HAPPY SABBATH: The Drill

Quiet Down, Everybody!
Let Us Begin!

How Do You Spell God?
LOVE
How Do You Spell Love?
GOD
How Do You Spell God?
PEACE
How Do You Spell Peace?
GOD
How Do Spell God?
HOPE
How Do You Spell Hope?
GOD
How Do You Spell God?
HEAVEN
How Do You Spell Heaven?
GOD
How Do You Spell God?
HOME
How Do You Spell Home?
GOD
How Do You Spell God?
HELP
How Do You Spell Help?
GOD

Well Done!
So What Have We Learnt Here,  Class?

God Is Love!
God Is Peace!
Go To God In Hope
For Help
FOR
The Home In Heaven Awaits
AND
Will Be At The End
Our Blessed Relief!

Very Good, Class!

Please Turn Your Page To Section 2 Marked:
ADVERSARY
You Have Five Minutes To Read The Story,  And Then We Will Proceed.

Ready,  Class?

READY!!

How Do You Spell Satan?
TROUBLE
How Do You Spell Trouble?
SATAN
How Do You Spell Satan?

LIAR

How Do You Spell Liar?
SATAN
How Do You Spell Satan?
MURDERER
How Do You Spell Murderer?
SATAN
How Do You Spell Satan?
DECEIVER
How Do Spell Deceiver?
SATAN
How Do Spell Satan?
FINISHED
How Do You Spell Finished?
SATAN


What Have We Learnt In This Section,  Class?

Satan Is Trouble!
Satan Is The Liar!
Satan,  The Deceiver Is Finished
AND
That Murderer Will Burn In The Lake Of Fire!

Very Good,  Class!

Please Always Remember That
Jesus Is Our Faithful Friend To The End!
He Is Preparing His Home For Us To Share With Him 
BUT
We Must Shun Satan And Evil Companions
For They Do Not Want Us To Arrive Safely There!

Never Forget This Fact:

When We Know What Truth Is
There Is No Being 
Who Can Make Their Lie Become Our Truth!

That Is All For Today!
What Must You Remember To Do Each Day?!

We Must Remember To Read Our Bible Texts Each Day!

True, Indeed!

Next Week We Will Learn About HEAVEN And HELL!!

Sammy, Please Pray For Us!

Heavenly Father,

Send Thy Blessing!

Help Us Our Sin

Daily To Be Confessing And Repenting!

Help To Walk In The Heavenly Light

And

Keep Us Safe Both Day And Night!

In Jesus' Name We Plead

AMEN!

AMEN!

Let Us All Say The Aaronic Blessing:

Go Safely,  And Be Well And Be Gloriously Blessed!

Christian Lamentation + PRAYER: Lord, Call Your People Out

I Had No Revelation!
I Saw It With My Own Eyes!
Men And Women Preaching "The Gospel!"
Telling God's People
Great And Lofty Lies!

God's Word Has Been Elevated
Denigrated
To Where God Is The Currency Exchange
You Put In Your Seeds In Denomination
AND
Your Prosperity Becomes Healthy
Like A Chicken On The  Free-range!

The Bible Speaks Of The Time Coming
When Men Will Not Tolerate The Sound Word
Generating For Themselves False Teachers
- As Can Be Seen -
Who Are Card-carrying
True Members And Leaders In
The Evil Big Goat's Fallen-Away Herd!

When A Preacher Can Stand Before The Congregation
And Say That Satan Is Giving Him A Word
And Just ... Side Step
As Though It's Not A Problem
You Know That That Man Cannot Ever Be Teaching
God's Living And True Holy  Word!

And ... 

WHen You Have A Lady Preacher
Having An Orgasm As The TV Cameras Roll
And Keeling And Carrying On In Bliss
And Telling Her Audience 
It Is "The Holy Spirit" In Her
Moving
You Must Know
That Demons At Work 
Is Stamped Plainly All Over This!

And ... 

When You Hear A Dollar-Preacher Telling The Congregants
That When You Have Sex With A Christian Brother Sister
That They're Really Having Sex With Almighty God
And Using Matthew 25:40
To Prop Up The Work Of The Fraud
You Have To Know That Satan Is That Preacher's True Master
And Not 
The Living True And Holy Eternal God!

It Is Sad
To See So Much Demonic Activity
Plain
Among The People Of God
Who Are Living On Loving The Lies Of The Sandman
Unaware
OR
Don't Care
That There Is A Tsunami Coming
BUT
For The Hirelings
Persist 
In Calling It A Regulation High Tide!

PRAYER

Lord God Almighty,

Father Of Faithful Children

Whose Personal Sacrifice Of The Beloved Son

Gives Us Leave

Upon You To Call

Have Mercy On The Household Of Faith

And

Let The Loud Cry Go Out!

