Showing posts with label The Upward Way. Show all posts
Showing posts with label The Upward Way. Show all posts

Saturday, August 14, 2021

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!





Wednesday, July 14, 2021

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!






Thursday, March 25, 2021

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!