VESPERS AT THE END OF THE SABBATH: One Holy God: Two Infallible Guarantees!

John 5:28-29 KJV

28 Marvel not at this: for the hour is coming, in the which all that are in the graves shall hear his voice, 29 And shall come forth; they that have done good, unto the resurrection of life; and they that have done evil, unto the resurrection of damnation.

There Are Two Things Guaranteed For The Life Of A Human By The Word Of The Eternal God, As Thus Saith Jesus Christ: The Glorification Of The Righteous, And The Damnation And Complete Consumption Of Unrighteous Aka Unrepentant Sinners! 

The Lord Also Made It Abundantly Clear That He Who Has Begun A Good Work In Us Will Finish It Unto The Day Of His Second Coming! 

The Lord Also Promised Us That Sin Will Not Arise A Second Time! 

Brethren, We Either Believe It Or ... We Don't! 

We Trust The Lord At His Word Or ... We Call Him A Liar! 

We Make His Word Our Walk Or ... We Walk Wild With The Wily One! 

We Trust And Obey Or ... Curse God And Don't Care Having Made The Decision To Live Life After The Desires Of Our Wanton, Wicked, Unregenerate Heart! 

Beloved, Dare To Ask Yourself: "Self, What Could Possibly Go Wrong Living After You!?!" 

I Pray That Your Self Is Not A Liar Even Though It Is Called Man! 

However, Dear Ones, Since We Are Committed Christians, And We Read Our Bibles And Pray Regularly, And Have A Real Relationship With Our Master, The Savior, The Light Of Life, The Judge Of All Flesh, The Word Of God That Was Made Flesh And Dwelt Among Us, And Is Ours For All Eternity, We Know For Truth, That Nothing Good, Right, Beneficial, Or Profitable Can Ever Come From Playing With Matches Around Gasoline, Or Gasoline Fumes! 

When You Know Your God, The Living God, You Will Never Be Gullible For Use By The God-Fraud! 

Almighty God's People Will Be Incorruptible, Immortalized, And Glorified Because After Their Justification, Being Made Right With God, They Were Set Apart For Holy Use Aka Sanctified, Remade By Daily Sanctification For The Rest Of Their Lives! 

They Will See Jesus Christ In Peace At His Return To Earth To Take His People Home To Be With Him ... Forever ... For They Will Have Worked Out Their Own Salvation ... With Godly Fear and Trembling! 

They Would Have Been Faithful, Teachable, Humble, True, Obedient ... And Enduring! 

Almighty God Gave Jesus His Son; Jesus The Son Gave His Life, And These Precious Souls Took A Hold Of That Unspeakable Gift Like Their Lives Depended On It! It Did, And It Does All Now, Today, This Hour, This Very Moment! 

The Lord Did Not, Does Not, Cast His Pearl Before Swine! 

Go Work With And For Jesus, And Leave Satan To Pretend That There Is A Swinish Rebirth! 

Stand Up For Jesus! Stand With Jesus! He, Alone, Saves! 

Peace! 

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VESPERS AT THE END OF THE SABBATH: PRAYER: There Is No Hope Without ...!?!

PRAYER:

There Is No Me, No Help, No Hope, No Healing, And No Heaven Without You, My Lord, And So I Yield My Will And My Way To Your Guidance! 

Thank You For Your Loving Kindness, Your Grace, Your Gifts Of Love Showered Mightily Upon Me This Day, Moment By Moment! 

Thank You For Your Love To Me Which Saw You Loving Me Unto Death And Back, And On Up To Highest Heaven, And Into The Most Holy Place Of The Heavenly Sanctuary Where You Are Interceding For Me, And My Kind! 

Lord, I Accept Your Sacrifice For Me And, As Such, Your Gift Of New Life In You! 

I Am A Child: Lead Me Gently Safely Home! You Are My God, Holy, Living, Giving, Forgiving, True ... Faithful! 

Please Hold Me, Help Me, Heal Me, Teach Me, Feed Me, Use Me, And Lead Me Gently, Safely Home To Heaven At The Appointed Hour, Is My Heart's Earnest Plea! 

Thank You For Hearing And Answering My Prayers Of Faith, Because Without Your Constant Hearing And Answering, All Would Be Lost! 

Thank You For Not Throwing Away This Clay! 

Thank You For The Sure Promises, The Daily Provision, The Perfect Peace That Passes Human Understanding, And The Knowledge That My Impossibles Are Possible In Your Mighty Hand! 

Thank You For Helping Me Not To Lean On My Own Understanding But To Give It All To You, The God Who Was, Is, And Forever Will Be! 

I Give You Me, My Worship, And My Willing Praise! 

I Love You With All That I Am, For It Is In Jesus Christ's Holy Name That I Humbly Pray, And With A Lively Hope Plead! AMEN!!! 

Peace! 

VESPERS AT THE END OF THE SABBATH: The Guest Speaker

... And Our Guest Speaker Today ...! 

... What Guest Speaker!?! I Am The Speaker Today, Elder Plainer! 

Well, Pastor Prop, I Guess You Will Be Listening Like The Rest Of Us Today To A Much Needed Reality Check! 

The Most Quoted Book In The Bible Amongst The Brethren Here In This Congregation Is "Pastor Said!" 

According To Settled Knowledge And Belief, That Book Is Of Spurious Antecedents And Is Known To Elevate Another Jesus Upon A Prop Of Another Gospel! This Stops Today! 

