SALVATION: Playing Chess With Commandments And Traditions

... Tradition!

Tradition!?!

Tradition!

So What About Almighty God's 
Engraved-In-Stone-By-His-Own-Finger Commandments!?!

I Quote:

"Church Tradition Supercedes Almighty God's Commandments!"

You Actually Dare To Say That With A Straight Face!?!

Sure! It's The Truth!

Have You Completely Lost Your Mind!?!

Not In The Least!

I'm Just Calling It As I Currently, Plainly, See It!

Okay! Okay!

I'm Going To Bite!

Explain That ... With Little Words, If You Please!

I Am Going To Make Sure It's Simple!

I'm Going To Make It Plain!

I'm Not Going To Make It Poetic

Because

Sarcastic Is More Up My Vein!

Jesus Christ Powerfully Crushed Satan's Head

When He Died

And

Got Back Up From The Grave

So Satan "Won" The Battle

And

The War

And

The "Power" Went Straight To His Head!

Ah, Um, Let Me State The Obvious:
A Dead Head Has Neither Power Nor Life!

Keep Walking With Me

And 
We'll Both Reach The Peaceful Shore!

Jesus Christ Returned To Heaven As The Victor

So Satan ... The Adversary

The Loser

The Condemned

The Eternally Damned

In A Last-Ditch Effort

To Be In "The Winning Class"

Decided That His Loss Is A Victory

That He Is King

That He Is Savior

That He Is Boss Of Everything

And

Boldly Started His Own Competing Church

"Created Traditions"

And
Traded Light For Dark

Sweet For Sour

Good For Evil

Truth For Lies

Saints For Sinners

And

"Fixed" The Commandments

- Not The Suggestions - 

The Immutable Commandments Of The Eternal

Holy, Omnipotent, Omniscient, Omnipresent
Faithful, Giving

Blessing, Forgiving, Merciful God Of Grace

To Reflect His Dead-Conscience, Irredeemable, Ways! 

Since He Can No Longer Touch Jesus Christ The Lord

He Decided To Trample On His Holy Name

The Truth

And

Besmirch His Divine Character

To Destroy His People! 

If Jesus' People Are Destroyed 
For Lack Of Jesus' Living Knowledge

Then Our Jesus Will Have No Reason To Come Back To Earth

And

Checkmate: Satan Is King!

Satan ... The Rabid Sinner
The Malevolent Spirit
The Deity Of The Damned

The Known Fraud

Is 
"The" God! 

First Order Of Business ...

He Has Big Able Plans:

Change, Change, Change! 

Rearrange! 

Elevate Self! 
Pontificate!

"Be" The Divine! 
Make People Believe That He Is Caring And Kind!

Satan Always Has Next Steps ...

Work On The Immutable!
Work On The Infallible!

The Immutable Becomes Fallible

And

The Infallible Becomes Mutable!

The Holy Becomes Profane!

The Profane Brings No Shame!

The Known Innocent Become The Now Guilty!

The Real Guilty Becomes The Deceitful Judge!

The Honest Judge Becomes The Able Sinner

And

The Publicized Sinner Is The Holy God Above! 

Diabolic ... And Effective!

Hold Your Horses!
He's Not Done Yet!

Satan Injects Man Into The Holy!

He Separates Sin From Self!

He Denies The Lord Christ His Divinity!

He Elevates Personal Proclivity
And
Stresses To All:

"Trust Me Instead Of God Almighty!"

And

Issues Commands To All That 
For Soul Salvation

To Just Pay The Standard User Fee! 

Jesus Christ Already Paid The Price For Us!

Indeed!
Furthermore, Satan Insists That 
All Do Whatever They Personally Like

Because 

Sin, Self And Satan

Make A Three-Wheel Bike

Perfectly Balanced

Sure Never To Tilt ...! 

... Until Confronted By The Rock Of Ages

Whose Blood For Sinners' Souls

On Mount Calvary Was Spilt ...! 

... Which Presents As The Insurmountable Problem

For Satan Of The Dead Head! 

He Has A Fix For That, Too
And
Here's The Not-For-Bedtime Story!

Enter The Dragon ... 

There Was Shock And Consternation
All Over The Land!

Everybody Was Stunned Out Of Their Gourd
Becausen Lambie Had Upped And Changed
His Venerable Name To ... To ...!

