Our Needs Could Be Met

 At The King Of Love's Throne Of Sufficient Grace 

Where Those Of Us Who See Our Soul's Bankruptcy 

May, By Faith, Humbly Approach Boldly To Request A Filling 

From Almighty God's Storehouse Of Great Good And Plenty! 

Pride In Appearance

Confidence In Accomplishments

Contentment In The Praise Of Men

And 

All-Around Self-Satisfaction And Self-Aggrandizement 

Are No Balm To The Soul Seeking The Savior 

And

A Place Near To The Heart Of God 

Where All Is Joy, Peace, Rest, Refreshing, 

And 

True Safety! 

Beloved, 

Being Rich In The Earth's Bounties 

Is 

No Guarantee Of Happy Now

And 

Joy In Jesus Hereafter! 

We Need To Look Beyond What Now Is Evident 

To Clearly See What Shall Be Hereafter! 

Dear Ones, 

Please Remember That Satan 

And 

All The Wicked Who Love And Live In His Ways 

According To His Damned Will In Finite Time

Play The Long Game ... And They Play For Keeps! 

Let Us, Therefore, Who Serve The Lord Jesus In Spirit And In Truth 

Daily Choose To Hold To His Unchanging Hand 

Because 

He Loves Us 

And

Inhabits Eternity! 

Neither Satan, Sin, Self, Nor Selfishness 

Can Enter Eternity! 

Please Do The Committed Christian's Mathematical Exercises 

In The Book Which Can Only Be Written Upon 

With The Pencil Of Truth 

Wielded By The Hand Of Faith 

And

Know That Your Answers In And For Jesus 

Equate To That Blood-Bought Ticket To Surpassing Glory 

For The Saints Of God And Christ! 

Think On Jesus Christ! 

Peace!

HAPPY SABBATH + Paying It Forward!?!

Please Be Reminded, Again, That 

Satan Has A Counterfeit For Every Gift, Blessing

And 

Word Of Saving Truth That 

Almighty God Has Given Unto Mankind! 

With That Out Of The Way

Let Us Consider One Of The Substantial Rip-Offs That

His Evilness Adroitly Pulls Off: 

Paying "It" Forward! 

When A Human Pays It Forward

He Pays For What He, Himself, Needs 

Plus

A Bit More So That Some Dear Soul In Need 

May Take Advantage Of 

And 

Gain Benefit From The Gift! 

The Truth Is ...

Man Gets Himself Some Glory 

But

At Times There Is No Gift At All To Be Had

By The Needy Soul! 

With Our Beloved Jesus Christ "Paying It Forward" 

We Have A Sublimity

A Perfect Gift Of Blessing!

Jesus Christ 

Paid For Salvation Which He Had No Need Of 

Or Use For

And

Made It Available For All Mankind 

Including 

Those Who Lived Before He Was Born

Those Who Were Alive While He Lived And At His Death 

And

All Who Were Born After His Death 

And Resurrection

And Ascension To Heaven 

And

Even Unto The Close Of Human Probation! 

That ... This ... Dear Ones

Is

The Gift That Keeps On Giving! 

We Confessed And Repentant Sinner

Get Eternally Blessed And Saved

And

Our Great And Glorious Father Gets All The Glory! 

We Humbly Ask For The Gift Of Available Grace

And

We Will Receive Freedom From Sin Aka Soul Salvation

Which Is Definitely There For Us

Before We Know That It Is Our Greatest Need

And

- Best Still My Beating Heart -

In Our Own And Individual Name! 

Beloved,

Neither You Nor I

Can Beat Our Everlasting Father's Limitless Giving! 

Peace!

Don't Be Self-Deceived By Self-Aggrandizement + PRAYER: Dear Father, Please Open Our Eyes!

Are You A Vain Aka Empty, Boastfully Self-Confident Person 

Or 

Are You ... Through Faith

Humble And Confidently Glorying In The Lord Christ!?! 

Are You Confident In Your Ability 

To Manipulate Others To Do Your Will 

But

Are Totally Unaware That 

You Are Being Manipulated To Do Satan's Will 

And

To Walk In His Putrid Ways!?! 

