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We Know Of A Surety ... The Wages Of Sin = DEATH The Gift Of Almighty God = ETERNAL LIFE What You Reap = WHAT YOU SOWED Give = GET BACK
Sow The Wind = REAP ... THE WHIRLWIND
Honor Your Father and Mother = LONG LIFE IN THE LAND Do Good = GOOD ATTENDS YOU Confess Your Sin = ALMIGHTY GOD WILL FORGIVE Repent = BE BAPTIZED
Walk by Faith = DON'T TRUST YOUR EYESIGHT Know Jesus Christ The Lord = KNOW FATHER GOD
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I Awakened Early One Sabbath Morning Only To Hear An Older Woman's Voice Coming Through The Bedroom Window Cheerily Singing:
Trust And Don't Pay!
Thief And Don't Care!
Huh!?! And She Sang It Again! And Again! ... And Again! Yup! It Was Real AndShe Had Obviously Lost Her Mind! ... Or Had She? She Did Not Sound Inebriated! She Sounded ... Well ... Normal! I Was Stunned Out Of My Gourd! Let's Do Some Math ... Older Woman = Elder Statesperson Yup! This Was An Elder Statesperson Singing Aloud Some Really Bad Advice As Though She Was On A Mission!
To Indulge In Rebellion Against The "Thus Saith The Lord!"
And
Because Abel Refused To Indulge In Willful Disobedience
He Killed Him!
Just Like Satan
Cain Was A Card-Holding Hellion!
But ...
Be Ye Warned, Brethren In The Truth:
Almighty God The Eternal One The God Of All Graces Is Particular And Specific And Decidedly Not Wildly Capricious
Running His Business As Does The Loose Goose!
Almighty God Is The God Of Order
And
He Does Not Make Mistakes And
Under No Circumstance Will Almighty God Wickedness And Rebellion Tolerate
So
If You Hear One Of The Elders - Be It Mother Father Uncle Auntie Neighbor Brother Sister Friend Preacher Pastor Employer Town Ruler Prophet Priest President Pope King -
Believing In Signs And Wonders Is No Panacea For A Christian Neither Is Foolishly Putting Almighty God To The Test Nor Indulging In Dangerous Feats
To Demonstrate Our Commitment To Or Faith In The Lord Jesus Christ!
The Surest Way To Prove Your Commitment To Our Lord Is
To Obey The Lord
Keep All His Commandments And
Conscientiously Do What He Says!
I Recently Viewed A Video Of A "Pastor"
"Proving" His Congregation's Commitment To Christ By Personally Feeding Those Willing To Take The Test From A Known Bottle Of Bleach!
Six Of Them Died!
Instantly - At One And The Same Time - I Was Angry, Horrified And Vengeful!
But, Then
I Came To My Senses And Remembered The Word:
Vengeance Is Mine, Saith The Lord!
Be Angry And Sin Not!
Take It All To The Lord In Prayer!
It Is Time To Face Facts ...
When Are Believing Christians Going To Truly Start Believing The Lord At His Holy Word!?! When Are Believing Christians Going To Stop Permitting These Silver-Tongued Snake-Oil Salesmen - Masquerading As Men And Women Of God -To Cause Them To Indulge In Gross Folly, To Clean Out Their Bank Accounts, And To Put Their Lives In Sure And Certain Mortal Danger, And To Put There Souls In Eternal Danger!?!
The Apostle Paul Wrote Of Their Ilk - In The Person Of Simon The Sorcerer - To Warn The Church Against This Deviltry!
Following What The Crowd Does Is Definitely Not Smart And
Most Assuredly Not Wise!
If Your Church Leader Cannot By Chapter And Verse - With The King James Bible In Your Hot Hand Interpreting Itself - Produce The "Thus Saith The Lord!" Either Get The Rid Of Him Or Make Your Presence Absent Whichever Will Keep Your Marching To Zion And
Following The Lamb That Was Slain Wither Soever He Goes!
When Will We Accept That For Every Tenet Of Jesus Christ The Lord That Will See Us Enjoying Eternal Life Satan, The Arch-Deceiver Has A Counterfeit!?!