... Ooh! I Can't Say It! 
It's Just Too Terrible ...!

Oh, For Crying Out Loud! 
Enough With The Theatrics!

I'm Sorry ...!
... It's Just That That Was Earth Shaking News!

That's For Sure! 
It Rocked My World!

I Still Can't Believe It!

Wha' 'appen?!

Lambie Done Gone Over To The Dark Side!!

Eh, Eh?! Wha' 'e Gone En Do?!

Lambie In Beast Mode!

Lambie Done Gone And Changed His Name! 
He Is Now Officially Called Lambie DeDragon!

He Is Even Drinking Blood Wine

Out Of Babylon's Golden Flagon!

Lord, Help Us! 

First It Was The Wolf In Sheep's Clothing!

Now It's The Lamb Gone Rogue!
The Deception Is Real!

May The Lord Of Love Help Us! 

You Done Know That This Thing Is Now In Vogue! 

The Lord In Zion Reigneth
Soooo ...

Thank Jesus Christ

For The Gift Of Unfailing Good News!

Truth Cannot Die
And
The Lord God Almighty
- Mighty To Save -
Will Always Have His 7,000 Faithful
His Perfected Saints
His Remnant People In The Land
Who Will Never, Ever, Bow The Knee
- Following The Deceived Multitudes -
To Do Known Evil In The Sight Of The Holy God!

Being Faithful
We Know That We Have New Life In Christ!

Look At The Living, Preserved, Holy Word:

When We ... By Faith
Willingly Choose To Accept Jesus Christ As Savior And Lord
And
His Holy Word As Immutable And Infallible

And 

Are Eventually Converted To His Way

We Will Not See Keeping His Laws As Burdensome
- As The Liar States -
Or As A Restraint Over Our "Authentic" Behavior 
Nor Will We Ever Look At Sin Again As No Big Deal! 

Because Of Christ's Sacrifice Of Love For Us 

And 

Our Grateful Love For Him

Our Words, Thoughts, Actions

And

Inclinations 

Are Changed
Because
We ... Being Transformed Into His Likeness

Have No Wish To Crucify Him Again!

AMEN!!!

As Per The Promise
We Have New Hearts

New Sight, New Ears

New Love

New Hope ... New Life
And

Love For Our Lord Christ 
Keeps Us On The Path To Eternal Life!

That Must Give Olde Satan Gripe! 

Brethren,

Deception Is Everywhere
In Everything
And
In People Who We Would Like To Believe
We Can Trust To Have Our Best Interests At Heart!

Trust Ye In The Lord Alone!

The Cross Is Our Beacon: Look Up And Live! 

Indeed!

Blessings Innumerable Await Us

So Let's Not Let Known Fables

And

Prophesied Lost Causes Take Us In! 

Satan Can't Change The Laws Of Almighty God

And

Satan Can Never Get Back To Where We Are Headed! 

By Almighty God's Great Grace
Let's Do Away With Decimating Doubt And Disbelief

And

Discard The Diatribe Of The Salvation Thief! 

Our Jesus Saves ... Utterly

So Let's Put Our Faith Up Front

And

With Faithful Endurance
Press On ... On The Upward Way

So That That Deceiver Will Have

Our Confessed, Repented Of

And

Forgiven Sins

On His Account To Be Scape-Goat Paid! 

Soon, Soon!

Satan Is Going To Have Himself A Fiery Bath
In A Real Hot Fire And Brimstone Grave!

Players Get Paid!

The Word Of Almighty God Speaks Life!

There Is No One Who Reads
Who Hears The Word Of God 
That Can Honestly Say That 
They Are Unaffected By It! 
We Either Love The Word Or Hate It! 

Whether We Accept The Living Word
Or Reject The Saving Word Of Truth
Good In All Ages And Stages Of Human Life
All Flesh ... Living Or Dead
Will Be Judged 
By The Holy Word Which Speaks Life 
And 
Testifies Of The Character
The Faithfulness
The Holiness
The Creative Power
And
The Sacrificial Love Of Christ Jesus! 

We Have Free Will
And
We Have Free Choice
So Let's Choose ... For Love
And
With Certain Hope
To Use The Living Word 
To Grow In Grace Today!

