1Joh 4.4 +

1Joh 4.4

“Ye are of God…& have overcome them: because

greater is he that is in you than he that is in the world.”

“Jesus calls us to his rest,

& meekness is His method.”

– A W Tozer

WATCH OUT. [A.] “License” [AV “licence”] occurs twice in the Bible, both as authority from Romans. Powers that be (considering themselves “legitimate”) continue to issue “license.” A group of like-minded men meet, draw up papers, “qualify” themselves, begin issuing certificates to those meeting their (artificial?) criteria & may condemn those who don’t join their click. We’re inundated with such. Some people take pride in being licensed. Should they? Question it. It’s just a man-made org. – 5/4/24   

“God never hurries. There are no deadlines against which he must work.

Only to know this is to quiet our spirits & relax our nerves.”

– A W Tozer

WATCH OUT. [B.] Accreditation may be considered a type of license. eab is old enough to remember when not one holiness college was “accredited” (by government/quasi-government org. tho some had God’s Holy Approval. Now (to my knowledge) all but two colleges have bowed to an accrediting stamp. No college (to my knowledge) has become MORE Godly but some have (IMO) diminished spiritually. God’s works do not need man’s approval. Oh watch what license you *change to acquire. – 5/4/24     

“I believe the problem is that we have been trying to substitute praying

for obeying & it simply will not work.”

– A W Tozer

A Christian can say  

You’re in charge Lord, of all we do and all we say,

From the day of our birth to our dying day.

All the decades, all the desires, all the delights,

Every land mile, each boat mile, all the flights.

For the man, You’re in charge of a choice wife;

For the lady, You decide who’s man of her life.

For the couple, You handle conception;

One child, no child, several; without exception.

You direct a man to be merchant, or teacher

Doctor, carpenter, animal man, or firm preacher.

You give the lady talents to keep the home:   

Cleaning, ironing, and either cooking or laundry foam.

You decide where we live, country or town,

A house of gloom or glee, smiles or a frown,

Upscale, modern, traditional ranch, track,

Older unpainted, tidy, but little more than a shack.

You Lord, guide us to the right fellow believers;

Protecting us from sheep-clothed-wolves – deceivers.

Send us where the Word is “front and center,”  

Where light is allowed to dawn and enter.

You decide if we live to grow old, then older,

Or face cancer or other problems, weak or bolder.

How wonderful to have a daily, careful Guide,

Through decades untiring, by our soul’s side,

Through cross-roads, intersections, You show the way,

Till we join Enoch, in Eternal bliss of Your day!

You, Lord are finally in charge

Of the day we the body disembark.

And as the soul has directed in care,

Up, up, up with You, see that it journeys there. – eab, 5/7/08

1Ti 6.10

For the love of money is the root of all evil: which…some coveted after…

have erred from the faith & pierced themselves through with…sorrows.”

Home School Moms. In the midst of teaching “Suzie” the many home-making skills eventually the idea of her marriage will surface. If you & your husband adore money, live for money, $peak to much of it, it’ll be difficult for you to teach what’s follows. (I suggest you parents change.) Teach your daughter to not look for a rich man. Look for a man who knows how to work & is happy workinf. Teach her to seek a man who enjoys being frugal & who OWNS an older car/truck. – 5/4/24

“We are not diplomats but prophets & our message

is not a compromise but an ultimatum.”

– A W Tozer

Home School Dads. Start observing your son’s interests while he’s little. At what is he Naturally good? Lead him away from the modern addiction to money (he should abhor just “making money”.) Lead him to make “tools” (from leather, pottery, metal, vines, wood, other). To grow plants to eat, from which to build things, for animal feed. To husband animals for eggs, leather, meat, milk, wool, etc. A son who can live from his honed, hand-made trade & be content, can also minister for Jesus! – 5/4/24

1Joh 3.7 +

1Joh 3.7

“Little children, let no man deceive you:

he that doeth righteousness is righteous, even as he is righteous.”