Call Your People 

From Amongst The Whitewashed Tombs 

To Come Out!

Let The Latter Rain Pour Out!

Let The Holy People

God's Truth Shout Out

And

At The Jouney's End

Take Us Out Of This World Of Sin

To The Home Where Peace Is Walking!

In Jesus' Holy Name We Plead

Father, Please Don't Leave Us Out!

We Love You, Lord

AMEN.

CONFESSION: Through It All ...

God Knows
I Have Been Disobedient
Recalcitrant
AND
Obdurate
AND
He Knows
That I Have Hates
And - Often - Would
If It Were Possible
His Word Of Condemnation For Sin
Obviate!

That's Sinner-Me Talking!

God Knows I Have Pet Peeves
Pet Sins
AND
Petty Ways
AND
God Knows
There Have Been
Numerous Times When
I've Been Too Angry
To Calm Down
AND
Say To Him My Prayers!

That's My Willful Self Talking!

BUT ...

Through It All
Almighty God Knows That I Love Him
Even On The Days When I Go Out
On The Limb
Brittle
Cracking
Over  The Dry Lake
Refusing The Call
To Turn Back
Lest I Fall

AND ...

Even In The Day
When
Tormented By Terrors
By Life's Inadequacies
When The Way Forward
Looks Backward At Me
AND
I - In My Distress -
Repent
AND
Call Out To Him
Knowing Truly
- In My Own Deceitful Heart -
That The God Of Heaven
IS
God
The Only God
The ONLY GOD ... Worth Serving!

This Is This Sinner-Saved - By Grace - Rejoicing!

Thank You, Father

For

Your Blessing On Me!

I Love You!

... On The Broad and Bent-Up Way!

Everywhere I Look
I See
Murder
Greed
Envy and Hate
AND
Those Committed To The Cause
Seem Not To Know That
Time
Is Getting Ready For 
Its Final Round Of Applause!

Pride In Possession
Pride Of Place
Pride In Association
Even In Disgrace
Seems A Badge Of Honor
To Those Whose Fate
Is Clearly Delineated
In Heaven's Everlasting Slate!

Heaven's Slate
Is The Holy Bible True
Preserved By The Living God
As The Right-Living Guide
For Me And For You
AND
Deciding It Is Not Relevant
To Your Current Life
Does Not Change The Fact
That Satan's Way 
- As In The Bible Written -
Is The Way Of Carnality And Vice!

A Person Does Not Have To Believe
That The Bible Is True
For
God Gave Each Man
Free Will And Way To Walk
When He Places His Shoes!
Pity, Though
I Tell You
Many Have Chosen The Way Of The Lie
As Spouted Sprouted By The Proud
The Craven
The Cowardly
The Covetous
The Dark Prince Who Has The Power Of The Air!
And Human Ears, Too!

Don't Fill Your Stomach
With Food You Can't Digest!
Don't Fill Your Heart
With Sin
Refusing It To Confess
For The Day Is Soon Coming
When The Lord And Creator Of All
Will Return To Claim His Creation
Dispossessed By Adam's Fall!

Whether Or Not
You Choose To Believe This Refrain
Know - With Certainty
Creator God
Does Not Play
Human Nor Satanic Games!

God's Word Is THE WORD!
God's Will Is THE WAY
AND
Despising His Law
Is Only Going To Cause You
The Ultimate Penalty
For Yourself
To Have To Pay!

Now Is The Accepted Time
God's Pathway
Is The Way That Shines
Dismiss The Goat-Master
Get Away From The Herd
Call Out To King Jesus
And Your Plea 
Will Be In Truth
Heard!

JESUS SAVES!
Satan Lovingly 
Unbelieving Men's Necks Shave
After Oiling Their Bodies
For The Brimstone And Fire Grave!

Don't Believe
All His Half-Truths
Machinations
AND
White Lies
Strategically Placed
On The Broad And Bent-Up Way
Causing Men
God's Truth To Flagrantly Deny!
Call Out To The Heavenly Father
It Is The Only Safe Way!
Think!
Talk
Or Scream Out
Call Out To God!
He Won't Leave You Out
So
Weak And Falling
On Your Back
Or A Gun In Your Mouth
Call Out His Name - It Is A Prayer
AND
He Will Aid You Out!!

Have Mercy, Lord Jesus 

Is

The Perfect Prayer!

THE WRONG WAY: Beer And Hymns!?!

Hurt Me Honestly ... With God's Own Truth!