Heaven Awaits The Faithful
And
Jesus Christ Is Coming Soon!
We Are Nearing Home!

Brethren,

Where There Is Life There Is Hope
And
Because I Have Life
I Have Every Reason To Hope
In The Lord Jesus Christ
My Savior, My King
The Lord Of My Life
The Reason That I Can Sing:

Dear Heavenly Father,

I, My Cross Have Taken!

Please Be With Me So That I, By Sin

For Self

Be Not Shaken By Conflict

Stirred By Denial

Overwhelmed By Trial

Nor Overcome By Belial!

I Love You, My Master

My Creator, My Friend

My Hope, Help, Salvation

My God Eternal

Whose Love Knows No End!

I Beseech You, My Father

Please Help Me To You To Ever Draw Near

By Reading The Living Word

And Getting Close To You In Humble Prayer!

Thank You For The Myriad Gifts Of Love

Multitudes About Which I Know Nothing!

Thank You For Thinking Of Me

And Giving Me A Heart That Beats 

In Joyous Anticipation

Of One Blessed Day

Face To Face Seeing Thee!

I Am Thanking You!

I Am Blessing You!

I Am Giving Grateful Praise

And I, By Grace, Am Telling The Good News

That You Are Soon Coming:

I Look Forward, In Your Presence

To Taking My Rightful Place

A Blessed Gift From You

Whose Heart Is True!

I Am Striving!

I Am Walking!

I Am Working!

I Am Watching!

I Desire In You To Be Wise!

Please Help Me, Savior Beloved

To Not Ever Fall For Satan's Obvious Lies!

Thank You, Father

For Hearing

And Answering The Prayer Of Faith

For It Is In Jesus Christ's Holy Name

That I Humbly Pray And Plead!

AMEN!

BLIND AND ASLEEP: The Laodicean Church + Prayer: We Have Done Evil, Lord!

We Are Living In The Laodicean Aka The Final Church Age! 

Laodicea Means The Judging Of The People! 

The Lord Calls Us Wretched, Miserable, Poor
Blind
And 
Naked 
And 

Asks Us To Buy Eye-Salve From Him 
So That We May See! 

We Are Also Urged To Awaken From Sleep! 

Blind And Asleep 
Are The Only Two Ways By Which We Cannot See! 

The Law Of The Lord Is Perfect

It Enlightens The Mind

And

It Makes Simple People Wise ... Unto Salvation! 

Light Allows Us To See

And

Acquiring The Wisdom

And 

Character Of Christ 

Leads Us To Eternal Life! 

Remember, Remember

Don't Ever Forget ... 

Without The Law 
We Would Not Know What Is Sin 

Nor Would We Know 

Who Is Almighty God! 

The Law Of God Is A  Blessing To Us! 

Let Us Choose To Obey It Always
 So That We May ... At The Time Appointed

Eternally Live! 

PRAYER:

Dear Father,

I Come In Faith!

I Pray For Each And Every One Of Us This Day

And Ask You, Dear Father

In Your Safe Fold To Help Us To Stay!

Without Your Leading, Lord

We Shall Surely Go Astray 

And

Deny Ourselves That Wonderful Blessing That Says

For Our Own Sin

We Shall Not Pay!

We Are Of The Family Of Man

And

The Son Of Man

Your Beloved Son

Is

The Living God Before Whom We Shall Surely Stand

For

He Is Our Savior, Redeemer, Friend

Judge And King! 

We Need Him, Father!

We Are Jesus Christ's Property Twice

By Creation

And

By Redemption

And

We Must Give To Him

An Accounting

Whether We Live By His Law

Or Are Boldly Always Flouting It!

Help Us To Humble Ourselves, Father

For We Desire To See Him In Peace!

We Have Done Evil, Lord!

We Are Doing Much Evil In Your Sight

But

You Had And Have Pity On Us

And

You Provide Eye-Salve To Cleanse 

To Heal Our Eyes

And

To Give Us Spiritual, Seeing, Eye-Sight!

Please Forgive Us Our Trespasses!

We Acknowledge Our Sin

And

We Confess And Sincerely Repent!

Help Us To Do That Which Is Right

In Your Holy Sight

That Which Blesses Us

And

Most Assuredly

That Which Will Always Please Your Heart!

We Need A Blessing, Lord!

