Thoughts! by Jay O’Toole

January 13, 2009

The God Who IS GOD!

"The LORD is Sovereign and True Blue!"

Is there a boulder God creates,
that even He can’t move?
Of course not, for His Word doth state,
all foolish,…He’ll reprove!

Yet there’s a boulder…Man has made,
that even God can’t budge,
The Rock of our grave sins displayed,
through acts and pride-filled grudge!

For Holy God can’t Justify,
a man who’s still in sin!
His Holiness cannot defy,
This Barrier to men!

Yet Holy God desired to save,…
from Sin He’d Justify,
He left His Throne to birth in cave,
to live Pure, then to die!

This Man of God…’sthe God of Man,
the Man Who’s God agreed…
With Holy God as Living Sand,
He died,…His Blood would plead!

Propitiation keeps God Just,
while Justifying men,
It satisfies this Firey Lust!
It pays for ev’ry Sin!

This Holy God was packed in Man,
that God could fully take,
The Fullness of Man’s Mortal Sin,
that sin-free,…Man could make!

This Jesus, though He’s fully God,
Man’s Sin He WAS Complete,
That when He drank the Cup’s last drop,
‘Twas Jesus,…LIFE Replete!

To KNOW that I have been made right,
is in this Holy Gift,
For Jesus covered DAY o’er night,
My Sin You Lived,
My Wrath You Lived,
My Cup You Poured and Drank,
To Heal th’Eternal Rift!

March 2, 2009

What’s The Difference Between an Orange?

Orange!

Got your attention, didn't I? Well, now that you are here, allow me to welcome you to the blog page that is really called, "Understand Your Opponent Before Trying to Win a Debate!"

"What's The Difference Between an Orange?" was one of the "off-the-wall" jokes that went around my high school about three decades ago. Apparently, it's purpose was to get a great laugh for the teller by watching their friends' brains euphemistically "explode" and go "TILT" when they didn't "get the point."

I mean let's be reasonable!

When a question, like this, is asked the mind is intent on locating the second part of the repartee'.

If I am going to answer a contrast question in which an orange is being contrasted with some other item, then it stands to reason that the other item must be mentioned in order for me to begin to formulate a conclusion that at the very least is logical to me. Right?

"What's the Difference Between an Orange and an Apple?" (Ah! Thank You, LORD! A resonantly complete question…)


I could answer, "Well, let's think about this now! Oranges and apples are both fruit. Nope! That's how they are alike! How are they different?

1. Oranges are like their name, orange. Apples are "red, and green, and yellow, and polite. They are precious in His Sight!" 2. Oranges have peels that for most practical purposes are inedible.


The peel of an apple is quite nutritious.

3. The interior of an orange has basically the consistency of a bunch of tiny little water balloons. The middle of an apple is often crunchy, but usually not as much as a potato chip. 4. They both have appeal and they have a peel! (Nope! That's comparison again, Dummy! Well, ex—-cuse me & Thank You very little!)

Okay! So, "what does all of this have to do with the price of eggs in China?" (We may never KNOW because it didn't fall THAT far!) :}

(Another oblique euphemism used doing my high school days to "backhand" the recipient for speaking in a manner that is "like totally random, and so last week!")

Alright! Alright! I won't keep you hanging-on any longer…

Here's your bottom line: Why do both sides in the debate over the existence of God find that it's just easier to do what comes naturally by attempting to "take-out the opponent with character assassination" rather than to listen respectfully,…addressing the real issues and their validity or lack thereof?

I will be the first to apologize for my own ease at using "ad hominem" attacks. (However, I DO have feelings that can get hurt, like anybody else's here.)

I admit that it feels good to be honored for my process, if not my content.

For every atheist that feels that he or she has taken great pains to arrive at their position of intellectual sophistication, I would declare that I feel the same way! I don't like condescension any better than any of you do…

Yet, let's be honest here! If you "talk-down" to me, it will be very hard for me to say "No!" to the temptation to "talk-down" to you,…Christian or not! (Then, of course, there's that added liability that I have of feeling guilty for doing wrong!) :}

Let me hasten to say that on many levels, I really respect atheists because of their commitment to excellence, their demand for intellectual precision, their courage to stand-up and be counted on subjects for which they believe passionately and are willingly to defend with great commitment, and their determination to be heard…no matter the opposition.

