VESPERS AT THE END OF THE SABBATH: Only Almighty God Cannot Change!

 

Jesus Christ Saves All Who Are Willing To Be Saved 

From The Penalty, Power, And Presence Of Sin! 

This Is Amazingly Good News! 

Beloved, 

The Soul That Sinneth, It Shall Die: 

It Is Appointed Once For Man 

To Die The Death From Which We Can Recover! 

The Wages Of Sin Is Death! 

Jesus Christ Saves Us From The Second Death 

Aka Eternal Separation From God! 

Sin Shall Not Have Dominion Aka Power 

Over Those Who, By Faith, Choose To Accept The Gift Of The Grace

The Power, Provision, And Protection Of The Living God! 

Blessed Is The One Who Chooses Not To Walk In Aka Follow 

The Counsels

The Prompts, 

The Advice Of Ungodly People! 

Examine Yourself! 

If You Are Being Ungodly

You Are Rejecting The Law Of God Which Makes Aka Marks You 

As Lawless 

And

A Sinner By Choice 

And 

Not By Virtue Of Being Born That Way! 

Please  Remember That We Have Choice And Chance

Free-Will And Freedom To Choose To Do And Live Right 

Aka Live A Sinless Life

And

To Bless The Eternal God

So Let No Created Being Convince You That 

You Cannot Change 

Aka Cannot Get The Victory Over Sin! 

Anyone Who Says They Cannot Change 

Is 

Become God

And 

Is A Liar, A Leech, A Thief

An Unrepentant Sinner 

And

Effectively Damned! 

There Is Only One God ... The Living, Almighty, Holy God: 

Adore Him! 

Give Him Dominion:

 He Is Worthy! 

Peace! 

Accepting And Acting On The Truth Sets The Liar Free!

Are You A Practicing Dissembler 

Aka A Deceitful Person 

Aka A Licensed Liar!?! 

Have You Recently Been Made Aware Of It!?! 

Think! 

In The Day Of Your Sure-To-Come Disaster

Is 

There Anyone Who Will Rush To Your Side

To Answer Your Cry For Comfort And Aid 

Or 

Will There Be ... Instead

Persons Showing Up To Make Sure That 

You Are Ingesting A Generous Mouthful Of 

Scalding Comeuppance Tea 

Aka Serve Yuh Right Flavored Water!?! 

Beloved, 

Our Dear Savior Speaks Urgently About Sowing And Reaping

And 

Casting Our Dry Bread Upon The Waters 

And Thereafter 

Eating Our Fill From The Horn Of Good And Plenty! 

He Speaks Of Those Who Have To Give 

And Lying On Their Pocket, Don't And Are Spiritually Poor

And 

Those Who Have Not To Give 

And Trusting Him, Do And Are Truly Rich

And

He Speaks About The Wages That One Earns For Sin! 

Satan 

Is 

The Father Of Lies! 

Liars Kill 

And 

Killers Lie 

But They ... Unrepentant

Will Never Receive Wings Like The Eagle 

With Which To Heaven To Fly! 

Be Ye Warned ... 

Please Don't Speak About Lies To Save Your Face

Lies To Get You Out Of Trouble

Lies As Jests To Amuse The Multitude

Or Lies Told In The Shoot-The-Breeze 

In The "I Have Nothing Better To Do!" Bubble! 

Truth 

Is 

Our Shield ... Our Comfort

All Night And All Day! 

It Is The Gift Of Our Dear Savior-God 

So Please Don't Cast Away Saving Truth

To Gain The Lost Man's N0-Salvation Reward! 

Jesus Christ The Righteous, The King

Is 

The Truth: 

Lovingly Embrace And Peacefully Rest In Him! 

He Knows Your Name And Your Nature

And

He Personally Calls To 

And 

Intimately, Sacrificially, Cares For You! 

Peace!

  

The Peaceful Sleep

Of

The Just

Is

The Gift Of God

To The Heart That Abides

With And In Saving Truth!

Rooted ... and Grounded!

