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The Father of Lies

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He saw.  He learned.  He practised.  But he was not able to contain what he took in.  Pride swallowed him from the inside out.  As the righteous attributes of God grew, so did pride.

One moment surfaced the thought, “I will make a challenge.  I am worthy to be first.”  But it was just a thought.  Or was it?

Pride was nearly mature now.  The harvest of sin was near.  No, it was not “just a thought” .  It was the very instrument of harvest.

In deed, you will be first.  You are the father of lies.  The Lord Himself has given you that title.  And what was your desire has been given to another.  You contrived to murder Him.  But, to your horror, His righteous heart cannot remain in the grave!  HE IS FIRST!  And He is worthy to remain first forever.

No more challenges will surface.  None of those being groomed to take your place will ever consider equality with God something to be grasped.  No one will ever appear again who will resemble you.  Those He is redeeming are not from holy stock.  They are of sin and blood.  Jesus has purchased them with the very blood you caused to run free.  This will be their mark for eternity, “The Holy Lord of life has had mercy on us and for this He is our God”!

You are undone!  He, the Holy Lamb you slew, has opened your eternal reward.  There you will utterly perrish.  All who worship you will accompany you.  We will all turn our backs to you and truth will live among God and His people forever.  Amen!  Amen!  Amen!

By His Grace

The Living Art of The Living God

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I see the young man.  He strides about like a little superman.  He will never loose, and if he does it’s not a fault of his.  (he’s only got a few moves to perfect.)   I look at him and remember, “Let us make man in our image”.

Please everybody, notice the young woman.  Isn’t that what all the “bling” is saying?  I look at her and remember the women I’ve met who were in their 80’s.  The bling wears off, breaks or gets lost somewhere between the first born and retirement.  Weight and wrinkles replace the tools of wicked enticement.

Let them parade.  Who will affect their pageant of pride, flesh and greed?   But may God have mercy to teach them what they could not learn from elders: humility, holiness, propriety, mercy and restraint of desire.

I turn my eyes.  Even witnessing their wicked display of youth seems a sin.  Yet, even now, I remember my own years of utter folly.  How many and who had to turn their eyes away from me?

God is He who saves.  When He moves hearts are changed.  Where He is life sprouts up.  And Holiness attends His presence as a shimmering shadow of brilliant light.

May the Living God have mercy on the youth of America.  If not, they will die in the millions.  For what sin will ever find an audience with the Lord of Life?

By His Grace.

Hell is where the cool people are.

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Do you know someone who has said they aren’t concerned about hell cause all their friends are there?  Well, perhaps they’re right.   But what they don’t  consider is the following.

There are a lot of things in hell.  And there are a whole lot of things that aren’t there.  Identity is not there.  You have no name and no one cares.  No tomorrows, only regrets for what you did or failed to do in your yesterdays.

Nothing to divert your attention from your failings.  No sky.  No ground.   No sleep.  No gadgets to help you pass the time.

You will remember that you are guilty of sin.  That memory will be with you without relief forever.  You will consider your everlasting fear and desire that your loved ones don’t share the same fate.  But you will be utterly helpless to help them.  And the simple pain of your self purchased torment will never leave.

What freedoms you have now, from activity to hope, will no longer exist.  Yea your friends might be there.  But neither you or they will find the slightest solace in that fact.

Turn away from folly and pride.  What good will they do you in hell?  Humble yourself before God.  As it say, “Humble yourself before the Lord and He will lift you up.”  Or not.  The choice belongs to you.

Please share this.  Perhaps one or two will read it and come to an understanding.

Pride of Man

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Abbey in a foggy autumn morning

Abbey in a foggy autumn morning (Photo credit: digsim)

To what shall the pride of man be compared?  It is like this:

 

“I will put forth my hand to grab a shaft of sunlight.  And after grabbing it I will hold it tightly and call it mine.”

And to what shall the Glory of God be compared?

The heavens are telling of the glory of God ; And their expanse is declaring the work of His hands.  (Psalms 19:1)

Can, by this comparison, we perceive the folly of the pride of man?

By His Grace.

The Leverage of Poverty

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English: Poverty Русский: Нищенство

English: Poverty Русский: Нищенство (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

There has been active debate regarding the “poor” in America.  The liberals have proposed and instituted social programs which do not help the poor in their plight beyond causing them to survive for the sake of gain by those who have created these programs.  This is not the will of God that we might make widows and orphans of those who are quite well attached to family and bodily able to fend for themselves.

We have become a nation of wicked greed, for those who would translate our language into obscure meanings (as does their father from the beginning), have brought a black corruption to the very fabric of daily life in America.  We now rise from our beds daily to witness the poisonous fruit of their corruption among us.  And though we chide and teach them with all our might they only chase after this putrid religion of man all the more.

Yet, what should we expect from those who do not have the counsel of God among their members?  They are black with sin; darkened in their minds and souls by the greed that has become their clothing.  All the while they are making more dependent on their powers, they chide and rail at God’s people for not taking care of the poor.  How is this unlike Pharoah commanding the Israelites to make the same quota of bricks without their supply of straw?

May we look forward to the redemption that belongs to the Church of Jesus Christ.  There is a place where such things will never live again.  We warn with all our might, for it is our holy duty to speak against the folly of man.  But we also understand that what is unholy will prosper more and more before the coming of our Lord.

There was a letter written from Ignatius of Antioch to Polycarp, in which he addressed the proper way to approach poverty and slavery.  We are to be wise in all our dealings in this matter.  For pride is not singular to the rich.  Pride is the companion of even the starving beggar if wisdom of God does not reside in his bones.

“Despise not slaves, whether men or women. Yet
let not these again be puffed up, but let them serve
the more faithfully to the glory of God, that they may
obtain a better freedom from God. Let them not desire
to be set free at the public cost, lest they be found
slaves of lust.”

How then have the liberals helped the poor by encasing them in luxury?  How have they helped the poor by removing the calluses from their hands?   They have made them an item of profit, both for the sake of greed and of power.  Take note and be wise regarding the call of the liberals for duty regarding the poor.  The Lord’s wisdom does not make such slaves of men.  There is a freedom these power mongers know nothing about.

By His Grace.

Ugly

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IMG_0252 (Photo credit: Kaj17)

Ugly has nothing to do with a skin.

A worm’s appeal’s slim, but not to him.

If we looked much closer to what lay within,

We would see that ugly is based on sin.

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All men think they will cause great peace.

By virtue of law they fashion release.

But laws never tame the inward beast.

They end up prescriptions, subjecting the least.

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With counsel and money we purchase an island.

While ownership’s granted to those of the badland.

The rest simply claw at their best with their hands,

To protect their small slice of their “beautiful” brand.

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What is needed is rule from an unchanging source.

Not likely an out come from a people so coarse.

All day we build fences, divide, and much worse.

While wearing our best as we ride our proud horse.

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Rest assured nothing‘s done in the blackness of night.

There is One who sees as if in a stark light.

Grace is extended toward this world’s plight.

While man debates what is wrong or what’s right.

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There is a day, set in stone, just ahead,

Where God will judge the living and dead.

And after the speaking of what must be said,

Destruction will fall on sin’s ugly head.

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Far better to learn what is right; what’s true.

Then to have the Lord summon His Law against you.

We’re welcome to keep truth quite strongly askew.

But a price has been paid to blind ugly’s view.

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A darkness will fall and all guilt will remain.

A fire consumes all that’s sin and not tame.

Your beautiful division, full of pointing and blame,

Will eat at your heart with an endless great shame.