KNOWING JESUS CHRIST: We Can't Outlive Almighty God's Goodness!

We Are Going To Talk About Our Lord
And
We Are Going To Keep Talking About Him
Until We All Understand Who He Is
What He Does
What He Is Doing
And
Will Be Doing For Each And Every One Of Us ... Personally
If
We Are Willing To Obey And Cooperate With Him!

Today We Are Review Psalm 18 Verse 2
And
We Are Going To Take Time To Understand!
We All Can Read
But
True Understanding For Everyone Of Us
Can Be A Mite Sketchy At Times
So By God's Great Grace
And
The Holy Spirit's Guidance
We Are Going To Unpack This Great Verse Of Scripture!

Always Pray For Illumination

And

The Outpouring Of The Holy Spirit

And

Dare To Be Quiet

And

Shut Out The World's Opinions

And

Listen To The Still Small Voice Of God!

Simply Put, 
The Lord Jesus Christ 
Is 
Our Firm Foundation
Our Impregnable Shield
Our Unassailable Champion
Our Bed, Bath, And Beyond
Our Plate, Cup, Knife
Fork And Spoon ... Not That Abomination Called A Spork
Our Big-Picture Station
Our Storehouse Of Plenty Good Food 
For Our Body, Our Beliefs And Our Laborings
And 
Our Forever Home 
Opened To Accept Whosoever Will 
From Wheresoever You May Come! 

Our Lord Is A Known Quantity
Always The Same
Not Given To Fickleness
Unchanging ... Unchangeable
Our Faithful Pastor
Our Perfect Parent
And
Our Very Much Needed Great Physician! 

Beloved, 

There Aren't, Nor Ever Will Be, Any Immortal Sinners
And
We Will Never Live Long Enough 
- Be It In Time Or In Eternity - 
To Find Out All That Jesus Christ Is Doing
Has Done
And 
Will Do For Us Personally! 

Our Lord Christ 
Is 
The Big God Filling The Immensity Of Eternity
And
He Is Real And Righteous 
And 
Returning For Those Who Choose Him 
As Their Sun, Moon And Stars
Hope, Help And Sure Salvation! 

Please Be Reminded, Beloved, That
We Can Do All Things Through Christ 
Because 
He Is The One, The God, Who Strengthens Us! 
There Is No Us Without Him!

Dare To Know ...
Dare To Believe ...
Dare To Accept ...
Dare To Repeat ...
Dare To Live In The Knowledge That ...

We Are Everything To Our God 
And 
When He Is Everything To Us 
We Are The Majority Against The Wily Foe! 

We Are Fearfully And Wonderfully Made 
In The Image Of Almighty God: 
Studiously Lift Up The Lord Always
And 
Without Fail
Be Infinitely, Eternally, Blessed! 

May His Perfect Peace Be Ours Today ...!

... And Forever!

AMEN!!!

If You Are Always Asking God

For Things

Your Mouth Is Always Open

And

You Cannot Hear

What He Is Saying To You

To Bless You:

Choose To Be Quiet At Times!!!

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Be Still ...

And Know ...

That

He Is Almighty God Glorious!

HAPPY SABBATH + Fools Rush In!?!

There Is Nothing More Foolish Than 
Providing An Answer To The Unasked Question! 

In The Old Days 
They Used To Call People Who Did That
"A Real Cubbah!" 

I Remember That

And It Was A Stinging Indictment! 

Please, I Beseech You
Don't Practice Folly To Look Wise! 

Only Fools Go Where Angels Fear To Tread! 

Some People May Think That You're A Fool 

But 

Please Don't Give Them The Opportunity 
To Prove It By Opening Your Mouth 
Prematurely And Presumptuously! 

My Granny-Ma U-sed To Say:

"Silence Is Golden! 

Speak When You're Spoken To 

But Only After Having Prayed 
For Wisdom From The Lord!" 

Those Are Words Truly Worthy Of 
Willing Acceptance And Regular Practice
But

I'm Sure That You Know That 
Some People Always Want To Have The First 

And 
The Last Word

And 
Having More Testicular Fortitude Than Commonsense
Are Ever Desirous Of Shedding Light ... Even In Bright Daylight 

And 
Avidly Display Grand "Insight"

When Exercising Commonsense Would Make Practical Sense! 

These Persons Would Do Well To Follow 
Jesus Christ's Perfect Example Of Reticence
- In The Time Required -

Before The Deceitful Scribes And Pharisees

The Sanhedrin

Pontius Pilate

And

King Herod! 

We Would All Do Well To Accept That
There Is A Time For Everything Under The Sun
And
Understand That 
Knowing The Time To Keep Silent Is One Of Them!

Now, I'm Also Certain That You Know That

Certain People Amongst Us

Claim To Always Have The Perfect Answer 
To Questions That Haven't Received Air! 

Oh, Yes! 

And They're Getting Real Bold Nowadays! 

Yeah! 

They're Even In The Church

And Are Claiming Special Powers

From The Holy Spirit To Read People's Minds! 

Brethren, 

Be Warned! 

Be Watchful! 

Be Wary

And

Beware! 

The Ability To Read Minds Aka Mind-Reading 

Is 

Safely In The Domain Of Almighty God ... Alone 

And 

Any Created Being 

Be It Human 
Or Fallen Angel Masquerading As A Human

Who Says That They Can Read Your Mind 

And 

Know What You're Going To Do Before You Do It 

Is 

A Liar And A Tool Of Satan!

There Is No Light In Them! 

If Satan And Fallen Angels

Aka Demons

Could Really Read Minds

They Would Have Known That
Killing Jesus Christ Was A Really Bad Idea

Because

The End Result Spelt Their Complete Destruction! 

I Hear That!!! 

Brethren, Beloved

Guard Your Heart ... Your Mind

And 

Keep Your Eyes On Jesus Christ 

Who Safely Leads His Children 
 Along The Treacherous Paths Of This Life

And

Don't Ever Forget That
We Have All The Other Sight That We Will Ever Need
In The Person 
And 
The Working Of The Holy Spirit Of Truth
Who Will Teach Us All Things That We Need To Know!

We Are Nearing Home
And
There Are Pitfalls At Every Turn

But

Please Don't Add To Your Peril

By Adding Folly To The Mix! 

Be Wise Unto Your Own Soul's Salvation
Because 
There Will Be No Fools In Heaven! 

Let's Trust In Jesus Christ For He Is Our Peace
And

Let's Lean On The Lord's Infinite Understanding 
And 
Truly Live
For He Is The Light Of Our Lives!! 

JESUS CHRIST SAVES: Negotiations!?!

I Have A Story To Tell To The Nation
Which
You May Probably Find Hard To Believe!
The Lord Of Life, The Creator
The Redeemer, The Friend
Wants You To Forever Keep His Company!

He Promises A Place In His Father's Kingdom!
He Promises Eternal Life!
He Promises A New Name
And
A Gold Crown
And
Pleasures Forever The Redeemed Soul Delight!

What's The Catch!?!

No Catch!
He Says To Give Up All That Hurts
That Condemns
That Destroys
And
Give Unto Him Your Soul
Your Allegiance
Your Will, Your Way
And
Hold Him In Godly Fear
By Giving Up Known Sin
And
Faithfully Following Him!
He Wants To Be Your Everything!
He Desires To Be Your All And All!

All!?!
That's Kinda Steep!
Can We Negotiate With Him!?!

What Have You Got With Which To Negotiate!?!

He Wants Me So I've Got Me As A Bargaining Chip!

Soooo, Tell Me How You Intend To Make The Split!?!

Well, It's Like This:

I'm Valuable Because He Wants My Soul For His Own!
I'm Willing To Work With Him But ...!?!

Problem, My Friend!
He Does Not Do Buts!
It's All Or None!

Then I'd Say That He's Kinda Greedy, Even Unfair!
I'm Mine So I Should Decide How Much Of Me
I Feel Like Giving To Even The One
Who Says That He Is God Divine!

Friend,
You May Want To Tread Softly On Your Position!
He Is God Divine!
He Has Your Life In His Hands
And, Yet
He Is Willing To Permit You 
To Give Your Life Back To Him
In Exchange For Him Taking Eternal Care Of You
Even If, In This Life, You Die!

