VESPERS AT THE END OF THE SABBATH: Answer God's Soft Calling

He doesn't believe in The Savior!
He doesn't believe in The Holy God!
He doesn't believe in The Judgment
BUT ...

SURPRISE!

He reverences and honors The Dying God King Fraud!

His life is all about Pleasure!
Acquisition is his favorite Game!
BUT
When he went - at Death's Door - into The Hospital
You wouldn't believe which God he Avidly Claimed?!

"Lord Jesus
Have Mercy upon me!
Lord God Almighty
Please take away this godawful pain
And Save Me!
I know that I denied You up to yesterday
But
Forgive Me, Lord
And Heal Me
And I will change and forever serve You! I Swear!
Truth to tell,  Lord
I desperately need You and
I don't care if the people say that I don't have any shame!"

Thus, it is
More Often than Not
With Those who have No Need for 
The Best Friend 
The Savior
The Redeemer
The Faithful True Shepherd
The Great Physician
The Holy Eternal God
The Rock Of All Ages
Our Peace
AND
Our Blessed Hope
King Jesus!

Thankfully
Our God is Not Man!
Our God calls and helps us while He can!
That Is ...
Until The Measure of Our Cup is Filled
And The Word goes out:

"Leave Him Alone!"
Hosea 4:17

And Satan and His Minions
Take Him Completely in 
Destruction's "Comfortable" Hands!
Hosea 5:14; 13:1

My Brothers, and
My Sisters
God IS NOT The Man-Made Mock Stick
Passed Around By Small Hands in The Children's Game!

Almighty God IS Holy!
Almighty God's Will IS Sovereign
AND
He doesn't Willingly Afflict 
The Man in Self-made Chains!

To Use an Old Saying
From when I was a Child:

God calls ... Softly
Again and Again!
When You get More Own-way
God Will up His "Game!" :

A Pebble Rattling on Your Glass Window
Followed by A Rock
Then The Brick
Which Bre'k Out The Whole Window
And You Done Drop With The Shock!

Better To Answer The Small Voice
Even The Pebble on The Glass
Even The Rock that Bre'k The Pane of Glass 
Than That Brick that Bre'k Out The Whole Window
And Mash Up Your Old Flask!

Stop Following The Multitude
Doing Evil, and
Spinning on The Stolen Dime!
Pull Yourself Together
OR
Your Old Friends
Will be Hearing You
Cry, Holler and Whine!

God IS Not A Convenience!
God Has Feelings, Too, and
Feelings For Me and For You!
Difference Is 
God's Feelings Are Holy 
Eternal 
Compassionate, and 
Forgiving
OR 
We Would have Long Been Removed 
From Breathing Human View! 

Man Cannot Fool

The Eternal God - His Maker

For

False Conversions Can't Last!

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A Benefit a/k/a Blessing 

Received

Without Our Follow-up

Corresponding PROMISED

Show Of Thankfulness

And Repentance

For

Past Sins and Misdeeds

Will Return Upon Our Heads

In A Dreadful Manner

Because Of Our Own Words!

Almighty God 

ALWAYS

Keeps His Holy Word:

The Wages Of Sin IS Death! 

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Answer God 

As and When He Calls!

He Really Loves

and

Wants Us

and

Desires To Save Us

Above All Else!!

The Believing Christian's Unique Position!

A Believing Christian Is In An Unique Position
When He Desires His Holy God 
To Act In His Behalf!

Let Me Explain:

Take As A For Instance - ILLNESS!

Believing Christian Makes His First Move:

"Father, I Am Ill!
I Can Do Nothing To Heal or Help Myself!
You Are My Helper
My Healer
My Savior
My Sealer
Have Mercy On Me!"

BUT, THEN

Believing Christian Realizes ... Something
From Having Read 
AND
Believed 
God's Holy Word

AND, HE ADDS ...

... Not Wanting To Ask God Anything Amiss ...

"Heal Me, Lord!
... According To Your Will
AND
In Your Way
In Jesus Christ's Holy Name I Plead!"

BUT, THEN ...

He Thinks, Yet Again
Of The Holy Word's Word
And Says ... With Mustard Seed Faith ...

