Daily Archives: September 30, 2011

Why? Why Would You Die?

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How I beg you.  I plead with you for your life.  You who live as dead. With honor to your life I beg you.  Consider The Lord and live! 

I beg you as one who walks this horrific place of testing along side you.  Why would you die?  Why would you not desire to live?

I beg you with tears and the Lord knows my heart.  Turn from this world and seek the face of He who Lives Forever!  I do not want to hear your screams at the judgment which is promised to come!  Why would you die?  Seek Him and live!

 

by His Grace.

Expectation.

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Within me is a yearning, as the servant who was sent to seek the approach of the clouds.

A drought has struck the land for years.  And now my Master says, “Go Watch”.

I yearn for their appearing, for my Master has sent me in expectation.

Anxious am I to see them approach.  For His Word is True!

Appear!  Appear!  Yet I wait.

 

by His Grace.

Questoned Upon Arrival

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A man appeared before the Lord, having passed from death to life.

“I’m here, my Lord! And I give you the thanks of perfect lips!

You have redeemed me from certain death and dressed me in radiant clothes!

I will live with you forever and praise You for the Might of Your Holy Hand!”

 

The Lord looked at the man and a curious look washed over His Holy Face.

The Lord bent His Beautiful head to the left, then to the right.

He rose from His Throne a bit to peer behind the man.

And His Consuming Gaze slowly followed the man’s frame to his feet.

 

“You are appeared before Me by the strength of My Hand”, said the Lord.

“And you rightly give Me Glory for this work within you.”

“Your thanks is received as your heart has intended.”

“But I will present you a question, and you shall answer Me.”

 

“Where are those you invited? Why have you entered My Throne Room alone?”

 

By His Grace.

“Come on in! The Water’s Fine”

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I send this message out to every man.  I send this to those who hate the Lord of Life, as well as those who are entering that Love. 

God is true.  God is merciful.  He knows our state of affairs.  And He is willing to accept any attempt you make toward allowing Him to give you The Life.  What He has spoken to the wicked hearts of man remains.  But so does the Hope He offers remain. 

I speak as one who has tasted His Love.  And everyone who He has embraced can testify that the life led under the Lordship of God is worth living.  It is better, by a measure not known to man, to live with the Lord of Life as my master than to spend a million years locked in the futility of my wicked heart.

The hope that grows within me is wordless.  I cannot speak the joy He gives.  With Him I find endurance in the face of any trial.  And all the trials His people endure are the same as those who infect the days of the wicked.  Why would you continue to live without Him?  If you inspect the answer to that you will find your pride.  If you will but lower your pride and seek His face you too can know this joy.

We laugh as children when we enter the water to swim.  And we tell those on the shore to jump in with us, “The water’s fine!”  And we swim and frolic in our joy born of water.  To those on the shore we appear foolish.  For they know the water is cold.  But as we endure the beating against our bodies we begin to warm and learn to have joy in what they consider too cold.

The same is true with the Love of God.  For those who remain outside, this love appears as a judgment against them.  But if you will just enter you will find it more beautiful a life than anything on this earth can give. 

What I am saying is clear.  But let me state it clearly, lest anyone mistake my words.  To be a servant of Jesus, the Christ of God, has no comparison to being a servant of our wicked hearts.   Come!  Enter in.  Abandon your pride and humble yourselves before the Most High God.  Call on the name of Jesus and expect.  Believe His message to man and live.  I tell you a truth, God is able to transform every aspect of your fears into a glorious freedom and confidence.  You do not need to die alone, as you are currently destined to do.  His hand is extended in this time of trouble.  Reach out and take it!

By His Grace.

The Two Fold Message

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The Gospel is a two fold message of promises from God, through Christ Jesus, to all men.  On one hand, and first, is the message of sure death.  This is to be delivered to the world with all wisdom and courage.  It is the message of God to those who are already judged because they have not believed in the One and Only True God through Jesus’ sacrifice.  They will hate this message.  And they will desire to destroy anyone who brings it to their ears.

The other side of the message of God is that of mercy and tenderness.  And this is to be delivered to everyone who humbles themselves under the Mighty hand of God.  In this message are rebukes, for the heart of man is desperately wicked and must be caused to submit to the Holy Will of God.  But even in the rebukes we find the Mercy that flows from the Throne of He who is forever.

Do not listen to those who say God is love and He will accept every man.  Only that which is God will enter eternal life.  And to the measure that you have accepted God’s rule in your life, that measure of you will be allowed to enter His presence.  Nothing unholy will ever stand before the Lord of Life.  Only what God has built will last.  Submit yourselves to God and learn from Him.  The more you delay the less time you have left. 

Jesus Christ is the exact representation of the Holy Father.  And He is the same yesterday, today, and forever.  What was expected of the servants of God from the beginning still remains as an expectation of His servants today.  Man has watered down this message.  But God remains the same. 

By His Grace.

The Sand Storm

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Few who read this, including me, have ever endured a deadly sand storm.  But many have stood on the shore of the ocean and felt the sting of sand as the wind drove it like needles onto their skin.  So I ask you to imagine a storm of sand such as is in the great deserts.  An all-consuming froth of tiny grains of rock blacking out the sky and choking the life out of any animal or man caught within it.

To open your eyes in such a storm is to become blind.  To leave your ears uncovered is to dig sand out of them for days.  To allow yourself to breathe it in is certain death.  For once the tiny rocks enter they will not be expelled.  The storm will fill every possible crevice of your clothing.  And your sense of direction will be obliterated.  If you care caught out in the open you are dead.

This world is so filled with corruption, greed, hatred, envy, immorality, and godlessness, that it is a constant sandstorm of wickedness.  And the death of those who think they live there is a blindness to the Lord of Life.  They cannot see for their eyes are caked with the unholy.  They cannot hear because their ears are impacted with lies.  They have no breath of eternal life in them because there is no room in their lungs for His breath.  The wickedness of this world has filled every possible crevice of their lives.  And they cannot tell you the way home.  While in this state of affairs, they are dead.  They are not walking dead.  They are already dead to the Lord.

He alone is able to rescue from this storm of death.  And all who allow their hearts to call out to Jesus for help will receive it.  The more you call, the more you will receive.  For the Lord is merciful, patient, and gentle with those who desire to live.

By His Grace.