VESPERS AT THE END OF THE SABBATH: YOUR CHOICE: Lip-Service Sorry Or True Repentance

Most People's Idea Of Being "Sorry!" 

Is 

With Regard To Being Caught Doing The Thing 

And

Getting Off Cheaply ... Or Without Cost 

And Not

About Actual Repentance Aka Turning Away From The Sin 

And

Not Doing It Again

By The Saving Grace Of The Living God! 

Beloved, 

Think About What You Thought Of Doing

Spoke About Doing

Have Done

Are Doing

Or Are Planning To Do: 

Where's Your Heart!?! 

If You Were Caught Doing The Dirty

Would You Be Truly Repentant Or Lip-Service Sorry!?! 

Which Would Hurt You More: 

Being Caught

Having To Apologize

Being Punished

Being Made Ashamed

Or Recognizing That 

Your Actions Crucify Our Dear Savior Again 

And

Bring His Name To Open Shame 

In The Presence Of Eager Evil-Doers!?! 

Being Repentant To Get Out Of Trouble 

Is 

Demeaning To The One Whom You've Hurt 

And

Insulting To The Lord Christ 

Who Has Gifted Us With Confession Of 

And 

Repentance For Sin 

As The Clear Path To Soul Salvation! 

All Sin 

Is 

Against Almighty God! 

False Repentance Diminishes All Who Consider 

Almighty God's Grace And Mercy 

As Cheap 

And 

Useless Trinkets! 

Please Walk Softly Before Our Lord Jesus 

And 

Choose To Treat Repentance 

As Though Your Life Depends On It: 

It Truly Does! 

Please Don't Sell Your Soul Short 

For A Sure Shot At Vain Glory! 

Offer To The Lord A Broken 

And 

Contrite Heart! 

Peace! 

HAPPY SABBATH + Follow-Pattern Killed Cadogan: Faith In The Lord Is Precious Seed!

 

FACT: 

Faith ... Not Feeling

Is 

Precious Seed 

Which Bears Good Fruit To Abundant Harvest! 

Are You Indulging 

Infidelity Toward The Faith Of Jesus Christ 

Which Cannot Fail!?! 

Are You Waxing Bold 

And 

Daringly Indulging In Questioning

Doubting

And 

Criticizing The Living Word Of The Eternal God!?! 

Aren't You Afraid!?! 

When We Were Young

There Were Those Amongst Us 

Who Often Heard The Condemning Words 

"You Would Criticize The Very Dead!"

 

"You Would Take The Lord God Off His Throne 

If You Could!" 

Beloved, 

This Is A Nasty State Of Affairs 

With Which To Become Participant! 

There Is One Living God

One Holy Faith

And 

One True Baptism 

Which Washes Us Willing-Ones Clean 

From Every Sin! 

Ponder This ...

How Is It Possible That 

Any Of Us Finite, Known-Dying, Creatures 

Could Raise Up Altars To The False Gods Of 

Higher Criticism

Scientific Advancement

Financial Acumen

Entertainment Wizardry

And 

Sensual Fulfillment

And 

Call Our Creator A Liar 

And 

The Absentee Landlord

When ... Without Him

There Is Not Anything That We Can Do

To Even Help Or Save Ourselves  ... Or Another!?! 

Presumption Is A Sin!

Don't Tempt The Lord!

Dear Ones, 

Anything Outside Of Faith 

Is 

Sin 

And 

If We Choose To Doubt The Lord In One Thing

We Will Choose To Lose Faith In Him In Everything! 

One Foot-Fall ... One Wheel-Turn ... Starts The Journey: 

Where To Are You Headed!?! 

Old Wisdom:

Follow-Pattern Killed Cadogan! 

Translation:

Please Think For Yourself

And 

Don't Follow The Multitude To Do Evil

Because

What Sweetened Their Mouth

Might Very Well Kill You! 

Remember, Remember

Don't Ever Forget ...

Satan The Damned 

The Originator Of Doubt

Is 

The Blasphemous Liar

Who From Glorious Heaven

Was Unceremoniously Kicked Out! 

Doubt Decimates! 

Truth Elevates! 

Don't Pontificate! 

Let The Living Word Of The Eternal God

Your Mind Educate! 

