Access! Excess! Reach! Grasp! and Hold!

W A R N I N G !

When One Has An Elevated View

Of One's Self

Passion Overcomes Reason

AND

Impulse Overcomes Principle!

Access!
Excess!
Reach! Grasp! And Hold!
- Brothers And Sisters From Other Mothers -
Are Decidedly Able To Give
Men And Women Whiplash
As They Pursue Their Goals!

Access! And Excess!
Are Oft' Vulgar And Mean
AND
Reach! And Grasp! And Hold!
Often Make People Forget
To Live Clean
AND
In Competition
These Four Play No Holds Barred Not-Games
Never Leaving Their Hosts
To Say
In Event Rehash Or Contemplation:

"Do You Think That We Went Too Far?!

Have We Our Own Soul's Sold?!

Have We Crossed That Good Conscience Bar?!"

Hello?

Yes! How May I Help You?

See Here, My Friend! You Listed Five Names
And Then Called Them Four! Can't You Count?!

I Count Quite Well, Thank You!
Just Be Patient And All Will Be Told!

Access! Is Always First Up
Ever Willing To Do Contortions To Get Attached
To Those To Be Seen
And To Those With The Green!

Access! Is Ably Followed By Excess!
Singing:

"No Depth Of Depravity Is Considered To Be Unclean!
I Must Hold My Position!
I, Too, Must Be In The Scene!"

Whereupon ...

Enters Reach!
Who
Goaded By Gross Ambition
And Roaring Covetousness
Ignites Greed's Fiery, Fiery Conflagration
And Creates Much Mess 
By Creeping Foolishness!

NOTE TO FILE:

With One's Destination In Sight

One Is Often Heard Sighing In Delight:

Almost Home!

Gimme The Prize!

I've Won!

Bring Out The Bubbly!

Let It Foam!

Thank God!

I've Made It!

I Have Arrived Safely!

I Am Safe At Home!

Wait A Minute!
Almost Home Is Not Home
And That Celebration Seems Kinda Premature!

Ahhh! You Caught On!

I Must Tell You That ...

Almost Home And At Home
Is The Difference Between
Purchasing A House And
Actually Unlocking The Door 
With ... The Wrong Keys!

AND HERE ENTERS ...

Grasp! And Hold!
Those Fickle Fiends
Who With Buttered Fingers
Between Them Pass
An Unwieldy Plastic Ball
That Is Made Of Wind-blown Glass!

These Cretins
Live Amongst Life's Shoals And Rocks
And Take Pleasure
In Buying Failed Future Stocks
And Passing Them Around
As Cushions Against Disappointment's Shocks
All The While Knowing
They Are Really Selling Bare Bollocks!

What, Then,  Is The Point
Of Reach ...  Of Reach And Grasp
When It Seems To Me
That The Unlocked Door
Is Barred Inside By A Hasp?!

Look At It This Way:

Do You Like Cake?

Of Course! Who Doesn't?!

Hmmmm! I Smell Cake!
Oohhh! I See Cake!

Have A Slice!

I Can't! It's Behind A Grill!

Okay. I'll Remove The Grill 
And Cut You A Slice!
Here You Go! 
Take This Plate!

Owww!

Splattt!

My Cakeeeee!!!

What's The Matter?
Why Didn't You Hold On To Your Cake?!

I Don't Know!
I Reached For It!
I Had It In My Grasp
But ...
I ... Couldn't ... Hold ... On
To It!!

Good Gracious!

Man's Misguided Attempts
At Worldly Prosperity
Oft Leads One To Depart
From Truth And Verity
Often Uncaring
Of The Marks Made
Against His Own Soul
As He Manipulates And Machinates
To Acquire Fools Gold!

The Master Clearly Tells Us
To Store Up Things In Heavenly Realms
Where The Thieves And Robbers
Aren't Agents At Unjust Gains' Helm!
We Are Cautioned  To Be Thankful
For What We Have Got
For He Who Made And Loves Us
Have Not Our Needs Forgot!

