HAPPY SABBATH + Live In Hope!

Our Today Behaviors Will Impact Our Tomorrow Outcomes 

But

There Is Nothing That Is Done Today 

Which Will Change What Transpired Yesterday! 

Beloved, 

As Says The Scripture

Where There Is Life, There Is Hope 

So, Obviously, We Who Are Alive 

Should Take Pleasure In Living Our Lives With Hope

The Blessed Hope

Our Can't-Fail Hope In The Lord Jesus Christ 

Who Shall Come The Second Time In Blazing Glory 

As King Of Kings And Lord Of Lords 

To Receive Unto Himself 

All Who By Sacrifice Have Made Him Their Everlasting Portion! 

Dear Ones, 

Every Now-Alive Person 

Is 

Given One Day Aka Today, To Live Today: 

Tomorrow Is Not Promised To Any Created Being! 

We Are Given Today To See For Ourselves What Sin Is 

And 

What Sin Does 

And

The Opportunity To Choose Salvation Aka Life In Christ 

Which Offers To Us The Better Way To Live Now 

And

Eternal Guarantees Of Everlasting Life 

And 

Unsurpassed Glory In The Land Of No Night 

Where All Is Peace, Love, And Joy! 

We Are Not To Live Like Heathens And Dumb Animals 

Who Have No Hope! 

Our Hope Is In Our Lord God Jesus Christ 

Who Gently Calls Us 

And 

Warmly Invites Us To Believe Him At His Word 

And

Choose To Enter The Haven Of Rest! 

Beloved, 

No One But You May Make Your Eternal Decision For You: 

Keep Hope Alive 

And 

Live For Jesus Who, Alone, Saves And Seals Us 

By His Holy Spirit 

Who Leads Us Into All Truth! 

Hope In God! 

Peace!

Instant Justice!?! + PRAYER: Thank You, Lord, For The Blessings That Give Forever!

Never Get Comfortable In Or With Sin! 

Beloved, 

Think For A Moment Of What Our Lives Would Be Like 

If 

Our Savior Dear Dispensed Instant Justice - No Mercy - 

For Every Unchristian, Unholy, Unauthorized Thing That We Did 

And

Consider Where You Would Be 

Given Your Checkered Personal History! 

Also, Think About What Your Life Would Be Like 

If 

"Do To Others What You Want Them To Do Unto You!" 

Was Instantly Activated In All Facets Of Your Life 

Given Your Present Attitude, Outlook

And 

Personal Practice! 

Dear Ones, 

Aren't You Glad That We Have The Savior

Our Blessed Jesus

Who Is Touched By The Feelings Of Our Infirmities 

Because 

He Knows The Weight We Carry 

Because Of 

Sin Inherited From Our Fore-Parents Adam And Eve!?! 

PRAYER:

Father, 

We Give You Thanks And Praise 

For The Privilege Of Praying To You

The Holy God Who Has Given Unto Us

The Blessed Gifts Of Confession And Repentance

And

The Hedge Of Protection That Is

The Ten Commandments

And

The Promises Of The Beatitudes

The Blessings That Give Forever! 

Please Help Us To Choose The Way Of The Cross 

And

To Choose To Cross The Road  To The Other Side

When We See Known-Sin Approaching! 

Please Help Us To Do Good Because It Is Right

And

To Love Others As We Love Ourselves

And

Willingly Do All For The Love Of Jesus Christ

Our Savior, Lord, God

And

Soon Returning King!

AMEN! 

Peace, Beloved!

Contented With Or Contemptuous Of ... The Lord Of Life!?!

Have You Ever, By Will Or By Accident

"Mistaken" The Words Content And Contempt!?! 

Have You Ever Neglected To Be Contented 

With What The Good Lord In Mercy Has Provided For You

Even If It Is Biscuits Aka Crackers 

And Not Your Favored Raisin Bread With Pretend-Chicken Salad 

And By So Doing

Shown Contempt For Almighty God!?! 

