HE SAID: I Did! - Trusting In The Lord Christ!

I Am In Love
With A Jealous God!

Aren't They All?!

I Don't Know
About A "They All!"
I Just Know About The Jealous God
Whose Name Is Jealous!

Really!?!

Yes!
He Does Not Share!
He Desires All Of My Love
For His Own
AND
As For His Glory
It Is All His!
His, Alone!

He Is So Giving!
He Told Me Up Front:

I Will Always Love You!
I Will Ever Provide For You!

He Told Me Straight
What's Good To Aspire
AND
Plainly Informed Me
What's Best To Retire!

Sounds Really Controlling!

Oh, No!
Not At All!

He Is Just Very Specific
About The Heart
He Holds In His Hand!

When We First Met
He Told Me Quite Plain:

This Is All Blessings!
He Showed Me The Right!

This Is All Cursings!
He Showed Me The Left!

AND
Told Me To Choose
Which One I Will Receive
AND
Never At Any Point
Did He Try To Me Deceive!

He Said I Have Choice!
He Says I Have Will!
I Can Choose To Give Him My Will
Which Will Permit Him
To Mark Out My Path
AND
At The End Of This Life
My Trove Of Blessings
He Will Continue
- For Eternity -
To Fill!

Sounds Like A Bill Of Goods To Me!

To You, Maybe!
But, To Me
My Beating Heart
At His Name
Completely And Totally
Thrills!

How Gullible!

Excuse Me?!
I Don't Understand!

My God Is Holy!
My God Is True!
My God Is Faithful!
AND
He Is Calling Out To You!

What God Ever Does Anything
Except Hold Out Their Frozen Hand?!

Ahhh! There's Your Problem!

Frozen-God Hand!
Frozen-Handed Gods
Are Not Gods!
They Are Idols!

My God Is Alive!
I Can Call Upon Him
At Any Time
AND
He Answers!
He Responds!
He Takes Care Of Me
AND
All That He Requires
Expects From Me
Is Faithfulness
No Doubt
Constancy
No Wavering
Trust
No Backsliding!
In Him
I Am Confiding!

One Is Born Every Day!

What Is That?!

A Sucker!

Oh, My!
I Don't Know Of Anyone Else!
I Speak For Myself!
I Know That I Was Lonely
Lost
Floundering
Wandering
Wayward
Alone
When I Met Jesus
And, Now
My Life Is Complete!

He Said:
Cast Your Cares On Me!
I Did!

He Said:
Trust And Obey!
I Am Trying
By His Grace
That Challenge
To Fullfil!

He Said:
Walk In Faith!
I'm Trying Not To Walk By Sight!

He Said:
I Will Never Leave You Nor Forsake You!
I Hold His Hand
Even When I Want To Relent!

Your Funeral!

He Told Me:

It Is Appointed Once

For Man To Die

And Then The Judgment!

Excuse Me?!

Judgment? What Judgment?!

Oh, Dear ...!

The Creator God

Becomes

The Judge Of His Creation

In The Day Of His Appointing

AND ALL MANKIND
Must Give An Accounting

Of His Life's Deeds!

To The Repentant
He Is The Welcoming King!

To The Unrepentant

He Is The Frowning

Aka Executing Judge!

Everybody Tells Me

Enjoy Life!

You Live!

You Die!

End Of Story!

But, YOU ...!!

You've Upset My Apple Cart!

You Just Burst My Bubble

And You've Done Put A Tremble
A Real Tremble

In My Heart!

What Do I Do?!

Where Do I Go?!

Who Can I Turn To -

I Really Don't Want

The Frowning Judge Score!

Jesus Christ

Is The Answer

First Question To Last!

In Him Is Life Eternal!

On Him Your Burdens

You May Cast!

Trust Him - He Is Faithful!

Lean On Him - He Is Strength!

Hold On To Him - He Is Life

AND

Follow Him

For
He Leads To Eternal Life!