I Thought That I Had Seen Everything Bad There Was To See 
In "The Church Of The Lord"
BUT
I Was Sadly Mistaken
For
There Was Deception
Leaking All Over
Having Drained From Under The Fingernail Of The Fraud!

Imagine My Consternation
When A Church Notice I Read
Declared 
Without Shame Or Hesitation
"Let's Gather At The Local Bar
Sing Hymns and Get Some Beer In We Head!"*

*Literary License Taken To Maintain My Rhyme, Okay!

The Actual Notice Read:

"Quarterly event in a local bar. 

Basically, we drink beer and sing hymns."

Then ...

Another Church Event Notice Talked Thusly: (I'm Waxing Poetic Here, Okay!)

We Will Bless Your Bicycle
Upon Which We Will Then Take A Ride
And When The Ride Is Completed
Upon Fat Tire* We'll Imbibe!

 *More Beer, If You Please!

And Then There Is ...

The Notice From A Pastor To His Congregation
Saying: Come Join Us
And Get Your Tattoo Done Right Here
There's Need To Go Amongst The Masses
Get Your Tattoos* In This Holy Place
We'll Do Them Right Here For A Price That Is Fair!

There Is Also The Church That Has Its Own Tattoo Parlor On Premises As "Outreach!"

* I Want To Read This Pastor's Bible For Myself!
Then Again, Forget His Bible! I Want To Meet His God! NOT!!

Other Notices Preached Yoga
And Enneagram Personality Profiles
AND
They Even Proudly Lifted Up A Male Pastor
His Boyfriend And Their Pet Dog
Whose Name Is Not Really Called Clyde!

I Read The Notices With Consternation!
I Wondered About Their Stress On Esoteric Christianity*!
I Wondered About Their Emphasis
On Yoga And Aesthetics!
I Wondered About The Church
Which Loftily Offered The Ability To Choose Between Alcoholic
And Non-Alcoholic Communion Wine
For It Seems That This Church Has No Inkling
That What Jesus Offered To The Disciples
Was New Wine**
Grape Juice
Fresh Squeezed From The Grapes Picked From The Vine!

* Mystery Religion/Mystery Schools/Hidden Knowledge 
** Unfermented Grape Juice

And, And ...

One Church Has Cage Fighting Matches!
One Church Offers Alcohol
During The Church Service Divine
AND 
All These Things They Say They Offer
BECAUSE
Church Membership Is On The Decline!

Gotta Get Them Dollars! Eh?

Teach About Jesus Christ 

As The Soul's Savior 

AND 

Call Sin By Its Real Name!

Christianity Is An Hospital

Not A Juke Joint

Nor A Bar!

Spread Out The Authentic Medicine

AND

Sin-sick Seeking Souls Will Come

From Near And Far!

I Am Amazed At The Presumption
Of Modern Christianity
Which Apes The World
And Its Bright Wonders 
- As Can Be Seen -
Forgetting To Call Sin By Its First Name
Preaching:

"Love God As You Are!"

"Feed Your Community - Feed The Soul!"

"God Loves You!
No Need To Repent!
He Knows You
For He Can Really See!"

The Sin Of Presumption
Is One Of The Critical Tests 
That Faced
Our King Jesus!

The Sin Of Presumption
Is One Of The Tests
That ALL Mankind
Must Face
To See Whether We Will Test God
By Maliciously Yanking Sin's Chain
While Knowing Full Well
That Satan Is The One Calling
Teasing Your Hair-Trigger Dog!*

*Your Will

The "Modern" Church
Must Step Away From Post-Modern Christianity
With Its Feel-Good
Do Good Good
Get Good Idolatry
For
If Any Being Is On The Throne Of Your Heart
Save Mankind's Savior Jesus Christ;
If Any Searing Desire Is On Your Soul
Save To Be By Jesus Christ Saved;
If Any Need
Surpasses The Need For The Indwelling Holy Spirit
Be Aware
That God The Father Judges No Man
BUT
The Very Jesus Christ You Reject
Is The Same One
Into Whose Holy Hands
In The Final Judgment
You, Me, We
All
Will Fall!

ALONE: Easy - Not Old-time - Religion

I Met Easy Religion!
Just Like THAT
We Almost Became Eternal Best Friends!
I Didn't Have To Work At It!
I Just Coasted Along
For There Was Nothing In It 
About It
To Offend!

Easy Religion
Was So Much Fun!
In His Presence
I Could Kick My Heels Up
Until
I Stumbled And Fell Down!
There Was No Condemnation
So
I Did Not Even Have About Me To Look Around!

There Was No Laboring
With Easy Religion!
No Talk Of Faith Without Work
Being Dead!
No Loving A God To Exclusion
AND
No Setting Aside Self
Less That God Doth Upon You Frown!