Access! Leads To Excess!
Wherein We Eat Not For Strength
But For Vile Drunkenness!
Over-Reach! Causes Us To Grasp! For Things
Which Our Hands
Have Not The Strength To Hold!
Even Though We Act As Those Bold!

So, What Are We To Do!

The Lord Is Our Shepherd
Our Refuge And Our Strength
The Rock Of Our Salvation
Our Friend To Our Life's Journey's End!

Jesus Christ Is Our Captain And Commander
In This Mortal Strife
And In Our Hour Of Trial
Our Priestly Mediator Is He
Much To Our Wretched Soul's Delight!

Never Doubt That He Is Able!
Never Doubt That He Will Us Defend!
Never Doubt His Word Of Covenant
That He Has Homes For Us
In The Peaceful Glen!

So ...

Reach! For The Hand Of The Master
Grasp! His Hand
He Will Hold! On To You
Your Faithful Access! To Him Is Eternal
And He Has An Excess! Of Blessings
Waiting
Waiting
Just To Give Unreserved To You!
And To Me, Too!

Worldly Excess Now!

No Heavenly Access Later!

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Godly Access Now!

Eternal Access

With 

Heavenly Excess Later!

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Believe

In The Lord God Jesus Christ 

And ... Prosper And Live!

RUBBISHING THE WORD: Gainsayers Gainsaying God!

They Hated The Message
AND
They Hated The Messenger
AND
They Hated The Record Book
For They Loved Living By Lies!

The Messages Disturbed Their Peace
FOR
The Messenger Dashed Their False Hopes
AND
The Book Bore Record Against Them
AND
For This Right Reason
Got From Them No "Up-Votes!"

These Were The Church Doctors
The Personages Who Wielded The Devil's Dope
As Life-saving Hope-Rope!
These Are Our Modern Sellers Of
Religious Memorabilia
Who Regularly The Good Book
- With Malice -
Daily Misquote!

These Are They 
Who Have Great Privilege
AND
Who
Lacking No Want
Bring Unto The People
Greed-For-Gain The Disease
Because They Envy The Lives
These Leaders Brazenly Flaunt!

These Are They
Who
Just Because It Is Something
Controversial To Do
Bring To The Seeking People
Discontent At God's Way As Fashion
Just Because ... That Is How The Devil Plays
Every Day!

Let's Take A Short Journey ...

Turn Your Eyes To Old Jerusalem!
Look At The Teachers Of The Law
Those Self-Righteous Pharisees!
Look At The Unending Stream Of Rituals Set 
For A Longing-For-Truth People
AND
Designed
To Make The People
Disbelieve God
AND
Trust Men For Favor
BY
Ever Always Dragging
Begging
AND
Living Below Par!

Jesus Christ Called These Wretched Teachers
Servants!
Servants To Sin!
Jesus Christ Called Them
Children Of Their Father The Devil
AND
Charged
That They Knew Not The Father God
Who 
- To Them For Love Unto Salvation -
Had Sacrificially Sent Him!

Jesus Christ Had Plainly Stated That 
He Could Free Them
BUT
With Hardness Of Heart
AND
Terminal Love Of Living
In High-Life Parks
These Elevated Ones
Rejected Their Savior
AND SO ...
Ultimately Perished
In The Self-Imposed Dark!

Man Is Not Punished
For What He Does Not Know
Has No Way To Know!
In Times Of Our Ignorance God Winks!
BUT
God's Rod Of Correction Is Laid Out For Those
Who Believe
God Is Their Good Golf Buddy
Whom They Regularly Cheat On The Links!

God Is Not Blind!
God Wears No Fashion Glasses!
AND
God Has No Favorite Children
Because Of Station On The Earth
AND
All Who Lead Astray God's People
In Word And By Action
Will 
At The Last
Be Amongst The Cast Out Of The Earth
Those Of The Rebel Faction!