Pray For Forgiveness
For The Rotten Deeds Of Your Past Life!

How On Earth Do I Do That?!

Tell The Truth!

Say What You Did!

Acknowledge That You Were Wrong!

Say You Are Sorry

AND

Ask Jesus To Lead You

The Rest Of Your Life

Be It Short Or Long!

Pray Is Personal Communication!

Tell The Truth Freely!

Forgiveness By Confession

And Repentance

Comes Your Way

BUT

Be Assured Of This One Thing

Going To Jesus

Means Satan Is Going To Be Dogging Your Way!

So, Please
Pray
AND

Keep Praying
AND

Keep Trusting!

Trust Gives Growth To Love

And Soon

Satan Will Have To Leave You Alone

At Least For Those Things

For Which

You Did Let Christ's Spill Blood Atone! 

But ... Know This

Give No Place To The Devil!

Not An Inch!

Not Even A Scratch!

When He Calls

Ask Jesus To Answer

AND 
He Will Run From You Far!

No One Has To Die Without Jesus!

No One Has To Face The Judgement Alone!

Jesus Pleads His Blood For The Faithful

AND

The Father Accepts

His Beloved Son's Spilt Blood - It truly Atones!

Will You Pray With Me?!

Our Father

Up In Heaven

We On The Earth

Accept The Promise

Offered To Us

In Jesus Christ's Spilt Blood!

Here Is A New Resident

For The Eternal Kingdom

Who Desires Forgiveness

From The God Who Is Love ...! 

FOR YOUR SELF: Think, Think, Think!

In This Day Of Liberality
It Is An Offence
- It Appears -
To Offend The Powers That Be
For
It Seems
That To Go Against The Party's Best Line
Is Taken As A Gross Affront
To That, That Wants To Be
- But Is Not -
Lord God Divine!

Unto All Men
By Sheer Dint Of Birth
Is The Right
To Do
AND
To Choose
AND
Man's God-Given Free Will
Is Not
Decanter-Dispensed
Premium
Mind-Numbing Booze
Distributed Only To Those
With Reach
Grasp And Hold
Who Are
Connected And Engaged
AND
Not Given To Public Burping
Or Picking Of The Nose!

To All
AND
To Sundry
Listen Well As I Declare:

I Do Not Have To Agree With You To Like You

Neither Does My Disagreeing With You

Say That I Hate You!

I Was Born By Myself!

I Think For My Self!

Group-Think Is Not

An Interest Of Mine

So

Please Have Me Excused

For

My Mind Is My Own

Compliments Of

The Living Holy God

True Just 

Faithful

Ever-Giving

And

Eternally Kind

And

I Do Not Feed Into

The Take-Up Popular-Friend

Fire-Rage

'Cause I Don't Want To Walk Alone

Game Tone!

To Those Who Are Faithful Christians Called 
You Should Be Made Aware
That At This Time Of The End
You'd Better Know The Source Of
The Voice That You Choose To Hear!

The Master Requires All
To Stand In Truth
AND
Walk In Light
Doing No Unrighteousness
As We 
For Our Own Soul's Salvation Fight!

The Multitude 
Is
Inevitably Wrong
Because
Men's Lusts Have Might
Even Though
Their Cause Is Wrong
AND
They Appear Strong!

I Urge All
To Dare To Be A Daniel
A Moses Firm
An Elijah On Fire
Or The Baptist Called John
Even If It Means
They Hand You A Head-Carrying Platter!

This Is Not The Time
To Waffle In Your Belief!
Stand Firm On The Truth
In Jesus Christ's Faith
AND
In The Great Day
You Won't Be Branded
A Doubled-Minded
Cast-Off
Lost-To-Salvation
Damned-For-Eternity
There-Is-No-Place-For-You-In-God's-Kingdom
Disgrace!

Think On Jesus Christ!

Talk With Jesus Christ!

Trust Jesus Christ!