With all due respects and in my humble opinion, I would like to assert that at least in the area of process,…committed atheists and committed Christians are much alike.

To this I would add that both camps have a great deal of intelligence, and "backbone, intestinal-fortitude" (or at the very least we're both "anally-retentive." Maybe we should stop eating the apples whole!) :}


You KNOW, if it wasn't for that nasty little content issue in which we are both trying to convince each other (while "talking about apples and oranges,)" then I might actually be able to call you "Friend!"

SOL!,…Right? :)

Are You Saved?

That’s Wonderful, if you truly ARE!

Others have cared for your soul as much as I do! They share Bible verses with you!

Now, if you haven’t offended The Holy Spirit of God past the point of no return, and if He would still care to do so, I pray that He would be pleased to “remove the scales from your spiritual eyes” (at least one last time while you are still in this life) for the purpose of showing you the perilous condition of your soul held over the fires of HELL by the thinnest of threads, called LIFE!

Sinners in The Hands of an Angry God!

Instead of offering cliches and bumper-stickers, May the “sticky” part be the newness with which The Holy Spirit chooses to let some intensely convicting, potentially life-changing Bible verse “stick” in your mind like a “red-hot fire-brand” of the spirit realm! Would to God that it would become an eternal “song that you cannot push out of your head!”

Without Jesus as LORD of your Life, You have no idea how much danger you are playing with…

It remains my dubious honor to be the messenger of the Sovereign to inform you that His Present Long-Suffering shows you a Great Kindness, but when He is finished talking to you, (offering you His forgiveness and salvation,) then His Justice will be upon you more quickly than you could ever imagine and irreparably with more FEAR than you have ever had!
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YOU NEED TO TAKE ME SERIOUSLY!
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Hebrews 9:27 & Hebrews 10:28-31, KJV,…
“27And as it is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgment:…”

” 28He that despised Moses’ law died without mercy under two or three witnesses:

29Of how much sorer punishment, suppose ye, shall he be thought worthy, who hath trodden under foot the Son of God, and hath counted the blood of the covenant, wherewith he was sanctified, an unholy thing, and hath done despite unto the Spirit of grace?

30For we know him that hath said, Vengeance belongeth unto me, I will recompense, saith the Lord. And again, The Lord shall judge his people.

31It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God.”
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If you laugh at THIS post, then it may seriously indicate that you are already too far gone, and that you are already victim of a “red-hot poker” in the spiritual realm that has cauterized your soul’s ability to “feel” spiritually-speaking.

If THAT has happened, then there truly is nothing more FOR me to say to you! THAT would make you one of those truly impoverished souls without HOPE, for God would have no more MERCY for your soul!
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Sinners in The Hands of an Angry God!

I urge you not to respond quickly! I urge you to think, long & hard, before you respond at all!

I urge you to repent and BELIEVE THE GOSPEL that THE LORD AND SAVIOR, JESUS CHRIST, died to pay for your sins and mine, that He buried until the third day to prove that He really was dead completely, and that He raised Himself back to Life to prove that Only HE has complete power over the Death Angel,…which thankfully means that believers in Jesus Christ no longer need to fear death!

You see, on the day that I die (from your perspective,) it will merely be my Final Birthday! I am looking forward to being born into Eternity from the Womb of Time!

This Life is merely an extended gestation period for those of us who accept The Person of Jesus Christ and His Character as He has described Himself to Mankind!

Jesus has Character that is worthy of my Trust! Humans…….do…NOT come close! :/
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John 3:16, “For God so loved the world, that He gave His Only Begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in Him, should not perish, but have everlasting life.”

