GODLINESS: Real Gain! + PRAYER: Father, Cleanse Us!

Look Around You!
Take The Tour!
God Is Truly Blessing Us
And That's For Sure!

Come On, Letsy!
Surely You Don't Believe
What You Just Said?!

Sure, I Do!
Pastor Says That Visible Prosperity
You Know
Houses, Land, Toys, Trips
Discretionary Cash, Nice Clothes
Beautiful Furnishings
Are All A Mark Of God's Favor!

Okay. Okay.
Nothing Wrong
With What "The Pastor Said!"
BUT
Can You Tell Us
- Me And You -
What Almighty God
- In His Living Word -
Says?!

Well, It Is Like This ...!
The Lord Said ... Says ...!
I Am Sure That The Lord Said ...!
Wait A Minute ... What DID The Lord Say?!
Mercy Me!
I Don't Even Know What The Lord Said!

You Should Hold Your Head Down ... In Shame!

Don't You Read Your Bible?!

Not Really!
There's No Need!

You Can't Be Serious! Why Not?!

Pastor Says ...!

STOP! JUST STOP!!

You Can Tell Me
What "Pastor" Says
But You Don't Know What
The Eternal God
The Savior Of Your Own Soul Says?!

Dear Lord!

This Is Eden All Over Again!

The Creature's Words Have Power

But The Creator's Word

Is A Mere Squeak!

Pity Us, Father!

Who Is Your Pastor Working For?!
Himself Or The Living God?
Or
Is It Possible
That He Is Working
For That Wannabe God
King Fraud?!

Shut Your Mouth!!

I Will Not!

You And I
Are Going To Have
A Coming-To-Jesus Meeting
For
You Have Surely Lost Your Way
And Are Babylonian Sweet Cakes Eating!

Yum! I Like Sweet Cakes!

Yes! I Can See That
But I Am Sure
That You Will Not Like
These Babylonian Sweet Cakes!
Their Leavening Ain't From
The Lord God Holy And Divine
Friend Of Mine!

You're Serious?!

Yes, I'm Serious!
All This Stuff Piled Up
And Your Wayward
Pastor-Inspired Erroneous Thinking
Has The Sulphurous Stench Of Satan
Reeking From It!

Come On!
That's Melodramatic!
It Can't Be That Bad!

It's Worse!

Gain Is Not Godliness
BUT
Godliness ... WITH CONTENTMENT
Is Great Gain!

From The Look Of This Place
And Your Rabid Spending
You Are Not Inhabiting
A Contented State! 

What You Are You Doing Later?!

I'm Doing A Mall Hop!
I'm Going ShoppingI

I Want To Buy ...!
Ohhh, Dear!

Yes ... Oh, Dear, Dearie!

Have you Ever Seen
A U-Haul At The Cemetery Gate
Carrying The Deceased One's Beloved Possessions?!
Or Have You Ever Heard
A Dead Man Speak About
Refitting His House
Or
His Going On Vacation?!

Girl, You Are On 

A Build A Bigger Barn Shopping Spree
AND

It's Not Going To End Well!

How Dare You?!

You're Just Jealous!

If You Say So.

Things Are Here To Make Us Comfortable!
We Are Not To Get Comfortable With Things
For
Things Are Just That ... Things!
No Heart - No Soul
Inanimate - Cold!
Just Like Belly Fat
They Don't Love You
AND
Just Like Belly Fat
The Rush To Grasp Things Will Kill You
Just Like A Cat Will Kill A Rat!

Only Problem, Though
The Inordinate Desire For Things
Will Ultimately Kill You Twice!
It's A Satanic Device!

But Having Things Is Such Fun!
They Are So Shiny!
That New Merchanchise Smell Is Sooo Delicious
And Best Of All

It Makes Me Feel So Very  Prosperous!
Ahhhhh!
The Thrill Of Acquisition!

Lord, Have Mercy

On Your People Today

Who Erroneously Believe That Feelings

And Things Possessed

Will Cause Them To Enter Heaven

On The Great Day!

Letsy ...
How Did You Get Here?!
You Used To Unfailingly Trust God!
How Did You Arrive At This Cross Road
Between King Jesus
And Satan
That Murderous Fraud?!