And, Finally

Live With Jesus Christ!

Night ... Is Coming!

“[T]he noon of the papacy was the midnight of the world.”

—J. A. Wylie, The History of Protestantism, b. 1, ch. 4.

Whether I Live Or Die
I Stand In The Lord Christ!
I Will Not
- By God's Grace -
Fall ... Again 

For Satanic Device!

Satan Is The Liar
The Enemy Supreme
BUT

My Hold On Things Temporal Is Lean

AND
With Christ
As My All In All
Heaven At The Last
Will Be Mine
Because
Of Sin
I Am Clean!

Jesus Is The Author
The Finisher Of My Faith
AND
If I Secure My Trust
AND
Rest In Him
Salvation For Me
Will Not Be A Bust!

Paul The Apostle
- In Absolute Faith -
Declared:

"To Live Is Christ ...!"

Meaning
To Know Christ
To Hold To Christ
Is To Truly Have A Life
Hence
To Really Be Alive
Is To Live For Christ
AND IEven I
Having Escaped The Active Sinners Domain
Can Now Say
Without Fear
Without Contradiction
My Life Has Begun Again
ANDBy God's Grace
In Jesus' Faith
My Living
From Henceforth
Shall Not Be In Vain!

Brethren,
Let Us Hold On To
The Persevering Faith Of Jacob
AND DO NOTOf Jesus Christ Let Go!

Let Us
With The Consistent, Patient Persistence Of Elijah
The Name Of The Holy God
Valiantly
Uphold!

Our God
Is Faithful!
All Of God's Promises Are True!
A Home For Each Saint
Is Prepared In Glory
AND
The Eternal God
Is Waiting
Into The Blessed Home
To Welcome Me And You!

Let No One Kill Your Hope
For
Your Hope Is A Tree
Which Promises A Great Harvest
IFIt Is Well Manured
AND
Tended
With Faith
Constantly!

Accept From No Man
Supplements
For Instant Growth In Christ
For There Is No Such Growth
In The Almighty God's Realm
AND
Such
Is A Satanic
Salvation-Raping
Blessing-Denying
Device!

Brethren,
I Can Prove What I Am Saying
AND
I Point You To The Inspired Word:

AND
I Now Sincerely Ask You:

How Do You Get
Instant Growth
To Come Out Of Work
That Requires Godly Fear And ... Trembling?!

We Are Called To Be Like Jesus

Therefore:

Again ... The Master Said:

"WORK!"

Work Is Effort
AND
Of Duration
Long
So
Do Not Listen
To The Devil
AND
His Minions
Who
Write And Sing
The Obstructionist's Song
Desiring
With Bold Pleasure
To See You
Into Hellfire
Fall
Headlong!

Grace Is A State
Not Just An Instant
AND
Hurry Up!

Please Move Along!
Grace Is A State Of Being
Believing
Living
Doing
AND
Securing
AND
In Christ Jesus
Walking
In Patience And Faith
The Rest Of Your Life Long!

I Am Pleading, Dear Brethren!
I Am Begging You, Please
Trust In The Lord Always
AND
Do Not Take Out
On Earth
A Forever-I-Shall-Live-Here Lease!

Heaven And Earth
Shall Pass Away
BUT
The Word Of The Living God
Shall Forever Stand!

The Devil Is The Liar Always
AND
So Are They
Who Are At His Right Hand
Luring
Alluring
Teasing
Tempting
Beguiling
Defiling
Corrupting
AND
Benighting

AND

Jesus Christ's Faith Fighting!

Remember:

Just Because A Coin Is Shiny
It Does Not Mean
It Is Good Coin Of The Realm
So, Please
Do Not Grab At Mere Morsels
When For You
Because Of Faith
A Grand Banquet
Is Prepared!
Jesus Christ IS At The Helm!