... And Since By Almighty God's Great Grace
I'm Rooted And Grounded In The Eternal

The Rock Of Ages

Simon Can't Move Me

Because

Simon Can't Move Him!

That's A Mighty Big Boast From A Scruffy Little Thing Like You!

You May Want To Add A Handle To That Description

And 
You May Want To Remember That Epic Battle
Between Little David

And 
The Big-Able Giant Goliath Of Gath!

Goliath, That Battle-Hardened Colossus Of A Man

Boasted About What He Would Do Little David

And

Depended Totally On Manmade Implements Of War

And 
His Own Vaunted Strength

To Win The Battle For Him!

Unfortunately For That Boastful Giant
Little David Personally Knew His Maker

His God

And

His Everlasting King

And

Choosing To Operate In The Strength Of The Almighty Power 
And
In The Working Knowledge Of Proven Faith
He Had No False And Prideful Confidence 
To Uselessly Place In Himself To Win The Day!
He Placed His Lively Trust In His Lord
And
His Daily Gift Of Faith Was Rewarded!

You Could Learn Something Good From Little David!

Okay, Okay!
I Feel You!
I Was Just Irritated That You Would Dare To Be So Bold
In Front Of That Octopus, Simon Gottit-Grabbit
Who We All Know Is Someone Bigger, Tougher, Stronger
More Connected And More Powerful Than Yourself!

My Friend,
Simon Gottit-Grabbit 
Is 
An Unrepentant Sinner Who Is On A Clock!
Hear Me Well, And Don't Ever Forget What I Say That

Those Who Profit Off Doing Wickedness 
And
Gratuitously Indulging Planned Sin

In The Foolish Belief That No One Can See 

Or Stop Their Constant Progress

Are Like Animals Raised ... Over-Fed And Fattened

For Sure Slaughter! 

Believe Me When I Tell You That

There Is The Day Of Reckoning Coming For Us All 

And 

All Those Who Cared Not For Their Purchased 
And 
Redeemed Souls 

Will At Last See, Know And Understand, That 

The Living God Eternal Has The Final Say

And 

Will Take No Prisoners! 

We Are Not Our Own Property

And 

There Is No Profit In Sin 
Which Always Issues Death As Wages 

For All Workers! 

The Gift Of God To Man 

Is 

Eternal Life Of Joy, Peace, Love 

And 

Pleasures Forevermore! 

I Know And Accept My Need For The Savior
And
I Live For Jesus Christ 
Who Is My Strength And My Sure Peace
And
I Am Humbled When I Consider That
But For The Grace Of The Living God
I Could Be As Simon Is!
May The Lord Have Mercy On His Soul!

Please, My Friend
Choose To Do Good 
And 

Live For Jesus Christ

Who, Alone, Blesses And Saves!

VESPERS AT THE END OF THE SABBATH: Brothers By And In Sin!

Balaam And Judas
Were Neither Brothers
Nor Twins
But They Surely Were
For They Are Connected
By The Same Sin!

They Both Knew God!
They Both Had In Their Hand
Great Light
AND
By Greed For Gain
- Spiritual Dishonesty -
They Suffered The Same Fate
- Separation From Life -
By Ignominious Death
AND
Eternal Separation To Come
In The Great Day
Because
Cherished Sin
In Their Hearts
In Their Lives
Caused Satan The Arch-Fiend
To Overmaster Them!

They Walked Not Uprightly!
They Worked Not Righteousness!
They Spoke Not Truth In Their Own Hearts
AND
They Did Not The Living God Bless

This Must Be Confessed!

They Did Evil To Their Neighbor!
They Took Reward Against The Innocent!
They Did Not Fear The Eternal God!
They Loved Riches
AND

They Did Not Get Repair Stitches
For Their Bodies Have Long Since
In Their Graves Been Cold!
Old!

They Swore Not To Their Own Hurt!
They Chose To Hurt Others!
They Changed
How They Changed
Choosing Temporal Prosperity
Unto To Which To Cling
Forgetting That
Temporal Life Is Temporary
AND
That Man Cannot Thwart God

AND
Forgetting
That The Wages Of Sin Is Death
That Sin Is Its Own Reward
Compliments Of The Known Fraud!