Brethren, Our Speaker For This Moment Neither Needs Nor Desires An Introduction To Inflate His Head Or His Ego! Please Welcome Bro. Misfit Greedy Adopted! 

Happy Sabbath, Brethren! I'm Glad To Be With You! 

We Are A Peculiar People, So In The World, And In The Church, I'm A Misfit, A Square Peg-Round Hole Misfit Because I Choose To Accept And Believe That The Bible Is Christ's Complete Word To His People And Is Not To Be Touched-Up, Enhanced, Or Picked Apart By Anyone: Almighty God Is He Who Alone Is Wise, And All-Knowing, And As Such Makes No Mistakes! 

Secondly, I Am Called Greedy Because When I Finish Praying, I Always Say "Lord, Bless Again!" 

Shouldn't We As Believers Go After Our God Who Said, In Black And White, "Ask, And Ye Shall Receive!?!" 

This Same God, The True And Living God, Also Said, "Prove Me!" 

Shouldn't We Be Able To Say Or Write In Our Little Books, "He Did It Again! Thank You, Lord Jesus!?!

MUCH MURMURING IS HEARD! 

Thirdly, My Surname, Adopted, Makes Me Humble, My Heart Glad, And Keeps My Hope For Heaven High! 

Suddenly, A Voice Was Heard Saying: 

"I Am Adopted! I Am Happy, But I Am Still An Outsider! What Makes You, Well, Special!?!" 

I'm Glad You Asked! 

You Are Earthly Adopted On White Paper Covered In Black Ink, Sealed By The Earthly Judge Representing Fallen Man's Government, Which Gave You Into A Family Which Offered You Finite Love From A Flawed Heart! 

I Am Adopted Into The Family Of God! 

My Certificate Of Adoption Is The Scarred Flesh Of Our Lord Jesus! The Ink Is His Innocent Blood! 

I Have The Holy Spirit As My Comforter, Teacher, And Guide! 

I Have Personal Bodyguards Excelling In Strength! 

My Place Now Being Prepared Will Be In A Mansion In The Father's House In Glory Land Where Love, Peace, And Light Dwell! 

Do You Know What The Best Gift Is That I Shall Receive For One Called Adopted!?! 

No!!! Please Tell Us!!! 

Well, Brethren, Have You Ever Heard Of Any Adopted Child Being Like His Adopters!?! 

I Am Going To Be Like Jesus Because I Will See Him As He Is! 

I Here And Now Say With King David: 

"As For Me, I Will Behold Your Face In Righteousness! I Will Be Satisfied When I Awake With Your Likeness!" 

AMEN!!! 

Brethren, Dare To Boldly, Unapologetically Love And Stick To The Good Book ... As Written! 

An Opinionated, Abbreviated Rendering Of The Word Does Not Lead You To Christ, Who Is The Only One Who Is The Door, The Entrance, To The Father's House! 

Hallelujah!!! 

Praise The Lord!!! 

AMEN!!! 

Pastor Prop Hastily Left Through The Side Door! 

Peace! 

VESPERS AT THE END OF THE SABBATH: The Shepherd!

John 10:14 KJV 

I am the good shepherd, and know my sheep, and am known of mine. 

Glenda, Why Is Everyone Snickering At The New People!?! 

Wait Patiently, Oana, And All Will Be Revealed! 

A LITTLE BIT LATER ... 

Waaait! Did I Hear That Newbie Call Her ... Nahhhh ... Impossible!?! 

Nothing Is Wrong With Your Hearing, Oana! 

Lord, Make Peace! 

He Will, Dear Lady, He Will! 

Attention, Everyone, Let's Begin! 

Today, We're Talking  About Sin, Rest, Destruction, Peace, Choices, Self, And Decision-Making! In Short, Brethren, We're Going To Discuss Life! Isn't It Beautiful!?! 

That's Easy For You To Say, Sis. Hepher! 

There Was A Moment Of Stunned Silence, And Then The Class Started To Howl With Laughter! 

The Teacher's Face Didn't Even Wrinkle! 

When Order Had Been Restored And The Students Had Calmed Down, With A Perfectly Straight Face The Teacher Said: 

This Is What Happens When You Don't See The Whole Picture, Know The Whole Story, And Don't Know The Real Name, Full Name, Blessed Name Of Your Lord, God, Teacher, Leader, Feeder, Sustainer, Savior, Guide, Redeemer, And Forever Friend, The Final Judge Of All Mankind! 

When You Don't See The Whole Picture, You Don't Know That There's Something Vitally Important Missing, And You Denigrate The Name, That Glorious Name, Of Him Who Alone Saves! 

Jesus Christ Is Our Shepherd, The Good Shepherd ... And Shepherd Is My Name! I Lead You In His Name! 

Now, Because The Name Of The Shepherd Is Not Totally Visible, You, Me, We Live Life As We Please, Forgetting The One Above, He Whose Name Is The Name Above All Names! 

We Do Not See That Living Life Without Jesus Christ The Shepherd Leaves Us Living In Sin Which Leads Us To Sure Destruction! 

There Is No Peace And, Therefore, No Rest! 

Our Choices Are Made For Self ... Self-Satisfaction, Self-Aggrandizement, Self-Service! And, No Mistake ... Those Poor Choices Lead To Poorer Actions Which Lead To Self-Deceived Self-Wrought Self-Destruction! 