You Who Are God's People

You Who Know And Love God's Name

You Who Choose To Believe In God's Eternal Word

P L E A S E

Cherish The Eternal Word Of Your Father In Heaven

A N D

Be A Guided Sheep

A N D

Forget Following The Wilful Wicked In The World!

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Truth IS Settled In Heaven!

Truth Frees Men From Sinning On The Earth!

CHRISTIANITY: Know-Do and No-Do

Know-Do And No-Do Are Both Christians
Working For The Lord!
Know-Do And No-Do Are Both Christians
Seeking Heavenly Rewards!

Know-do And No-Do Are Both Christians
Who Say:

Good Is Good!

God Is Great!

He Blesses Obedient Man

Each And Every Day!

And There The Similarities End, My Friend
For
Their Work Products Speak
To Their Differing Attitudes
And Says:

Very Good!

And ... 

Why, Man?

How Could You?!

Know-Do
Is A Calm Chaste Personality
Striving For:

"The Well Done!"

From The Holy God
BUT
No-Do Is All For Appearances
AND
Stuck On:

What Monkey See Monkey Do!
If It's Good For Them
It's Good For Me, Too!

Brethren -  YES!
Companions -  NO!
One Is For The Lord!
AND
One Is For The Dough!

One Is For The Praise Of GOD!
One Is For The Glow Of MAN!
One Is Living To HIMSELF
On The Carnal Elevation Stand
AND
One Is Ever Searching His Heart
Pleading For The Cleansing
From The Holy Son Of Man
AND
The Indwelling Of The Holy Spirit
That Teaches The Way And Calms!

We Are Instructed To ...

Search The Scriptures!
AND
Walk The Line!
Seek After Our Own Soul's Salvation
AND
Get Our Selves Attached To
The True Vine!

We Each Have A Cup
So That We Can
Pour In Jesus
AND
Empty Out Self!
We Must Increase 
The Godly Inputs
AND
Our Own Way Diminish
For The Lord Christ's Sake
AND
The True And Living Faith 
Embrace With Relish!

NOW ...

No-Do
Was Into Smoke And Mirrors!
He - Like Balaam
Worked For A Balak
AND
Just Like Balaam Did To The Israelites
At Baal-Peor
No-Do Allows Self
AND
Encourages Others
To Drink Deep Of The World's Licentious Stew!

If We Will Remember

The Outcome Of The Particular Stand

The Israelites Went On To Lose God's Blessing 

AND

Protection

Just At The Border Of The Promised Land!

There Is No Harm!  Balaam Said
It Is To Make Friends For The Road Ahead!

So ...

The People Drank Of The Wine
AND
Nubile Women Started To Gyrate By Design
AND
Before Long
Before False Gods All Around
Sex And  Sacrifice
AND
Wild Women And Wild Song
Had God's People
With The Very Devil
Going Along!

Knowing To Do Good
AND
Not Doing It Is Sin
Just Like Working For God
AND
Playing With Satan
Is God's Law Breaking!

Do You Know The Word?
Do The Word!
Do You Know The Word?
Walk Away From The Herd!
For
God Is Not Mocked
AND
His Command
Will Be The Last By Mankind Heard!

So ...

Be
A Know-Do
AND
Not
A No-Do
AND
The Living God
Will Have
A Bright Mansion Resplendent
Waiting 
For You!

Let Your Conscience Be Your Guide!

Jesus Christ Is Our Captain

And

In Him We May Freely Confide!

Don't Be A Servant

A Servant Of Sin

Just Ingest The Word Of Truth

And Pray

And Cast 

A "Thus Saith The Lord!"

At That Devil

Who Is Daily You Stalking!

PRAYER: Father, You Warned Us!

Oh, Lord, Our Lord

How Excellent Is Thy Name In All The Earth!

I Come Before You, Lord

With A Heart That Is Burdened!