Are You So Concerned 

About Those Who You "Know" Are Disobedient That

You Cannot See That You Are Willfully Disobeying 

Your Living, Giving, And Forgiving Father 

Who Is In Heaven!?! 

Beloved, 

We Choose To See What Stimulates 

And 

Hear What Titillates

But 

Singularly ... Self-Righteously ... Ignore 

What Causes Us To Deviate From 

The Path Of Truth And Beauty 

Even As We Baselessly Excoriate

Aka Condemn Those Whom We Oppose 

Because 

They Have Chosen To 

And

Are Letting The Lord ... By The Holy Spirit Of Truth

Lead Them Gently, Safely

To The Land That Is Fairer Than Day! 

Stop It! 

The Inward Look 

Shows To All Willing To See The Truth 

Whether They Are, Indeed, On The Upward Way! 

Please, I Beseech Us All

Work Out Your Own Soul's Salvation 

With Godly Fear And Trembling: 

Do Not Be Self-Deceived By Self-Aggrandizement! 

PRAYER:

Dear Father, 

Please Open Our Eyes 

So That We May See Wondrous Things

Out Of Thy Law! 

Please Open Our Lips

To Sing Your Praises

And 

Help Us To Be Good, Kind

Obedient, Faithful, And True 

So That On The Great Day

We Will Board The Elevator

To Jesus Christ's Glory!

Thank You For Hearing And Answering

Our Prayer Of Faith!

Please Come For Us Soon

For It Is In Jesus' Dear Name

We Pray And Humbly Plead! 

AMEN! 

LIVING SELFISH: Selfless Living

... And In The Trade News Today:

Wanted: God-Given Manhood 

Wanted: God-Given Womanhood

Reward Offered: Self-Gratification

Anybody Want In On That Deal!?!
It Sounds Like A Good One!

Whatever You're Smoking, Barry
You Seriously Need To Stop!

Why!?! Gratification Sounds Good To Me!

Yes! To You 

And All The Other Shallow Dippers On The Planet!

What Do You Mean By That Boldly Blunt Remark!?!
I'm Feeling Kinda Insulted!

You Should!

Okay! Guide Me, Lead Me
Teach Me, Feed Me!

Very Well!
What Do You Know About Self!?!

Let's See:
I, Me, My, Mine, Myself
I Want
I Need
I Desire
Gimme
Gotta Get It
All For Me
None For You!

Well Done!
You Know Your Self, Alright!

What Does Self Share!

Nothing, Nada, Zilch, Bupkis!

How Does Self Move!

In!

How Does Self Rise Up!

Alone!

Who Does Self Look At!?!

Self!

Who Does Self Care For!?!

Self!

Who Does Self Live For!?!

Self!

Who Is Self Willing To Die For!?!

Self!

If It Were Possible, Who Would Self Marry!?!

Self!

How Does Self Meet Its Declared End!?!

Self, Self- ... Destructs!

So, What Picture Do You See Being Painted Here!?!

Self Is Being Painted As Being Truly Selfish!

Unwise!

A Waste Of Time And Energy!

Okay.
So Do You Still Think That
Self-Aggrandizement Is A Suitable Reward
For Surrendering One's God-Given Manhood
One's God-Given Womanhood!?!

Let Me Think For A Moment!

Really!?!

Work With Me!
Please Walk With Me, Patiently:

Self Is Known Selfish!
Self Is A Known Sinner!
Selfishness Is Known Sin!
Sin Transgresses The Law Of Almighty God! 

The Law Of Almighty God IS Immutable!
Self Cannot Change The Law Of Almighty God!
Almighty God Punishes Unrepentant Sinners!
Self Will Never Permit A Known Sinner To Repent!

Without Repentance

There Is No Forgiveness Of, Nor For, Sin! 

Unrepentant Sinners Are Lost! 

Lost Sinners Take A One-way Bath
In The Lake Of Fire! 

The Lake Of Fire Consumes
And That That Is Consumed Cannot Live Again
So, On Careful Examination
And Based Upon The Preponderance Of 

The Evidence Provided And Known True
I, Now, Categorically Declare ... Without Fear
And Without Fear Of Contradiction That
To Surrender One's God-Given Manhood Or Womanhood
- For Self-Gratification -
Is The Height Of Folly Aka Gross Stupidly
Aka Sinful!