Jesus Gives Faith Satan Inspires Doubt
Jesus Requires Willing Obedience Satan Encourages Willful Disobedience
Jesus Purchased Salvation Satan Sells Damnation
Jesus Is The Truth Satan Is The Father Of Lies
Jesus Gives Life Satan Instigate Death
Jesus Says Wait Satan Encourages Haste
Jesus Was Scorned For Us Satan Temps Us To Scorn Jesus
Jesus Leads Satan Pushes
Jesus Modeled Perfect Obedience Satan Models Malicious Disobedience
Jesus Christ Is Creator, Savior, Sustainer, Lord And God Satan Is The Malevolent And Outright Fraud
I Ask One Simple Question:
Since We Call Ourselves
Committed-To-Christ Christians
And There Will Be No Fools
In The Eternal God's Kingdom
Why Are We So Frequently Gullible!?!
Remember ...
Satan Cost Man All! Jesus Christ Paid All For Man To Be Redeemed!
Who Are YOU Going To Believe In And Trust!?! You, Alone, Know The Answer!
I Had A Single Grain Of Gratitude And I Sincerely Wished For More So I Put It In A Pot Of Care And I Placed On A Sunny Shelf Near My Entrance Exit Door!
I Told A Friend About My Desire To Have Gratitude Blooming Richly In My Sphere And I Was Shocked To The Max At The Words That She Spake And I Wondered If Cultivating This Friendship Had Been A Sad Mistake!
She Bitterly Said:
What Do You Have To Be So Grateful About!?! Your Life Is As Hard Is Mine! Breaking Up Fractions To Know How To Live Is A Task That I Roundly Despise!
I Don't Know What It Is That You Want To Be So Grateful For When Each Day Is As Hard As Every Other When Money Is Tight When Health Is No Delight And Just Looking At Another Person Is Reason For Them To Pick A Fight!
I Replied:
Aren't You Glad You're Alive!?! Aren't You Glad You Don't Have Cancer!?! Aren't You Glad You Have Eyesight And Your Legs Are Still With You And No One Has To Push You Around And In Your House There Is Still Reason For Laughter!?!
The Look I Received Was Chilling To Say The Least And We Parted With No Words Of Affection! I Went My Own Way And To The Living God Said My Grateful Prayers And Sought To Understand Why Words Of Thanks And Gratefulness Were So Hard For Some Of Us To Say!
The Scenario Is Not Real But The Concept Is Very True And All We Have To Do Is To Look Critically Around Us And We Shall See The Living Proof:
People Discontented With What They Have Which Is More Than What Someone Has Or Some Other But A Lot Less Than That Friend This Brother Or Another!
Discontent Is An Offshoot Of Pride And A Great Family To Greed And Believe It Or Not The Rich Want The Health Of Poor Who Want The Wealth Of The Rich Who Want The Peace And Rest Of Those
Who Have Not Tasted Runaway Success!
We Ask For What We Want! We Get What We Need And Then We Blame God For Not Really Knowing Each Heart How To Feed!
Ingratitude In The Young Is Ugly! Ingratitude In The Old Is A Disgrace And We All Need To Do A Serious Think About What Would Be The Outcome If The Lord God Almighty Loving King Blessing Faithful True Were To Deal With Each One Of Us According To Our Practice Of
Not Returning Words Of Thanks And Prayers Of Gratitude!
We Beg Too Much
And
We Say Thanks Too Little!
Almighty God Does Not Owe Us Anything
But We, Ingrates That We Are
Owe Almighty God Everything!
Thank You, Dear Lord
For Your Untold, Unknown
Unexpected, Unappreciated
Daily Blessings Generously Showered Upon Me!
Thank You, Dear Reader
For Your Being A Part Of This Community!
Thank You, Dear Friend
For Your Kindness Today!
Thank You, Brother, Sister
For What You Do And Say!
Thank You, Mother, Father
For Teaching Me Truth And Right And, Again Thank You, Dear Lord
For Giving Christ Jesus Unto Me And My King
And For Guiding Me To Walk Ever
In The Life-Giver's Light!
Thank You, Lord, Thank You!
I Beseech Of You A Boon!
Please Bless Me To Say "Thank You, Lord!"
Evening Morning Night And Noon!
Life Is A Gift! Show Gratitude To The Giver ... Today! Shower Him With A Generous Gift Of
Too Self-Sufficient And Humble Teachable Spirit Are Christians And Pastors Who Live Their Appellations
As They Work For Jesus Christ The Lord!
They Share A Congregation!
Too Self-Sufficient
Is The Charismatic Fast-Talking Junior Pastor Whose Philosophy For Soul-Winning Is:
The Ends Justify The Means!
Humble Teachable Spirit
Stands On The Living Word Of
The Word Who Is Jesus Christ The Holy Lord!