"Lord, Heal Me!
I Know You Can Heal Me
And Even If You Don't
I Shall Still Love And Honor 
AND
Worship You!"

AND, THEN ...

From His Storehouse Of The Holy Word
His Faithful Heart Says ...

"I Want To Be Healed
BUT
Though You Slay Me, Lord
Yet and Still ... I Will Trust You!"

All Through This Time
Believing Christian Thinks Of The Many
Who Heard The Words:

"Take Up Thy Bed And ... WALK!"

"Thy Faith Has Made Thee Whole!"

"Be Ye Healed!"

"Go Thy Way! It Is Done As Thou Asked!"

"Go! And Sin No More!"


AND, His Heart SINGS ...

"I Know That My Redeemer Liveth
And That He Shall Stand
At The Latter Day
(That Final Day)
Upon This Very Earth
(Where I Stand)
And Though Worms Destroy 
My Mortal Corruptible Body
Yet ... In This Flesh 
(My Very Own Flesh)
And With My Own Eyes
(Not Those Of Another)
I Shall See My God
(Face To Faith)!"

AND ...

His Faith Is Made Strong
Even Though His Answer
Received From The Eternal God
IS

"My Grace

IS

Sufficient 

For Thee!"

His Body
IS 
Not Whole
BUT
His Heart 
IS
Full ... and Overflowing!

AND ...

 He Is At Peace 

In His Rest(ing) 

In His Eternal Holy God!

Yes!

The Believing Christian's 

Position

Is An Unique One!

HAPPY SABBATH + Traitor To "The Cause?!"

When Did I Betray You?

How Did I Betray You?

You Have Got To Be Insane!!

I Used To Be Just Like You!
I Was Chained, But
Now, I Am Changed!

Just Because We Are Family
It Does Not Mean I Will Lie For You!

Just Because We Are Church Family
It Does Not Mean I Will Cover Up The Wrongs You Do!

Just Because We Are Best Friends
It Does Not Mean I Pick Up Your Fire-Rage!

Just Because I Work For You
It Does Not Mean That Use Of My Conscience
Is Included In My Wage!

Just Because We Belong To The Same Group
It Does Not Mean I'm Lying Down In Your Grave With You!

Do Not Get Me Wrong!
I Love You
BUT
We Do Not Share A Soul
Nor A Mind!

Your Conscience May Be Dead - Not Mine!

I Am Walking The Straight and Narrow
I Have To Give God An Account Of My Time
And I Will Be Damned ...

YES!  I Said Damned
- And I Mean It Literally -
If I Am Going To Lie
On My Conscience
To Keep Your Friendship or
Business or
Familial Association!

I Am Not Using No Twenty-five Cent Phrase!

I Am Speaking God's Honest Truth!

Family,  Friend,  Mother,  Father
Brother,  Sister,  Teacher,  Preacher
President
Pope
Prime Minister or King
I Do NOT Give A Rat's Well Who You Are!
If You're Wrong
YOU ARE WRONG
And I Am Going To Tell You That You Are Wrong!

Call Me Traitor!
Disown Me!
Dismiss Me!
Block My Bank Account!
Close My Credit Card!
Repossess My Car!
Repossess My House, and
Even Take Back
The Non-Pet Mouse!

Liar Crook
Deceitful Dishonest 
Dishonorable Cheat
Don't Try To Put Me On Your Hook!

Jesus Is My Captain!
He Runs A Tight Ship!
I Believe In
Love and Trust Him
And I Intend To Go Home and Live With Him!

So ...

If You Want My Custom
My Friendship
My Companionship
And Want Me To Share A Meal With You
Buy A Clue
Hook Up With The Truth Shepherd
Confess ... And Repent
And He Will Walk With You, Too!

Go Get Yourself A Job
And Work Out Your Own Soul's Salvation!
I Am Working On My Own
And I Can't Share The Benefits I Receive With You!

Walking With Jesus Christ

Is

An All Or Nothing 

24/7 Proposition!

Walk Straight ... Even If You Walk Alone

And

Expect Rabid Opposition!