Barry!?!

Yes, Brainerd!?!

Couldn't You Have Simply Answered "Yes!" Or "No!?!"

Sure!

So, Why Didn't You!?!

Lasting Effect!

Meaning!?!

Just Telling You Self Is Sinful Is Okay!
Showing You That I Truly Understand

The Sinfulness Of Self
And The Selfishness Of Sin
And Itemizing That I Know And Accept 

Self's Sure Place And Reward
Is Unforgettable Aka Priceless!

Okay! I Get You!

Brethren,

Self Is A False God

And
Truth-Filled Awareness Dulls Self
The Known-Sharp Knife Of Satan 

The Wicked, Wasting, Wily, Fraud!

Self-Aggrandizement Cannot
Will Not
Be Blessed By The Holy God!
Self-Aggrandizement Reaps For Its Proponents
The Known And Published Reward Of
Satan, The Want To Be Worshipped
As The Holy God Fraud!
Do Not His Unwise Ways Laud!

Flip The Script

And

By Your Selfless Living

Bless Jesus Christ The Lord! 

Great, Brethren, Shall Be Your Reward!

How Curious?!

It All Started

In

Eden's Garden

With

A Question?

And

A Lie!

The Satan-Indwelt Serpent

Issued Forth

The First Lie:

Hath God Said ...?

Thou Shalt Not Surely Die!

AND ...

From Thence Until Now

Man Listens To Lies!

Man Loves Lies!

Man Tells Lies!

AND

Man Kills!

AND

Man Dies!

Almighty God Said:
Be Fruitful and Multiply!
Man Says:
Mother Earth Is Too Small!
Kill The Babies! - Let Them Die!
Don't You Dare Overburden Mother Earth
By Becoming A Fruit Fly!

Almighty God Said:
Thou Shalt Not Kill!
Man Says:
Euthanasia And Suicide
Are Not Problems!
Red Alert! Red Alert!

Pain In Neither Mind Nor Body Should Hurt!

We Are Commissioned To:
Worship And Bow Down
Before The Lord Our Maker!
Man Says:
I Am God!
AND
Satan Laughs Loud And Long
For
He's Got Himself Another Taker!

It Is Required That:
All Hail The Power Of Jesus' Name!
BUT
Hail Satan Is The Rebellious Ones' Choicest Refrain!

Almighty God Says:
Train Up A Child
In The Way He Should Go!
Man Says:
That Is A Gross No! No!
Discipline Is Abuse 
Of The Darling Child's Delicate Ego!

Almighty God Says:
To Obey Is Better Than To Sacrifice!
Man Says:
Obedience Is For Fools!
Do What Thou Wilt
Is A Strategic Tool!

Almighty God Says:
Be Not Wise In Thine Own Eyes!
Man Says:
Chart Your Own Course!
Be Wise! Devise!

The Holy Word Says:
Unjust Weights And Balances
Are An Abomination Before God!
Don't Move The Old Land Marks!
Theft And Robbery Are Bad Business!
Man Responds:
Says Who?!
We're Just Adding More
To The Money Tally List!

The Living Word Says:
Dig A Hole For Your Brother
Dig One For Yourself!
Man Says:
If His Feet Don't Have Eyes
He's A Fool!
I Know The Terrain!
Life's Cool!

The Living Word Says:
Wine Is A Mocker!
Strong Drink Is Raging!
He That Is Deceived Thereby Is Not Wise!
Man Says:
I Only Drink The Good Stuff!
Can't Get Enough!
Good Stuff!
Good Stuff!

Almighty God Says:
I Am The Lord!
I Change Not!
Man Says:
Times Change And People Change!
Relevance Is Elegance!

Almighty God Said:
Man Leave Your Father And Mother
And Cleave To Your Wife!
Man Says:
Pick Any Partner!
Make A Way! Any Way!
Sex Is Sex!
Don't Get Me Vexed Today!

The Living Word Says Of God:
Man And Woman
Created He Them!
Man Says:
Poor Old God Didn't Understand
The Prime Mistake He Was Making!