The Defeated Foe

Filed under: Inspirational!, Main Blog Page!, My Life as a Christian! — jot777 @ 4:35 pm

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The Defeated always tries to imitate THE VICTOR. The defeated god tries to act "like" a lion while THE VICTOR while IS THE KING of all beasts and Mankind! :)

I Peter 5:8b, NKJV, "…the devil walks about like a roaring lion,…" Revelation 5:4-6, KJV,…

"4…And I wept much, because no man was found worthy to open and to read the book, neither to look thereon.

5And one of the elders saith unto me, Weep not: behold, the Lion of the tribe of Judah, the Root of David, hath prevailed to open the book, and to loose the seven seals thereof.

6And I beheld, and, lo, in the midst of the throne and of the four beasts, and in the midst of the elders, stood a Lamb as it had been slain, having seven horns and seven eyes, which are the seven Spirits of God sent forth into all the earth."

(Caveat emptor: If you are believer in Jesus Christ as your personal LORD and Savior, then this post will bless you immeasurably. However, if your hard-heart and Pride still have your convinced that you don't NEED and LORD nor a Savior, then you probably don't want to read this page because you will be livid when you are done.

Your belief about the TRUTH of this page matters little, except as it regards your eternal destination. Your belief never makes Scripture TRUE, not does your unbelief make Scripture untrue!

I Peter 2:4-10, NKJV, "The Chosen Stone and His Chosen People

"4 Coming to Him as to a living stone, rejected indeed by men, but chosen by God and precious, 5 you also, as living stones, are being built up a spiritual house, a holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ. 6 Therefore it is also contained in the Scripture,

“ Behold, I lay in Zion
A chief cornerstone, elect, precious,
And he who believes on Him will by no means be put to shame.”

7 Therefore, to you who believe, He is precious; but to those who are disobedient,

“ The stone which the builders rejected
Has become the chief cornerstone,”
8 and “ A stone of stumbling
And a rock of offense.”

They stumble, being disobedient to the word, to which they also were appointed.
9 But you are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, His own special people, that you may proclaim the praises of Him who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light; 10 who once were not a people but are now the people of God, who had not obtained mercy but now have obtained mercy."

TRUTH stands alone, unaffected by meager human thought! However, you DO now have the privilege of believing TRUTH, and for your own good, I urge you to do so!) :)

Cornerstone
Isaiah 14:12-14, KJV,…

"How art thou fallen from heaven, O Lucifer, son of the morning! [how] art thou cut down to the ground, which didst weaken the nations!

For thou hast said in thine heart, I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God: I will sit also upon the mount of the congregation, in the sides of the north:

I will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will be like the most High."

The Default Modus Operandi of The Defeated God: Attack the Credibility of The Word of The TRUE GOD!

Genesis 2:15-3:24, NKJV,…

"15 Then the LORD God took the man and put him in the garden of Eden to tend and keep it.

16 And the LORD God commanded the man, saying, “Of every tree of the garden you may freely eat; 17 but of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil you shall not eat, for in the day that you eat of it you shall surely die.”

18 And the LORD God said, “It is not good that man should be alone; I will make him a helper comparable to him.”

19 Out of the ground the LORD God formed every beast of the field and every bird of the air, and brought them to Adam to see what he would call them. And whatever Adam called each living creature, that was its name. 20 So Adam gave names to all cattle, to the birds of the air, and to every beast of the field. But for Adam there was not found a helper comparable to him.

21 And the LORD God caused a deep sleep to fall on Adam, and he slept; and He took one of his ribs, and closed up the flesh in its place. 22 Then the rib which the LORD God had taken from man He made into a woman, and He brought her to the man.

23 And Adam said:
“This is now bone of my bones
And flesh of my flesh;
She shall be called Woman, (Hebrew, 'Ishah')
Because she was taken out of Man (Hebrew, 'Ish'.)”

24 Therefore a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and they shall become one flesh.

25 And they were both naked, the man and his wife, and were not ashamed.

Genesis 3

The Temptation and Fall of Man

1 Now the serpent was more cunning than any beast of the field which the LORD God had made. And he said to the woman, “Has God indeed said, ‘You shall not eat of every tree of the garden’?”
2 And the woman said to the serpent, “We may eat the fruit of the trees of the garden; 3 but of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the garden, God has said, ‘You shall not eat it, nor shall you touch it, lest you die.’”

