Saturday, August 19, 2023

VESPERS AT THE END OF THE SABBATH: Nobody Has To Sin!

 











Jesus Saves Us From The Penalty Of Sin Aka Justification 
And
He Saves Us From The Power Of Sin Aka Sanctification! 

Our Greatest Enemy 
Is 
The One From Within! 

Think About It! 

We Love To Say That Somebody Is Pushing Our Buttons 
So We Are Free To Respond However We Personally Choose! 

If That's Your Story, Stick To It 
Or
Follow The Savior And Choose To Overcome Evil With Good! 

Beloved, 

Textbook Abusers ... Like Satan Their Master
Love To Lash Out And Say That You Made Them Do Whatever! 

Hold Up! 

Consider That We Who Are On The Receiving End Of Their Vitriol 
Will Respond And Say That They Made Us Respond 
However, Whenever, Wherever, Because! 

Consider This! 
When People Know What Triggers Your Behavior
They Will Load Your Weapon For You 
And 
Entice, "Force," Or Bedevil You To Pull The Trigger! 

Dear Ones, 

We Who Chose - And Every Day Choose - Jesus Christ 
As Our Everlasting Portion
Think Salvation 
And
Choose Life! 

Let Us Choose To Disappoint The Evil-Doers 
And 
Deliberately Walk On The Rocky Road 
Aka The Strait And Always Narrow Way! 

Life Is Tough ... When We Follow Our Jesus By Faith
But
We Are Not Alone! 

We Overcome By The Blood Of The Lamb 
And
The Unfailing "It Is Written!" 

The Word Of The Lord 
Is 
A Sharp Sword And A Comfortable Bed 
And
It Is Either Or Or Both 
At One And The Same Time! 

We Have Choice: 
Look In Or Look Up! 

What Is Your Decision!?! 
Sin For Short-Term Satisfaction 
Or Salvation By Grace Through Faith For Everlasting Life!?! 

Our Lord And Savior Jesus Unfailingly Saves The Willing! 
Save Yourself By Letting The Savior Save You! 

Peace! 











Saturday, August 12, 2023

VESPERS AT THE END OF THE SABBATH: Relevant In An Irreverent World! Really!?!

 













No Christian Can Possibly Be Relevant In An Irreverent World! 

No Christian Can Remain Godly By Partaking Of 
The Ungodly Activities Of Those Who Ignore   
And 
Forsake  The God Of Grace Who Inhabits Glory! 

Beloved, 

Is It Possible to Straddle A Fence 
And 
Still Walk Firmly, Steadily, Confidently On Both Sides!?!  ... To Glory!?! 

Dear Ones, 

Playing Fast And Loose With Salvation 
Is 
To Belly Up To The Trough 
To Eat Blow-Pork! 

Do You Want To Die!?! 
Don't You Want To Live!?! 

Growing Up, We Were Oft' Told The Old Story Of 
A Man Who Didn't Eat Known-Unclean Pork 
But 
Smelt It, Saw It, And Wanted It 
That Was On That Table "Real Bad!" 

His Solution Was To Say His Prayers 
And 
"Christen" That Pork 
And 
Call It Beef! 

What Changed!?! 
What Remained The Same!?! 
Who Changed!?! 
Were The Facts Changed!?! 
Did Truth Become A Lie!?! 
Did Desire Change Reality!?! 

Please Remember This, Dear Ones,

Turning A Deck Of Cards Upside Down
Bottom To Top
And 
Sideways
Does Not Change It To Something Different! 
It Will Remain A Deck Of Cards! 

The Word Of God Is Fixed ... 

This World Is Dying: 
Jesus Christ Is Life! 

Choose Wisely! 

Peace! 











 

Saturday, August 5, 2023

VESPERS AT THE END OF THE SABBATH: The Choice Morsel!

 









Simply Put, Psalm 119 Verse 112
In King David's Own Words, Is 
"I Have Decided To Obey Your Laws Until The Day I Die!" 

Beloved, 

If We Remember The Words Of Prophet Samuel 
To The Disobedient King Saul
We Hear The Plain Talk: 
"To Obey Is Better Than To Sacrifice!" 