Making This Personal, The Mentality Called "Do-You!" Did You In, And You Are Done And Dusted! But ...! 

... I Know This One, Sis. Shepherd! 

Go Ahead, Homer! 

The Good Shepherd Does Not Leave Any Of His Sheep In The Wilderness Of Sin For The Roaring Lion To Devour! 

His Sheep Know His Voice And, When He Calls Their Name, They Answer Him Even With What They Consider To Be Their Last Breath! 

If They're Too Weak To Walk, He Will Carry Them To His Known Green Pastures Beside Still Waters! 

The Good Shepherd, By His Sweet Spirit Known Holy, Restores Their Soul As In Puts Life, Real Life, True Life, The Holy Life, His Life, In Them Because He Is The Life-Giver! 

Thank You, Homer! 

Beloved, Do Not Disregard The Shepherd, Our Shepherd, Our Rest, Our Peace! 

Choose Not To Be Lost And Lonely And Filled With Fear For Your Future! 

Choose Not To Be A Wondering, Wandering Star Seeking A Sun! 

Choose To Be A Child Of The Sun Of Righteousness Who Has Your Healing In His Wings! 

Choose To Be Safe In His Arms, And Sin Will Not Have Dominion Over You! 

There Is Character In A Name! Please, By Grace Through Faith, Let Your Name Have The Character Of Jesus Christ In It! 

Peace! 

VESPERS AT THE END OF THE SABBATH: Eat The Whole Book!

God Is Love! 

Yes, And ...!?! 

Since God Is The Source And The Strength Of My Life, It Must Therefore Mean That Love Is The Source And The Strength Of My Life, And If I Don't Love, I Don't Know God And Have No Strength, And Thus, No Life! 

No God, No Life, No Love, No Light, And, Therefore, I Walk Boldly, Blindly, Falteringly, In Darkness! Deeeep Darkness! 

Darkness Is Synonymous With Death! So That Means That You, Me, We Walk In Death Now, And Into The Blackness Of Eternal Death Aka Eternal Separation From Eternal Life, Light, And Love, From The Way, From The Used-To-Be Open Door! 

Come On, Bro. Marquis! You Just Upped The Ante! You Always Do This! You Give Us Something To Work On, Or Work Out, And Then ... You Add On A Step Up To, Step Out From, Step Back From, Step Toward, Step Upon, Keep Step With, Or Step Away From! 

Yeahhh, That's True, Helena! He Always Wants More! 

You Could Really Keep Quiet And Indulge In A Hard Sit Down, Bittadis! You're Nothing But A Home Wrecker! 

You're Just Like Your Name! You Never Make Or Partake A Whole Meal To Get Its Full Benefits But Always Choose To Take A Bit Of This And A Bit Of That, And That Is Why You're Always Hungry, And Seldom Welcome At Anybody's Table Because You Say That People's Food Has No Taste, Lacks Depth, Has No Breadth, And Can't Bless A Bird Because It Ain't Bold! 

You Know, Kandle, When You Spell It Out Like That, You're Right About Bittadis, She Knows It, And You Missed A Spot! 

How So, Showitte!?! 

You Right, Bittadis Wrong, And We ... All ... Guilty! 

You Got Oil For That Squeaky Wheel!?! 

Sure, Do! Bible 101, 201, 301, 401, 501 ... And 1001: Eat The Whole Book! 

Stop Picking Rice! Stop Picking A Scripture From Here, A Scripture From There, Getting A Doctrine Here, A Doctrine There ...! ... Here A Moo, There A Moo, Everywhere A Moo Moo! Old Macdonald Had A Farm! 

Brethren, The Bible Ain't An Unkempt Farm With Puddles Of Wuhisdat, Broken Equipment Scattered, Workers Chewing The Fat Aka Doing Everything But Working, Different Animals Singing Their Ordained Song In A Bedlam Of Noise That Only Their Maker Can Decipher, The Bread Is Not Baked, The Field Not Turned, The Orchard Not Pruned, And The Purse To Let Aka The Farmer Broke ... And Drunk! 

Beloved, The Good Book Is Whole, Healthy, And Heavenly! It's A Treasure Store! 

Bittadis Is Right AND Wrong BECAUSE She's Always Doing The Butterfly, The Hummingbird ... But Without The Benefit Of Their Ingrained Knowledge! 

Our Beautiful Treasure Store Has An Inlaid Direction, An Instruction For All Who Believe On The Master, Our Maker! 

Isaiah 28:10 Speaks Truly! Line Upon Line, Here A Little, Precept Upon Precept! 

To One, It Is A Blessing! To Another, It's A Curse! 

For Those Who Love Our Lord - Just Like You Would Have In Times Past Play In A Jewelry Box Enjoying Running Your Hands Through Your Bits And Baubles - You Will Take Great Pleasure Running Your Fingers Through The Pages Of Holy Writ To Find The Pearl, The Coin, The Son, The Savior, The Door, Wisdom, Knowledge, Understanding, Refuge, Strength, The Oil, The Path, The Way, The Shepherd, The King, Peace, Power, Provision, Endurance, Temperance, The Balm, The Robe, The Light, Love, Life ...! 

Do I Need To Say More, Seymour!?! Sayless!?! Tuhdoo!?! Comma!?! 