The Living Word Says:
In The Beginning God ...!
Man Says:
What God?!
Aliens Made Us To Evolve
In The Primordial Soup!
Stupse! Stupse!

The Living Word Says:
Repent And Be Baptised
For The Remission Of Your Sins!
Man Says:
What, Really, Is Sin?!
Your Sin Is My Salmon!
Sin's In The Eye Of The Beholder!
I Want What I Want!
I
S how
I nitiative When I Have A
N eed!

God Said ...!
Man Says ... Otherwise!

AND ...

By Our Folly
We Deny Truth
AND
Him Who Is The Truth
AND
Whole-Sale Swallow Satan's Lies!
We Refuse Right-Living Easy
To Live Devilish Hard
AND
For This Reason
Many Will Receive
The Outcast's Red Card!

Yes ... The Lies 
Continue 
In This Modern Day!
Truth Is Relative
AND
Self-Aggrandizement
Is Said To Be
The Only Way To Play
BUT
Almighty God Is Alive And Almighty
AND
All Men Are Liars
AND
Almighty God's Word Eternally Saves!

Wha' Sweet'n Goat Mout'

Does Bu'n 'e 'n 'e Bam-bam!

*********

Presumptuously

Living In Sin Is Like

Maliciously

Calling The Emergency Service

For An Ambulance

To Go Shopping

And

Getting Hauled Before The Judge

For Fakery And Law Breaking -

You WILL Pay!

*********

Even In The Face

Of Rank Opposition

When You Know Right Do Right!

PERSONAL PUZZLER: Name That Sin!

Feint Faint Praise!!

"I ain't waiting for no man to Praise Me!
I Trumpeting Myself!
I know that I am Good and Praise-Worthy, and
God got Me to help He with the Big Elf!"

"I don't Sin!
I Gave Up The World Things!
My Tongue is The Bible!
My Words are Wisdom Made of Precious Pearls - Gospel!
My Walk is Sure and Unerring -  direct to Zion!
My Robe is Reserved, and
I even got Myself My Own Church of The Bridegroom!"

"IS that right?!"

"Aren't All Men Liars?

Aren't The Thoughts of The Heart Deceitful Always?

Doesn't The Bible Say That any Man that Says he doesn't Commit Sin

Makes God a Liar?!"

"Well, that was meant for "Those Other people"
I have Set Aside The Things of The Flesh!
I haven't Committed a Sin in Known nor Recent Memory
And I Daily at Myself in The Mirror look in!"

"I am Perfect!
I'm Perfection Personified and
Personable and
Pleasing to Pass By!
I'm Proud to be a Peculiar Person
Practicing Peace, and
With Particular Pleasure
Putting Pride and
Patience in a Pin Vise -
I am a Bright Star - no Dew on My Fleece!"

"Jesus and Me are Partners
Friends
Bosom Buds!
I get Visions and Revelations, and
I does Prophesy and Divine Things for The Peoples (for a lil' something, of course!)
Jesus know me up Close and Personal!
I have an Inside Track, and
We fit like Hand and Glove!"

Doesn't The Bible Talk about False Prophets

And Lying Divinations?

"I used to be an Active Sinner
I now wear with Pride My "New Man!"
Jesus knows that He can Depend on Me and
I's He Second Man!

I a'int like that Paul
Doing what he
Ain't want to, and
Not doing what 'e should!

I don't Operate like People like You
Jealous and Envious of The Gift!
I does hear The Spirits talking
I stand Tall ... Unshakable
Immovable
Like a strong Mountain Range, and
There Is No Way that I could ever Fall!"

Which "Spirits" do you hear?

I hope not the "Familiar Spirits!?

"I got Big Faith
Not nae-nae Faith like Some People
Fussy about them Mustards, uhm, seeds!
I got it going on
From Dusk until Dark
From Dark until Dawn!
I got This!
Look at Me
I Near to like God!"

What is Wrong 

with 

This-Here Story

Which is Grating 

on 

The Last Nerve 

and 

Decidedly in The Wrong Way?!

Put On Your Thinking Cap

Fill In The Gaps

and

Give This Person a Good Bible-Verse Slap!

Name That Sin!