4 Then the serpent said to the woman, “You will not surely die. 5 For God knows that in the day you eat of it your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing good and evil.”

6 So when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree desirable to make one wise, she took of its fruit and ate. She also gave to her husband with her, and he ate. 7 Then the eyes of both of them were opened, and they knew that they were naked; and they sewed fig leaves together and made themselves coverings.

8 And they heard the sound of the LORD God walking in the garden in the cool of the day, and Adam and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the LORD God among the trees of the garden.

9 Then the LORD God called to Adam and said to him, “Where are you?”

10 So he said, “I heard Your voice in the garden, and I was afraid because I was naked; and I hid myself.”

11 And He said, “Who told you that you were naked? Have you eaten from the tree of which I commanded you that you should not eat?”

12 Then the man said, “The woman whom You gave to be with me, she gave me of the tree, and I ate.”

13 And the LORD God said to the woman, “What is this you have done?”

The woman said, “The serpent deceived me, and I ate.”

14 So the LORD God said to the serpent:
“ Because you have done this,
You are cursed more than all cattle,
And more than every beast of the field;
On your belly you shall go,
And you shall eat dust
All the days of your life.

15 And I will put enmity
Between you and the woman,
And between your seed and her Seed;
He shall bruise your head,
And you shall bruise His heel.”

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16 To the woman He said:
“I will greatly multiply your sorrow and your conception;
In pain you shall bring forth children;
Your desire shall be for your husband,
And he shall rule over you.”

17 Then to Adam He said, “Because you have heeded the voice of your wife, and have eaten from the tree of which I commanded you, saying, ‘You shall not eat of it’:
“ Cursed is the ground for your sake;
In toil you shall eat of it
All the days of your life.

18 Both thorns and thistles it shall bring forth for you,
And you shall eat the herb of the field.

19 In the sweat of your face you shall eat bread
Till you return to the ground,
For out of it you were taken;
For dust you are,
And to dust you shall return.”

20 And Adam called his wife’s name Eve, because she was the mother of all living.

21 Also for Adam and his wife the LORD God made tunics of skin, and clothed them.

22 Then the LORD God said, “Behold, the man has become like one of Us, to know good and evil. And now, lest he put out his hand and take also of the tree of life, and eat, and live forever”—

23 therefore the LORD God sent him out of the garden of Eden to till the ground from which he was taken. 24 So He drove out the man; and He placed cherubim at the east of the garden of Eden, and a flaming sword which turned every way, to guard the way to the tree of life."

If you don't believe The Holy Bible in the sixty-six Books from Genesis through Revelation, without the uninspired Apocrypha, is The Personally-Written Word of God, then it is because you too have fallen prey to a "snake in the grass" who has cast aspersions on the Veracity of The Word of God with some thought that ALWAYS means, "Did God really say THAT?"

http://www.davidjeremiah.org/site/radio.aspx

Turning Point Description of the Program: "Many kingdoms have ruled the world throughout history. These empires gained their power gradually by defeating other kingdoms. Persia defeated Babylon, Greece overpowered Persia, and Rome conquered Greece. But it took time for them to acquire power. However, there is a Kingdom that will come instantly to power."

Daniel 2:14-45, NKJV,…

Daniel

God Reveals Nebuchadnezzar’s Dream

"14 Then with counsel and wisdom Daniel answered Arioch, the captain of the king’s guard, who had gone out to kill the wise men of Babylon; 15 he answered and said to Arioch the king’s captain, “Why is the decree from the king so urgent?” Then Arioch made the decision known to Daniel.

16 So Daniel went in and asked the king to give him time, that he might tell the king the interpretation. 17 Then Daniel went to his house, and made the decision known to Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah, his companions, 18 that they might seek mercies from the God of heaven concerning this secret, so that Daniel and his companions might not perish with the rest of the wise men of Babylon. 19 Then the secret was revealed to Daniel in a night vision. So Daniel blessed the God of heaven.