Dear Ones, We Must Pull Ourselves Together So That We May Pour Ourselves Out In The, Our, Search For Our Goodies From Almighty God Known Glorious! 

Lord, Pity Us, And Have Mercy Upon Us As We Humbly Place Our Trust In You! Guide Our Minds, And Teach Us Manners That Matter In Our Pursuit Of Those Things, Those Treasures, Which Will See Us Cross The Separating Line Between Grace And Glory! Feed Us With This Good Food, And Bless Us To Eat Substantially, And Cry Out, Call Out, Reach Out, And Hold Out Our Plate For More! 

Thank You, Lord, For Providing, Protecting, And Pursuing Us: Help Us To Pursue You In The Word, By Thought, Our Good Words To Others, And Kindly Deeds To Bless Others, In Jesus Christ's Holy Name, We Pray, And As Beggars Willing To Be Fed, Plead! We Love You, Lord! Have Mercy, And Bless Us Again, And Again! 

AMEN!!! 

Peace! 

VESPERS AT THE END OF THE SABBATH: Where Would I Be ...!?!

 

The Songwriter Asks: "Where Would I Be If Jesus Didn't Love Me!?!" 

Will You Dare And Ask Yourself That Question Without Flinching!?! 

Bro. Burch, I Don't Know That I Really Want To Know The Answer To That Question Because, Well, Spotlights ... And Mirrors! 

Valid Point, Tierney, But Since When Have We Decided To Shy Away From, Ignore, Or Dismiss Inconvenient Truths!?! Spotlights Highlight And Mirrors Disclose But Neither Of These Cause Us To Be Fixed By Their Disclosures! 

I Don't Want To Know What I Would Do, Say, Think Or Become Without Our Lord Jesus Because I Am Well On My Way To Becoming What He Wants Me To Be, To Say, To Think, To Do! 

You're Right, Cardy, Considering That Anything With And For Jesus, By And In Jesus Will Always Be Good, Anything Outside Of His Favor Must Be Evil, Bad, Not Good, Not Worthy To Be Adopted Or Distributed! 

At This Point, We Might As Well Identify A Few Things: Saul The Pharisee Was Zealous Without Knowledge Of The True God And Killed Christians! 

King Saul Chose Self And Disobedience And Personal Upliftment, Committed Murder Most Foul, And Subsequently Sought A Witch To Get Guidance From The Dead! 

I Have One, Bro. Burch! 

Go Ahead, Rendy! 

King David Took His Eyes Off The Lord For A Moment, Looked Upon The Nubile Flesh Of Another Man's Wife, And Subsequently Had Her Husband Murdered! 

I Would Go So Far As To Say That There Is Nothing Good That Lasts, Or Brings Lasting Peace And Happiness, That Exists Outside Of The Love Of The Eternal God! 

Well Said, Rendy! 

Now, With That Said, Why Do We Still Believe In And Act Upon The Premise That I Can Do All Things ... Because I Want To!?! 

Wait, Doesn't The Text Actually Say I Can Do All Things ... Through Christ!?! 

Yes, It Does, Belinda! 

So How Come We Have Not Accepted That The "All Things Through Christ" Means Whatever Is Good, Lovely, Just, True, Pure, And Of Good Report, Are Virtuous, And Bring Praise To His Holy Name!?! 

That's Because The Red Kool-Aid Of Self-Aggrandizement With Two Sides Of Self-Delusion Are Working Overtime, Belinda! 

Look, As Committed Christians, We Cannot Permit The Fear Of The Unknown To Paralyze Our Minds Far Less Our Feet! 

Jesus Is Our Captain! He Is All! He Knows And Sees All, And He Knows Our Names, Our Needs, And Our Nature! 

He Does Not Give Us A Spirit Of Fear Because Fear Brings Torment And ...! 

... A Tormented Soul Can Be Manipulated! 

Yes, Rendy, A Tormented Soul Can And Will Be Manipulated! 

So, Bro. Burch, What You're Saying Is That If We Give The Lord Who Loves Us Our Fears, We, With Love, Will Follow After Him In Peace And Safety, Never Being Anxious For Anything, Because We Are Not Leaning On Our Own Understanding!?! 

We Choose Not To Be Anxious About Anything, And By Prayer And Pleadings, With Thanksgiving, We Are Letting Known Our Requests For His Certain Help! 

We Know, Accept, And Act Upon The Fact That Without Faith It Is Impossible To Please Him! We Trust Him, And We Lean On Him, And Trust Him To Show Up, Deliver, And Show Out For Us! 

So, What Happens If He Doesn't!?! 

We Pray And Believe That All Things Work For Good To Them That Love God And Are The Called According To His Purpose! 

Brethren, With That, I Yield My Will To The Lord! 

I Will Follow Christ Because Every Good And Perfect Gift Comes From His Hand ... His Heart! 

When I Know Jesus, I Have Peace; And I Choose To Know His Truth Wherever It Leads Me! 

Self-Examination, Knowing Why You Believe What You Believe, Why You Desire A Place At The King's Table, Is Essential To Christian Growth! 

Jesus Christ's Love To Us Is A Disclosing Agent: Let's Follow Him Wherever He Goes! 

AMEN!!! 

Peace! 

VESPERS AT THE END OF THE SABBATH: Repentance Before Joy And Peace!

But I Just Want To Be Happy! I Want To Experience The Joy Of Living, And Definitely The Peace That Comes After Pleasure! 