GOD'S JUSTICE & MERCY: Calls For Confession & Repentance

Truth to Tell - I was in a Bit of a Pickle
I Committed Sin
I was Headed for Hell
No "If..."
No "And..."
No "But ..."
My Life was Straight-Up
Living in Duck's Guts!

God Has Very Specific Sentencing Guidelines:

You Sin! - You Die!

I Didn't Know How
To Extricate Myself!
I Knew - For A Fact
That I was Going To Die
For The God of Heaven
Does Not Cannot Tell Lies!

I Tried To See If
I Could Give God A Little "Berry!"

You Know:

A Little Quid Pro Quo! 
(Something for Something)

I Should have Known Better
That This God Was The God Of The Letter
And That His Answer Would Be To Me A Plain:

 "NO!"

I Had Been Around Town
A Time or Two
And So I Knew One or Two People, Too!
I Explained My Plight
I Even Got Into A Fight
AND
Thereafter
I Found Myself Facing 
My 
Darkest 
Night!

I Don't Know
From Whence The Thought Came
But I Uttered A Prayer
Learned From Me Old Gran' Mummy:

"Lord, I Know You Up There

I'm Living In Sin Down Here

Have Mercy - Send Me Some

Even If It's Worth 

Only An Old Bent Penny!"

Now, If I Remember True
Old Gran' Always Tell Trut'
And I Know That She Never Led Me Astray!

I Chose My Own Lot
And Look At What I Got
Fears
Tears
A Runny Nose
And A Stomach Full of Leaden 
Butterfly Knots!

Lord,

Talk To Me!

I'm Finally Ready To Listen -

Hear My Plea!

I Have Nothing Else To Lose

No One Else To Whom I May Turn!

My Ball Ran Out of String

My Bees Lack Honey -

All They Have Left Is Bare Sting

And My Mind Is A Whirl

And Even My Hair

Straight and Curly Got Tight-up Curls!

People Must Understand 
That My Situation Was Desperate
And I Would Have Done Anything
To Get The God To Cooperate
BUT
Almighty God That He Is
Was Having None Of My Fizz!
He Wanted Me
AND
He Was Finally Getting Me -
I Was Down On My Knees!

Now That I Had God's Attention
God Had My Full Attention
God's Truth Came Flooding Into My Soul:

God Is The God Of Justice!

God's Justice Demands Payment For Sin!

Sin Is The Transgression Of God's Law!

God Is The God Of Mercy!

(Sparing Me From Receiving What I Deserve!!)

God's Only Beloved Begotten Son Died ... TO PAY

For My Sin ...!

God's Mercy Gives Me Grace!

(Gifting Me With What I Don't Deserve!)

God Loves Me - A Raw-Mouthed Sinner!

(The Stench and Mark Of Sin Are Upon Me)

God Hates Sin!

(The Line That Separates The Holy and The Human!

(The Thing That Makes Us Profane!)

AND ...

All I Need To Do
To Be Accepted Into Fellowship With The Living God
IS
To Confess My Sin
To Repent For Having Committed My Sin 
AND
Have A CHANGE!
SUBMIT!
SUBMIT 
To A Change Of 
HEART!

PRAYER:

Father, 

I am Sorry!

I am Sorry For What I Did Today Yesterday!

I am Sorry for The Way I Walked

And

For My Associating With The Bad Company

With Whom I Happily Played!

Lord,

I Repent of The Past

My Actions

My Words

And

My Deeds

And, Lord

If You Would Please Heal Me

I Will Serve You

In Whatever Capacity You Need Me!

Make Me Anew

I am Beseeching You, Lord

Clean Me

Renew!

Father, 

I am Through Talking "I Love You!"

I am Through Walking "The Modern Christian" Way

I am Ready, Lord

To Walk In The Way Of Christ

I am Now Really, Really, Listening To You!

Preserve My Soul, Lord

I am - Finally - Truly - Honestly -

With Your Constant Help

Denying All Associations 

With King Fraud!

Lord God Almighty,

I Am Yours

And

By Your Grace

In Jesus' Faith

I Know I Will Fly 

At The End

If I Endure To The End

With King Jesus

And

All The Redeemed Ones

Up Above The Clouds

To Dwell You On High!

I Love You, Lord

Forgive and Bless

In Jesus' Holy Name I Plead

AMEN.