Balaam ... Known Prophet Of God
Judas ... Known Close Disciple Of The Lord Christ
So Near To God
Yet So Very Far
Had The Bone In Their Hand
BUT
Released It
For The Larger Shadow
Magnified
By The Lens Of Evil
Held
By The Hand Of Satan
Motivated
By Pure Malice
Laid Out
On A Silvered Chalice!

Greed
For Gain
Always Ever Brings Pain
Preceded By Shame
AND 
Leaves The Greedy One
Perfectly Slain!

Gain! 

Shame!
Pain! 

Slain!
Be Ye Warned, Brother And Sisters
Do Not By Greed
The Innocent Disclaim
Nor The Name 

Of The God Of Heaven And Earth Profane
For
In So Doing
You Shall Never, Ever, Ever
The Heights Of Heaven Gain
AND

That Will Be
The 

- Your -

Eternal Shame!

PRAYER: Bless You, Lord!

Father,

It Is A Blessedness

To Come Before You

In Truth

Giving Praise

Honor And Glory

To The One God

Who Can Save Our Souls

Because He Loves Us

And

Will Take Us To His Eternal Homeland

Immortalized

If We For The Lowly Jesus

Take The Determined

Enduring-All-Things

Decided Stand!

Grant Us The Victory!

Father,

I Thank You

And

Bless You

For Ever Being

A Part Of My Life

Ever Preparing The Way

Even When I Did Not Know

That I Needed A Way

And

Even When I Did Know

And

I Did Not Care!

Thank You For The Blessing!

Forgive Me My Gross Folly!

Father,

I Am Grateful

Truly Grateful

For The Certainty

That You Are A Forgiving God

And

I Thank You For The Gifts

The Enumerated

And

The Untold

And

Unappreciated Blessings

Received

That Encourage Me Daily

To Stay Safe

Within Your Sheltered Sheep Fold!

I Bless The Good Shepherd!

Lord,
Please Keep Me Faithful
And

Help Me Never Again

From You To Stray!

Help Me To Never Again
Pay You Lip Service
And

Help Me To Stay Constant In Prayer!
I Value The Peace Found There!

Help Me, Father

That As I Hear It

That I Really Make The Effort
To Truly Listen To
And
With Alacrity
To Heed

The Still Small Voice Of God

- Your Holy Spirit

Wisdom Itself -

Without Which

We Mere Men Are All Cursed

So That - In Me -

The Curse Of Sin

And

The Known Wages Of Sin

Are In My Life

Remitted!

Thank You, Lord
For Your Sacrifice
And
I Ask You, Please
To Bless Me

To Truly Appreciate Its Enormity

And

What It Truly Means

To Serve The Forever-Living

Once-Dead Lamb

Yet Alive

Interceding High Priest

Who Had

Who Felt

Who Conquered

All My Infirmities

And

Is Pleading His Blood

To Cover My Sin

So That I May Be

At One

With The Eternal God
And

With Jesus Christ

My King!

Oh, Lord

Let Your Grace
Be Ever Sufficient For Me!

Let Your Love Hold Me

Oh, So Gently!

Let Your Mercy

Against My Death Penalty

Because Of My Working-For-Love Faith

Say: "No!"

And 

Help Me To Share My Faith

With My Brethren!

Let Your Light In Me

Show And Grow!

Lord,

Help Me To With Holy Boldness

Give You All The Honor

The Praise

The Worship
And

The Glory That You Deserve

And

I Beseech You
In Your All-Encompassing Love

To Remember The Striving
And

Holy People
In Mercy!

Please Meet Them Where They Stand

And

Bless Them To Continue On

In Jesus' Faith

Which Cannot Shrink!

In The Matchless Holy Name

Of Jesus Christ
The Returning

Conquering King, I Plead!

I Love You, Lord!

AMEN.