Father, 

On Our Own

We Are Weak

Physically Weak And Weak-Willed

And

We Always Fall Back On Our Carnal Nature:

Pity Us And Help Us In You To Rest For Strength

And

To Rest In You To Let Your Perfect Peace 

Our Wayward, Raging, Hearts Still!

Father, 

We Are In A Wretched Estate

Poor, Lost, Lonely

Miserable, Alone

Covered In Sin

Spiritually Naked, Afraid

Sorrowing, Dying

In Need! 

We See Our Need, Father! 

We Need Our Savior, King Jesus

Who, Alone, Is Our Hope

Our Help

Our Sure Salvation! 

Come Into Our Hearts, Lord Jesus! 

Help Us To Fix Our Minds On You! 

Come Into Our Hearts, Lord Jesus! 

Help Us To You To Be True! 

Father, 

Thank You For Showing Us

What Holy Love Is

What Loving Sacrifice Feels Like

And

For Showing Us Your Heart

And

For Giving Us Your Self

In The Person Your Dear Son

Jesus Christ Our Lord! 

We Can Never Repay You, Father

But

With Thankful, Grateful, Hearts

We Give Unto You

Our Purchased Selves

Our Personal Will

And

Make It Public

- A Badge Of Honor -

That Jesus Christ The Righteous

Is Our Portion

And

Our Sole Choice Now

While Life Be Spared

And

By Your Grace

Our Everlasting Estate! 

Father,

Help Us To Be Faithful

Living With Certain Hope

Trusting You With Our Whole Heart

- Nothing Wavering -

Denying Carnal Eyesight

And

Trendy Emotionalism

And

Choosing Ever And Always

To Stand On The "Thus Saith The Lord God!" 

Father, 

Pity Us Who Pray! 

Have Mercy On Us Who Look Longingly

For The Great Day

And

Bless Us Who Walk Wisely

On The Strait And Narrow Way! 

Please Help Us To Share Our Faith

With Loving Kindness

And

Christ-Like Humility

For We, Accepting The Call

Choose To Be Ambassadors For Christ

And

Have A Burden Upon Our Hearts

For Our Brethren The World Around! 

We Praise You, Lord! 

We Glorify Your Holy Name, Father! 

We Find Our Rest In You

And

We Plead For Your Continued Blessings

Upon Our Lives 

As We Live And Work To Share The Good News! 

Please Help Us To Do The Good We Can

While We Can

Where We Can

And For Whomever We Can! 

Lord, We Ask In Faith

And Beseech You To Please Grant Unto

The Will And The Strength

To Strive For The Purchased Victory Over Sin 

So That We May Be Saved At The Last Trumpet! 

Thank You For Hearing

And

Thank You For Answering The Prayer Of Faith

For We Ask All In The Blessed Name Of The Holy Jesus! 

We Love You, Lord! 

Please Come For Us Soon! 

AMEN! 

Weakness Of Self!

It Was A Supremely Beautiful Day!

Whole Heart And Bold Heart

- Brethren In The Faith -

Were In Companionable Silence

Enjoying A Moment's Respite From 
The Myriad Challenges That Daily Face Those 
Who Choose To Walk Wisely With Jesus Christ The Lord

When The Big Boy Of Brighton 

- Weakness Of Self -

Broke Into Their Reverie!

The Interruption Is Anticipated

Expected
And 
Dreaded! 

Bubbles Are Going To Be Burst! 

Pride Is Going To Be Cast Down To The Ground! 

Public Sin Is Going To Be Confronted! 

Feelings Are Going To Be Hurt! 

Tempers Are Going To Flare! 

The Word Of The Eternal God 
Is 
Going To Be Shared

And

The Name Of Almighty God
- For Which He Is Known Jealous -
Is 
Going To Be Vindicated

And

It Is Hoped ... By The Lord's Great Grace

That A Sinner ... Repentant

Will Confess Known Sin To The Eternal God

To Be Saved And Forever Blessed! 

Weakness Of Self Is Blessed! 

His Quiver Is Full! 

His Home Is Allegedly, Supposedly, Apparently, Happy! 

His Wife Is A Willing Servant In The Service Of The Lord

And

He Is Rich In The Pocket!

He Is Also An Ordained Pastor!