Oh, Boy! You Sound Like A Hallmart Chard, Chelline! Whichever Cartoon Planet You're Now Coming From, They Obviously Never Told You That Your Paycheck Arrives After Your Work For The Specified Period Is Performed! You Don't Get Paid For Playing Around, Sweet Girl! 

Let Me Try, Kelis! 

Knock Yourself Out, Merrie! 

Chelline, We Love You, And We Are Trying Our Best To Help You Not To Have A Hard Row To Hoe In Your Life! 

Regret Is A Bitter Pill To Swallow, And A Hard One To Keep Down, Because It Constantly Rises Up In Your Throat Reminding You Of Things That Should Never Have Been Attempted Or Executed! 

That Sounds Like A "You" Problem, Merrie! 

You Had Better Believe It Was, Is, A "Me" Problem, Chelline, But Thank The Good Lord For His Grace And Mercy, I Came To Understand That Holiness Comes Before Happiness ... !  

... And Repentance Comes Before Joy And Peace AND None Come Before Jesus In Me! 

Oh, Cry Me A River, Kelis! 

You Sound Just Like I Did At Your Age, Chelline! 

Not You, Too, Figgi! 

Yes, Chelline, All Three Of Us Walked The Road That You Are Attempting To Enter So We Know What Happens There ... And Next! 

But I'm Not You! I Can Handle Myself! 

Oh, Chelline, I Feel For You! We All Said The Same Thing! Same Song Book, Same Song, Same Tune ... Same Result! Same Regret, Same If Only, Why Did I, If I Could Go Back! The Same Why Didn't Somebody Warn Me ... When Somebody Did ... Multiple Times! 

You're Just Trying To Scare Me! 

I Hope It's Working! 

Not You, Too, Aunt Mags! 

Yes, Chellie, Present And Accounted For! I Will Add Only One Thing To This Conversation: Jesus Christ Is Your Light And Your Salvation: Make Him The Love Of Your Life Now, While His Door Is Open To You, Before Mercy Steps Aside And Justice Is Enthroned, And Regret Will Never Become A Blip On Your Radar! 

You Are A Free Agent! You Are Blessed With Free Will, And You Have The Freedom To Exercise It ... As You See Fit! 

Prepare Your Canvas! Pencil Your Design! Pick Your Colors! Now, Go Paint Your World! 

Chelline!?! 

Yes, Ms. Merrie!?! 

You Will Notice That Your Aunt Mags Said "Pencil Your Design" And "Paint Your World!" Why Do You Think That Is!?! 

Everybody Knows That Pencil Marks Are Temporary Because They Are Erasable But Paint Is Permanent! 

Good Answer! So What Does That Mean To And For You!?! 

Pencil Is Planning Which Means That I Can Course Correct ... Hmmm ... But If I Lay Down Paint, I've Turned Plan Into Action, Indulged In Production, Committed To A Path, No Turning Back, End Result Is Rejoicing Or Remorse! 

I Can Try To Course Correct But The New Colors Might Clash, Or Become Muddy, Turning My Painting ... My Life ... Ugly ... Until I Want To Throw It All Away ... Unless I Cry Out To Jesus ... In Repentance ... And He Gives ... Me ... A New Canvas ... A New Life! 

That's My Girl! You Figured It Out! 

Yes, Ms Kelis! 

Okay, Here's One Last Thought For The Road: Can You Unreel Sticky Tape Without Marring The Sticky Part Or Leaving A Fingerprint!?! 

Of Course Not! 

Well, Ms Chelline, That's Your Life! Whatever You Touch, Torches You, Whatever You Mar, Marks You! Think On These Things! 

Choose Jesus First! 

I Love You, Baby Girl! 

Make Your Peace With The Lord! 

Thank You Ever So Much, Bonus Mumsies! 

Peace! 

VESPERS AT THE END OF THE SABBATH: Buying Fruit Trees!?!

 Today, I Am Going To Talk About Buying Trees, And More Specifically, Fruit Trees! 

Bro. Bam, I Don't Have A Green Thumb So I Have Sworn Off Buying Fruit Trees, And Plants, And Flowers Because I Unfailingly Kill Them All! 

Well, My Friend, Asshur, You May Want To Listen In On This Session! 

Brethren, When We Go To Buy Fruit Trees, It Is Always With The Hope That What They Bear Is The Identical Thing To What You  Planted Aka Plum Tree: Plums ... Preferably Sweet; Tomato: Tomatoes; Mango: Mangoes ... Sweet And Juicy, And So On! 

Well, Let Me Tell You About Mortal ...! 

... What Kind Of Name Is That!?! 

It's The Name That His Parents Gave Him, So Back Up A Lot, Trundle! 

Well, Mortal Went To Eden's Garden Shop And He Bought A Half-Dozen Quick-Bearing Fruit Trees! 

Those Trees Already Looked Like They Were Pregnant To Him, So He Was Excited, And Then Some! He Even Started Singing A Lil' Ditty About Fruit In A Year, Then In Six Months, And Then In A Month! 

People Even Heard Him Muttering About How He Should Be Able To Get Fruit In A Week, And That He Would Get Fruit In A Week, Or Even A Day If He Made The Tree Himself! 

People Started Making Spirals Around Their Ears When They Finished Having A Conversation With Him! 

Well, One Day, Someone Who Had Grown Tired Of Mortal Disrespecting The Creator's Handiwork And Growing Process Asked Him What Kind Of Trees He Had Purchased! 