Do Not
Fence Jump!
Fence Straddle!
Fence Lean!
Almighty God
Prepared For Us A Hedge
Of True Protection
AND
Inside Of It
The Water Is Living
AND
The Pasture Is Ever Green!

There Is Oil To Anoint Thy Head!
Your Cup Of Blessing Therein
Ever Overflows
AND
For Good Measure
Goodness And Mercy
Shall Surely Follow
In The Kingdom Of Grace
Which Leads To The Kingdom Of God's Glory
Where
- Having Kept Jesus Christ's Faith -
You Shall Live
FOREVERMORE!

Brethren,
Take Your Stance
AND
Stand ... For Jesus
AND
By So Doing

Live ... With Jesus
FOREVERMORE!
This - Of You -
In Jesus Christ's Name
I Implore!

Complacency Con & Contempt Com!

Angels

Cannot Remain Where People

Do Not Want

Jesus Christ's Presence

AND

Do Not Notice

His Absence!

They Were Cussing!

Nothing To Lose!

Last Ditch Effort!

Nothing To Gain!

Going All In!

No Turning Back!

Moving Forward!

Stop Looking Back!

                                     Why?

How?

                     If?

                                                      What For!

I Should Have Known!

You Never Cared!

Selfish!

Idealistic!

Unbending!

Unyielding!

You Don't Understand!

You Don't Love Me?!

I Hate You!

I Pity You!

They Never Raise Their Voices!
- Loud Voices Are Despised! -
They Use Complete Sentences
AND
They Want To Sever All Ties!

They've Known Each Other Forever!
Complacency!
Contempt!
BUT
That Is Proving Problematic
For
Where Ever Complacency Went
Contempt
Energetically Followed!
That Is How Their Time Is Spent!

Stop Following Me!
Stop Calling Me!

You're Such A Mellow Fellow!
It's Amazing How With Life You Cope!
You Take All Things For Granted
And You Look To Be Sauced Up
And Ever Always On Dope!

I Can't Say The Same For You!
You're Always Snide
Even Angry!
You Say Everyone Is Beneath You
And You Are Always Looking
For The Least Excuse To Vent!
You're So Twisted That You Are Bent!

Brethren,

So In The World
So In The Church
Is Complacency
Is Contempt!

A Complacent Christian
Is One Who
- Ultimately -
Will Hold Jesus Christ In Contempt!
This Is The Truth Of The Gospel
AND
Reliable
And So I Can Promise You!

An Analogy Is In Order:

Two Things That Are Not Complacent
Are
Jello And Hot Tea!
Jello Is Cold!
Hot Tea Is, Well, Hot!

Revelation's Laodicean Church
Is Representative Of
Our Church's Behavior Today
Which Is Lukewarm
Complacent
AND
Taking For Granted Its God
AND
This Church
- Unchanged -
Is Decidedly Marked
For
The Spewing Out!
AND

This, Dear Ones, Is A Call Out!

Those Laodiceans
They Have Need Of Nothing!
They Are Increased With Goods!
They Talk Of The Lord!
They Walk With The Devil
AND
They Don't Even Realize
That Jesus Christ
AND
The Holy Angels
Have Departed
Their Well-Heeled, Rising, Neighborhood!

Theirs Is Not A Teachable Spirit!
They're Into Platitudes
Seminars
Retreats
AND
Wiseman Sage Gurus
AND
They Have Not The Required Time
True Gold
Eye Salve
Nor Clean White Raiment
To Purchase From The Living, Loving, Lord
For
Wittingly Unwittingly
They're In The Pay Of The Fraud
AND
All The World
- Suitably Appalled -
Can See
Their Naked Short Backs
Indented Sides
AND
The Unmentionable Portions
That They Can't Cover Up
AND
Definitely Can't Hide!

Awareness
Is A Must
To Avoid Complacency!
Choke Complacency
AND
Contempt Will Dead Be!

I Am Asking My Jesus
To Keep Me In The Realm Called Aware
AND
To Engender In Me
A Sense Of Urgency
So That Christ's Condemnation
Of Me
Will Not Ever Be My Fear!