I Don't Know!
Maybe I Just Got Tired Of Being Poor
And Always Wanting
... Never Having Anything Beautiful ... !

... So You Listened!

Listened!?
Listened To What?!

The Siren's Song!

What Are You Talking About?!

RiCaP!

What Are We Recapping?!

Not That Kind Of Recap!

RiCaP -
Riches!
Cares!
Pleasures!
The Big Three
That Satan Uses
In Playing The Game Of Life
Where The Holy Grail Prize
IS
The Human Soul!

Don't Say That!
You're Scaring Me!

Good!

If You Were Not Being Scared
Then
All Hope Would Have Been Lost
BUT

Your Being Scared Says
You Can Find Comfort
At The Foot Of Christ's Cross!

Mirrie? Can I Tell You A Secret?!

You Know You Can!

Well ...

It's Like This!

Someone Across The Quad
Reported Me To The Co-op Board
And I Received A Warning Letter
That If I Don't Get Rid Of All This Stuff ...!

... Well, It Is Piled To The Ceiling
And It Is A Fire Trap!

... They're Threatening To Evict Me!

Please Help Me!

Tears Followed!
Hugs Pursued!
Prayers Were Sent Up
AND

Comfort Ensued!

Things Are For Comfort!
Things Should Not Comfort Our Souls
For In That Instance
Things - Not The Living God
Get The Worship
Not The Maker Of The Soul!

Look At The People Around You!
Look At The Things
For Which They Do Care!
Look At How And What For
They Acquire Riches!
Look At What They Take Pleasure
In From And For
Each And Every Day
AND
Consider
- For Just A Moment -
Where Jesus Christ Is
In Their Fraught Lives
AND
Decide For Your Own Soul
- Your Own Self -
With Whom
For What
Where
Your Soul's Salvation Lies

ANDIn The Name Of Jesus
Quote
Live In
Live For
Jesus!

Your Pastor Needs Jesus, Too
For 

He Can't Save His Own Soul
Far Less Save Yours
No Matter How Much
In The Great Day
You Boo Hoo!

Now ... About These Shoes
Pots Pans
Dresses Utensils
Glassware Cutlery
Coats Electronics
Lamps Hat Boxes
Boots ...!!

... They've Got To Go!

Do You Wear Any Of These Things
Or Use Any Of These Gadgets?!

Not Really!

Then ...!

... Why Did I Buy Them?!

Yes!

Lust Of The Eye!Check!

Lust Of The Flesh! Check, Check!!

AND ...

Drum Roll!!!

THE PRIDE OF LIFE!!!

You Know What?!

What?!

Confession Is Good For This Soul ...!

... But It Won't Help Us
Figure Out How
To Get Rid Of These Things
This ... This Stuff!

Time To Start Writing The List!!

PRAYER:

Father, 

Forgive Us

For Putting Possessions Before Praise

For Letting Things

Take The Place Of Thankfulness

For

Not Taking Our Cares

To The Ancient Of Days!

Father, 

You Are Our God

And

We Confess Our Sin

And

We Repent Of Our Folly

In Not Studying The Living Word

For Our Own Selves

And

For Letting Our Faith Be Misspent!

Grant To Us

The Outpouring Of The Holy Spirit

Whom You Have Promised

Will Lead Us Into All Truth

And

Grant Us Spiritual Ears

To Hear That Still Small Voice

And

Help Us, Father

To Make The Lord Christ

Our Eternal Choice!

Cleanse Us From All Unrighteousness

And

Grant Us Blessed Mercy

And

Dear Grace

So That

- In Peace - 

We Shall Our Lord's Face

In Whose Name

We Make The Contrite Heart's Plea! 

AMEN.

HAPPY SABBATH + Believe The Word Of The Lord!

The Almighty God Moves 
In Mysterious Ways
His Wonders To Perform
AND
I Am A Human Being
A Creature Of Flesh
So
I Will Not Walk Through This Life
Behaving Like
A Whirling, Swirling, Dervish!
I, With Christ, Take My Stand!

With This Vile Human Heart
I Believe That
The Word Of God Is True!
I Believe That 
The Lord Can Use Every Human
AND
That Includes Me And You!