Beloved, 

The Air Of Discontent Is Perfuming The Atmosphere 

And 

Infecting People 

With The Attitude Even Unto The Character Of Contempt 

Which Causes Many To "Show" Themselves As "God" 

And Thus 

Captain Of Their Own Ship 

And 

Master Of The Winds Of Strife 

And 

The Unstable Waves Of Life 

Driven And Tossed By Said Winds Which Have No Destination 

Predetermined By Finite, Frail, And Fragile Man! 

Dear Ones, 

Let Us This Day Disabuse Ourselves Of 

The Fallacious Aka False "Knowledge" That 

We May Hold The Eternal God In Contempt

As A Being Of No Value

And 

Despised

And 

Escape Unscathed! 

Jesus Christ Is Almighty God In Flesh 

And 

We Are Because He Is 

And

We Are Fed Because He, In Love, Provides! 

May We Consider 

And

Find Satisfaction, Rest, And Refreshing In Knowing That 

All That We Have ... And Are

Our Blessed Jesus Provides! 

Please Hold Sin ... And Self ... In Contempt 

And 

Not Our Dear Savior Jesus

By Whom We Live And Breathe And Prosper

And

For Whom We Should Live To Honor, Worship, And Serve! 

Peace!

Sin ... The Gussied-Up Porker

Sin Is Criminal 

But It Is Not Justifiable ... In The Eyes Of Almighty God! 

Sin Can Be Accidental 

But It Is In Our Best Interests 

To Decidedly Consider Its Embrace To Be Suicidal! 

Beloved, 

No Christian Truly Trusting The Faithful Holy One

Will Ever Consider The Journey To Jesus And Joy 

To Be A Suicide Mission

A Mission Of No Return

And 

Deftly Decide To Have A Last Ditch Hurrah Blithely Sinning!

To Do Such Would Be To Give The Devil 

His Dastardly And Destructive Desire: 

We Can't Afford The Fall-Out 

For The Dues Are Usurious! 

Dear Ones, 

No Matter How Many Times You Wash A Porker

No Matter How Expensive The Pearls

Or How Rare The Perfume

A Gussied-Up Porker 

Will Always Be A Wallow In The Mud Besmirched Hog!

If We Do Not See Sin Through The Eyes Of Our Savior

Sin Will Always Be Enticing

Worth Following

Worth Excusing

And 

Worth Our Wholehearted Participation! 

Let Us, Instead, Look To Jesus Christ

The Author And Finisher Of Our Faith 

Who Died To Rid Us Of Sin

And Ever Lives To Have Us 

- Cleansed And Forgiven - 

Ride Home To Be With Him! 

Let's See Sin 

And

Walk On By On The Other Side Of The Road 

To Stand Where Salvation Is Stationed 

And 

Tenderly Calling To Us! 

Please Pray For Power ... And Press On To Glory! 

Jesus Saves Us From Sin: 

Walk In Accord With Him! 

Peace!

What Looks Good On The Devil's Rack ...!

 

At The Blessed Storehouse Of The Ages 

Owned And Operated 

Maintained And Sustained By Jesus Cares

Cost-You-Less And More-For-Less 

Are Not Labels Accepted Or Displayed Among 

What Are Known As  Great Goods For One Solitary Reason: 

Satan Is The Manufacturer

His "Dummy" Corporation Is Called Sin

And 

Destruction Is His To-Die-For Brand! 

Dear Ones, 

Sin Does Not Give Second Chances: 

Salvation Does! 

The Way Out Of Sin 

Is

Through The Door Called Faith Works

And 

It Is Those Who Choose To Walk Simply

Kindly, Justly, Obediently, And Enduringly 

Who Will, By Free Grace, Turn The Handle Called 

Available Mercy

And 

Walk On Through The Door To Eternal Life! 

Please, I Beseech Us All

Let Us Remember Today That 

What Looks Good On The Devil's Rack 

Does Not Look Good ... Or Wear Well

On Your Christ-Died-For-You Back! 

Jesus Cares Is Good For You Now And For Always! 