Obedience Is The Hallmark Of The Christian Experience! 

The Law Of The Lord Is Perfect 
So There Is No Need To Fear 
When We Do All That The Lord Asks Of Us! 

Dear Ones, 

Having A Life In And With Our Lord Jesus Christ 
Is 
Our Personal, Uncoerced, Unforced
Unenticed, Free-Will Decision! 

And Then

There Is The Biggie Aka "Until The Day ... I Die!" 

Your Clock, My Clock, Stops At The Moment Of Death! 

The Record Book In Heaven "Slams" Closed 
In The Day Of Your Death! 

Nothing Can Be Added By You 
And 
Nothing Can Be Erased By The Lord 
After You Close Your Eyes In Death! 

Beloved, 

Psalm 119 Verse 112 Is The Covenant Of A Person 
After The Eternal God's Own Heart
A Man Convicted Of Sin 
And 
Convinced Of Righteousness 
Who Is Determined To Meet His Lord And His King In Perfect Peace 
No Matter Who Or What
When Or Where
Why Or How The Vagaries Of Life Try To Have Him Change Course 
From The Plain: 



"Thus Saith The Lord!" 


Dear Ones, 

Please Never Forget That 
What You See, Hear, And Feel Are Natural Liars! 

If These Three Regular Employees Of Satan 
Cannot Stand Up To A Clear: 
"Thus Saith The Lord!" 
Please, I Beseech Us All, Have Them Act Like 
The Dishonorable Priest And The Indifferent Levite
- Who Both Lacked Charity Aka Love -
And 
Pass You By On The Other Side Of The Dusty Road! 

The Lord Is Always Near 
So Stand Like The Brave 
And 
Be Very Courageous! 

You Are Not Alone: 
The Lord Jesus Will Never Forget One Of His Own! 

Peace! 












Saturday, July 29, 2023

VESPERS AT THE END OF THE SABBATH: Second Spring!?!

 









Surprise And Shock! 

The "Strange" Variableness Of The Weather Has Permitted Us To See Something Stunning: 
The Spring Bloom Bloomed In Spring 
And
The Trees Blossomed And Budded And Bloomed All Over Again 
In July ... In Summer-Time! 

The Trees Are Absolutely Gorgeous! 

In The Old Days
When A Family Had Already Raised Their Children To Adulthood 
And 
The Wife Found Herself In The Family-Way
People Talked About The Second Spring! 
It Was Amazing! 

Beloved, 

Let Us Think About This And Grow Rich 
In, By, And Through The Saving Grace Of Our Blessed Jesus! 

We, Believing, Connected, Grounded
Enduring, Trusting, And Faithful 
Shall See And Be Participant In The Second Spring
The Renewal
The Redemption Of Our Vile Bodies 
To Be Renewed To Edenic Splendor 
With A Glow-Up Grow-Up To Immortality And Incorruptibility! 

We Shall Be Like Our One Benefactor 
And
We Shall Be Like Him 
Because 
We Shall See Him As He Is! 

Dear Ones, 

Please Let Us Not Become Complacent 
With Our Dearly Purchased Salvation! 

Let Us Remember That Spring-Time Is Renewal 
And 
The Marker For New Life! 

Our New Life Is In And Of Jesus Christ! 

Catch The Vision! 
Toe The Line! 
Hold The Fort
And 
Ride The Gospel Train To Glory! 

Grow Where You Are Planted, God's People! 
Grow! 

Peace! 










Saturday, July 22, 2023

VESPERS AT THE END OF THE SABBATH: Fencing With The Lord!?!

 









Are We Laboring Under The Misguided Notion 
As Proffered By The Blind Guides 
Which Says That 
It Is Better To Ask For Forgiveness 
Than To Ask For Permission 
To Live Our Lives How We, Like Roving Slugs, "Authentically" Feel!?! 

Ask Jonah, King Saul, Balaam, Korah, The Denizens Of Sodom And Gomorrah
And 
Disciple Judas Iscariot
How That Worked Out For Them! 