Because I Disagree A Person
Or Care Not For One's Stance
Or Actions
In The World
Why Would I
Why Should I 
Wish
For That Person's Demise
When
I Can Pray To God Almighty
AND ASK
That That Human
Permit Themselves
By God's Will
To Be Utilized
AND
Some Other Poor Souls Bless?!

Why Would I 
Why Should I
Pray
For A Human Being's Life To Be A Failure
When
I Could Pray For That Soul
AND ASK
The Almighty God
To Make A Plain Way
So That That Person Will Ask
For The Lord Christ
To Become 
Said Person's Personal Savior
AND
Thereby Bless What Was A Dark Life
With Heaven's Holy Favor?!

The Lord
Does Not Hear
The Evil Prayers That Men Utter
AND
Neither Does He Uphold Men
In The Evil That They Utilize Like 
Premium Creamery Butter!

So ...

With That Being Said
Let Us Behave Like Christ's Christians Would
Remembering The Story Of Queen Esther
AND
Faithful Mordecai
AND
Evil Haman
Who Believed That He Was By The Throne 
Blindly Blessed
Even Unto Extreme Excess!

The Unexpected Me
The Unthought Of You
Are Perhaps Called
For A Time Such As This
To Save Some Innocent
From Some Evil
About Which
Onlookers Had Never Considered
Or Even Spared A Thought!

Perhaps There Is A Gallows
Prepared For An Innocent Soul
In Advance
AND
By God's Providence
That Same Gallows
Will Run
For The Perpetrator Perchance!

Remember ...

That It Says In God's Word
That When You Dig A Grave For Another
You May As Well Dig Two
For The Grave That You Dig For Your Brother
Is The Grave That Will Perfectly Fit
YOU!

God Rules
In The Affairs Of Men!
Like It Or Not
Without God
No Human Can Do Anything
Stand Sit Nor Call!
So
With This In Mind
Trust The Almighty God
To Do His Do
AND
By The Grace Of God
And Earth-Annihilating Rain
Ordered Not To Fall
We Can Plainly See That All
In The Realm Of Man
Is Strutting Along Nicely
According To The Prophetic Clock's Call!

The Lord In Zion Reigneth

So

Let Your Heart Be Calm

And

Let The Peace Of God

Abide In You Richly

And

In Jesus Christ's Faith

Rejoice!

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Jesus Christ The Righteous

The Prince Of Peace

IS

Coming Soon!

CONFIDENCE: Not By Man's Might!

I Know What I Was!
AND
I Know What I Am!
I Know Not What I Shall Be
BUT
I Know That I Shall Be Like
The Captain
Of The Ship Of State
That Is Docked
In The Land Where
There Is The Tideless Sea!

I Walk By Faith!
I Don't Trust My Eyesight
For I Follow The Master
Whose Word Says
All Is Done By His Spirit
AND
Not By Power
Nor By Manly Might!

I Am Learning!
I Am Leaning!
I Am Trusting!
AND
I Am Praying
That The Lord
Will Help Me Ever To Be Obedient
To Do What He Says
AND
I Am Looking
Longingly
Toward The Land Where
Flesh Does Not Decay!

I Hear The Still Voice Of The Holy Spirit!
AND
I Hear The Clamoring Voice
Of The One Damned Who Will The Soul
Cause To Disobey
AND
I Pray That The God Of Heaven
Will Tune My Ears To Follow The Direction
That Leads To The Solid Rock
Whereupon My Faith In Jesus Christ
Shall Securely Stand!

I See Good!
I See Bad!
AND
I Pray That The Lord
Will Help Me To Choose To Do The Good
So That I Shall Be Able To
In The Day Of Final Award
Sing A Joyful Hallelujah
Before The Conquering King
The Then Returned
Holy Son Of Man!

I Live In Hope
Blessed Of Dear Grace
AND
I Believe
- With Confidence -
That Jesus Christ
Has Prepared For Me
- In His Father's House -
An Eternal Resting Place
Where Glorying In Jesus
Finds Fullest Expression
Not Devil-inspired Disgrace!