Complacency
AND
Contempt
Are Completed
By Condemnation
AND
Those Condemned
Are Damned
AND
Cast Into 
The Eternally Lost
Conflagration!

Please Do Not Allow
Lack Of Care
AND
Consideration
To Cost You 
Your Christ-For-Me Commission
For

There Is Nothing
Too Big Too Small
That We Can't Carry To God!

If God Is God Don't Abuse Him!
If You Are God
Please Know That You Will Lose
For
You Can't His Will
Nor His Way
Ever Hope To Deflect
Or
Confuse!

Flowers Look Up
AND
The Birds Give Vent To Their Praise
Of Our God
AND
So The Question Must Be Asked:

"What Is Our Excuse?!"

For Not Cheerfully Loving
AND
Doing For Our God The Same!

We For Whom Is Prepared
The Great Reward
Of The Everlasting Day
Need To

Call To Jesus!
Walk To Jesus!
Talk To Jesus!
Think On Jesus!
Go With Assurance To Jesus
AND
Just Be ... With Jesus
AND
Do It Daily
Moment By Moment
Gladly
AND
Stop Behaving
Self-Righteous
AND
Acting Out So Badly!

Complacent Contempt

AND

Contemptuous Communication

Are Fruit

From

Satan's Poisoned Planting Ground!

Please Avoid Them

At All Costs

Or

In The Day Of Jesus Christ

Be Assured

That You Will Be Eternally Lost!

Count The Costs

And

Humbly

Passionately

Trust The Lord Jesus Christ

And

Give Satan And His Kind

The Get-Thee-Behind-Me

Get Lost Toss!

VESPERS AT THE END OF THE SABBATH: God Is The Lord!

The Question Was Pointed:

How Do YOU See God?

There Were Christians
Agnostics
Deists
Atheists
And Some
With No Stripe
And However You Paint It
There Was Going To Be A Fight!

Every Body And His Brother
Had An Opinion
That Was Plain
AND
The Answers Were As Divergent
As Divergent Could Be
AND
They Caused The Christians Great Pain!

"Their" Idea Of God ...

Back Bent

Eye Blind

Hand Short

Foot Broken

Power Less

Unapproachable

Uninterested

Uninvolved

Reach: None

Creator: Not Possible

Sustainer: What Foolishness!

Judge: Not Theirs!

My Idea Of God ...

Faithful
Giving
Forgiving
Providing
Patient
Trustworthy
Available
Accessible
Protective
Helpful
Blessing
True
Responsive
Teacher
Stable
Strong
Home
Protection
Direction
Correction
And, Again, And Again
True!

God Is ...

• Hope
• Help
• All Powerful
• All Seeing
• All Knowing
• Ever Present
• Eternal
• Unchanging
• Specific
• Gentle
• Kind
• Jealous
• Guardian
• Sustainer
• Lover
• Artist
• Healer
• Faithful
• My Friend
• Indwelling ... By Request
• Savior ... By Request
• Guide ... By Request
• Companion ... By Request
• Judge
• King
• Sealer ... By Request
• Intercessor ... By Request
• Executioner: Reluctant
• But Always ... By Request!

The Eternal God
Is My Father
My Family
My Friend!
My Hope For Surpassing Glory
My Passport To Eternal Life
My Way To Abundant Life
My Transport To Delight
My Beginning
My End!

The Eternal God Is
The God Of All Graces
The Mender Of Broken Hearts And Ruined Lives
The Shepherd Of Souls
The Builder Of Safe Folds
The Leader Of The Righteous
The Overcomer Of Sin
AND
To Those Faithful
Who To Him Are True
He Is Willing
Ever Ready
AND
Always Able
To Save
Because They Recognize Their True Condition
AND
Will
To Awaken From The Grave!
I Am One!
Are You?!