“What comes into our minds when we think about God is the most important thing about us…

Worship is pure or base, as the worshiper entertains high or low thoughts of God.

– A W Tozer

I want you to Memorize from the Bible (I do a little); you can know a lot of verses but fail to apply them in your life.  It’s the very Best use of your time to read the Bible (I mean the AV when I type Bible) but reading the Word won’t save you.  And, there are scholars who literally spend yrs studying Scriptures but fail to submit to the obedience God requires of them.  Read His Book, memorize, from It, even spend a life-time studying It – but BEST Love the Author  With.  All.  Your.  Heart.  April 2024.

“Truth divorced from life is not truth in its biblical sense, but something else & something less.”

– A W Tozer

To NOT have a TV in the home is one of the greatest *gifts you can give your child.  I had that – thanks to Clyde & Ruth Bryan.  My wife had that – thanks to Woody & Stella Scarbrough.  Our four Bryan children had that.  No TV allows time to explore the world of biographies & classic books.  It allows time to explore woods & fields next door.  And it allows time to start & develop hobbies; hobbies which could lead to entrepreneurial life-styles later. Praise God without TVs, but with a Better Vision. – 5/3/24    

“The sovereign God wants to be loved for Himself & honored for Himself but that is only part of what He wants. The other part is that He wants us to know that when we have Him we have everything…”

– A W Tozer

God is Good – a simple but phenomenal truth.

God was Good before we, in the least, understood.

God is Good in each high, low & mid neighborhood.

God will be Good to all who believe (as we all should).

God is Good – known to the dullest sleuth.

God is Good when we flatly do not understand.

God is Good on the highest ridge or single peak;

God is Good at sea, even when our ship has a leak.

God is Good to the nastiest, “lowest-down” sneak.

God is Good in the deepest valley known to man.

God is Good when we our parents “make us mad.”

God is Good when we KNOW Mom is clearly wrong.

God is Good when Dad has ruined our cheeper song.

God is Good when school has us going “bing” “bong”

God is Good when we’re sure things have gone bad.

God is Good – trust Him; you can trust Him Friend.

God is Good – He sees your battle from the top;

God is Good – He’ll tell satan when he HAS to stop.

God is Good – sow the right seed, He’ll bring a crop.

God is Good – trust Him day & night to the very end. – eab, 5/4/19 

Eph 6.1

“Children, obey your parents in the Lord:

for this is right.”

Home School Moms.  You have a Golden Opportunity to teach daughters to cook & love doing it. To show girls how to bake & enjoy it. To introduce female offspring to the best methods of cleaning & to be happy with the sterling results. Older daughters can also be shown how to care for babies: feeding, care, bathing, & loving “little people.” Mothers, gladly pass on the skills of motherhood – this is a wonderful chance to duplicate yourself. Don’t ignore academics but balance them with home skills. – 5/4/24

“But the sons of this world have not God; they have only each other & they walk holding to each other & looking to one another for assurance like frightened children.”

– A W Tozer

Home School Dads.  Please have the patience to teach your son how to hold (clamp if need be) a board on a sawhorse & saw it with a handsaw. Do this before teaching how to handle a circular saw. Show your son how to hold a hammer (end of handle) & how to swing it (from elbow-not shoulder). Acquaint him with the safe use hatchet & ax. Many readers have power tools (I got my first power tool at age 42) but a son who knows how to use shovel, mattock, hoe, cross-cut, & rake will be ahead in his world. – 5/4/24    

1Jo 3.6 +

1Joh 3.6

“Whosoever abideth in him sinneth not:

whosoever sinneth hath not seen him, neither known him.”

“Have you noticed how much praying for revival has been going on of late

– & how little revival has resulted?”

– A W Tozer

THINK. [A.]  Readers have heard of Nova Scotia – Canadian province, 2^nd east of Maine. Some haven’t heard of Devon Island; an almost identical-sized part of Canada. Though readers haven’t heard of Devon probably some have seen pics of it – – – labeled “Mars.” Devon the largest uninhabited island on earth; has nasa’s The Haughton Mars Project. They say Devon is much like Mars (as if they know J). Search it. Sadly, I see nothing stopping nasa from claiming pics from Devon ARE really Mars? – 5/2/24    

“The meek man cares not at all who is greater than he,

for he has long ago decided that the esteem of the world is not worth the effort.”

– A W Tozer

THINK. [B.] We’ve been lied to. (BTW, 1 of the reasons I write is to urge readers to think.) Independent photographers, not with nasa, have posted pics of heavenly bodies (look them up please). These appear nothing like nasa’s drawings nor their CGIs (Computer Generated Images). When you believe some liars, it emboldens them to try even bigger stories. Once (I apologize) I believed nasa; believed man walked on moon – now I do NOT. (Nor that Musk put a car into “space.”) – 5/2/24       

“The faith of Christ offers no buttons to push for quick service. The new order must wait

the Lord’s own time & that is too much for the man in a hurry. ”

– A W Tozer

NO COMPARISON

Thou art higher than anything men call God

Whether in, or under, or over the sod.

Thou art mightier, mightier by far.

Why worship then the sun, moon, or small star?

Thou hast all wisdom.  All wise art Thou.

How ignorant to bow before cicada, crow, or cow.

There is no attribute which man can name

But what You surpass the zenith of the same.

Yet sin in blindness, has led men to stoop,

And acclaim worship to the chicken or the “coop.”

– eab,  5/2/07

OUT o’ SIGHT

I’ve never seen a “minute” in my entire life.

An hour’s illusive; can’t cut it with a knife.

l’ve lived week by week without seeing its footprint.

A month whizzes right by – is it in a spring-“sprint”?

Years fly as in the game: “five, ten, fifteen, twenty”

Are they running out or will I still have plenty?

And decades? They also roll by from start to end

Not staying long to visit – as should a good friend.

Someday we’ll remember this mystery we call time;

It was passing, as quick as a Lord’s-day church chime.

– eab, 5/2/16

Gen 1.7

“…God made the firmament & divided the waters which were under the firmament

from the waters which were above the firmament…”

THINK. [C.] James Van Allen (U.of IA, physicist) discovered, 1958, two Radiation Belts. According to the Encyclopedia American the 1^st belt was found from about 1400 to 3400 miles above earth; the 2^nd from 8000 to 30,000 miles. “The radiation exceeds the maximum permissible human dosage…” (Encyclopedia American, 1963 ed. s.v. “Van Allen Radiation Belts”). Nasa started 10/1/1958. Either these discoveries are false or man didn’t pass through the Belts going to the moon. Think. – 5/2/24

“The most critical need of the church at this moment is men, bold men, free men. The church must seek, in prayer & much humility…men made of the stuff of which prophets & martyrs are made.”

– A W Tozer

THINK. [D.] The Bible, the most accurate – Classic AV – Text, is the First & LAST word on “heaven and earth.” (“Astronomy” isn’t in Holy Writ [“astrologer” “astrologers” are Isa & Dan] nor “cosmology” “galaxy” “globe” or “universe.”) As a naturalist, ex-science teacher, & former Assoc. Professor of Bible, I urge you to study Gen 1&2 & any other Scriptures dealing with “heaven & earth.” Study “firmament.” Some moderns worship sun, moon, &/or “the host of heaven.” DON’T. – 5/2/24   

1Jo 3.1 +

1Joh 3.1

“…What manner of love the Father hath bestowed upon us, that we should be called the sons of God: therefore the world knoweth us not…”

“Among his [satan’s] most successful devices today are these:

exalting tolerance above truth;    emphasizing the head more than the heart;

making size more important than sort;    stressing the positive to the neglect of the negative;

putting happiness above holiness;    majoring on this world instead of the next.”

– Vance Havner

Hell has no forgiveness for sin – that was an earth-thing. Hell (IMO) has multitudes who are sorry, extremely sorry for their sin, & have “repented” over & over but God does not answer their cry. satan tries to make repenting NOW look impossible. “You may lose your job.” “Your mate may leave you.” “You could be imprisoned.” All of which could happen – also, don’t forget satan is a liar! Today [not tomorrow] is the time to repent AND have God *hear your prayer. Please act while you can. – 4/26/24

“People used to blush when they were ashamed. Now they are ashamed if they blush. Modesty has disappeared…no fear of God before its eyes mocks at sin.”

– Vance Havner

PLEASE HEAR THIS. Pride gives an unpleasant *edge to your personality.  Pride makes you harder (some more, some less) with *whom to live.  Pride does *not honor God. Ask God – let me make that stronger – Beg God, to remove Pride from your life. He can.  Humility, by pleasing contrast, makes you easier for whom to work, with whom to be married, with whom to live.  These are mere earth blessings.  Look beyond!  There will be no pride in heaven.  Get rid of Pride now.  Today.  Beg Him.  – 4/30/24 

“The devil is not fighting religion…He is producing a counterfeit Christianity, so much like the real…good Christians are afraid to speak out against it.”

– Vance Havner

TEXT

Read the Bible every morning, noon, or night.

Walk, O please, walk in the It’s holy light.

God sent It – the original, most important Text

(Telling us of ages past, & the age coming next.)

Believe It. Memorize It. Follow It. It’s right! – eab, 4/29/20

Act 4.31

“…When they had prayed, the place was shaken where they were assembled together

& they were all filled with the Holy Ghost”

Why do “christians” (male & female) dress – or undress – like the world? I hope you guess the answer. If you can’t, let me tell you; it’s because the world is *in their hearts. Saints are willing to be more modest in their appearance. But the soul with worldliness inside (regardless of church attendance even church membership) will eventually have that “enemy of holiness” show up in dress, hair, face paint, jewelry, etc. God, Dear Soul, has a better life for you. Stop hankering for this sinful, dying world. – 4/30/24

“The tragedy of today is that the situation is desperate

but the saints are not.”

– Vance Havner

If your pastor (or visiting evangelist) is “entertaining,” you should pray for him to get serious, for his removal or pray about changing churches. Gospel reaching is NOT entertainment: sinners are uncomfortable when truth comes close/searching. Saints, agreeing with it, may be praying for souls in the group who need saved. Sadly, too much “special singing” is ENJOYED (hand-clapping, toe-tapping) & therefore no Soul Searching, no conviction for sin. “God give us more holy preaching.” – 4/30/24   

1Jo 2.15 +

1Joh 2.15

“Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world.

If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him.”

“We are…told in…Scriptures…men will…heap to themselves teachers to tickle their ears. We live in an epidemic of this itch…popular preachers have developed ‘ear-tickling’ into a fine art.”

– Vance Havner

Some men may not want (may almost reject) Discernment.  They may fear that Discernment may force them to make a decision they are hardly man enough to make.  What a shame.  No man of God can be at his best without the Holy Ghost in his life – – – AND – – – the Spirit brings with Him Discernment.  Are you filled with His Spirit?  Did you used to be but allowed the “cares of this world & the deceitfulness of riches & the lusts of other things” to fill where HE was.  Come back.  Come back. April 2024

“satan is not fighting churches; he is joining them. He does more harm by sowing tares than by pulling up wheat. He accomplishes more by imitation than by outright opposition.”

– Vance Havner

What is the greatest day of your life?  Day you were born. No; important, but not the top day.  Something to do with school (first day or last)? No.  Wedding date? Very important, life altering, but not the day.  Days you became a parent (one or a dozen times)? Memorable, insignificant days but still not the day.  The Apex of your life was the day you were Born Again.  Wonderful.  This New Birth (& walking with Jesus afterward) allows you to have the Second Greatest Day – the day you enter Heaven! – 4/25/24 

“Salt seasons, purifies, preserves. But somebody ought to remind us that salt also irritates.

Real living Christianity rubs this world the wrong way.”

– Vance Havner

GOD GIVES THE BEST

God does for His servants as He see best;

Some have activity, others have rest.

Several don work clothes, some suit and vest,

Some are far from home, some near their nest,

Some face life’s low load with a heavy chest,

Several sing and whistle high on the crest.

But all His known servants have passed His test;

They’ll gather soon from northeast to southwest.

Never forget, Child, God knows what is best.

– eab,  4/27/11

Mat 7.14

“Because strait is the gate & narrow is the way,

which leadeth unto life & few there be that find it.”

Be honest.  Be honest with your parents.  Be honest with your siblings.  Be honest with your wife (or husband).  More importantly Be Honest With God AND HONEST with yourself!  The last two are the hardest (in a way) but the most important.  If you’re sinning you’re not ready to die.  If you’re not ready to die you can’t really enjoy living.  (Having “fun” is not living tho satan & sinners try to say it is.)  I beg you, get alone with God.  Get honest with the guy/gal who wears your shoes.  PLEASE. – 4/26/24

“It is not our business to make the message acceptable, but to make it available.

We are not to see that they like it, but that they get it.”

– Vance Havner

SERIOUS QUESTION.  Someone in whom you have utmost Christian confidence never pay$ to attend “entertainment$.”  Never eats out on the Lord’s Day.  Never appears in immodest clothing.  Never says 4-letter words.  Never gambles.  Has no TV.  Rents no hollywood movies.  You do 1 or more of these yet claim to have Jesus in your heart – – – Does God have 2 standards?  Does He have a cheaper price for you? Do you deep-down believe you’re going to the same heaven?  You need to answer this. – 4/26/24

1Jo 2.2 +

1Jo 2.2

“And he is the propitiation for our sins: & not for ours only

but also for the sins of the whole world.”

“If a man…should voluntarily kill himself by refusing to eat & drink

everyone would own that such a one was a rebel against God…”

– Wm Law

FOLLOW CHRIST. The best way to follow the Lord is by daily reading/obeying His Word. Understand It all? No. The Bible is deep. God doesn’t expect children to perceive His Book at first no more than we expect kids to understand automatically. You understand ‘A.’? Good; obey ‘A.’ You may not understand ‘B.’ now. God’s patience is magnificent. He understands us – when we don’t understand. AND He also knows when we DO understand & are hesitating longer than necessary. Obey. Today. – 4/23/24

“Perfection does not consist in any singular state or condition of life, or in any particular set of duties but in holy & religious conduct of ourselves in every state of Life.”

– Wm Law

1. What appears to man to be

A defeat on rugged tree,

Was the triumph of all time and space.

He died – that’s to be sure

But arose to ever endure.

Thus saving the whole human race.

2. Good souls saw an empty tomb,

Waited in an upper room,

For the Comforter sent from above.

Like cloven tongues He fell,

Groups of the city then could tell,

The disciples had perfect love.

3. Forces dark are on the prowl

Antichrist may live right now,

Daniel’s vision and John’s are alike.

Jesus has the final word,

Will defeat with His great sword,

The image the Stone soon will strike.

– eab, 4/25/05 (most of it)

HOLINESS. Holiness allows you to be happy for a friend with a newer, more valuable house. A holy heart can be happy that your brother (physical or spiritual) has a better car than you do. The list could include So-n-So’s child gets scholarly recognition, a friend at work gets a promotion, etc. God wants to so sanctify you that its OK when good happens to good people & even when someone not worthy, receives better-than-they-deserve. Christ wants us 100% dead to ourselves. Are you? – 4/23/24

“From Morning to Night keep Jesus in thy Heart, long for Nothing, desire Nothing, hope for Nothing but to have all this within Thee changed into the Spirit & Temper of the Holy Jesus.”

– Wm Law

HOME SCHOOL. [B.] Reading (mentioned above) allows you to read God’s Book. That’s paramount!!! Reading also allows you to read a few, much lesser books, learning a little from academia (current & ancient). Please note the word “few.” Do NOT brag about the number of books you’ve read. It’s better, Far better to have read a few of the Best than to fill your mind with mere mediocre texts. Be selective. My point is that reading opens the door into what others have said. Seek God’s guidance. – 4/25/24 

Ecc 12.12

“…By these my son, be admonished: of making many books there is no end

& much study is a weariness of the flesh.”

“…As the Pharisees’ rejection of Christ was under a profession of faith in the Messianic Scriptures, so church leaders today reject the demonstration & power of the Holy Spirit in the name of sound doctrine.”

– Wm Law

HOME SCHOOL. [C.] [Home school & home sch.B] (above) deal with reading. Also learn to write. Yes, write cursive but more than that learn to arrange thoughts so they convey information that’s beneficial to your fellow men & glorifying to God. Carry a paper pad with you most of the time or be able to stop & pen ideas as they come. (Make yourself get out of bed & write down ideas!) Your God-glorifying pennings may well outlive you & could influence a soul toward Heaven – the goal of saints – 4/25/24 

1Jo 2.1

“And if any man sin, we have an advocate with the Father

Jesus Christ the righteous”

“Never…allow yourselves to despise those

who do not follow your rules of life…”

– Wm Law

Feel sorry for a friend who claims to understand God – he’s delusional.  But, oh, delight to be the friend of him who is SEEKING to understand God. He is on an ever ascending path.  He is finding daily (or often) fresh insights into God’s Book.  He is both talking to the Father & eagerly listing to His whispers.  Have Christ as your Best Friend. Seek to be friends also with men & women who are spending time with God the Father, God the Son, & God the Holy Ghost.  A little “heaven” while still on earth. – April 2024 

“For as great as the power of the world is, it is all built on a blind obedience

& we need only open our eyes to get rid of its power.”

– Wm Law

WEEP NOW

Laughter?

That’s what’s to come after.

We’ve wept for the soul of a friend

Now bound in selfishness & sin.

“…Weeping may endure for a night…”

Joy comes with the morning light –

The morning of the Resurrection.

– eab,  4/23/18

DON’T BE FUNNY

Churches weren’t built for feasting or humor.

“Comedy” [1] has no home there – it’s a tumor,

A cancer to be removed, a “foreign growth,”

Close to (first cousins with?) a bad oath.

More out-o-place than the gossipy rumor.

– eab,  4/23/18

MOVERS & SHAKERS – [C.] TIDE (to include normal sea movements & river floods). The next tide is on its way & nothing – – – NOTHING “movers & shakers” can do will slow it down. Nor can “movers & shakers” speed up the tide. Man, the most powerful in fellow-man’s sight is a mere walker on the face of earth. He can’t control the WIND [A. above] nor can he control the RAIN [B.]. These common, daily powers are 100% in the control of God. Praise the Lord. Don’t fear “movers & shakers.” – April 2024

“The soul & body are so united that they have each of them

power over one another in their actions.”

– Wm Law

God know the heart – All hearts. He knows the man who is “Selling for more than he’s worth.” He also knows the guy who’s better than his neighbors know, perhaps than his wife acknowledges. So, if Mr X is getting too much credit, is too busy doing this or that, don’t fret – Christ has his number. He is not fooled. Or if you are being wrongfully discredited (or someone you know) don’t fret. Christians don’t live for earthly rewards. Heaven has a perfect record. Live so you go there. – 4/23/24

Luk 6.3

“…Jesus…said, Have ye not read so much as this, what David did,

when himself was an hungred & they which were with him”

“God is to be glorified, holiness is to be practiced & the spirit of religion

is to be the common spirit of every Christian…”

– Wm Law

HOME SCHOOL. Reading is THE most important academic skill you’ll ever teach your child. Period. This highly valuable skill allows them, eventually to read the Bible *FOR *THEMSELVES. This is priceless. Writing (not printing) is the 2^nd most value. The skills to add, subtract, multiply & divide are important, but definitely in 3^rd place. [Much, if not all, “higher math” is man-made & works “hand-in-hand” with & advances man-made “science;” should be limited – if taught at all.] Reading! Writing! – 4/23/24

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[1] There’s difference between amusing, accidental absurdity & “trying to be funny.”