Friend,
I Desire That You Know
That Jesus Christ IS Soon Returning
AND
We All Should Give
Running To Sin
The Old Heave Ho!
It Will Not Be Easy!
It Shall Indeed Be Hard
BUT
The God Who Says To Do It
Has Given Unto All
A Measure Of The Faith
Of Jesus Christ
Who Walks With All
Who Would In Peace See
His Kingly
Gloriously
Shining Face!
What A Blessed Relief That Will Be!

The Spirit Of The Lord
Abides
AND
Guides
AND
Chides!
The Spirit Also Comforts
All Who Would
Their Eternal Destiny
In Jesus Christ
Commit And Confide!
Ask God For His Holy Spirit!

Pray  ... Without Ceasing!
Trust God  ... We Shall Soon Be Earth Leaving!
AND
Trust Not  ... In Your Own Understanding For
THEN
Satan - BY GOD'S GRACE -
Won't You Ever Be Deceiving!

Holiness Is Unto The Lord!

HIGHER EDUCATION : Almost Christian

2 Peter 1

2 Grace and peace be multiplied unto you through the knowledge of God, and of Jesus our Lord,

3 According as his divine power hath given unto us all things that pertain unto life and godliness, through the knowledge of him that hath called us to glory and virtue:

4 Whereby are given unto us exceeding great and precious promises: that by these ye might be partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world through lust.

5 And beside this, giving all diligence, add to your faith virtue; and to virtue knowledge;

6 And to knowledge temperance; and to temperance patience; and to patience godliness;

7 And to godliness brotherly kindness; and to brotherly kindness charity.

8 For if these things be in you, and abound, they make you that ye shall neither be barren nor unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.

9 But he that lacketh these things is blind, and cannot see afar off, and hath forgotten that he was purged from his old sins.

10 Wherefore the rather, brethren, give diligence to make your calling and election sure: for if ye do these things, ye shall never fall:

11 For so an entrance shall be ministered unto you abundantly into the everlasting kingdom of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ.

They Went To Christian High Schools
They Were Raised In Christian Homes
Where They Were Prepared For Life
Here And Now
AND
Here After
Building Blocks Set Up
To Mold Them
And Form A Good Christian Character
Preventing Them From
Toward Unbelief And Sinning To Roam!

Joying In Christ Jesus
They Then Set Out
On Their Tertiary Education Journey
AND
All It Took
Was One Semester's Study
To Shake The Faith Of Jesus
In A Couple Of The Buddies!

Why Jesus?
What Jesus?
Jesus Was Just A Good Man!

Unto

One Calling Jesus An Outright Fiction
Another Calling Himself A Christian Humanist
And Another Calling Herself
A Conscious Human!

There Is Something Very Wrong
In Christianity
AND
Christian Churches
AND
Christian Homes
When Our Christian
Young People Can Be So Easily Convinced
To Join The Unbelieving
AND
Even The Satanic Herd
Caught Up In Visions
Journey's Into Alternative Realities
AND
Walking Through Doors
To Experience The Unknown!

As Christians
We Know
There Is No Magic!
We Know
That Angels
AND
Demons Are Real!
We Know That Words Have Power
AND
We Know That We Must Hold
The Almighty In Godly Fear!

We Know Not To Walk Maliciously Into Darkness!
We Know That Satan Can Manipulate Reality!
We Know Satan Can Alter The Weather
AND
Can Scare The Very Life Out Of A Body!

We Know That Satan Is A Teacher!
We Know That He Is A Bible Worker, Too!
We Know That He Is A Fox 
A Snake
AND
A Salesman
AND
A Writer
A Manipulator
A Counterfeiter
AND
A Straight-up Liar To Boot!

Satan Is An Everyman
AND
The Friend Who Always Has Money
For Any Escapade
AND
He Is Always The One
After A Bout Of Trouble
Who Always Escapes
Unscathed!

THAT, Dear Ones ... Is Soon To End!

Friends,
If You Want To Detect A False Jesus
You Don't Study False Jesus' To Detect The Fraud!
You Immerse Yourself
AND
Study Ad Nauseum
The Original
So That Your Senses AND Reason AND Faith
Will Know
AND
Recognise
The False Jesus On Show!