Beloved, 

This Authentic Living Idea-Ideal 
Is 
One Of  The Most Poisonous Pills As Panacea That 
Satan The Damned Is Selling 
To The Sold Out To Sin Segment Of Society! 

Do Not Be Fooled ... 

Almighty God Is Not Mocked! 

Dear Ones, 

The Only Authentic Life
 Is
 The Life Lived In And For Jesus Christ The Lord! 

The Child Of God Will Know The Law Of God 
And 
Will Seek After The Will Of God For His Or Her Life 
By Mining The Word Aka The Preserved For Posterity Word Of 
The Lord Who Cannot Lie! 

Remember Achan! 

The Lord Means What He Says! 

Remember Ichabod Aka The Glory Has Departed 
When Presumptuous Sin Causes You, Me, Us
To Turn An Unanticipated Sharp Left Into The Land Of Regret 
Because 
We Unwisely Chose To Pursue A Lie 
To Appease Our Fleshly Desires! 

Remember That The Lord Will Never Chastise A Child 
For Asking For The Wisdom That The Lord Has Asked Said Child 
To Request Of Him Who Lives In Heaven! 

Committed-To-Christ Christians 
Do Not Wear Clown Shoes! 

Look Up To Jesus: 
You Are Greatly Loved! 

Peace! 








Sunday, July 16, 2023

Don't Curse Your Blessings!

KJV John 6:63
63 It is the spirit that quickeneth; the flesh profiteth nothing: the words that I speak unto you, they are spirit, and they are life.


Our Flesh Can Read, Reason
Resist The Devil
And 
Without Rhyme Or Reason
Against Its Own Maker Commit The Vilest Treason! 

Our Flesh Cannot Itself Profit 
And
May Against The Same Curse
But 
No Matter How Rich Or Rotund It Is
It Cannot Almighty God's Curse Of Human-Kind Ever Reverse! 

We Were Made In The Image Of God
And 
By Design Are Made A Little Lower Than The Angels
Of Which Kind There Now Be Two! 

One Kind Called One-Third Unholy Fallen 
Is 
Looking Our Lives To Destroy
And 
The Two-Thirds 
Is 
Holy, Wholly Obedient
Working To Help Us To Reach The Golden Shore Where There's Everlasting Peace For Me And For You! 

Living By Flesh Is Deadly 
And 
We Are Well Advised To Deny It 
And 
Run To The Lord Pleading For Grace 
While Reaching For Free Mercy 
To Help Us Not To Become The Spiritual Disgrace! 

Flesh Doesn't Elevate! 

Disobedience 
Is 
A Two-Edged Sword Sure To Destroy All 
Who Refuse To Use Holy Wisdom 
As Found In The Living Word! 

Don't Be A Doubter
A Gainsayer
Or An Unbelieving Arguer 
Famous For Following In Steps 
Contrary To Those Of Our Lord! 

Let's Call On Jesus For The Holy Spirit 
So That We May Walk In The Truth! 

Let's Plead With The Lord To Meet Us In Our Need 
And 
To Help Us To Reach Green Pastures With Good Food 
Upon Which To Thankfully Feed! 

Overcome Flesh By Faith 
And 
Overcome Carnality By Grace! 

And

Let's Remember That We Are Weak 
And 
Bow Before Our Maker 
Before The Arrival Of The Hated Undertaker! 

Do Not The Words Of Life Spurn: 
To Dust We Shall Return 
If 
We Don't Accept The Free Gift Of Eternal Life That 
Our Flesh Foolishly Wants To Earn! 

Beloved, 

Human Flesh Cannot Earn What Is Free! 

Peace!





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Saturday, July 15, 2023

VESPERS AT THE END OF THE SABBATH: Careless Living Ain't Comfortable Nor Care-Free!














Before We Came To The Lord Jesus Christ
We All, Without Exception, Lived Thoughtless, Careless, Even Reckless Lives 
Because 
That Is What The Unregenerate Soul Does! 

Remember The Truth ... 