No Sin Is Too Evil
AND
No Pain Is Too Great
That It Is Beyond His Ability
To Forgive
To Heal
When Confessing
AND
Repentant
We Give Back To Him
What He Gave To Us
Our Will AND Our Choice
AND
Choose
To Walk In His Way!
I'm Walking!
Will You Join Me On The Way?!

All Good Gifts
Come From The Eternal God
AND ARE
Those Things Which We Can't
Buy Barter
Sell
Or
Dig Out Of A Hole:

Everlasting Life

Hope

Faith

Grace

Forgiveness

True Beauty

Mercy

Forgiveness

Salvation

Draughts From The Water Of Life

Rest For The Weary

Forgiveness

Sweet Peace In Sleep Ever The Night

Forgiveness

And

Redemption On The Great Day

Wake Up!
Walk In The Light
AND
The Damned Devil Valiantly Fight!

God Is Not An Ideal!
God IS!
Worship Of The Living God
Is Not A Bill
Nor A Law
To Be Put Forth
Voted
Proclaimed
AND
Being No Vote Getter
Promptly Repealed!

God Is Life Eternal
For Those Who Choose
To Him
Through Christ's Blood
To Be
For Eternity
Everlastingly Sealed!
God Will The Faithful One Seal!

Worshipping God Is No Accident!
Salvation Is No Perhaps!
Eternal Life Is No Fairy Tale
AND
Jesus Christ
The Way To Eternal Life
Cannot
Will Not
The Believing Child Fail!
Put Your Finger
On The Impress Of The Cruel Nail!

The Comfort Of The Holy Spirit
The Protection Of Holy Angels
The Word Of The Living God
AND
The Blood Of The Lamb
Make Life Now
Worth Living
AND
Life Hereafter
Real
Non-Regrettable
So Stand!!
Don't You See It?!
Up Ahead!
There Is Glory Land!
I Can See The King!

Whosoever Will May Come?!

There Was Going To Be A Grand Celebration!
The King's Invitations Had Been Sent Out!
A Buzz Was Over The Kingdom
And
Everyone Was Crying Out:

Did You Get An Invitation?!

The Oft Heard Answer?!

No!

Until Someone Held Up An Engraved Card 

AND

Read:

Whosoever Will

May Come!

Whosoever Will?!

Who Is Whosoever?!

We Know No One With That Name!
What Of Tom
Dick
Harry

Tracey Frank And Bill?

And What Of Henrietta
Flossie Tammy And Dear Phil?!

Who Is This "Whosoever Will"
That He
To The King's Celebration
Should Come!

Friends!
Brethren!
Countrymen!
Please Calm Down!
Lend Me An Ear!
There Is A Bit Of Confusion
Bad Interpretation
Let Not Your Hearts Be In Fear!

The King Invites You All To His Celebration!
It Is Your Decision
If You Will Take Part!
You All
Are Whosoever Will!
You Are All Invited
AND
The King Desires You
To His Celebration
To Come!

Whosoever Will?!

Whosoever Will!
Rich Poor
Free Bond
Halt Lame
Even Those From The Skids?!

Whosoever Will?!

Whosoever Will!

Whosoever Meaneth Me!

It Meaneth Me ...!

And Me

AND
Thee!

And We!

Praises To The King!

Whosoever Meaneth ... ME!
It Meaneth Me!

I Shall See The King!
Let His Praises Ring!
I Shall See The King
That Day!
I Shall Wash My Robe
In The Blood Of The Lamb
And Be Cleansed
So That I May In Peace
Behold The Son Of God
The Son Of Man!

In All His Glory
We Shall See King!
He Had Been Gory
When Our Sins Did

His Dear Son's Body
Sting!

It Was On Calvary
The King Gave His Son To Save You And Me
And Now
We Shall Say

Bless You, Lord!

We Gave Up The Fraud!

When We See Our King
On Celebration Day!

That Glorious Day!

Praise Be!