Lord, Please Hear My Prayer!

Why Are We, Lord

So Willing To Trust The Polished Person

Who Has A Microphone

Pinned To The Chest Or Held In The Hand?

Why Do We Choose To Believe In One

Who Moves Like An Eel

And Speaks In Dulcet Tones Of Tempered Steel?

Why Cannot We Accept

That Your Word

The Word Of The Living God 

Is Eternally True

And Stop Listening To The Learned Ones

Who

Even Among Themselves

Hold Contrarian Views?

Why Do We Trust The Words

Of Those Who Cannot Trust Themselves 

To Trust Their Own Word

And Then Walk Around Mooing

In The Wilderness

Like A Thirsty Hungry Cow Herd?

What Is There

In Our Blind Eyes, Lord

That Causes Us To By-pass The Plain Truth

And Avidly Reach

For The Exotic Lie

Proffered By He Who Calls Faith

The Panacea Of Those Who Love Pie In The Sky?

Father, You Warned Us:

Make No Man Your Strong Arm!

Put Nor Your Trust In Princes!

Father, In Your Holy Writ Is Plainly Written:

Not By Might

Not By Power

But By Your Spirit, Saith The Lord Of Hosts!

So, Why Are We Putting Our Faith 

In The Soiled And Shaky Hands Of

Corrupt

Corruptible

Corrupting

Satan-Inspired

30-Pieces-Of-Silver-Is-The-Fee

Three-Trillion-Dollar-Church-Is-Business Men?

Father, You Offered Up

Your Precious Gold - Your Son

For Us!

The Cost To Us: Free

And Wicked Men Chose

To Buy Gold With Silver

To Become The Power Elite!

Jesus Christ Died Once

For All

But ... He Cannot Make Us Love Him 

For His Sacrifice Of Love!

We Must Go To Him

Of Our Own Will

Bearing The Flag Of Surrender Bold

And Yet ... And Still

Our Hearts Remain Stone Cold!

Father,

I Hang My Head In Shame

For Crucifying The Lord Christ

Time And Again

And Plead For Daily Grace

To Help Me To Never

Pound In The Nails Again!

Have Mercy On Me!

I Don't Want To Face Your Justice

As Jesus Christ Had To Face Himself

Without An Intermediary!

Oh, Lord

I Have My Own Cross Taken!

Please Carry Me And It Along!

I Love Thee

And I Need Thee, Lord

For

Fit Me For Heaven

Is My Heart's Burden

Cry

And Song!

Lord,

When You Shall In Your Holy Kingdom Come

Please Remember Me

And All The Holy People

Who Fear And Reverence Thy Name!

AMEN.

VESPERS AT THE END OF THE SABBATH: The Perfect Gift!

There Were Two Gifts
Two Offers On The Table!
One Was From Good-Time Charlie!
The Second One Was From The Lord!
One Was Gaily Wrapped And Glittering
The Other Was Wrapped In White
AND
Tied
With A Blood Red Cord!

Just Like A Child
I Gleefully Rubbed Together My Hands
Ready Willing And Able
To Take The Gifts In My Hot Little Hands
When
Suddenly
I Heard A Calm Voice
Commanding
Say:

You Cannot Possess Both Gifts!

You Have To Choose One, Today!

Not Fair!  I Cried.
How Will I Know Which Gift Is The Best?
I Don't Know What Is Inside!
I Don't Know Who Sent Me Which Gift!
Are There Any Gift Cards!?
Lord God Almighty!
Father, Please Help Me To Decide!

Dear Child,
I Love You
So I Will Tell You True
The White Box Tied With Red Cord
Is My Beloved Son's Gift
From Me To You!

It Is Filled With Sacrifice
Self-Denial
Humility
Work For The Master
Infinite Grace
Free Mercy
And Lamp Light, Too!