All Have Sinned 
And 
All Fall Short Of The Glory Of God! 

Dear Ones, 

What Do You Believe That You Could Give The Beautiful Savior
As Your Valid, Unimpeachable Reason 
For Your Hand In Causing Him To Have To Die 
To Save You From Eternal Separation From Almighty God!?! 

Do You Give Up!?! 

I Did 
Because 
There Is No Excuse For Our Sinning Against God's Holiness! 

Do Your Remember When Wanting To Do 
Turned Into I Did It 
And Then 
Turned To Why Did I Do That 
And On Into 

"Lord Jesus,
Please Help Me And Save Me!?!" 


Been There, Done That! 

Beloved, 

We, As Committed Christians
Can No Longer Walk With Or As The Unwise! 

Our Lives Must Be Lived As Those Wise Unto Salvation! 

Our First, Our Default, Position 
In Everything That Causes Us To Have To Make A Decision 
Is 

"Lord Jesus,
Help Me! 
I Come In Faith, Nothing Wavering!" 

Because 
Being Thoughtful, Careful, Prayerful, Faithful
And 
Ever Showing Abiding Love For Our Blessed Jesus 
Is 
The Anchor For Our Souls! 

Hang On To Jesus Today 
No Matter What Your Lying Eyes
Your Stopped Up Ears
And 
Your Crawling Skin Say! 

Jesus Saves So Let Him Save You! 


Peace! 








Saturday, July 8, 2023

VESPERS AT THE END OF THE SABBATH: Give All Your Anxiety To Christ Jesus!

 












Worry Is A Waster! 
Worry Is A Fraud! 
Worry Is A Lie Of The Devil To Place A Stout Curtain 
Between Me And Jesus Christ My Lord! 

Worry Is A Wanderer! 
Worry Is A Cheat! 
Worry Is Vehicle Willing To Transport Me 
To Avidly Suckle Anxiety's Ample Teats! 

Brethren Beloved, 

Please Listen Carefully To Me! 
We Are Not To Take The Path Of Least Resistance 
And 
Rock Back And Forth 
And 
Suck On Our Thumbs
Foregoing Rinse
But 
Lauding Repeat! 

Let's Get To The Altar Of Grace And Praise! 
Let's Access The Mercy Seat 
And 
Hallow The Ancient Of Days! 

Things May Look Hard 
And You May Be Hurting A Lot 
But Know For A Fact That Hurt-A-Lot Is Preferrable 
To Suffering The No-Eternal Life Blot! 

Trust The Lord Whom You Know To Be True! 
Resist The Devil And He Will Flee From You! 
Lean On The Lord 
And 
Away From The God-Fraud 
And 
By Going Through The Fiery Trials Of This Life 
With Intact Faith And Trust 
In Our Forever Faithful, Promise-Keeping Friend
You, Me, We, Will Arrive Safely 
To Spend Eternity With Jesus Christ The Lord Our God
The Word That Performs
The Truth That Saves! 

Peace! 










Saturday, July 1, 2023

VESPERS AT THE END OF THE SABBATH: You've Got A Forever Friend!















The Words 
"I Shall Never Leave You Nor Forsake You!" 
Should Be As Manna In The Desert 
To The Ears, To The Heart, Of A Christian! 

Beloved, 

We Should Ever Be Quick To Recall To Mind That 
Our Blessed Jesus Does Not Remove His People From Their Trials 
But 
Is With Them, With Us, No Matter What It Is That We Are Going Through! 

Dear Ones, 

Remember Job, Abraham, Jacob, Joseph
And
Daniel And The Three Hebrew Worthies
And
Remember Your Very Self! 

Remember The Words 
"Yeah, I Will Be With You Always ...!" 
And 
Let Your Heart Be Glad For The Certain Knowledge That 
The God Whom We Serve 
Is Not 
Paper, Plastic, Precious Stone, Stone, Gold, Silver, Bronze, Iron
Nor A Concoction Of The Vile Imaginings Of 
An Unregenerate Heart! 

Got Troubles!?! 

Get Jesus Christ ... Your King! 

Peace! 