Live For The Life-Giver: 

Know Your Value In Christ Jesus! 

Peace!

New Life In Christ!

Sin Makes You Blind To The Truth! 

Being Blind To The Truth Puts You In A Bind 

And

Being In This Bind 

From Which You Cannot Extricate Yourself By Yourself

Sin Efficiently And Effectively Causes You To Be Marked 

As One To Be Placed In The Garbage Bin 

To Be Burned At The Behest Of Almighty God 

In The Appointed Hour! 

Beloved, 

The Song-Writer

In Agreeing With The Living Word Of The Eternal God, Says: 

"Sin Will Take You Farther Than You Want To Go!" 

Believe It! 

Sin, Like Fire

Does Not Have It In Its Make-Up 

To Just Be Contented With A Lil' Bit

Or A Goodly Portion! 

Sin, Like Fire, Wants All, Everything

And

Will Take It All, No Limits

Unless The Creator ... The Life-Giver

The Bread Of Life

The Water Of Life

The Sustainer Of Life

The Re-Creator Of Life

Puts A Decided Stop To Sin Aka The Raging Fire In Our Life 

With Our Permission ... At Our Request 

Through Our Acceptance Of His Free-To-All Salvation! 

Dear Ones, 

Ask For Help!

Accept The Assistance!

Allow The Holy Spirit To Work In Your Life

And 

Appreciate The Gift Of New Life In Jesus Christ 

- Whom We All Adore - 

In Order To Ascend To Glory To Live With Him Eternally! 

Deny Satan The Father Of Lies

And With Joy 

Accept Jesus Christ The Father Of Lights!

Peace!

HAPPY SABBATH + THERE IS NO REASON FOR SIN: The Despairing Cry!

 

There Is No Excuse For Sin

Because

There Is No Reason For Sin! 

Beloved, 

Our God Almighty ... In Mercy Towards Us 

Provided Us With Our Only Savior, Jesus Christ The Lord Of Life 

- The Great Physician

The Shepherd Of Rest

Our Perfect Peace - 

Upon Whom We Have Every Reason To Call 

And

No Excuse For Not Calling His Name In Our Time Of Need 

Aka Every Moment Of Every Day! 

Dear Ones, 

If You Have Ever Heard A Person In A Doctor's Treatment Room 

Despairingly Crying In Pain From A Non-Life-Threatening Condition 

Utter The Words: 

"I Am So Tired!" 

And 

You Then Hear The Doctor Beseeching Them To Hold On

To Let Said Doctor Help Them

And 

To Permit The Doctor To Change Their Medication 

To Something That Will Surely Help Them 

To Be Comfortable At Home

You Will Truly Understand Our Wretched State 

When We Recognize Our Need Of Our Savior 

Because 

Of Our Sin! 

Remember This ...

In Our Agony

We Hear Our Great Physician Pleading With Us 

To Let Him Change Our Ways And Heal Our Hurts 

And

Trust Him To Feed Us The Medication Called Truth 

And Bind Up Our Wounds With The Balm Of Gilead

And Use The Good Food Called Faith 

To Believe Him On His Word To Bless Us To Walk Wisely 

While Standing Firmly On The Promises Of The Eternal God! 

Sin Is As Pain! 

Pain Is A Warning! 

Warnings Work For The Wise! 

The Wise Person Chooses The Best Portion Aka Life In Christ 

And

They Are Healed! 

Sin Kills: 

Salvation Gives Us New Life! 

Be Wise! 

Peace!

Bluntly Shame The Devil!

The Devil Is The Liar 

And

The Father Of Lies 

And

All Who Operate As He Does 

Will Suffer The Same Way That He Will 

Unless They Confess And Repent 

Aka Turn Away From Sin And Sinning! 

Beloved, 

Sinners Are What We Are By Nature 

But

Choosing To Be Nurtured In The Fear And Admonition 

Aka Caring Counsels Of The Holy God 

In The Person Of Jesus Christ The Lord, The King

- The Judge Of All Flesh -

Will See Us Safe, Sheltered, And Protected

Inside The Beloved City 

When ... Effectively And Efficiently

All Hell Literally Breaks Loose On This Planet 

And 

Sin, Sinners, Satan, And All His Cohort Are Forever Destroyed! 