Exercise, Exercise, Exercise, Faith: 

Only Jesus Christ, The Living God, Saves! 

Exercise Faith

And

Don't Procrastinate! 

Peace!

The Truth Is

And

Faith Will! 

FAIR IS FAIR: Is There Someone You Despise, Envy, Or Hate!?!

There's An Old Saw That Says: 

He Who Steals My Possessions, Makes Me Poor 

And 

Enriches Himself 

But

He Who Steals My Good Name 

Does Not Enrich Himself 

But 

Makes Me Poor Indeed! 

Beloved, 

He Who Steals Your Possessions

Steals What Can Be Replaced 

But

He Who Steals Your Good Name

Aka Your Character

Goes As Far As Being Willing To Take Your Very Life 

Which Neither He Nor She Can Replace 

Or Profit From Eternally! 

Sooo, The Question Is This: 

"Is There Someone ... Anyone

Who You Despise, Envy

Or Hate Enough That 

You Would Be Willing To Give Up Heaven 

To See Them, Or Help To Have Them, Destroyed!?!" 

Are You Sure!?! 

Jesus Christ, Our Great Example

Made Himself Of No Reputation 

So That We Will Have His Character 

His Good Name

And Thereby

Be Blessed And Saved! 

With This Said

Who Are We, You And I, That 

We Should Seek To Destroy Those 

Whom Jesus Christ Died To Save!?! 

Have You Considered 

That In Plotting And Working Someone's Destruction 

That Someone Else 

Is 

Plotting And Working Out Your Destruction!?! 

Remember, Remember

Don't Ever Forget ... 

Do Unto Others 

What You Desire To Have Done Unto You! 

Fair Is Fair: 

         Fear Is Fear: 

                 Fare Is Fare! 

                 What You Did:

         What You'll Feel:

What You'll Pay To Get Where You Are Going!

Heaven 

Is 

Our Own To Gain:  

Is Your Heart Right With The Good Lord!?! 

Peace!

Truth Has No Expiration Date!

Okay! 

Let's Recap! 

Truth Has No Expiration Date! 

Salvation ... Which Includes Grace And Mercy

Has A Guaranteed-By Date! 

And

Evil Has A Use-By Date!

Please Think Deeply On These Things! 

Fret Not Thyself Over Evil-Doers 

Is 

The Take-It-To-The-Bank Command! 

Cast Your Burden On The Lord 

Is 

The Make-Haste-And-Do-It Command! 

Trust Ye In The Lord Forever 

Is 

The Always-Use Command! 

Pray Without Ceasing 

Is 

The Rest-Easy-In-Jesus Command! 

Beloved, 

Every Do And Don't-Do Command Of The Lord Jesus Christ 

Has The Weight Of Eternity Firmly Fixed To It 

And 

We, As Christians Committed To The Cause Of Christ

Should Never, Ever, Join With The Doubters

The Unbelievers

And 

Those Who Are Antagonized By The Plain Truth Of 

The Eternal Word Of The Omnipotent God 

To Place Saving Truth On The Same Ground

The Same Level

As The So-Called Great Works Of Literature! 

The Great Writers Wrote Their Conception Of The Truth! 

The Holy Word

Is 

The Good-News Gospel Truth Which Saves 

Aka Points One To Jesus Christ 

And 

Everlasting Life! 

Let's Get Our Priorities In Order 

And 

Do As We Are Instructed 

So That We Will Have The Peace That 

Passes Human Understanding! 

Jesus Christ The Righteous Aka The Truth

Never Changes: 

Learn And Live: 

Walk Wisely!

Peace!

Walk The Talk The Walk!

 

The Perfect Love That Our Dear Savior Has For Us 

Will Never Allow Him To Overlook Our Sin 

And 

Permit Us To Indulge In Selfishness And Unkindness! 

Our Growing Love For Our Dear Savior 

Will Never Permit Us To Willingly Practice Sin 

And 

Be Participants In Acts Which Are Decidedly Unholy 

And 

A Straight Departure From His Divine Character Of Grace

Mercy, Goodness, Truth, Gentleness, Kindness

And 

Righteousness! 

Beloved, 

"Christian" Talk Is Cheap! 

Wearing A Christian's Garb 

Is 

Cheap And Convenient! 