Live For Him!
Live In Him!
Die In And For Him
And
Rise Up And Live Forevermore With Him!

All It Takes Is A Willingness To Commit
To Bend
To Believe
To ...!

... Totally Surrender!?!

Yes, Indeed!

I Don't Surrender To Anybody
Not Even My Husband!

Would You Like To Explain What You Mean By That!?!

Sure, I Would!
The Day I Got Married
I Gave My Husband My All
And I Kept 10% For Myself
Just In Case He Decided To Be
A Skirt-Chasing Hopping Ball
And So That I Would Not Go Mad
If He Did!
He Did ... And I'm Sane!

Ahem, Ahem!

You Know That You Are Mad, Right!?!

Could You Imagine What Would Have Happened
If You Had Gone All In!?!

Sweetie, Lack Of Commitment Destroys!
Just As In Your Marriage
Same In Your Relationship With The Eternal God!

The Lord Desires Your All
Because
He Has Given For Us His All!
He Held Nothing Back
And
He Is Asking Us To Accept The Great Salvation
At Infinite Price Already Purchased!

Take Your Own Relationship As A Guide
And
Choose To Realize That
With Lack Of Complete Commitment
The Love Relationship Always Dies!

Jesus Died That We Might Live
And
He's Asking Us To Believe Him At His Word
So That We May Inherit All That He Has To Give!

Alright!
I'm Willing To Give 99.99995% Of Me To Him!

Sorry!
He Desires All!

Okay!
So What Else Can He Give Me
To Liberate My Desire To Totally Surrender!?!

Nothing!
He Gave All!
He Gives All!
He Is Giving All
And
He Wants ...!

...Yes, Yes, I Heard You Before!
He Wants All
And All I Want Is To Have
To Hold
To Retain A Lil' Something That Is Mine
For Own Myself!

Wow, That's Bold!
Your Loss!

For The Record ...

Look, Let Me Give You The Bottom Line:

Jesus Christ Desires To Give You Everything Good!
He Holds Your Life In His Hand!
He Gave Unto You, Already, Free Will And Free Choice!
He Died To Give You His Eternal Life!
He Desires That You Return Your Life, Willingly, To Him
To Be In His Service
To Follow Where He Leads
And
He Makes It Plain To All Who Will Hear
What The Options Are:

• You're Either For Him Or Against Him!
• You Either Want To Live Forever Or Your Plan To Die Forever!
• You Either Choose To Submit Or Be A Rebel!

He Asks Politely For Your Cooperation With His Spirit!
He Could Force You To Submit
But
Thank God Almighty
He Never Will!

Where You Are, I Was
And
He Called Me!
I Answered
And
He Made His Life Or Death Submission:

Life With Him In Joy And Peace

In Eternal Bliss

** OR **

Life Without Him Which Is Life With Satan

And

The Spectre Of Sure And Eternal Damnation!

There Was No Hard Sell!
Just Straight Facts Ahead Of
The Deal's Consummation!
The Choice Was Mine!
The Choice, Now, Is Yours ... Alone
And
I Glad To Tell You That
Your One Good Bargaining Chip Is 

Father,

I Accept Your Good Gift!

Lead Me Because I Know You Love

And

Desire To Bless Me!

I Have No Desire To Live Without You

And

I Am Not Even Going To Try!

I Will Follow You Where You Lead!

I Will Go Where You Send!

I Will Worship You For You Are Worthy!

I Will Praise You For You Gave Me My Voice!

Lord, Fix Me

So That In The Coming Kingdom

In Your Holy Presence

I May Thankfully Rejoice!

Anything Less Is A Total Waste!

The Lord Will Give You His Sword ... His Word!
He'll Give You His Bow ... His Strength!
And
Best Of All
He'll Give You His Robe ... His Righteousness!

He's Giving You His Name ... His Character!
He's Giving You His Home ... His Kingdom!
He's Giving You Bread ... His Flesh!
He's Giving You Wine ... His Blood!
He's Giving You Oil And Water ... His Holy Spirit!
What More Can You Possibly Want!?!

I Surrender!
I Want Him ...!

... I Want His Life!