I Was Living It Up
AND
Loving It!

No Cares!
No Tears!
No Why's?
No Wherefores!
No Ifs, No Ands, Nor Buts!
No Waits!
No Weights!
AND
No Worries!

All That I Was Required To Remember Was:

God Is Love!

Life Is Good!

Things With Easy Religion

Were All Well And Good - Or So I Thought -
Until One Glad Morning
Night Before
Early Last Week
When
I Found Myself With BIG ABLE  Problems
And Suddenly 
Desperately
Realized That
With Easy Religion
I Had No One
With Whom I Could
In My Moment of Deep Distress
Honestly
Urgently
Fervently Speak!

"Easy Religion!"
"Be A Bud!" I Said.
"I Need Your Comfort!
Things With Me Are Dread - Not Sweet!
Life Just Got Up In My Face
And In My Way!
Come On!
Help Me!
I Need Your Comfort!
Help Me! 
Please, Help Me!
I Know Fear!"

Easy Religion - Quite Calmly - Replied:

"Sorry, Ducks!
I Got My Golf To Go Out And Play!
Make An Appointment!
Or You Can Even Talk To God - I Won't Be Offended!
I Just Can't Fit You Into My Schedule Right Now!
Let Me Know How Things Turn Out!
I'll Cross My Fingers For You!
Gotta Run!
Gotta Catch The Light!
Sun's Coming Out!"

Devastated ...
I Turned To The Bible I Had For So Long
Willingly Rejected!

Devastated ...
I Turned To The God To Whom I Used To Pray
Before Feel-Good Theology
Swept Me Away
AND
Believe It Or Not
He Did Not Reject Me!
He Did Not Turn Me Away!

Forgotten God Encouraged Me
Telling Me That 
We Can
AND
Should
Talk A Lot!

He Said To Me:

"Dear Child,
Just Because Someone Has A Big Voice
It Does Not Mean They Have Anything
Worth Saying That You Need To Hear!"

"Just Because Their Lives Seem Tranquil
It Does Not Mean That They Don't Walk Around
With Mortal And Moral Fear!"

"Just Because They Don't Seem To Work
That Does Not Mean They're Not Working!"

"It Just Means That They Are Not Working For Me!"

"Just Because They Have Great Elocution
It Does Not Mean That Their Word Is Not Dirty!"

"Dear Child,
In The Kingdom Of Light
There Is No Dark Night!
The Residents There Walk Around Without Fear
For
They Know That I AM Faithful, And
That Their Well-being Is By Me Blessed!
They Have Faith In My Holy Word!
They Trust Me And In Me!
They Run Not With The World's Herd
AND
Peace Is Theirs
For They've Set Aside Self
AND
The Lusts Of Their Flesh Are 
- By My Spirit -
On The Fleshly Things Forgotten Shelf!"

They Have Faith!
They - In Faith - Work
AND
Try As He Might
Satan Cannot Get Them
Even If He Against Them
Goes Berserk!"

"What Is Mine I Keep
AND
The Holy Angels Surround All My Beloved Ones
Whether In Valley Low
On Mountain High
Or Crossing Jagged Hill Steep!"

"They Are Always In Prayer
Like David
And
Daniel!
They Know That I AM Only A Prayer Away
AND
They Have Rest
Sweet Rest
For They Surely Know That For Them I Do Care!"

"Now, Beloved
Put Aside The World!
Cast Away Your False Pride
AND
Give Me Your Heart!
I Will It Renew
AND
I Will
- With Your Permission -
Keep It Clean And Right  - True!"

"Give Me Your Flesh!
Live In The Spirit!
I AM Here!
My Love Has No Limit!
Work In Faith Until Earth's Night Comes
AND
You'll Join With ALL The Redeemed
In The Kingdom Where The True Riches Come From!"

"Remember, 
Faith Without Works Is Dead!
Don't Cast Away Your Hope!"

"My Word Does Not Change!
With Me There Is No Redo!
Work -  The Night Comes!
Live Right!
Let Us In Accord Be One
And I Won't Have From My Door To Shoo You!"

The Easy Church

The Church That Does Not Preach
Nor Teach

About

Sin
Confession
and 
Repentance

Death, Hell and Judgment

Personal Sacrifice and Temperance

Faith and Works

AND

Working Out 
Your Own Soul's Salvation

Through 
A Personal 
Faithful

Committed Relationship 
With 
Jesus Christ

Is 
No Church 
of
The Living God!

*********

The Self 

Before

The Savior

Is

A Labor

Without Loving Savor!

One Walks

Alone

Dressed

For The Liar

Fuel

For Damnation's Fire!