One Of Them Is, Indeed, A Learner Willing To Submit Himself To The Molding Of The Great Teacher!
The Other Is A Great Hindrance To The Furtherance Of The Gospel Whilst At One And The Same Time He Is The Great Favorite - Some Call Him A Pet - Of Faithful Souls Congregation!
Humble Teachable Spirit Is As Unlike Too Self-Sufficient As Chalk Is From Cheese! Humble Teachable Spirit Has A Heart Totally Submitted To Almighty God And Under No Circumstance Does He Seek To Enlarge His Stature By Lowering The Stature Of The Lord Christ!
By Great Contrast Too Self-Sufficient - Completely Satisfied With His Vast And Cerebral Knowledge Of Christ's Christianity - Seeks At Every Turn To Insinuate Himself Between Men's Souls And Their Savior!
He Is A Whirling Dervish Who Acts Like A Circus Clown Speaks Like A United Nation's Diplomat Reasons Like A Wall Street Banker-Broker And Commiserates Like The Old-Time Family Physician!
He Thinks He Can Make Satan - Like A Tame Dog - Happily Lie Down!
He Is A Peacock
Who Lives The Reverse-Robin Hood Life
With Himself Being On The Receiving End Of
The Congregation's Loving Largesse!
Humble Teachable Spirit Often Offends - Often Greatly Offends The Congregation - Because His Simple, Always Available To The Lord Attitude Indicts Them For Their Wayward Delighted-By-The-World Willfulness!
He Is The Burr Under Their Saddle The Pebble In Their Shoe The Blister On Their Toe The Stye On Their Eye The Questioner Who Causes The Lump
To Form In Their Throats The One Who Makes Them Question
The Professed Reason For Their Hope!
In Short
He Makes Them Uncomfortable In Their Own Skin While Too Self-Sufficient - Who Feels He Is The Second-Coming -
Causes Them To Believe He Is Sufficient
To Gratify Their Carnal Lusts And Itching Ears!
The Setup Was A Recipe For Sure Disaster!
Did You Know That Disaster
Is Always Preceded By
The Doubter's Raucous Laughter!?!
It Must Be Said ...
When A Man Sees Self He Cannot See The Savior And If You Can't See The Savior You Cannot See Your Sin!
A Self-Sufficient Pastor Is Easy Prey For The Raging Lion And Too Self-Sufficient - The Worldly-Wise Hireling Shepherd - Was Playing Par For The Course When He Had With His Thought-Dead Conscience A Muy Uncomfortable Discourse!
He Had Been Playing Fast And Loose
With Jesus Christ's Faith!
He Had Just Finished Fluffing His Bank Book When Inquiry Was Made By His Spirit And He - Not Easily Spooked By, In His Thinking, A Phantasm - Was Having None Of It!
Where Is Your Shame!?!
What, Really, Is Your Life's Work!?!
Weren't You Called To Serve The Savior!?!
Why Do You With The Devil Flirt!?!
You Can't Serve Almighty God And Mammon!
You Can't Belong To Heaven And To Hell!
You Can't Feed The People Self, Sin And Salvation
And
Believe That For You Things Will Go Well!
Spooked, He Shook Himself Roundly! Afraid, He Sought Relief By Counting The Days To His Next Payday But, ConscienceActivated By The Holy Spirit Was Through Being A Patsy A Companion In The Game Of Life For Fleeting Profit!
His Conscience Was Shook And His Self - Normally Winsomely Wayward - Was Suddenly On Fire And Ever So Brightly Lit!
There Was No Rest For The Wicked! His Home Was No Haven Of Rest
And His Prepared Sermon Was Taunting Him As Was The Music Playing On His Heirloom Gramophone!
Stuff And Nonsense! Stuff And Nonsense! My Minds Is Playing Tricks On Me Is What I Say!
I am Lord Of My Own Life! I Am Rich In Goods! There Is Nothing Else That I Need! The Bible Is The Tool Of My Trade So When I Put It Down I Can Do What I Want
And From This Guilty Conscience
I Will Walk Away!
Bedroom Living Room Bathroom Car Inside Outside Self And Guilty Conscience
Did Viciously Spar!
Man Can Run Man Can Even Hide From His Problems But Man Cannot From A Guilty Conscience Hide!
It Must Be Said ...
If A Man's Conscience Can Still Disturb His Peace It Is Because There Is Still Hope For Him
That From The Ways Of Sinning
By God's Grace
He Will Assuredly Leave!