20 Daniel answered and said:

“ Blessed be the name of God forever and ever,
For wisdom and might are His.
21 And He changes the times and the seasons;
He removes kings and raises up kings;
He gives wisdom to the wise
And knowledge to those who have understanding.
22 He reveals deep and secret things;
He knows what is in the darkness,
And light dwells with Him.
23 “ I thank You and praise You,
O God of my fathers;
You have given me wisdom and might,
And have now made known to me what we asked of You,
For You have made known to us the king’s demand.”

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Daniel Explains the Dream

24 Therefore Daniel went to Arioch, whom the king had appointed to destroy the wise men of Babylon. He went and said thus to him: “Do not destroy the wise men of Babylon; take me before the king, and I will tell the king the interpretation.”

25 Then Arioch quickly brought Daniel before the king, and said thus to him, “I have found a man of the captives[d] of Judah, who will make known to the king the interpretation.”

26 The king answered and said to Daniel, whose name was Belteshazzar, “Are you able to make known to me the dream which I have seen, and its interpretation?”

27 Daniel answered in the presence of the king, and said, “The secret which the king has demanded, the wise men, the astrologers, the magicians, and the soothsayers cannot declare to the king. 28 But there is a God in heaven who reveals secrets, and He has made known to King Nebuchadnezzar what will be in the latter days. Your dream, and the visions of your head upon your bed, were these: 29 As for you, O king, thoughts came to your mind while on your bed, about what would come to pass after this; and He who reveals secrets has made known to you what will be. 30 But as for me, this secret has not been revealed to me because I have more wisdom than anyone living, but for our sakes who make known the interpretation to the king, and that you may know the thoughts of your heart.

31 “You, O king, were watching; and behold, a great image! This great image, whose splendor was excellent, stood before you; and its form was awesome. 32 This image’s head was of fine gold, its chest and arms of silver, its belly and thighs of bronze, 33 its legs of iron, its feet partly of iron and partly of clay.

34 You watched while a stone was cut out without hands, which struck the image on its feet of iron and clay, and broke them in pieces. 35 Then the iron, the clay, the bronze, the silver, and the gold were crushed together, and became like chaff from the summer threshing floors; the wind carried them away so that no trace of them was found.

And the stone that struck the image became a great mountain and filled the whole earth.

Golden Image

36 “This is the dream. Now we will tell the interpretation of it before the king. 37 You, O king, are a king of kings. For the God of heaven has given you a kingdom, power, strength, and glory; 38 and wherever the children of men dwell, or the beasts of the field and the birds of the heaven, He has given them into your hand, and has made you ruler over them all—you are this head of gold. 39 But after you shall arise another kingdom inferior to yours; then another, a third kingdom of bronze, which shall rule over all the earth. 40 And the fourth kingdom shall be as strong as iron, inasmuch as iron breaks in pieces and shatters everything; and like iron that crushes, that kingdom will break in pieces and crush all the others. 41 Whereas you saw the feet and toes, partly of potter’s clay and partly of iron, the kingdom shall be divided; yet the strength of the iron shall be in it, just as you saw the iron mixed with ceramic clay. 42 And as the toes of the feet were partly of iron and partly of clay, so the kingdom shall be partly strong and partly fragile. 43 As you saw iron mixed with ceramic clay, they will mingle with the seed of men; but they will not adhere to one another, just as iron does not mix with clay.

44 And in the days of these kings the God of heaven will set up a kingdom which shall never be destroyed; and the kingdom shall not be left to other people; it shall break in pieces and consume all these kingdoms, and it shall stand forever.

45 Inasmuch as you saw that the stone was cut out of the mountain without hands, and that it broke in pieces the iron, the bronze, the clay, the silver, and the gold—the great God has made known to the king what will come to pass after this.

The dream is certain, and its interpretation is sure.”

Additional Study and Graphics with HIStorical references: Teaching Hearts website.

http://www.teachinghearts.org/dre17hdan02.html

What Is The Color of LOVE?