"Speaking" The Christian's Language 

By Repeating Buzz-Words 

Does Not Give One Agility 

Or Facility To Treat To The Unexpected 

Or The Unfamiliar 

Or The Curve-Ball Of Catastrophe! 

We Have To Walk The Talk The Walk!

The Lord's Commitment To Our Growth Through Grace 

And 

Our Commitment To Him Through Willing Obedience 

And

The Bold, Even Aggressive, Exercise Of 

Our Daily Gift Of His Faith 

Requires Us To Walk In Accord With His Will 

And 

His Ways 

And

Under His Billowing Banner Of 

Living, Unchanging, Truth! 

Self-Deception Leads To Self-Destruction 

But 

Loving The Living Truth Leads To The Light That 

Is 

The Life Of Every Man! 

We Can't Be Dirty In The Dark! 

Jesus Christ 

Is 

The Lover Of Your Soul 

And

It Is By Him, Alone, That You Are Remade 

To Stand Clean Before The Great White Throne! 

Hold On To Your Blessings: 

Live In ... Live For ... Live Through ... The Truth! 

Peace!

GRACE AND MERCY: Praying With Faith Is Power!

Grace And Mercy: Faith And Prayer! 

Truth Is Beauty

So Let God's People Declare That 

Walking With Wisdom Makes One Unique 

Because 

They Are Following The Master 

Who Is Found By Those 

Who Will To Have Sin From Their Souls Leached! 

The Fool Indulges Folly! 

The Lawless Acknowledges No Law! 

The Child Of God 

Walks With Humility Before The Kind King 

And

In The Day Of His Appointing

They Will In His Presence Sing

"Holy, Holy, Holy!" 

Beloved, Dear Believer

Child Of God Called Apart, 

Please Stay On The Side Of Right 

And 

You Will Never Have The Experience Of 

Going Out From The Lord's Presence 

And

Having Your Day Turn To Night-Time Dark! 

Remember That Being Almost Pregnant 

Is Not 

Ever Going To Be A Thing 

So Being Almost A Christian

Almost Persuaded To Do The Good And The Right

Almost Faithful

Almost Obedient

And 

Almost Enduring 

Speaks To One Who Does Not In The Light Of Life 

Seriously, Seriously, Delight!

Jesus Christ Went All In For Me And For You 

So Let Us Bask In His Love Always 

So That We Will Eternally Enjoy 

The Glorious Glory Days! 

To Gospel Truth Add Your Voice 

So That Jesus Christ Over You Will Ever Rejoice! 

Praying With Faith Is Power! 

Peace!

Mercy, Grace ... And Faith!

 

How Are You!?! 

If You ... A Blessed Child Of The Eternal God

Are Struggling Even As You Are Praying 

And 

Believing The Lord Jesus At His Holy Word

Can You Imagine The Tumble Of Emotions Being Experienced 

By Those Who Know Not The Lord!?! 

Beloved, 

The Children Of The Household Of Faith 

Have A Sure And Secure Anchor For Their Souls 

No Matter What They Are Feeling 

What They Are Going Through

And 

Where They Are Placed On The Plate Of Good-Eats 

For Unfeeling Predators! 

Faith In Jesus Christ

Unlocks Unseen, Unexpected, Doors! 

Faith Is The Unbreakable Rod In The Spine Of 

The Child Relying On Jesus Christ For Relief! 

Faith Is The Scissors That 

Helps The Believer Cut Ties 

With The Dominion Of Darkness! 

Faith ... Working Faith

Is 

The Pair Of Wings That Bears Us Believers Aloft 

When There Is Not A Smidgen Of Wind 

To Lift Up Even A Strand Of Hair! 

Faith ... The Gift Given Each Day For That Day's Use

Is 

The Partner With Prayer 

Which Makes All Of Our Impossibilities Possible 

Because 

We Have Received Them As Unfailing Blessings 

From Our Maker, God, And Kind King! 

Almighty God's Gifts 

Grow Grandly Because Of Grace Graciously Given To Us: 

Use 'em Or Lose 'em! 

Refuse Grace 

And 

Be Refused Mercy! 

Willingly Work Faith And Prayer 

And 

Be Wonderfully Wise And Wealthy! 

Peace!

Almighty God's Mercy

Towards

His Children

Is

Immensely Great

And

It Is Totally Free!