Puffed Up Like The Old Windbag That He Was, Mortal Arrogantly Said: "Choice! 

I Purchased Quick-Bearing Choice Trees!" 

I've Never Heard Of A Choice Tree, But I'm Willing To Taste The Fruit Of Your Harvest! 

Sorry, Foundit, That Fruit Is Already Spoken For, And It's All Mine! 

Okay, Mortal, Knock Yourself Out! I Can't Fight You For What's Yours! 

You Got That Right! Byeeee! 

Well, Long Story Real Short, The Day Of Harvest Came And Mortal Was Heard Screeching About Sabotage And A Boatload Of Other Rubbish Until Foundit Turned Up! 

Mortal, I Hear You Had A Fitting Harvest! 

What Do You Mean Fitting Harvest, Foundit!?! This Is A Disaster Of Gargantuan Proportions! I Don't Like The Fruit! 

I Don't Know Why, Mortal! You Said All The Fruit Was For You Alone! 

Yes, I Said That, Foundit, But I Don't Like It! 

Wow, Mortal, Astonishing! You Don't Like The Fruit Of Your Own Choice!?! Don't Make Me Laugh! 

Ain't This Just Like Life! You Made Your Decision, You Know, Your Choice! Your Consequence: You Know, Your Fruit To Eat ... AhhLone!!! 

How Do You Like Them Apples, Mortal Aka All For Me!?! 

Brethren, Mortal And His Fruit Trees Called Choice, Are A Metaphor For Life! 

You Pick Your Own Path With Or Against Good Advice, And You Enjoy, Or Don't, Your Chosen Journey! The Results, The Consequences ...! 

...  Stop Right There! Split The Word: Con Is "With" And Sequences Is "Steps" BUT The Problem Is That The Prefix "Con" In This Instance Is A Negative Hence We Have Negative Steps Aka Steps Down For Us ... Mortals! 

My Peoples, See That You Get Wisdom, And In All Your Getting, Get Understanding ...! 

...  To Use Knowledge The Right Way To Fill Your House, Your Rooms, With Pleasant And Precious Things! 

AMEN!!! 

Brethren, Learn From Your Mistakes And The Mistakes Of Others: Let The Good Lord Show You Which Fruit Trees To Cultivate To Bear Choice Fruit Fit For His Table! 

Peace! 

 

 

VESPERS AT THE END OF THE SABBATH: We Are Suggestible But ...!

Pasha, Do You Remember Playing That Game, "I'm Not Touching You!" When We Were Little!?! 

Dolly, That Was Not A Game! That Was An Annoyance, Torture, A Fret, A Switch Making You Itch To Lay Out Someone In A Ditch! 

Awwww, You Remembered! 

Who Could Forget!?! 

Why Do You Ask, Dolly!?! 

Satan Aka The At-A-Distance Cattle-Prod Bane Of Christian Life! 

You Must Mean The Not-Social Media Influencer Racking Up Subscribers And Views! 

Yup, That One! 

Dolly Dinks, That Damned Devil Can't Make Us Do Anything But, Oh, He And His Cohort Can Annoy Us Until We Act To Make Sure He And His Mess Misses Us, Or Encourages Us To Succumb To Suggestion And Make A Mess Of Our Lives, Forgetting Our Mission For And To The Master! 

Pasha, You Do Remember That There Is No Sin In Temptation, Don't You!?! 

Dolly, I Remember And Am Glad For And Blessed By It! All I Need To Do Is Pray And Aggressively Swat That Suggestion To Sin Down Hard With A "Thus Saith The Lord!" So That It Does Not Rear Its Ugly Head Again! If I Don't Do That, It Is Going To Get Closer And More And More Intrusive, And Annoying, Until I, Offended, Aggrieved, Wishing The Relief Of Peace, Choose Interaction, And Foolishly Loosen My Leash On Love! 

Lord, Forbid It! 

We Need To Be Sober, Vigilant, Against That Lion's Roaring! 

What He's Doing Is Common To Man, So By Almighty God's Grace, His Favor, His Blessings Upon Us, We Can Overcome! 

Indeed! 

We Must Deny The Liar And Reach For The Hand Of Hope That Brings Help And Healing! 

Mistakes Happen, But The Lord Has Given Us The Pen Of Truth AND The Eraser Of Sin That Is Sure Salvation! 

Let's Lean On The Love of God That Is The Light Of Love Which Is Plain! 

We Have The God Of Grace! 

Don't Forget The Prince of Peace! 

Dolly, I Have To Go! 

Don't Forget Your Appointment At The Secret Place Of The Most High! 

I Won't, Pasha! My Very Life Depends On It! 

AMEN!!! 

We Are Suggestible, But We Don't Have To Be Gullible, So Let's Not Give In To The Temptation To Touch! 

I Hear THAT, And I Will Trust In And Lean On My Jesus! 

AMEN, Again And Again! 

Peace! 

VESPERS AT THE END OF THE SABBATH: During The Between!?!

Yup, Yup! That's It! "During The Between!" I Like It!!! 

Perhaps, Maury, If You Told Us What "During The Between!" Means We Would Like It, Too! 

Oh, Sorry, Corrie, I Was Thinking Out Loud For A Moment But Since You Heard Me, Have You Considered The Events, Happenings, Occasions, The Goings-On That Occur In The Interval From One's Sunrise To One's Sunset To Give It A Suitable Appellation!?! 