Filed under: Inspirational!, Main Blog Page!, My Life as a Christian! — jot777 @ 4:45 pm

This is a poem that I wrote on February 14, 1989 while I was still a sixth grade teacher at North Florida Christian School in Tallahassee, Florida.

It was created in a relatively short time that afternoon because one of the bus drivers for the school was also the pastor of a predominantly African-American church and had invited me that afternoon to participate in their Valentine Service that evening.

As I recall, I wrote it before I left the school for the day.


It is my Prayer that it underscores an immovable standard in my heart since the day that I was saved as a six-year-old boy in the late Spring of 1967! That standard is that God creates all humans equal in value, in honor, in respect, in purpose to give all Glory to God!

If this somehow makes it to the White House, then I would like for President Obama, the First Lady, and the first daughters to know that any time I may oppose policies of this administration that opposition will be no greater than for any other President and based solely upon ideas and world-view, not on inherent & created value before God. (This is a very fine-looking family, and think of the added perk that came to them naturally. They didn't have to invest time and money to get that nice tan.) :)

Therefore, President Obama & Family! Happy Saint Valentine's Day! May the Greatest of Eternity's LOVE be given Its fullest expression in your hearts without reservation this day that you may be truly and unequivocally Blessed! :)
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(Note: Since this will be broadcast to all my Soda Heads, please consider this your Happy Valentine's Day Card from me to you! If my posts are a bit "spotty" this weekend, I may be reached on the beaches of the state of Georgia.)
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What is the color of Love?
Is it white as purest snow,
without spot or stain to know,
with room to ever grow?
What is the color of love?

What is the color of love?
Is it black as friends I see,
Who mean more than life to me,
Who will live eternally?
What is the color of love?

What is the color of love?
Is it green as grassy plain,
made lush by new fallen rain,
a symbol of eternal gain?
What is the color of love?

What is the color of Love?
Is it blue like bluest sky,
or courage to reply,
that God made you and I?
What is the color of love?

What is the color of love?
Is it orange like the healthy way,
that I can keep a cold away,
or sunshine that I see today?
What is the color of love?

What is the color of love?
Is it yellow, like the Streets of Gold,
that one day we may each behold,
quite free from this Earthly mold?
What is the color of love?

What is the color of love?
Is it purple as of royalty,
Who was born and died for you and me,
and lives in peace eternally?
What is the color of love?

What is the color of Love?
Is it red as purest crimson flow,
that washes me clean and white as snow,
and makes me know on High I'll go?
What is the color of love?

The color of love is rainbow bright,
That casts away the darkest night,
And gives all Christians brand-new sight.
THAT is the Color of LOVE!

The color of love as fuller's soap,
Can fill our lives with deepest Hope,
And bind our hearts with love's strong rope.
THAT is the Color of LOVE!

The color of love as black receives,
And never more The Spirit grieves,
Or will his fellow man deceive.
THAT is the Color of LOVE!

The color of love is green and blue.
It makes me know the worth of you,
Through God's Great Eyes Who can make you new.
THAT is the Color of LOVE!

The colors of love from the palette Divine,
Brighten our lives with such artistry fine,
For the Painter know what's in your heart and mine.
He puts red where we need,
and some green and some blue,
Our lives will succeed,
When His canvas is me,
and His canvas is you.

Where Will You Spend Eternity?

“Wake-Up Call!”

“Repent, and Believe The Gospel!”

REPENT = Do a complete 180 of belief in your heart of hearts (i.e. The Deepest Part of Yourself,…Where You are Really You!)

The 180-Turn requires that you STOP disagreeing of The LORD Jesus with regards to the condition of your heart and your Life, and START agreeing with Jesus (and Only Jesus!)

The Condition of your Heart is DEAD, Absolutely & Irrevocably DAMNED, except for the saving work of Jesus Christ is your Heart. (Jesus pays our Sin because only HE can! Jesus makes us judicially PERFECT because only HE can!)