Whole Heart And Bold Heart

Have Importunately Prayed To The Lord Over This Meeting

Because Of, Well, Ahh

The Delicate Nature Of The Subject Matter! 

It Started This Way ... 

It Was Being Said By Certain Folk That 
Weakness Of Self Is A Lay Preacher (Wink, Wink)

When A Letter Arrived In The Church Office

Accusing Weakness Of Self 

Of Eating A Box! 

Eating A Box Of What!?! 

Whole Foods Sells Their Food At The Hot Bar 
In A Brown Box! 

Big Deal! 

He Was Eating Out! 

They Thought Nothing More On The Matter

Until A Few Days Later 

When The Evidence Appeared! 

There ... Sail In The Wind
Was Weakness Of Flesh

In Living Color

In Flagrante Delicto! 

The Telephone Rang

And

Whole Heart Nearly Had A Stroke

When It Was Disclosed That

The Evidence Was Also In A National Rag

With Obvious International Reach! 

You May Well Imagine The Fall-Out! 

Fast Forward ... 

Meeting Is In Session
And

Presented With The "Evidence"
Weakness Of Self Decided To Brazen It Out! 

Brethren, 

Don't Be Bold When You're Wrong! 

That's What Got Achan Executed! 

Back To The Meeting ... 

Letting The Holy Spirit Lead

Whole Heart And Bold Heart

Allowed Weakness Of Flesh

To Wax Poetical

And

As Was His Won't 
To Pontificate ... In An Extraordinary Fashion! 

They Did Not Interrupt ... At All

And

That Is When Weakness Of Self 
Became Exceedingly Uneasy

And

Stopped Moralizing
Stopped Justifying!
Stopped Being Sanctimonious! 

He Knew He Was Caught Dead To Rights

And

He Knew He'd Have To 'Fess Up

But

The Scourge Of Every Man
- Pride -
Did A Usual 

When Suddenly ... Quietly ... Firmly

Whole Heart Addressed Bold Heart

And

Started Talking About 

Joseph, Son Of Jacob-Israel
And 
The Potiphar's Whorish Wife! 

Weakness Of Flesh Gasped

And

Turned White Like A Sheet! 

They Waited To Make Sure That He Was Okay

And

Then They Continued Calmly Talking Together! 

Weakness Of Flesh Wanted To Run

But

As He Said Later

He Felt Like He Was Glued To His Seat!

He Also Said That He Knew He Was Done For
When Whole Heart And Bold Heart
Lovingly Quoted

And Then ... With Compassion
Spoke To Him, Thusly:

As People Of The Lord Of Life

Living According To The Holy Word

We Cannot At The Same Time 

Be People Of The World: 

We Only Live In The World As Pilgrims 
Headed Toward The Heavenly Home! 

We Are Striving For Christ-Like Characters 

Which Cannot Be Acquired 

By Being Friends With The World
And

Breaking The Ten Commandments

As That Would Make Us Enemies Of Almighty God! 

We Cannot Serve Two Masters 

So Let Us Endeavor To Serve God Acceptably 

With Holy Trembling And Godly Fear Aka Awe! 

The Commandments Are A Hedge Of Protection: 

Let Us Stay Behind It 
Since It Is Our Soul's Desire
To Be Ever Safe 
And 
Eternally Blessed!

As Regards Weakness Of Flesh

He Was Broken!

He Was Defrocked

But

He Was Not Discarded

Cast Off

Cast Out! 

Seeing The Error Of His Ways

And

Being Convicted Of Sin

And

Convinced Of Righteousness

He Later Stood Up Before The Whole Congregation

Speaking With A Contrite Heart

And
Confessed His Public Sin

Against The Holy God! 

He Acknowledged His Pride

His Unholy Passions

And

Accepting That He Knew Better

And 
Should Have Done Better

He Spoke Through Tears

Of The Sordid Temptations

Pastors And Preachers Face

From The Wiles Of 
Nubile And Voluptuous Women And Girls 
In The Congregation

Who Seem Bent On Doing The Devil's Work 
From The Church's Pews! 

Weakness Of Flesh Did Not Cast Blame!
He Took Responsibility For His Own Actions
And 

He Simply Stated The Facts

And Then

He Said The One Thing That Broke The Church:

I'm Glad This Denouement Happened! 