Too Self-Sufficient's Conscience
Had Not Yet Become Seared With A Hot Iron!
Brethren,
Please, I Beseech When Your Conscience Awakes You To Matters Of Gravitas Pay Attention Give Thanks To The Living God And Get To Fixing What Ails Your Soul!
The Truth Must Be Spoken ...
The Spirit Of The Living God Convinces Men Of Sin Convinces Men Of Salvation And Convinces Men Of Judgment!
If You Do Not Stifle Your Conscience The Spirit Of The Living God - The Comforter - Can Do A Good Work In And With You!
Too Self-Sufficient Was About To Have A "When Thou Art Converted Help The Brethren!" Moment!
All I Can Tell You About That Moment Is That The Next Time Too Self-Sufficient Appeared Before
The Faithful Souls Congregation He Was A Changed Man:
He Had Shock Of White Hair At The Front Of His Head! There Was Fire In His Eye! There Was Thunder In His Voice! There Was Real Purpose In His Walk!
He Is A Changed Man On A Grave Mission And As He Said
He Was Not Ever Again Going To Be Diverted!
Hear Him Speak:
Brethren Beloved, I Owe You An Apology And I Give It From My Heart Newly Broken For My Jesus!
I Am Newly Out From Walking In The Dark!
I Had An Encounter With The Lord Of Life!
Brethren, I Had To Make The Decision: Walk With The Lord Of Life Solely And In His Living Light Or Dance With The Devil Wholly And Become A Gross Creature Of The Night!
I Used To Try To Do Both And By So Doing I Was Endangering Not Just My Soul - My Bought And Paid For Soul - But Your Precious Souls Also!
The Loving Forgiving Just And Holy Faithful God Of Heaven Was Not Well-Pleased With Me Because
My Careless Thoughtless Willful Wayward Utterly Selfish Actions Were Crucifying The Lord Christ Afresh!
The "I" In Christ Was My Eye! Eye Had Seen Self And Satisfaction Success And Security Power And Prestige Access And Ascension!
I Was A Pulpit Pimp And A Temporal Prosperity Purveyor And Purchaser!
I Did Not See The True Pearl Of Great Price!
I Saw The Rich Religious-Pie And I Whole-Heartedly Desired More Than One Slice!
To My Great Shame
I Looked Lovingly At You Spoke Kindly To You And Cherished Your Association Because You Made My Bank Balance Look Real Nice!
I Have Confessed My Known Sin And I Have Given My Soul's Sincere Repentance
To The Eternal God And I Have Asked With Many Tears Of Contrition For His Forgiveness And My Own Soul's Needed Cleansing And I Sincerely Apologize To You And Ask For Your Forgiveness And A Second Chance To Right My Wrongs And To Do The Good That The Lord Called Me To Do!
I Have Seen The Light Of Life! I Believe The Truth That Is The Gospel
And There Is A New And Heavy Burden In My Heart For The Souls Of Lost Men And, I
- Renewed, Remade, Regenerated Converted To The Lord Christ And The Way Of Salvation - Am Eager To Work To Tell You About The Real God The Great Controversy And The Fight For Eternal Life And Help To Get Us And Keep Us All On The Strait And Narrow Path That Will Lead Us All To The Realm Of The Blessed Where There Is Eternal Peace And Sweet Rest!
All Who Call Themselves Believers Would Do Well To Think On This:
Mortal Man Looks At The Outward Appearance! The Eternal God Looks At The Heart And
Every Work Will Be Brought Into Judgment With Every Secret Thing Because
There Is Nothing Hid That Shall Not Be Made Known!
Not Everybody That Says Lord, Lord Shall Enter Into The Kingdom Of God Because
Ye Must Bear Good Fruit!
Ye Must Be Obedient Unto Death!
We May Cry Out That We Have Faith But Faith Without Work Is Dead!
Thou Shalt Have No Other God But The Living God!
When You Walk With The Lord In The Shed Light Of The Living Word The Fraud Can't Turn You From The Straight And Narrow Way But When With Truth You Compromise And Build A Great Mansion On Shifting Sand And Fill It With The Proceeds Of The Profit Gained From Bold Lies You, Effectively Cut Yourself Off From All The Heavenly Ties!
Please ... Don't Toil For Earthly Reward And Don't Live The Life Of The Wily Fraud Because The Lake Of Fire And Brimstone Awaits You As It Is Sin's Just Reward!
