VESPERS AT THE END OF THE SABBATH: Temptation And Self-Deception!

Being Tempted Is Not Sin! 

Yielding To Temptation 

Is 

Sin! 

Think Carefully About This Difference! 

How Hungry Are You For Fame And Fortune!?! 

Would You Stoop Down Low 

To Hurt Someone You Dearly Love 

To Acquire Money, Power, Privilege, And Prestige!?! 

Would You Go As Far As Judas Iscariot!?! 

Would You Be So Self-Deceived As To Believe That 

You Could Twist The All-Knowing, Eternal, God's Hands 

To "Make" Him Do What You Want 

So That You Would Have 

Your Deceitful Heart's Rotten Desires!?! 

Beloved, 

A Barking Bird Is Not A Dog 

And 

Raising Up Your Own God 

Bearing The Name Self Or Other

Does Not Make You The Creator God!

Power Trips Fail

For

Lack Of Power!

Be Warned ... 

Be Not As The Betrayer 

Who Sold Thick Gold To Buy Thin Silver!

 

Please Do Not ... Under Any Circumstance 

Become Filled With The Sense That 

Being Close To Your Creator Makes You His Surrogate

- His Stand-In -

To Do As You Please! 

Self-Deception

Is

An Aphrodisiac!

The Truth Is That 

Temptations Are Normal 

Aka Common To Man

And

We ... Mortal Beings 

Are Called To Walk The Lonesome Road 

By Grace, Through Faith! 

We Are Not Alone! 

We Are Not Called 

To Build Castles In The Sand! 

We Are Called 

To Get Ourselves To The Rock Of Our Salvation

To Him Who Is The Way Home

The Truth That Points, Guides And Delivers Us Home

The Light That Clearly Shows The Path Of Righteousness

Our Shelter In The Times Of Storm! 

Remember, Remember

Don't Ever Forget ...

Riches Rot! 

Power Poisons! 

Prestige Withers Away 

But

Jesus Christ Stands Eternal! 

Brethren, Beloved

Please Do Not Confuse Living In A Rich House 

With Being In The Heavenly Home: 

Earth Is Not Heaven! 

Aggressively Guard Your Heart! 

Pray Without Ceasing! 

Stay On The Upward Way!

Peace! 

Live

For

Jesus Christ

Alone!

THE UPWARD WAY: Jesus Christ Calls Us!

 

Satan 

And 

All Those Persons Activated Or Indwelt 

By Demons Aka Fallen Angels

Do Not Fear To Whisper Or Scream At Us 

Who Sincerely Call Jesus Christ Lord And God That 

We Will Never Amount To Anything In This Life 

Because 

We Are Defiled, Ugly, Unsavable Sinners 

Whom The Almighty God Will Never Have To Abide 

In His Holy Presence! 

A "Good" Lie

Always

Contains Some Truth!

Beloved, 

Don't Believe Or Even Think To Engage With The Liars! 

Yes, We Are Sinners ... Born 

But

Because We Have By Free-Will Chosen 

And

Are Daily Choosing To Trust The Lord Christ At His Living Word

We Are Sinners-Saved 

And

Are Daily Being Sanctified Aka Set-Apart For Holy Use 

And 

Are By Grace Through The Gift Of Daily Faith 

And

Worshipful Obedience

Pressing On The Upward Way 

To The Glorious City Of God! 

Truth Sets Us Free ...

Sinners Make Sinning Their Practice

Aka Their Chosen ... Preferred ... Way Of Living! 

Sinners-Saved 

Aka Saints Of God And Christ By The Holy Spirit's Working

May Sometimes Sin 

But

Willing Sinning Is Not Their Habit

Nor Their Reason For Living! 

Never Forget This Truth! 

The Lord Jesus Christ Who Lovingly Calls Us

Equips, Teaches, Corrects

Guides 

And 

Graciously Provides All That We Need 

To Get Us Home Safely! 

Brethren, Beloved 

You Are Personally Called To Be Like The Lord Christ 

And

You Will Be 

If

You Believe The Lord Of Glory

Sternly Rebuke The Liars

And 

Enduring Stay True To The Plan Of Sure Salvation!

To Obey Is Better Than To Sacrifice! 

Look Up Longingly!

Pray Without Ceasing

And 

Walk Straight ... Home ... On The Strait And Narrow Way! 

Daily Choose To Work Your Faith! 

Peace!

Smells Good Doesn't Mean Tastes Great!

The Longer We Spend Outside The Safe Fold

The Shorter Will Be Our Time To Knowingly Enjoy 

The Goodness And Grace Of The Lord Christ! 

Beloved, 

We Are Called To Soul Salvation 

And

We Need To Climb Up Higher On The Upward Way: 

Why Waste Time With Useless Things 

When We May Draw Closer To The Living God 

Each And Every Day!?! 

Know The Facts ...

All That Glitters Is Not Gold! 

Smell Good Doesn't Mean Taste Great! 

Beautiful Often Means Rotten 

And

Those Who Encourage You To Join Them In Bold Sin 

Cannot And Will Not Save You! 

Jesus Christ, The Forever Friend 

And 

Faithful Companion To Life's End

Calls, Cares, Keeps, Cleans, Comforts, Carries

And 

Consoles! 

He Asks, Answers

And

Accepts! 

He Loves, Leads

And 

Lifts! 

He Shepherds, Seeks, Saves, Sanctifies

And 

Seals! 

Be Comforted ...

Jesus Christ Died To Deliver Us From Death And Hell 

And

He Is Calling Us To Himself! 

Jesus Christ Is Everything We Need

All That We Desire 

And

More Than We Can Ever Think To Dream Of Or Acquire! 

Brethren, Beloved

Our Dear Savior Loves You Personally ... Intimately

With An Everlasting Love: 

Nothing ... Material Or Spirit 

Can Ever Separate You From His Everlasting Love! 

I Beseech Us All 

Please Do Not Permit What Presently Is 

To Deny You The Blessed Pleasure Of Certain Hope!

 

Let's Boldly Walk In 

And

Work Our Daily Gift Of Unfailing Faith 

And

Look Up To Rise Up 

To Meet Our Dear And Soon-Coming Lord In The Air!

The Trumpet Shall Sound!