There Is Forsaking The World
There Is Forsaken By Friends And Family
There Is The Call To Repentance
There Is The Need For Confession Of Sin
There Is The Blessing Of Forgiveness
And Directions For The Narrow Way Walking!

There Is Peace That Passes Understanding
And Peace In The Valley, Too
And Grace For The Day
And The Protection Of The Holy Angel's For You!

There Is Work Until Jesus Comes
And Christian Persecution On Tap
And There Is The Comfort Of The Holy Spirit
To Help You At The World Not To Look Back!

There Is Grow Where You Are Planted
There Is Journey To Mission Fields
There Is Read Your Bible Daily
And Praying In The Moment 
And Praying Continually
Even If You Can't Bend Your Knees!

But ... Father!

Yes,  Beloved?

What's In The Pretty Box?
I Feel So Excited!
Hmmm ...
Is It Me
Or
Is The Pretty Box Tick Tock Ticking?!

Yes, Child!
That Box
Gaily Wrapped And Shiny
Has A Time-Stamping Clock
And
Only Offers You Temporary Things
But
The White Box From My Family
Offers You Heavenly
And Everlasting Things!

But ... Father ...!
Everything In That White Box
ALL Sounds Like Work!
Where Is The Recreation?
Where Is The Reward For All The Hard Work?!

Dearest Child,
We All Must Work
And Work Until It Is Time
For My Beloved Son's Glory To Shine!

If You Will Accept The  White Box
And All That It Entails
You Have My Promise
Of My Self
That Your Reward Shall Be Great!

You Shall Have
A New Life
A White Linen Robe
And Immortality!
You Shall Wear A Gold Crown
And Have New Name
And A Mansion Of Gold
And Wings To Go Flying
Innumerable Worlds To Behold!
You Shall Drink Of The Water Of Life
And Shall Hear
The Commendation:

Well Done!

Welcome Home!

Enter Into Eternal Life!

And You Shall Have All Time
Through Ceaseless Ages
To Learn Of My Son
And Of The Red Cord
That Is My Son's Blood
Spilled
To Regain You My Favor
So That If You Live Or If You Die
When He Calls Your Name
You Will Rise Upward
And With Him
And The Holy Angels
And All The  Overcoming Brethren
To The Heavenly Home
Rejoicing
Fly!

Beloved?!

Yes, Father!

That Package That Has Placed
That Glint In Your Eyes
Is Filled With A Lot Of
Negotiable Instruments
The Getting Of Which Means
You Must My Only Begotten Son Deny!

Within That Pretty Box
There Is
Do What Thou Wilt!
Feed Thou Thy Greed!
Take What You Want And Pay For It With Seed!
I Am Like God!
And
I Have Far To Go -
Give Me High Life!
I Have Got Speed!

Therein Also Are
Luxuries Innumerable
Give Account Only To One's Self
Dishonesty
Inhumanity
Unkindness
Pass The Buck
And
Build Idols For Your Own Shelf!

There Is
No Self Restrain
But
There Is Self Satisfaction On Demand
By Command
And There Is Self Made
And Self Worship
And Gross Denial Of The Son Of Man!

You Will Write Your Own Ticket
But
There Will Be Hell
And
Heaven To Pay
For
That Pretty Box
Contains A Contract With The Very Devil
Who Giveth Death
And Life Taketh Away!

Be Not Deceived
By A Few And Fleeting Seeming Blessings!
Those Are Blessings Of The Transient Form
Leading To The Soul's Alarm
And
Placing You Squarely
In The Path Leading To Eternal Harm!

I Beseech You, My Beloved
Accept What My Son Here Offers
For Within
Is Full Disclosure
True Work
And
True Rewards
For A Righteous Life Now
And
Eternal Life Hereafter!

Hear Me, Beloved!
Hear What My Heart Says:

Father?

Yes, My Child?

I Have Made My Decision!
I Will Take The White Box
And
The Love
That Leads The Way
To Eternal Living!

And The Lord Said: