VESPERS AT THE END OF THE SABBATH: Transformed!?!

Looking Up! 

Listening! 

Looking Forward! 

How Are You Standing!?! 

Where Are You Going!?! 

Who Are You Leading ... Or Misleading!?! 

Who Is Leading ... Or Misleading You!?! 

Beloved, 

Are You Being Transformed ... By The Renewing Of Your Mind!?! 

Who Is The Transformer In Your Life!?!

Is It The Spirit Of The Holy God 

Or That Of The Malevolent Spirit, Satan!?! 

What Are You Receiving!?! 

What Are You Conceiving!?! 

Who Are You Deceiving!?! 

Brethren, 

The Olde Expression Says That Talk Is Cheap 

But That It Takes Money To Buy Whiskey! 

It Also Says That We Do Not Pay Taxes On Our Words: 

Perhaps We Should Start! 

Brethren Beloved, 

Committed Christians Do Not Drink Whiskey 

Or Any Other Alcoholic Beverages 

And 

We Are To Guard Our Hearts Because Of The Fact That 

The Issues Of Life Causes Things To Come Out Of Us 

Which Defile Us! 

For What Are You Looking Up!?! 

To What Are You Intentionally Listening!?! 

To What, For Whom, And Why Are You Looking Forward!?! 

Will You, Will I, Will Anyone, Be Blessed And Benefitted!?! 

Will Faith, Hope, And Truth Matter!?! 

Will We Be Saved When Jesus Christ Comes!?! 

I Am Asking For A Friend

And

Enquiring Minds Desire To Know! 

Let Us Dig Deep For Real Answers! 

Peace! 

REGENERATION: Radical Rebuild By Reformation!

How Do You Wish To Be Transformed!?! 

Will Icing On Ginger-Bread Suffice 

Aka New Hair-Do, Wardrobe, Eyeglasses

Table Etiquette And Language Lessons, And New Friends!?! 

How About An Attitude Adjustment 

As Can Only Be Accomplished By 

The Inward Working Of The Holy Spirit Of God 

With Your Total Cooperation!?! 

Beloved, 

To Accomplish A Transformation That 

Will See Us Arriving Safely In The Heavenly Land 

Requires A Gut Rehabilitation

A Very Painful, Uncomfortable

Unwanted But Necessary Strip Down

Rip Out

Scrape Off

Burn Off

Throw Out 

Radical Rebuild By Reformation! 

If You've Ever Cut Your Finger

Gotten A Stye In Your Eye

Broken A Bone

Gotten Burnt

Fallen On Gravel Or Cement

Gotten A Thorn Or Had A Sliver Of Wood

Glass Or Metal Enter Your Skin 

And

Have Endured The Revealing, Extraction, Cleaning

And 

Regenerative Process Required 

To Make You Whole, Fit ... Functional

You Know That Quick, Cheap, And Piece O'Cake 

Are Not Descriptions Thrown Around! 

The Lord Jesus Who Knows Us Each Individually 

And

Better Than We Will Ever Know Ourselves

Desires To Transform

Revive

And 

Reform Us To Render Us Ready 

And 

Able To Stand Before His Consuming Presence 

And 

Not Die! 

Just The Facts ...

Neither Buttercream Nor Royal "Icing" 

Will Cover The Rough Surface Of 

A Sinful Character 

Nor The Jagged Lines Carved Into Us 

By Walking Wild On Base Broadway! 

Be Encouraged ... 

He Who Calls Us To Be Transformed

Readies Us For 

And 

Accompanies Us In Our Transformation 

And

Has Already Footed The Big Bill For Our Bad Behavior! 

Jesus Christ The Righteous Paid For It All

So That All We Have To Do 

Is 

Accept The Service Of Sacrificial Love 

By Faith

With Cooperative Obedience

To Gain The Eternal Blessed And Beautiful Benefit Of 

The New Birth! 

Joy Comes In The Getting-Up Morning! 

Peace!

BE A FOR-REAL JESUS-CHRISTAN: Be The "Bible" That People Read With Pleasure!

A Sinner Turned Christian 

Starts With Head Knowledge Of The Lord Christ 

Which Then Becomes Heart Knowledge 

Through The Association That Comes From Obedience, Faith 

And 

Communion 

Aka Prayer And The Reading Of The Living Word 

Aka CommUnIcation! 

It's A Conversation Between You And The Great I AM

The God Of Grace And Glory! 

Beloved, 

Conformity With The Worldly Class 

Excludes Us From The Heavenly Upgrade 

Which Comes Of Us Having Our Minds Be Transformed 

By The Lord Of Love

Who Gives Life! 

Please, I Beseech Us All

Do Not Think That Calling Christ Your King

Singing The Songs Of Zion 

And ... To Be At Earthly Peace

Going Along With The Degenerate Ways Of Unbelievers

Scoffers At Truth

Scorners Of Faith And Belief

And 

Those Who Indulge Gross And Ungodly Practices 

For Temporal Gain

Is 

Going To Get You Through The Pearl Gate! 

If You Are A Jesus-Christian

Be An Earthly-Useful, Heavenly-Minded Christian 

All Day, Every Day ... In Every Way: Don't Play

And

For The Love Of God

Please Stop Going Into The World Acting All Worldly-Wise

To Try To Convert People To Be Christians: 

It Ain't Gonna Work! 

Let Your Lived Life Be The "Bible" That People Read With Pleasure! 

Let Your Words Edify! 

Be The Good Ambassador For Christ! 

Be A Jesus-Christian ... With Your Whole Heart! 

Pursue Peace! 

Stand Up For The Holy God

That You Say That You Believe In

And

State That You Belong To!

Stand Up For Jesus!

GROWTH FACTOR: The Seed!

A Living Seed Is Dead!
It Has No Way To Breed Life
But
When That Seed, Planted, Dies
It Becomes Alive
And
It Shall Bear Much Fruit
Out Of Its "Head!"

When That Seed Dies
It Cannot Live Again As That Seed
Because
It Goes Through The Transformation
With The Creator God Holding The Lead!

Do Not Think This Thing Strange!
Nothing Has Life In Or If Itself!
If The Lord Decides That Nothing Shall Grow
There Is No Created Being
Who Can Open That Closed Door!

We Would Do Well
As The Servants Of The Lord
To Ever Look To Him
For Direction, Correction And Protection
Because
It Does Us No Good
Like The Babel-Tower Babylonians
To Side-Step The Will Of God
To Protect Our Own Selves
From The Possibility Of Another Flood!

When We Walk According To The Will Of The Holy God
We Cannot Ever Be Manipulated
By The Wiles Of Our Adversary, King Fraud
Who Sought His Own Way
Refusing To Grow Where He Was Planted
And
Ended Up Being Uprooted
And
From Highest Heaven Being Transplanted!

A Seed Planted
Fulfilling The Will, Will Grow
And
Any Not Submissive To The Will Won't Grow
And
Their Lot Is To Be Consumed
The End Of Which They Won't Know!

Bow, Don't Burn!
Live, And Grow!
Produce Fruit Fit For The Garners Of The King
And
In The Day Of Harvest Celebration
Over You
The King, Welcoming
Shall Royally Sing!
To The Majesty Of Heaven, Brethren
For Dear Life, Cling!

Do You Desire To Ascend To The Heights Of Glory?

Easy!

Die To Self ... Daily!