Dear Ones, 

In The Name Of Jesus

Do Not, DO NOT, Don't Rationalize Sin 

To Make Yourself "Feel Better" About 

What Should Make You Seriously Feel Like Death Warmed Over 

And

For The Lord's Sake

Please Do Not Make Inane Excuses For The Wicked, Sinful

Downright Evil Actions Of Others 

By Saying That Their Mum Didn't Nurse Them

Their Dad Didn't Buy Them A Lolly

Society Failed Them

And 

The World Owes Them A Living! 

There Is No Human 

Who Does Not Know Right From Wrong: 

Just Watch A Young Child Lying 

And 

Trying To Blame Their Sibling

Or "Invisible Friend" For Wrong-Doing! 

Let's Valiantly Class Up Our Operating Manual 

Via Input From The Living Word Of The Holy God 

And

Bluntly Shame The Devil Today! 

Do Right! 

The King Is Coming! 

Peace!  

Choose To Receive The Truth With Gladness!

Why Would You Celebrate A Lie!?! 

Why Would You Denounce The Truth!?! 

Does Any Of This Really Matter!?! 

Beloved, 

Along With Envy, Covetousness, And Greed

Lying Got Lucifer Kicked Out Of Heaven 

And 

Keeps Him From Ever Entering Therein Again! 

Heeding A Lie Got Adam And Eve Kicked Out Of 

The Garden Of Eden  

And 

Having Received The Truth With Gladness 

Will See Them Enter The Heavenly Canaan! 

Lies Cost Our Savior Jesus Christ His Life 

On The Cross Of Calvary! 

Being The Truth 

Has Our King Jesus Christ Interceding For Us

As High Priest

In The Most Holy Place Of The Heavenly Sanctuary! 

Lying About Knowing Jesus Christ

Resulted In Disciple Peter Having To Weep Bitterly 

With Unnecessary Sorrow! 

Standing In And For The Truth 

Has the Converted Apostle Peter's Name Immortalized 

On One Of The Foundations Of The Eternal City! 

Lying To The Holy Spirit 

Cost Ananias And Sapphira Their Lives! 

Dear Ones, 

The Lord Has Made It Plain That 

Anyone Who Loves And Makes Lies 

Aka Who Enjoys Cooking Up Lies

Lying, And Distributing Lies 

Will Have No Part In The City Of God 

And 

Its Obligatory Blessings! 

We, By Nature, Are All Liars! 

Let Us Humbly Confess And Repent Of 

Our Sin Against Almighty God's Holiness 

And

By Faithful Obedience To The Truth

Walk In The Newness Of Life In Christ

Innocent Of Any Transgression! 

We Are Nearing Home! 

Get Ready! 

Peace!   

No One Can Escape Being Born In Sin!

 

If Power Corrupts 

And 

Absolute Power Corrupts Absolutely

Does It Not Stand To Reason That 

If Being Born In Sin Corrupts

Then Indulging In Iniquity Aka Planned Sin Corrupts Absolutely!?! 

Beloved, 

No One Can Escape Being Born Into Sin! 

The Scripture Of Truth Says That 

We Are Born In Sin 

And

Shaped In Aka By Iniquity 

Which Means That 

There Is A Process Of Molding Taking Place! 

Character, Who We Truly Are, Just Like A Skill

Is 

Built, Formed, Molded! 

This Takes Time, Attention, Practice, Refinement

And 

These Acts ... Willful Acts

By Personal Choices Of Witting Aka Understanding Choosing

Leave Marks, Markers, Records In Our Name

In Our Personal Aka Spiritual File! 

Bad Character Can Be Reformed 

And 

Bad Habits, Unprofitable Skills, Can Be Erased 

But

Never By Dint Of Our Own Efforts! 