PRAYER: FATHER, Thank You For The Grace

Heavenly Father,
I Come Before You - As a Child Beloved
With A Supremely Grateful Heart
Thankful
That Within My Right To Life
Is My Right To Choose
This Very Day
Which GOD I Will Serve!

Father, With a Contrite Heart 
I Choose To Humbly Worship You!

Father,  You have Clearly Stated in Your Eternal Word
That Every Human Being
MUST Work Out His Own Soul's Salvation
With Fear -  Godly Fear - and Trembling
And I  -  of My Own God-given Free Will -
Reverently Bow Before You - Not with the Eye Servant's Knee - 
But With a Conscious-of-My-Own-Unworthiness and 
Longing-for-The-Home-With-Jesus-Heart 
To Honor You with My Praise and My Worship!

Father,  I Am Indeed Thankful That You
The Holy God
Are My Lord and My God,  and 
Not The Lying Other!

I Am Thankful That You Have Given Me Leave-to-Appear 
Before The Throne of Grace 
So That We can Reason Together
To Come To The Conclusion of The Whole Matter!

Help Me, Father, To Do My Living Loving Duty Which Is
Indeed 
To Fear You, and 
To Keep Your Commandments
For The Day Is Coming 
When You Will Bring Ever Work 
Into Judgment 
With Every Secret Thing That I Have Done!

Help Me,  Father
To Lay All of My Burdens 
Upon The Altar of Sacrifice

To Lay them Down 
and 
Turn Away from Them
and 
Leave Them In Your Holy and Matchless Care!

Father,  
Please Help Me To Listen When Your Holy Spirit Speaks

and

As I Listen To What I Hear From Your Holy Spirit

Help Me To Obey
Without Human Fear and Failing!

I Am Weak

But

In You Lord

I Am Remade  ...  Strong!

Help Me To Ever Trust You and In You!

Help Me To Abide - Faithful - In Your Care!

Help Me To Walk Holy Every Day

No Matter What The Unbelieving Man May Say!

Help Me To Stand Firm

In Jesus' Faith

Until The Day Dawns

When I Shall See My Jesus

Faith-to-Face

Nevermore To Be Called

A Fairy-tale-Believing Disgrace, and
Thereafter 
To Reside Forever

In The Eternal Place!

Thank You For Your Mercy!

Thank You For Your Love!
Thank You For Your Grace
and
Thank You For The Heavenly Hope!

Blessed Is Your Holy Name!

AMEN.

PERSONAL PUZZLER: When We Reach Home!

Dear Ones,

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N.B.: Certain Words Are Reusable:

Spirit, Assurance, Worship, Drugs, Truth, Sin, God, Of, Desire, Lord, Blessed, Fruit, My, Dead, I, Awesome, Life, Near, Strengthened, Heavenly, Holy, And, Home, Hands, Can, Alive, Stand, Made, Us, Offers, Good, In, Divine, Did, Mine, Mercy, Decline, Alcohol, Is, Tree, Real, To, Glory, Indeed, The, Water, Decision, Really, Power, Jesus, Heaven, Right.

 When We Reach Home

Everywhere
On Terra Firma
There Is A Battle Raging
Every Day
Between
DAD and DOM!

The Battle Is Quite Spectacular
And
It Will Rage
Until
The Dawning Of
The Eternal Day
When
The Holy People
Will
No Longer
Need To Ever Again Say
The Lord's Prayer!

In That Day
It Will Resolutely Be Heard
That
GIG and
GIA
Is Among
The People Sweet!


LICS Is No More
And
SID ... Is Dead Indeed!


The Refrain Of That BASU Is Every Where Heard!


In The Assembly
GIRI and
GINI
Becomes Really Real!


WIS Is Past Tense!
WIT Is Current Pence!


The FOTTOL Is Experienced!
The WOL Is Sweet!


IGRA IS Finally
Fully Answered!

The Truth Of The POTHS 
Is Known and Praised!


The HOJ Are Held!

And ...

The HIMH Chorus
Is Heart-felt Sung:

GD!
JIRM!
IMTRD
A
TS
IDD
A
THH
IIM!

Psalm 1 (KJV)