VESPERS AT THE END OF THE SABBATH: Wait On The Lord By His Word!

Neither Nobody 

Nor His Brother, Sister, Father, Friend

Want To Wait On Anybody For Anything 

Because 

Waiting Is For Saps, Stooges

The Unconnected

And 

The Financially Challenged! 

Okaaay! 

Beloved, 

Our Text Starts With A "But" 

Which Tells Us Clearly That 

Those Who Do Not Wait Upon The Lord

Shall Not Have Their Strength Renewed

Shall Not Acquire Eagle's Wings

Shall Not Be Able To Run 

Because 

They Will Be Weary

And 

Will Not Be Able To Walk 

Because 

They Are Fainting From Weakness! 

How Very Interesting! 

Dear Ones, 

Paying Someone To Do Your Waiting For You 

Does Not Hold Water 

In The Economy Of Almighty God! 

Waiting On The Lord Generates Patience

Enhances Endurance

And 

Solidifies Faith Which We, Each, Shall Surely Need 

If 

We Are To Enter ... By Right

The Eternal City Of The Great God 

Who Provides For His People 

Before 

The Need Is Expressed Or Experienced! 

Please, I Beseech Us All

Remember That Waiting On The Lord 

Is 

Preparation 

Which Is The Key To Every Victory 

Worth Claiming And Celebrating! 

Be Wise 

And 

Wait On The Lord Jesus Christ! 

Wait On The Lord Jesus Christ

And 

Watch For His Coming! 

Watch For The Lord's Coming

And 

Work With Him For The Salvation Of Others! 

And

Please Work With The Lord Now 

Because 

Night Is Coming When No Man

Be They Connected

Financially Stable

Or Cash-Poor 

Can Drive A Stroke To Save His Own Life

Or The Life Of Another! 

Dare, Beloved, To Wait On Your Sure Blessings: 

Wait On Jesus Christ The Lord ... Yourself! 

Peace!

Thought For The Week Ahead:

Jesus Christ

Is

Our Only Savior

And

His Gift To Us

Of

His Sure Salvation 

Is 

Free

But

Will Only Benefit Those

Who Desire To Gain

The Victory Over Sin

By Obediently Travelling

The Way Of The Cross

With

Faithful Endurance

Via

The Path Of Purity! 

Love For The Lord

Starts And Finishes With Obedience

To His Holy Word

And

Walking In Accord With His Sovereign Will!

 

HAPPY SABBATH + SHIP-WRECK OF FAITH: The Broken Moral Compass

At The Ship-Wreck Of Faith Store

One Is Able To Locate The Broken Moral Compass 

And 

The Husk Of The Unruly Human 

Who Bluntly Refused To Take Ahold Of 

The Master Of The Winds' Outstretched, Holy

And 

Strong Arm Of Unfailing Guidance! 

This State Of Affairs Should Never Be! 

Beloved, 

Don't You Dare Lie! 

You Have A Moral Compass

So Don't Think The Saving Truth To Deny! 

Is Your Moral Compass Working!?! 

Is Your Moral Compass Calibrated Correctly!?! 

Are You Using Your Own Moral Compass 

Or 

Are You Permitting Some Bre'k-Down Merchant 

To Cause You To Follow The Contrary Winds Of 

Doubt, Disbelief, Disobedience

And 

Dastardly Deeds 

Which Lead One To Destruction's Damned Doorway!?! 

Do You Think Before You Do 

Or 

Do You Feel And Fume 

And 

On Some Unfortunate Soul's Only Loaf Of Bread 

Rabidly Chew!?! 

Bread Is The Staff Of Life!

How Are You Benefitted!?! 

Who Are You Benefitting By Your Despicable Deeds 

Which The Lord Jesus Cannot Approve Or Bless!?! 

Think A Thought ...

A Good Moral Compass Guides One Safely 

To The Fore-Known Safe Harbor 

Where Eagerly Anticipated 

And 

Expected Blessings 

Await The Child Who Is Honest, Faithful, Truthful, Kind 

And

Enduringly Obedient To The Master's Ways 

And

Holy Will! 

Beware ... 

Our Greatest Enemy 

Is 

The Pampered Enemy Within

So Please Give All That Concerns You To Christ Jesus 

And

Live To Live With Him ... Forevermore! 