The GOSPEL (i.e. Greatest Good News)= Jesus died! Jesus was buried! Jesus rose again on the third day! ALL of this according to the Scriptures (i.e. The Holy Bible!)

Key Verse: 15:3-4
“For what I received I passed on to you as of first importance: that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures, that he was buried, that he was raised on the third day according to the Scriptures….”

Believe it! This is your ONLY HOPE!

“Complete” (Parachute Band)

March 16, 2009

White Noise!

Filed under: Inspirational!, Main Blog Page!, Poetry, The Artful Camera! — jot777 @ 7:30 am

Lady Banks Rose

Music in the car and music on the go!
News from every orifice, technology has to show!
Can a piece of quiet be…found yet high or low?
What a really good and thoughtful quest!

They call me on the phone, to ask me how I do!
I tell them as I talk to them that I’m not yet quite through!
I don’t do much, but ’nuff ’bout me! Please tell me, “How are You?”
Productivity is such a Jest!

The modern life we live today is really quite a mess!
The “helpers” made to save us time demand more than they bless!
I start a thought on Post-It Note, and finish on Map Quest!
How strange to plan a trip to Rome, and print one to South Pole!

This busy World so filled with noise could use a change of pace!
I work much better when I choose how noise I will replace!
If there must be some sound to hear, I’d like to lighten face!
Methinks the classic music of the Masters might console…

Ah, Yes! That Mozart! What a guy! He danced in party light,
He wrote his music through the day! He drank and looked a sight!
But when was asked to play piano, he played with ALL his might!
Today, it calms the soul!

Honeysuckle Blooms

The background of my life is oft the classics of the Greats!
I write and work and think my best with notes upon my plate!
The whitest noise, and kindest sounds, are music’s bliss to date!
They cover-up the ugly sounds, and make me ears quite whole!

April 10, 2009

Is It Finished?

“Is it Finished,” as He said,
when Jesus died for me?
Did He die for ev’ry sin,
to Free Eternally?

Why do I sin though hate it firm,
and agonize to flee?
Why do I miss the matchless charm,
of Christ Who died for me?

When will I find the place of rest,
to stand, not fall again?
When will I KNOW I’ll stand each test,
defeat my ev’ry sin?

It’s Finished when I see that Christ,
doth live and die for me!
It’s Finished when I know He prized,
my Life Eternally!

It’s Finished while we wait the time,
of sin’s last crushing blow!
It’s Finished as our Hopes Sublime,
Look Up for cause to go!

It’s Finished though the Justice Scales,
be weighted toward the Wrong!
It’s Finished ’til Ol’ Gabriel sails,
to trump with Savior’s Song!

We’re Finished when we rest unmoved,
by human kith and kin!
We’re Finished for God’s Final Word,
is Jesus, LORD o’er Sin! :)

May 21, 2009

HOLINESS: “Critical to Spiritual Health!”

Living openly as a Christian in the World of the Twenty-First Century is a terribly difficult proposition as well as being increasingly dangerous to spiritual health!

The LORD demands HOLINESS as the essential character trait of individuals who serve HIM in Eternity!

The Lost person can easily despair when this is truly comprehended…because anyone who is honest with himself or herself, including the Christian who actually wants to relate to The LORD according to HIS terms, realizes that a human can NEVER attain to the Perfection & HOLINESS of The LORD’s Righteous Standard by anything that this human has the ability to do or to say!

This Requirement for SALVATION is solved by the death, burial, and resurrection of Jesus Christ!

Jesus Christ provides HOLINESS to the PROUD-SINNER who REPENTS (i.e. turns 180 degrees from SIN and SELF to HOLINESS in CHRIST.)

The Believer in Jesus Christ is reckoned innocent for Jesus paid our HELL six hours one Friday!
Now GOD will not violate the Jurisprudence of Double Jeopardy toward the Believer in Jesus Christ!

However, The Holy Spirit of GOD Who resides in the heart/the spirit of every true Christian CAN be both Grieved and Quenched! The Holy Spirit will not empower and assure the Christian who is living in SIN that both The LORD and the Believer knows without doubt.

October 19, 2009

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