Dear Ones, 

Our Savior, Jesus Christ The Lord, Calls Us To His Side

And 

He Will, By The Working Of The Holy Spirit Of Truth

Reform And Regenerate Us To The Great Original 

Upon Our Personal Request Only! 

Are You Getting Ready For Jesus To Come!?! 

Are You Going To Do The Work That He Has Ordained For You!?! 

Will You Offer To The Lord His Highest Praise, Hallelujah

On The Back Of Your Highest Worship, Obedience!?! 

Will You Leave Earthly Pleasures 

And 

Travel To The Promised Land Of Almighty God's Own Choosing 

By Leaving Sin 

And 

Traveling To Sure Salvation By Sanctification

Aka Being Set Apart For Holy Use!?! 

Tell It To Jesus! 

Sow To Be Sealed! 

Peace!

The Answer To All Our Questionings!

How Wise Are You!?! 

How Foolish Can You Get!?! 

How Calm Are You!?! 

How Angry Can You Get!?! 

Are You A Serpent!?! 

Will You Be A Dove!?! 

Are You Listening To The Holy Spirit!?! 

Will You Ascend To The Courts Above!?! 

Are You, By Faith, With Hope

Yielding To The King Of Love!?! 

Beloved, 

There's An Old Song With A Lyric Which Says: 

"There Are More Questions Than Answers!" 

I Beg To Differ Because I Met A Man

The God-Man

The Man Of Sorrows Well Acquainted With Grief

The Shepherd Of Rest

The Only Way To Life Everlasting

The Light Of The World

The Savior Of Every Man

Water Indeed

Bread Indeed

Immanuel - God With Us

Shiloh - The Prince Of Peace

The Truth! 

Are You A Peace-Maker 

Or A Strife-Maker!?! 

Are You A War-Monger Against Sin 

Or Warring Against The Truth!? 

Dear Ones, 

Anyone With Questions, Honest Questions

Who Does Not Despise The Truth 

Aka King Jesus With The Non-Detachable Handle 

"The Lord Of Earth And Glory

The Creator

Our Only Savior

Our Redeemer And One True Friend

The Law-Giver And Life-Sustainer Who Bids Us To Come To Him 

So That We Many Reason Together

The True And Only Holy God 

By Whom We Live And Breathe And Have Our Being

The One Who Liberally Gives Wisdom 

And Will Not Chastise Us Who Lack Wisdom 

For Asking For Wisdom

Is

The Answer To All Our Questioning! 

Beloved, 

Believe The Gospel

And 

Be Very Courageous In The Face Of Opposition 

And

Do Not Despise The Truth For He, Jesus Christ 

Aka It,  The Road-Map

Is

The Only Way To Live

The Only Way To Everlasting Life! 

Despise The Truth ... Which Is Good

At Your Own Peril! 

Peace!

VESPERS AT THE END OF THE SABBATH: Whatever You Want, Satan Will Promise!

Satan And Sin Are One! 

Faith And Trust Are One

And

Obedience And Endurance Are One! 

Sin Leads To Sorrow Aka Grief Which 

Is 

The Strong Arm Of Discipline! 

With This In Mind, Beloved

Let Us Respond To The Statement: 

"Whatever You Want

Satan Will Promise!" 

First, Satan Can't Promise You Anything 

If 

You're Not Playing Pat-A-Cake Or Footsy With Him! 

Secondly, By God's Grace

Christians Should Be Too Wise To Be Foolish 

Where Satan Is Concerned 

When The Lord, In Mercy

Taught Us About The Wiles Of That Devil! 

Thirdly, Growing In Grace 

Has Its Own Sorrow, Its Own Griefs

So Why Would Committed Christians Seek Out 

What Can't Raise Us Up To Glory!?! 

Dear Ones, 

The Elders Used To Tell Us:

"See With Your Eyes But Don't Touch!" 

Regarding What Could Cause Us Harm! 

The Good Book Tells Us That 

Only With Our Eyes Shall We Behold 

The Destruction Of The Wicked, Sinful, Unrepentant Ones! 