At Last!

We May Be Slow To The Dance
But With Understanding ...!

...We Sing The Acceptable Tune In Pitch-Perfect Tune!

Thank You, Jesus!

The Mine Of Truth! + PRAYER: Thank You, Father, For Our Treasure!

The Holy Bible 

Is 

The Mine Of Truth
Where One Goes To Seek After Hid Treasure
And
All Who Rigorously Put Their Minds To The Task
Will Come Away ... Blessed
With More On Their Head Than A Feather!

Heavenly Value ...

The Mine Of Truth Holds Pure Wisdom
To Which Is Attached Grounded Understanding
And
If One Will Be Diligent
And
Walk Through The Open Door
There's To Be Found
The Vein Of Knowledge That
Blesses Sinners Saved At Their Inner Core!

We Have No Need Of Pick-Ax
Canary 

Shovel
Slut-Lamp
Wheel-Barrow Nor Broom

Because

There's Nothing To Hack 

Poison

Cart-Away

Nor Clean Up!

All We Need 

Is 

The Prayer Of Faith
And
The Willingness To Honestly Let Go
And
Let Jesus Christ The Creator
Sustainer Friend
And
Able Provider
Guard Guide And Lead Us
Out Of Our Darkness
And
Into Holy Light
As Beautiful Truth In Our Changing Hearts Bloom!

Looking Forward ...

Out Of Darkness ... Into Light!
Out Of Sin ... Into Truth's Life
Is
What Is To Expected
When One Applies The Effort Of Faith
And
Trusts The Source
And
Ceases
In This Life
To Be A Meandering Disgrace!

Truth Is The Truth ...

Remember My Brother
My Sister
My Friend
The Mine Of Truth

Is 

Utterly Portable
And
Always Relevant
Whether There Be Men
Seeking
Searching
Wearied Wondering

Hoping 

Looking Up

Or
Men Digging For Fool's Gold
And
Incubating Soul-Loss!

Be Ye Warned ...

Beware! Beware!
The Imitation Of Truth!
Beware The Mine That Encourages Impiety
And
The Wasting Of One's Youth! 

Beware The Teacher Preacher
The Prophet
The Priest
The Pope
Who Says The Mine Is Unsearchable
Unknowable
So, Therefore
We Must To Their Personal Wisdom Turn
If
- With This Life -
We Should Successfully Cope!

Heads Up, Beloved ...

The Creator God
The Provider Of The Mine Of Truth
Is
The Creator God
Who Gave The Agile Mind
To The Race Called Mankind
And
It Is He, Himself
By The Holy Spirit Of Truth
That Will Guide And Direct

And
Lead Each Of Us
- Personally -
Into All Truth
So That We Are Not Lost To The Kingdom Of Light
And
So That We May Become To The God Of All Grace
A Treasure ... Suitable
Finished ... Polished
Worthy Of A Presence
Before His Glorious Face!

PRAYER:

Thank You, Father

For

The Book Of Truth

That 

Treasure Without Measure

Useful Always

Whether I Be Rich Or Poor

Free Or Bond

At My Employment

Or

My Leisure!

Thank You For Appointing

The Mine For My Mind

And

I Bless You, Lord, Sincerely

For

Thinking On

And

Loving Me And My Kind!

Bless Us, Lord

To Accept And Honor

And

Trust Without Flagging

The Available And Known Truth

And

Bless Us Also

To Share Our Treasure

With The Brethren Known Or Unknown

Be They Old Or Youth!

Thank You For Your Grace, Lord!

We Bless You For Your Character

And

We Humbly Bow Before You Now

Glad For The Day Coming

When, In Peace

We Shall You

As We See Our Loved Ones Now!

We Love You, Lord

And

Ask These Few Mercies

In The Name Of Jesus Christ

The Soon Coming

And

Eternal King!

AMEN.

VESPERS AT THE END OF THE SABBATH: Why Me, Lord!?! AND Points To Ponder

If All Things Work For Good
For Lord-Lovers
How Can We Say
In The Sorrow Of The Soul
Why Did God Do "THIS" To Me?!?!

Stop For A Moment And Think ...