Self Is A Confident Sinner!

Remember, Remember

Don't Ever Forget ...

No Matter How The Gainsayers Sway

And

No Matter What The Naysayers Bray

Good Morals ... Almighty God's Gift To His People

Are Not A Burden! 

Peace!

BUYING FORGIVENESS: The Living God Isn't Into Indulgences!

Almighty God's

Gift Of Forgiveness

Is

Free

(For The Asking)

To Me And To Thee!

There Was A Time 

When It Was Real Big Business In The Roman Church 

For People To Purchase An Indulgence Aka Leniency

- Forgiveness ... If You Will -

For Committing The Sin Of Their Choosing! 

Today We Have Those Among Us 

Who Offer Up Prayers Of Repentance 

To Their Idea Of The Living God 

Before

Going Out And Embracing Iniquity 

Aka Planned Sin! 

Neither Course Of Action Helps The Individual 

Nor Pleases Our King

The Judge Of All Flesh! 

Beloved, 

The Living God Is Not A Man Aka A Liar 

And

There Is No Darkness In Him At All That 

He Would Indulge Aka Overlook, Dismiss

And

Be Participant In Our Rank, Sinful, Disrespectful

Condescending, Devilish, Behavior 

As Conceived In Satan's Black Heart 

To Work Our Destruction! 

"Thou Shalt Not ...!" 

Is 

The Yellow Card Of Caution! 

"Thou Shalt Surely Die!" 

Is 

The Red Card Of Death! 

Get Real ...

Playing Truth Or Dare With The All-Seeing

All-Knowing

Ever-Present

Eternal, Holy, God 

Who Is The Truth 

Is 

A Game For Fools 

Who Are Brain-Washed ... By Personal Choice 

Into Believing That Finite Humans 

Can "Play" The Eternal Only Wise God! 

Let's Raise Our Standards ...

Please Commit To Praying 

And 

To Reading The Word Of Saving Truth 

And

To Daily Confessing 

And 

Repenting Of All Known Sin! 

Anything Else 

Is 

A Waste Of Time And Effort 

As It Only Raises One's Personal Stock Of Fuel 

For The Fires Of Hell:

Diligently Seek Almighty God's Goodness, Grace 

And 

Presently Available Mercy! 

Deny The Liar: 

Honor The Lord Jesus Christ! 

Peace!

Sin

Is

A Reproach

To Every People!

DOWN-PAYMENT ON ETERNITY: There's Not Another Like Christ Jesus!

No Committed Christian Can Say

- With The Straight Face Of Truth - 

"I Am Living For The Here And The Now!" 

Beloved, 

If We Are Living 

With Our Every Hope Pinned On The Unending Acquisition Of 

And 

The Constant Anxiety Over Things Temporal Aka Earthly

Then We Might As Well Be Bold Enough 

To Eject Our Dear Savior From Our Lives 

And

Bluntly Invite Satan And His Demons To Set Up Shop 

And 

Take Up Residence In Our Comfy Chair

Our Warm Bed

And 

The Good Seat At The Head Of Our Dinner Table 

Because

Compromise, Rationalizing

Fault-Finding, Lying

Doubt, Treachery

Misery, Witchcraft, Mayhem

And 

Murder Most Foul

Will Become Our Constant Companions! 

Peace ... Expensively Purchased

Will Do A Powder And Blow Away! 

Rest Will Be Non-Existent! 

Beauty Will Be A Dinner-Box At A Horse Race! 

Truth Will Be A Desert ... No Oasis

And

Dear Faith

Provided For Our Daily, Personal, Use 

Will Be As A Still-Birth! 

Living For Jesus Christ 

Is 

Living By Faith In The Future Fulfillment Of 

Promises Made 

And

With The Gift Of Our Comforter

The Holy Spirit Of Truth

Given, Acknowledged, Appreciated 

And

Utilized As The Guaranteed 

And

Received 

And

Accepted Down-Payment! 

Faith Is Not Eye-Sight 

And

Living Now For Now 

Is 

Calling His Evilness, Good Brother! 

We Don't Want To Do That 

Because

There Is Not Another Savior, Brother

Father, Or Friend To The End 

Like Our Sweet Jesus! 

Peace!