Saturday, June 24, 2023

VESPERS AT THE END OF THE SABBATH: Make It Plain: Free Gift!?!













The Idea Of A "Free" Gift 
Is 
Something That I Have Always Found Repugnant, Repulsive! 

Isn't A Gift By Its Nature Always Free!?! 

Did I Make A Request For A Gift 
Or Did You Offer It To Me!?! 

Beloved, 

This Troubled Me To No End 
Until The Word Of Almighty God
- The Word Of Saving Truth - 
Made It Plain! 

Why Would The Lord Call His Gifts To Us Free 
As A Clear Mark Of Distinction 
Unless There Were Expensive As In Costly Gifts On Offer 
Outside Of The Realm Of Truth 
Which Would Cost Us Finite Creatures What We Cannot Afford To Pay 
But For Which We Blithely Extend Our Hot Little Hands!?! 

Dear Ones, 

Beware Of And Reject All Gifts 
Which Require You To Pay Shipping And Handling Fees 
As Such "Gifts" Are Sent, Given, Extended To You 
From The Benighted Hand Of The Adversary Of Souls 
Who Seeks To Enrich Himself In His Need To Devour Someone 
By Making You Poor Indeed! 

Remember That The Roaring Lust Of Your Eyes 
Will Never Satisfy Your Raging Need For 
The Savior's Free To All Salvation! 

Jesus Christ On Calvary Bought And Paid
Packed, Shipped
And 
Delivered For Free Aka No Personal Cost To Us
Our Free Gift Of The Trip Home To Glory 
To Our Heavenly Father's House Of Joys Forevermore! 

Please Freely Give Your Whole Heart To The Lord Jesus! 

Receive This Life's Only Free Gifts From Almighty God 
And 
Live Free In Our Only Savior Christ Jesus! 

Peace! 











Saturday, June 17, 2023

VESPERS AT THE END OF THE SABBATH: WAS:TE!

 














Waste Is Not A Word That Any Student 
In The School Of Jesus Christ 
Should Toss About Willy Nilly Or Take Lightly! 

Waste Has Eternal Implications! 
Waste Is A Warning! 

For Our Purposes Here
WAS:TE Means 

We Are Students: Test Everything! 

Beloved, 

Be Warned! 
Be Watchful! 
Be Working! 
Be Wise! 
Be Waiting! 

Our Blessed Jesus Asks Us To Test The Spirits 
To Find Out If They Are From The Lord 
By Using The Word Of Truth 
Which Our Unfailing, Always Fulfilling, Filling Word 
From The Eternal God Known Holy, Just, True, Giving, And Forgiving 
Is
Sure To Ascertain! 

Dear Ones, 

We Are Nearing Home! 

Please Let Us Not Fall Short Of The Mark 
At The Border Of The Promised Land 
Because Of 
The Kingly Powers And Known Prophets Of God 
As Represented In The Scripture Of Truth 
By The Likes Of King Balak And Prophet Balaam! 

Every Party Thrown For You Does Not Celebrate You
And
Not Every Prophet Saying "Lord, Lord!" 
Is 
From The Lord Of Life! 

The Lord Of The Dung Flies, Satan The Damned
Has Minions Everywhere! 

Remember, Dear Ones, And Don't Ever Forget That 
We Are Students And Should Test Everything
- Including This Missive - 
Against The Immutable, Infallible Word! 
The Living Word Works! 

Peace! 









Saturday, June 10, 2023

VESPERS AT THE END OF THE SABBATH: Wanderers Don't Win!

 
















I Would Rather Be A Bass Drum For The Army Of The Lord 
Than To Be A Snare Drum Or Pied Piper's Whistle 
For Satan's Damned Army! 

Dear Ones, 

Think, Think, Think! 

Our Adversary, Satan, Would Have Us To Believe That 
We Do Not Need To Conform To The Divine Form Of The Holy One 
Whom You Know That You Have Been Called To 
And 
Are Willingly Choosing To Represent! 

Do You Remember The Old Saw That Says That 
Our Eyes Are Easily Tricked!?! 