Maury, Must You Always Be Such A High-Flyer!?! Couldn't You Just Have Asked Us To Give It A Name; And No, I Did Not! 

What About You, Dingus!?! 

Truth Be Told, I Saw Something That Is Going To Make Me Say Something That Will Challenge And Yet Align Perfectly With Your "During The Between!" ... If You Are Or Become A Christian!

 Father-Managed Natural Regeneration! 

Our Father In Heaven, Jesus Christ The Lord, Is To Manage Our Lives As We Follow Him Faithfully For Love During That Time Between Sunrise And Sunset! 

Hammie, I Like Where This Is Going! 

You Ain't Lying, Louie! 

Now, Brethren, Don't Miss This Point! 

Say On, Maury! 

Brethren, If We Are Faithful, Patient ... Enduring, The Obvious Outcome At The Appointed Hour That None But Our Father Knows, Is, Naturally, Regeneration ... By The Word Of His Mouth ... When He Calls His Saints To Rise Up To Meet Him In The Air On That Glad And Glorious Day That Is His Second Coming! 

Beloved, Doesn't That Dash Between Dates, That "During The Between!" Time Take On A Whole New Meaning Aka Acquire A Whole Different Gravitas!?! 

Couldn't Help Yourself, Could You, Maury!?! 

Nope, Norrie! 

Gravitas Somehow Seemed More Apropos, You Know, Fitting, Pertinent, For Such A Solemn Season! 

Maury, We Understand, And Yes, We Accept That It Is Fitting! 

You Know, We Should Be Thinking To Make Our Dash, Our "During The Between!" Our Moment By The Grace Of Our Heavenly Father, Truly Father-Managed So That, Naturally, We Will Experience The Regeneration, For We Will Have Been Sealed By The Holy Spirit Who Led Us Into All Truth For Our Faithfulness ... To The End! 

Live ... To Live Again! Let The Father Lead You Along! 

Dear Ones, It Is My Sincere Prayer For All Of Us That It Will Be Said Of All Of Us That "During The Between!" We Stood Up For Him Who Laid Down His Life For Us! 

AMEN!!! 

Peace! 

VESPERS AT THE END OF THE SABBATH: You Personally Matter To The Master!

 

I Matter! 

Of Course, You Matter, Marsha! 

I Matter To The One Who Matters! 

And Who, Pray Tell, Would That Be, Marsha Mann! 

Since You Gave Me My Name, Devory Manwaur, I, Marsha Mann, Matter To The Master! There Ain't Nobody Higher Nor Bigger Than He Is, And There Ain't Nobody To Overrule, Nor Undermine, Sidestep, Or Countermand His Commands, Nor Teach Him Knowledge, Nor To Correct His Errors Because He Doesn't Make Errors Because He Is Perfect! 

He Is The God Who Alone Is Wise! I Belong To Him: He Is My Lord And My King! 

I Can Touch The Hand Of God Because I'm In The Heart Of God! I Rest In God Because I Trust In God, And I Have Peace! You May Want To Check Him Out! 

Oh, And By The Way, If You Have A Problem With Me, Please Feel Totally Free To Take It Up With Him: You Will Need To Pray! 

Ooopsies, I Forgot! Praying Won't Work For You Because, Per You, "Praying Is Stupid And Is A Crutch For Weak-Minded People Who Are Afraid To Belly-Up To The Trough Of Life To Get And Take Their Portion Of The Feed For All!" 

Oh, My, Whatever Will Our Dear Manwaur Do! 

Manwaur, We All Get One Shot To Make A Good Impression: There Are No Second-Firsts! Take This Shot To Get Out Of "Hell's Kitchen!" 

Come Out, Manwaur! I Got Out! 

Jesus Christ Saves! 

Prayer Changes Things! Have A Conversation With The King, No Appointment Needed, No Security Buffering, No Nosy Assistants, No Clocks, No Leakers Of Your Past Misdeeds, No Judgment, No Suspicion, No Rejection! 

Look, Marsha, I've Never Heard About A God Who Doesn't Want, Doesn't Demand And Require Constant Gifts And Sacrifices From Its Adherents, Its Followers, To Gain And Retain Their Favor! Why Would Your Sky God Be Any Different!?! 

Mr. Manwaur, I Am Going To Rock Your World Right Now! 

The Sky God, As You Call Him, Is God Almighty, The For-Real God, Not An Impostor! He Lives Above The Sky And Is Holding It Up Even As He Walks With Us Under It! 

He Sacrificed His Life For Us To Give Us The Gift Of Access To Himself! He Daily Gives Us Gifts ... And Our Mercies Are Ever New! 

We May Storm His Throne-Room Whenever We Want, For Whatever Reason, Without Getting Ourselves Tackled, Or Being Left Without Body Heat! 

He Answers Our Hard Questions With Answers Easy To Grasp! Manwaur, He Comforts Me Because He Cares! I May Not Always Be Able To Feel His Presence But ...! 

... You're Kidding, Right!?! You Don't Feel God, You See God! 

My Poor Deluded Manwaur! Every Manufactured God Is A Fiction Of Satan The Damned, And They Are Fronts To Cause People To Worship Demons! 

My Jesus Speaks, Loves, Hears, Touches, Carries, Comforts, Walks, Prays For His People ... He Is Praying For Me! 