If 

The Almost Church

Is Selling

Almost Jesus

Almost Salvation

Almost Forgiveness

Almost Mercy

Almost Grace

And

Almost Truth

Then

It Stands To Reason

That The Almost Christian

Will Almost Have Jesus' Faith!

Almost Saved
Is Surely Dead
In The Second Resurrection!

Just Think Of:

"Ye Shall Not Surely Die!"

The Shortest Sermon
Which Has Resulted In Mankind
For 6,000 Years
Unto To This Day
Dying Like Sprayed Flies!

When We Almost Know Jesus
Rainbow Coloring
Will Adorn His Dear Face!
Problem Is
There Is A Thief's Surprise Coming
That Will Scar
AND
Mark Most
To Eternal Disgrace!

Jesus Christ
The Holy God
King Eternal
Cannot Be Molded To Our
Beloved Proclivities
AND
Following An Everyman Jesus
Is Going To Cost Us Heaven
Because
We Will Have Been Blanketed In
Rabidly Real-Sin Fleas!

All Men Are Sinners!
All Men Hear The Voice Of God!
All Hear The Voice, Too
Of King Vicious
Satan
The Murdering Liar
Recasting Lies As Almost Truth!

Almost Truth = Lie

Almost Lie = Lie

Lie = Lie

Truth = Truth

Heaven Hell
Live Die
Satan Jesus
Truth Lie
All These Are Absolutes
AND
The Choice Is Ours To Make
For Neither Jesus Christ Nor Damned Satan
Can Our Hand Force Nor Fake!

Calling And Election

BALLOT

ETERNAL STAR:

1. Heaven

2. Live

3. Jesus Christ

4. Truth

ETERNAL SCAR:

1. Hell

2. Die

3. Damned Satan

4. Lie

I Am Voting ETERNAL STAR
For A Straight Ticket!

What About You?!

Walking Along
Burdened
On The Lonely Road
With Jesus Christ For Companion
Is The Best Thing A Christian Can Do
For Jesus Christ Carries The Christian
AND 
His Heavy Load, Too!

Who Is YOUR God?

I Believe God!
I Believe In God!
I Love God!
I Trust God!
I Trust In God!
I Hope In God
BUT ...!

BUT What?!

The Problems ...!

What Problems?!

There Is Always A Problem ...!

Wait Up!
You Did Say You Believe In God,  Right?!

Yeaaahh ... But ...!

Stop!  Just Stop?!
...  And Think About What You Are Really Saying!

Okay!

NOW TELLTell  Me WHO IS Your GOD?

Tell Me How Big Is Your God!

Did Not Our Holy And Living God
The Creator
The Shepherd
The Provider
The Sustainer
Our Hope
Our Helper
Our Healer
Our Sealer
Our Savior
AND
Our Friend 
Say: ASK
Nothing Wavering
Because He Has Nothing For Those Who Doubt?

Yes ... .

Alright Then.

So, Who Is Your God?
Can Your God Do
OR
Does He Just Require YOU To Do Things To Prove That You Love Him?
OR
Has Your God Already Done All
To PROVE To You That YOU Can AND Should TRUST Him?

Our God Says If We Love Him
Keep His Commandments!

Yeah! 
Our Keeping 
Of All God's Commandments 
Means Obedience!

Which God Is Your God:

The One Who Loves You By Unalterable Action
OR
The God Who - By Outside Inputs - 
Goads You Into Unprofitable Reactions!?

Is Your God Holy? True? Real?

Is Your God The One
Whose Living Word Cannot Fail?

If Your God Is One
Who Can Be Caused To Fall
To Topple Over
AND
Who Can Be Set Up To Fail
AND
Not Deliver On His Own "Promises!"
You Need To Get Rid Of Him
AND
Get The God Eternal
Who Created Us All
Planet And All
Heaven And All!

I Hear That!

Father,

Free Me From Doubt!

Father, Free Me!

My Soul Is Crying Out!

Help Me To Trust You

Totally

And 

To Believe

That My Requests

Asked Not Amiss

I Shall

By Faith Receive!

Amen.

My God Is REAL ...!

AND ...?

... So Is My Faith!

God Has Got Me Covered!!

AMEN!!