The Word Of God Says 
He Has A Thousand Ways To Provide For aka
Save His Children
So, Since The Promises Are Sure
And 
The Living God Opens And Closes Doors
Please ... Trust Him 
Who Is Love And Life 
And
Who Is Also Health And Cure!!

A Word To The Wise
From The One Wise
Is 
Enough To Keep Us Moving Ever Forward
Never Looking Back
Because 
To Look Back Is To Blight
To Turn One Into A Salt Lick
And
We Know A Salt Lick Is Consumed
Because
It Has Nothing In Itself To Protect Itself
And Cannot Against Salt-Lickers
And
Salt-Lick Kickers, Fight!

  

Have We Ever Well And Truly Considered
The Real Differences Between
Lamp And Light?

A Lit Lamp Carries The Light!
The Light Provides Sight!
Sight Signals The Way Clear
And
We Walk Unto Jesus
Who Does Our Sin Bear!

Walking In The Light Makes The Way Clear

And

Light Keeps At Bay All The Predators

Who Would For Life And Limb

Make Us Tremble In Fear!

Truth Is ...

A Lamp Without Oil

Is 
A Decorative Piece!

A Lamp Containing Oil, When Lit

Brings The Traveller

The Reader

The Searcher

The Seeker

Illumination ... By Darkness Relief!

A Broken Lamp

Is 
Not A Help But A Hindrance

Because

Its Broken Pieces Do Cut The Flesh Of The Unwary

Giving Us Wounds That 
Only The Great Physician

Can Bind Up

Seal

Heal Up!

Please Do Not Break Your Lamp

Neither By Accident Nor On Purpose

By Deliberately, Contemptuously

From The Oil Well Eternal Walking Away!

Accidentally On Purpose

Breaking Your Lamp

Says Clearly Callously

That You Are Are Walking On The Path Called

Own Way!

Own Way Has Self-Pay

Life And Fire And Accident Insurance

With
An Accidental Death And Dismemberment Rider

Which Has

The Eternal Consequence Deductible!

Where Does One That Premium Pay?!

In Your Head

In Your Heart

In Your Hand

Wherever You Elevate Self

And

Denigrate The Holy Son Of Man!

Man Cannot Keep Himself Alive

Nor Can He Ransom Himself

By Purchasing Useless Indulgences

Sold As Grounded On Earth

Bound Up In Heaven

Rainbow Pot Of Gold

Building God's Kingdom Treats

But Are Actually 

Satan-Inspired

Encouraging Men To Be Careless Of
Their Soul's Salvation

Lies!

Lamps And Light Are No Small Matter!

Lamp-Light

Is

Life-Light Illumination

To Keep Repentant Sinners

Out Of The Fire And Brimstone Lake Of Fire

Aka The Self-Lit

I Prefer Eternal Death Funeral-Bier

Pyre!

Light Your Lamp

And

Catch The Son's Rays!

Open The Preserved Word

Walk In Its Light

And

With Assurance Dismiss The Malicious Goat-Herder

And
The Menacing Goat-Herd!

CONSIDER THIS:

Almighty God Is Too Wise To Err

And

Too Good To Withhold From Us

Those Things That Are For Our Good

And

Do Not Forget That If It For Our Good

It Will Be To God's Glory!

Of Course, We Must Be Walking Uprightly

According To The Promise! 

Brethren,

Whatever We Do

Let Us Pray In Faith

Trusting The Eternal God In Hope

Walking Not By Sight

Nor

Leaning Upon Our Own Understanding!

Let Us Not Be Double Minded

Indulging In

I Think He Will!

I Know He Won't!

Probably He Will!

Perhaps He Won't!

You Will Get Nothing From The Living God

With That Mindset

Because

Doubt Has Its Own Stream Of Reward!

Please Hold Firmly The Sacred Word 

And

Stand Faithfully Upon The Word's Word

Knowing

That If We Faint Not

Our Unfailing Trust Will Be Gloriously Rewarded!

Eyes = Lies

Ears = Fear

Trembling = Doubt

Hope = Faith

Work = Love

And

We Know Of A Surety That

The God Of Love

Reigns

Rightly And Righteously

In Glorious Heaven Above!