Why, Then, Would You Want Something From Someone 

Who Is Going Somewhere Decidedly Unpleasant!?! 

Let Us Stay On The Path Of Purity 

Where The Refiner's Fire 

Is 

Getting Rid Of The Rust Of Ruin 

And 

The Dust Of Desolation! 

Satan Can't Give You What He Doesn't Have 

So Don't Cast Your Pearls Before Swine! 

The Promises Of The Living God Are Sure 

Aka "Yea!" And "Amen!" 

Count The Costs 

And 

Let Godly Sorrow Be Your Grace Today! 

Peace! 

HAPPY SABBATH + On The Horns Of A Dilemma!

The Chant Is Often Heard: 

"No Justice: No Peace!" 

And 

People Are Suitably Impressed Or Terrified About What Is Next! 

There Is No Justice Without Truth! 

Jesus Christ Is The Truth 

And 

He Is Also The Prince Of Peace Who Is Our Peace! 

Without Jesus

We Will Never Know Almighty God's Grace 

Aka Favor Aka Power 

Or Experience His Mercy 

Because 

We Would Be Subject To God's Strict Justice 

Which Will Be Ministered Then 

Without His Now Presently Available Free-To-All Mercy! 

This, Dear Ones

Is 

What One Would Call Being On The Horns Of A Dilemma! 

Sin-Loving Man Wants 

What Only Almighty God Through Jesus Christ Our Lord Can Give 

Without Jesus Christ Being Involved! 

That's A Big-Able Problem! 

Not To Put Too Fine An Edge On The Razor

We Always Want People's Things Without Asking 

Or Paying For The Privilege Of Ownership! 

Man-Peace Is No Peace 

And 

Man's Idea Of Justice 

Is 

Most Often Perverted To Benefit The Highest Bidder! 

This Is Not So With The Eternal God

The Judge Of All Flesh! 

Beloved, 

Let Us This Day Walk Humbly Before Our God

Honoring And Pleasing Him In His Holiness

So That In Our Hour Of Trial 

It Is Jesus Christ, Himself

Who Will Plead His Shed Blood For Us

At His Judgment Bar! 

Perfect Peace Is Precious 

And 

Part Of The Salvation Plan! 

Peace Be Upon You! 

Wisdom And The Word From The Only Holy One!

When Desire And Contentment Are Not Aligned 

With The Will And Ways Of The Lord

The End Result Is The Game Of Footsy 

Played With And Against Us By The Known-Wily God-Fraud

Satan The Known-Damned! 

Beloved, 

Desire Works For And/Or Against Us! 

The Choice Is Our Own 

But

To Make Desire Work For Us

We Need To Make A Direct Call To The Holy One! 

Desire For Truth

To Know And Do Right

To Walk In The Life Of Light

And 

To Escape Sin's Blight

Comes From The Word Of The King Of Love

Our Shepherd Of Rest

Who, Alone, Can Help Us Known-Sin To Confess! 

Dear Ones, 

Contentment In Sin 

Is 

The Lie That Costs The Gullible

The Misinformed

The Rebels Without A Cause

To Throw Away Their Purchased Lives 

With Living Like A Lost Coin

A Lost Sheep

And 

Like A Prodigal Hell-Bent On Proudly Going 

Where He Was Neither Called To Nor Sent! 

A Lost Coin Can't Find Itself! 

A Lost Sheep Is Going Without Knowing

And 

The Proud Prodigal Goes Boldly Into 

The "Heard Of That Great Unknown" 

And

Will Not Come To His Senses 

Until Willingness To Eat A Pig-Swill Sandwich 

Sharply Calls Him To Reason

And 

Desire For Better Urges Him To Go Home! 

Walk In The Will Of God 

And 

Desire Will Always Be For Better

The Best That Comes From The Hand Of God 

Which Cuts From Us Sin's Fetters

Which Brings To Us Contentment-In-Christ

Which We Gain From Daily Reading His Love Letter! 

Did You Read Your Bible Today!?! 

Peace!