He Promised Never To Leave Me Nor Forsake Me, And That Is Why I Can Confidently Say That When I Can't Feel His Presence, I Can Trust His Heart: His Word Is The Truth: He Can't Lie: His Word Is Who He Is! 

Uh, Ummm, That Is Quite A Recommendation, And It Seems That I May Have Been Operating Under A Delusion, If You Will, Marsha! 

You Have, Manwaur, And It Is Time To Correct The Record! 

Dear Marsha, If You Will Walk With Me, I Sincerely Believe That I Will Do The Necessary! I Will Correct The Record! 

Hallelujah! Another Brand Plucked From The Fire! The Holy God Be Praised! 

AMEN!!! 

Peace! 

VESPERS AT THE END OF THE SABBATH: No Short-Cuts To Eternal Life!

 

Hear Me Clearly, Beloved! Follow The Pattern! Follow The Recipe! Follow The Path! And In The Name Of Our Lord Jesus Christ The Righteous, Heed The Word Of Almighty God ... Always! 

Yes, Sis. Wright!!! 

Rules, Rules, Rules! Follow This, Heed That! Don't Do This! See That You Do That! I'm So Sick Of This Keep-To-The-Pathway Religion! 

Is That Truly How You Are Feeling, Cuddi!?! 

Yes, It Is, Sis. Wright! There Are Too Many Do's And Don'ts, And A Person Has To Take Forever To Get To The Good Stuff, Which Is Enjoying Life Without All The Limits! I Just Want To Have Fun! 

Sis. Wright! 

Yes, Haddiyah! 

Would You Please Ask Cuddi What's His Nickname, And Have Him Tell You The Story Of How He Got It!?! 

Cuddi, It Sounds Like We're About To Have Story-Time! You Have The Floor! 

Ahh, Sis. Wright, Maybe Another Time! It's Nothing Exciting Or Interesting! 

Oh, My, Cuddi, Now I Really Want To Hear Your Story, And Why You're Still Resistant To Following Rules! 

Haddiyah, Remind Me To Give You A Rotten Apple Later! 

Sure Thing, Cuddi! 

Sis. Wright, I'm Sorry To Say It, But My Well-Earned Nick-Name Is Short-Cut Which Is Kind Of Ironic Given That My Name Is Cuddi! 

What Do You Mean!?! 

Darden, My Friend, Don't Cows, Goats, And Sheep Chew Their Cuds!?! Don't They Follow The Lord's Plan And Chew Their Food As Directed For Their Benefit And, Therefore, Blessing!?! 

Of Course, They Do! 

Well, My Name Is Cuddi, And I Take Short-Cuts Which Always Blow Up In My Face And Cost Me More Than I Should Spend, But I Do It Anyhow Because Following Rules Take Too Long And I Have Places To Go, Other Things To Do, And Interesting People To Meet! 

Oh, Dear, Cuddi, You Have Given Me A Perfect Opportunity To Teach Us All A Necessary Lesson For This Christian Life If We Are To Live On Hill Zion! 

Brethren, Do You Remember What The Lord Told Moses Concerning The Tabernacle!?! 

Yes, Calvin! 

The Lord Was Emphatic When He Said To Moses: "See That Thou Follow The Instructions Given Thee In Mount!" 

Sis. Wright, The Lord Does Not Do Short-Hand Nor Spew Vomit! His Words To Us Are Precise, Pointed, Practical, Perfect, And Beneficial To Give Us A, The, Blessing! 

Did You Hear That Cuddi!?! 

Yes, Sis. Wright, I Did, But ...! 

... There Are No Buts When It Comes To Following The Word Of God And Getting Into His Kingdom! 

You Either Follow Or Fall Out! Take Your Pick! 

Yes, Sis. Wright! 

Your Vehicle Runs On Premium Gasoline: Would You Put Diesel In Your Tank Because It Is Cheaper!?! 

Haddiyah Started Whistling! 

Why Are You Whistling, Haddiyah!?! 

Ask Short-Cut, Sis. Wright! 

You Didn't, Cuddi! 

Yes, Sis. Wright, Another Premium Short-Cut! 

Lord, Preserve Us! 

AMEN!!! 

Cuddi, Rules Are Not For Fools Despite What The Naysayers Bray! Rules, Commandments, Are Safe-Guards, Guard-Rails, Guide-Posts Put In Place To Bless Us As We Journey Home! 

There Is No Home Of Peace, Joy, And Bliss At The End Of This Journey For Rule And Commandment Breakers, Aka Lawless People! 

Your Present And Acknowledged Behavior Is Lawless And You Have Paid The Price ... Repeatedly! What Do You Now Have To Say For Yourself!?! 

Lawlessness Is Sin, And I Not Only Sin Against God, But I Also Sin Against My Own Soul By The Bad Habits I Have Been Developing! 

You Know, That Saying About Doing The Same Thing And Expecting A Different Result Is Madness, Perfectly Describes How I've Been Living!

 Lord, I Confess My Sin Because I Now Truly Understand The Cost Of My Sin, And I Repent! 

AMEN!!! 

Brethren, I Sincerely Hope And Pray That We All Learn, Understand, Accept, And Act Wisely Concerning What We Have Learnt Today! Our Hope For A True, Bountiful, Beautiful Life Here, And Eternal Life Hereafter, Depends On It! 

AMEN!!! 

Peace!