A Heart For The Lord Christ Is A Priceless Treasure! A Faith Strong Gives To Our God A Great Pleasure And He Is Well Pleased To Help Us Keeping Walking In His Known Way!
Deceit Is Quite Real When We Want Heavenly Treasure Even As We Swing Sin's Gross Vomit Pail! This Is Not Right And All Who Indulge In This Practice Will Most Assuredly Fail!
You, Me, We May Fool Mortal Man But We Can't Fool The Son Of Man Who Made Each Of Us A Living Soul And Offers The Heavenly Home As The Life Goal Of The Soul!
Brethren, It Is Time To Stop Saying That The Other Person "Needs" Jesus Christ! That The Other Person "Needs" To Repent Of Sin! That The Other Person "Needs" To Walk Right In The Sight Of The Holy God When We Are The Very Ones Fornication On The Altar Of The True And Living God!
Man Sees What You Desire Him To See! Man Hears What You Desire Him To Hear! But
No Man No Demon Not Satan Can Know What The Eternal God Knows From Our Hearts!
Sometimes I Shudder At the Thought That Almighty God Knows Me Better Than I Know My Self And Other Times My Heart Rejoices To Know That My God Loving Living And Forgiving Knows Me Inside Out Top To Bottom Side To Side Back To Front! From The Lord Of Life, I Cannot Hide So, I Choose In His Way In His Heart In His Love To Abide And Confide To Stem Sin's Tide!
Truth Be Told ... I Have No Desire That My Unrepented Of Sin Collide With Almighty God's Wrath Because I Am Too Proud To Bend To His Will And Walk In His Prescribed Way To Be Blessed With Eternal Success!
Decisions Must Be Made ... I Choose ... By Jesus Christ's Faith To Humble Myself Before Almighty God Before Almighty God Has To Humble Me And Ultimately Destroy Me!
If All Things Work For Good For Lord-Lovers How Can We Say In The Sorrow Of The Soul Why Did God Do "THIS" To Me?!?!
Stop For A Moment And Think ... The Word Of God Says He Has A Thousand Ways To Provide For aka Save His Children So, Since The Promises Are Sure And The Living God Opens And Closes Doors Please ... Trust Him Who Is Love And Life And Who Is Also Health And Cure!!
A Word To The Wise From The One Wise Is Enough To Keep Us Moving Ever Forward Never Looking Back Because To Look Back Is To Blight To Turn One Into A Salt Lick And We Know A Salt Lick Is Consumed Because It Has Nothing In Itself To Protect Itself And Cannot Against Salt-Lickers And Salt-Lick Kickers, Fight!
Have We Ever Well And Truly Considered The Real Differences Between Lamp And Light?
A Lit Lamp Carries The Light! The Light Provides Sight! Sight Signals The Way Clear And We Walk Unto Jesus Who Does Our Sin Bear!
Walking In The Light Makes The Way Clear
And
Light Keeps At Bay All The Predators
Who Would For Life And Limb
Make Us Tremble In Fear!
Truth Is ... A Lamp Without Oil
Is A Decorative Piece!
A Lamp Containing Oil, When Lit
Brings The Traveller
The Reader
The Searcher
The Seeker
Illumination ... By Darkness Relief!
A Broken Lamp
Is Not A Help But A Hindrance
Because
Its Broken Pieces Do Cut The Flesh Of The Unwary
Giving Us Wounds That Only The Great Physician
Can Bind Up
Seal
Heal Up!
Please Do Not Break Your Lamp
Neither By Accident Nor On Purpose
By Deliberately, Contemptuously
From The Oil Well Eternal Walking Away!
Accidentally On Purpose
Breaking Your Lamp
Says Clearly Callously
That You Are Are Walking On The Path Called
Own Way!
Own Way Has Self-Pay
Life And Fire And Accident Insurance
With An Accidental Death And Dismemberment Rider
Which Has
The Eternal Consequence Deductible!
Where Does One That Premium Pay?!
In Your Head
In Your Heart
In Your Hand
Wherever You Elevate Self
And
Denigrate The Holy Son Of Man!
Man Cannot Keep Himself Alive
Nor Can He Ransom Himself
By Purchasing Useless Indulgences
Sold As Grounded On Earth
Bound Up In Heaven
Rainbow Pot Of Gold
Building God's Kingdom Treats
But Are Actually
Satan-Inspired
Encouraging Men To Be Careless Of Their Soul's Salvation