Do You Also Remember The Word Of Truth Which Plainly Says 
"Guard Your Heart!?!" 

Do You Also Remember That 
We Need To Meet And Pass The Test For Lust Of The Eyes!?! 

Here It Is! 

Beloved, 

If We Don't Boldly Choose To Follow The Divine Form Of 
Our Creator, Savior, Lord, God, Redeemer, And King
Our Ever-Roving Eyes Will Slide, Wonder, Wander
And 
Ultimately Travel Unimpeded To Every Function, Party, Repast
Or Bacchanal Of Debauchery! 

Beloved, 

The King ... Our Kind King
Is 
Coming Soon
And 
Now Is Not The Time To Have Wandering Eyes
Unpinned Forms
Or Uncommitted True To Christ Attachments! 

To Whom, Through What, Are You Attaching!?! 

Will It Glean For You The Rich Reward Of 
Everlasting Life Through Christ The Lord!?! 

Do A Thorough Think
And 
Have A Telling Talk By Prayer
And 
Put Down Your Tent Pole In The Camp Of The Eternal God! 


Peace! 













Happy Sabbath + Exhortation!































Exhorted! 
          Commanded! 
                       Encouraged!

The Pointy Stick! 
The Hammer! 
The Embrace! 


How Often, Beloved, Have You Read The Bible
Or Heard A Sermon From A Faithful Steward
And 
Felt That The Exhortation Was Nothing More Than A Burden
A Pointy Poking Stick That 
Commanded Your Attention So Roughly That 
It Was As Though It Was Being Hammered Into You 
And 
Pounding Soft And Delicate You Into Mush Or Mash!?! 

How Long Did It Take Before You Realized That 
That Charged Word Known Truthful, Necessary
Was Encouragement, An Embrace, From The Heart Of Our God Eternal 
Who Makes Wrong Things Right
And 
Makes Broken Things Whole
And 
Causes The Dead To Live Again!?! 

What Made The Difference!?! 

Was It When You Realized That 
The Love Of God Was To And For You 
And
For You Made Bitter Herbs Sweet
The Winding Path Straight
The Rough Places Smooth
The Impossible Possible
And 
The Hellish Existence The Road To Glory 
Because 
Jesus Christ's Love To You Was Home Calling You Home!?! 

Dear Ones, 

The Love Of God
- The Sacrificial Love Of The Just One - 
Was Made For All 
And
Whosoever Is Willing To Be Saved Will Reap Its Sweets! 

Will You Accept The Charge That Is From That Account That 
Is 
Always Free And Fully Funded 
By Our Forever Faithful Friend And Forgiving Father!?! 

Listen Again With Love For The Lover Of Your Soul 
And 
Let Him Lovingly Lead You To His Eternal Life! 

The Word Of Life Fashions Us
Feeds Us
And 
Fills Us Up Forever! 

Peace! 












Saturday, May 27, 2023

VESPERS AT THE END OF THE SABBATH + The First Condition Of Deliverance

 












Obedience To God Almighty 
Is 
The First Condition Of Deliverance! 

Human Effort Combined With Divine Power 
Produces The Needed Result! 
No Human Effort, No Divine Power! 

The Lord Will Not Do For Any One Of Us 
What He Has ... In His Wisdom
Given To Us The Power To Do For Ourselves 

... And ... 

Truth Be Told
Whether We Want To Hear It Or Accept It Or Not
Is 
That Almighty God 
In The Person Of Our Lord And Savior Jesus Christ The King 
Ain't Our Ride Or Die
Our Homeboy
Or 'My Dog!' 

Let Us Respect The Power, The Position
And 
The Purity Of Our High Priest 
And 
Recognize How Puny We Are 
And 
How Putridly Perilous Is Our Present Plight 

... And ... 

Give The Great And Glorious God Unfeigned Praise 
And 
Proper Prayers 
Aka Prayers From Your Own Perch
Your Own Known Place Of Need And Perplexity 
And 
Not From Base Greed And Non-Sensical Gumption! 

Obey The Lord Of Life And Live! 

Peace!