The Lord Hasn't Left Me To Destroy My Soul That 
He Purchased With His Innocent Blood! 

Lord, 

Please Forgive Me! 

I Am Truly Sorry

For Casting Your Holy Name Down In The Mud

For Giving Satan

Something With Which

To Accuse The Brethren

And

Most Of All, Lord

I Am Sorry, So Sorry

For Crucifying You Afresh! 

Thank You, Father

For Loving This Prodigal

For Not Giving Up On Sinful Me!

Thank You For This Second Chance! 

After All These Years Of Ministry, Father

I, Now, Truly Understand

The Savior's Words To Apostle Peter:

And When Thou Art Converted

Strengthen The Brethren! 

Brethren, 

Pray And Plead For Me! 

I Love The Lord But I Lived For My Flesh! 

I Taught The Word! 

I Did Not Live The Word! 

I Did Not Eat The Flesh Or Drink The Blood Of Jesus! 

I Did Not Consume The Manna Of Heaven 
From Which I Would Have Received Life! 

I Did Not Take To Heart

The Words Of The Sweet Psalmist Of Israel:

Thy Word Have I Hid In My Heart

That I Might Not Sin Against Thee! 

Brethren, 

Were The Lord Not A Merciful God

I Would Have Committed That Sin 
And Immediately Died 

Effectively Closing My Eternal Account With Almighty God
And Consigning My Soul To Everlasting Separation For The Lord! 

I Stand Before You A Sinner ... Saved At Last! 

Unconfessed Sin Is Sin Unforgiven

But I Am Blessed To Be Here Confessing And Repenting

And Acknowledging My Real Need For Jesus Christ
Our Only Savior! 

As I Confess My Known Sin
I Know That He Will Forgive Me

Because He Is Just And He Is Faithful

To Keep All Of His Promises! 

Brethren, 

Do Not Doubt Almighty God: He Means What He Says! 

Do Not Tempt Almighty God: We Are Mortal!

And Do Not Sorrow Over Sin

Because Of The Price That You Must Pay!

Please Express Godly Sorrow Because Sin Is Exceedingly Sinful

And Is An Affront To The Holy God

Who Gave His Best To Save Us At Our Worse! 

Please Don't Accept The Pleasures Of Sin ... For The Season!

Seasons Change

But Sin Will Always Be Sinful

Because There Is No Reason
And No Excuse For It! 

Please, I Beseech You
Do Not Do As I Did And Use Weakness Of Self 
As An Ever-Ready Excuse To Sin 

And Don't Use "Overwhelming" Temptation 
As The Reason For Sin! 
The Lord Makes A Way Of Escape
From Every Temptation That Is Common To Man
So That We Are Able To Stand
And Have Victory Over Sin!

I Sinned Because I Wanted, Desired, To Sin! 
King Solomon Was Right: All Is Vanity
And Vanity Vexes The Soul!

Nobody Forced Me To Sin

Because The Lord Has Made Sure That 
That Can Never Happen! 

We Each Have A Sovereign Will

That Cannot Be Usurped

By Neither Satan Nor The Savior! 

My Sin Is My Own

And Before Almighty God

And In Your Presence

I Sincerely Confess That I Am Guilty

And State With Humility That 

I Repent Of My Sin

And That By God's Grace

And With Your Loving Help ... I Appeal For It

I Turn Away From Sin And Sinning

And I Will Be Walking ... Wiser

With A Humbled Heart

With Shamefacedness 

- Thankfully Not Damned By The Holy God -

Toward New Jerusalem

The Holy City Of God! 

Weakness Of Flesh Left The Altar Of God

Singing:

Father, Lead Me Day By Day

Ever In Your Own Sweet Way! 

Teach Me To Be Pure And True! 

Show Me What I Ought To Do! 

Just So You'd Know ...

The National Rag Did Not Publish 
That Confession And Repentance Is Good For All Souls
That Amends Are Being Publicly Made

And Best Of All

That There Is Singing Up In Heaven

For The Lost Sheep

Who Is Returned Unto The Safe Fold Of Almighty God
- Who Sees, Feels, Knows And Is in All -

Over The Repentant Sinner
 Who Is Finally Come ... HOME! 

Humble Yourself

And

Harden Not Your Heart

So That Where There Is Life In You

There Is Hope

For

Your Soul's Salvation!