1Joh 1.9

“If we confess our sins, he is faithful & just to forgive us

our sins & to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.”

“Don’t…come to church without coming as though it were the first time,

as though it could be the best time &

as though it could be the last time.”

– Vance Havner

Christian. [B.] Many say they’re “christians” (or some organization is) but they’re a cult.  Many times romanism (in its varieties) orthodoxy (in its varieties) or other sects masquerade as real but have heathen traditions.  Don’t believe a state official, media personality, corporate or educational guru, even a church “big wig” is a true Christian by mere words.  Look at their lives; “Wherefore by their fruits ye shall know them”(Mat 7.20).  satan can appear as an angel of light. – 4/8/24

“If you are a Christian, you are not a citizen of this world trying to get to heaven

you are a citizen of heaven making your way through this world.”

– Vance Havner

DIVORCE & REMARRIAGE.  [B.] There are women who’re divorced by their husbands (& men divorced by wives). These souls can’t stop such action. However, no one, makes them re-marry. They may have done their best to stop the legal action – that’s to be commended. But the choice to seek a different mate is entirely in their control. No one makes anyone marry a second time therefore the sin (for them) is RE-marriage. Our pulpits are too quite on this terrible sin.  April 2024

“If they had a social gospel in the days of the prodigal son, somebody

would have given him a bed & a sandwich & he never would have gone home.”

– Vance Havner

Beyond Vainness

Some want impressive structure: steeple & carved door

Some people like colored windows and an attractive floor,

Others worship in a house which is striking in its plainness.

Worshiping God is a must – get beyond building vainness.

Compared to God’s riches, all churches are pitifully poor.

– eab,  4/20/13

Jam 5.17

“Elias…prayed earnestly that it might not rain

…it rained not on the earth by the space of 3 years & 6 months.”

MOVERS & SHAKERS – [B.] RAIN (Other precipitations).  Men have been trying (limited success?) to seed clouds.  (To actually call it rain may border on falsehood.)  God makes it rain.  When He pleases. For as long as He pleases. Where He pleases.  GOD (or a prophet close to Him – Jam 5.17) can turn off the faucet of heaven.  Rain is not in the bailiwick of “movers & shakers.”  They take sprinkles or violent storms of water from the sky at the discretion of the God. “Movers & shakers” don’t make rain. – 4/18/24

“We are so fond of being called tolerant & broadminded

that we wink at sin when we ought to weep.”

– Vance Havner

Mom – who normally spends more time with the new-born – is his first teacher. Dad comes in as a close second & supplies the needed male balance. Adam & Eve were the teachers for their many “kids” (only God knows how many) “And the days of Adam after he had begotten Seth were eight hundred years & he begat sons & daughters”(Gen 5.4). HOME SCHOOL started with those two. It was interrupted by states or cults or others but needs re-instated by Christian parents.  Don’t fear it – embrace it. – 4/20/24

1Jo 1.7 +

1Jo 1.7

“…If we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with another

& the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin.”

“If I hate or despise any one man in the world,

I hate something that God cannot hate…”

– Wm Law

Christian. Please be very aware that this Word has several “definitions.” There are a few souls (in comparison to many using this title) who are TRUE Christians. These have been Born Again through the awful sacrifice of the Death of Jesus Christ “…the only Begotten of the Father…”(Joh 1.14).  He is the only way to God “…No man cometh unto the Father but by me”[Christ](Joh 14.6).  I beg of you, come to Jesus, confess all your sins, believe on Him for salvation & walk on into Full Salvation. – 4/8/24

“Instead of the vain, immodest entertainment of Plays & Operas

I have taught you to delight in visiting the sick & poor…”

– Wm Law

Normal to Believe

It’s as normal to believe in a Maker,

As to believe bread has had a baker.

– eab,  4/19/10

PRICE

“Everyman has his price;”

Is not true. And – it’s not nice.

Many sinners can be bought;

True saints? Absolutely not.

“Saying” connects to vile vice.

– eab,  4/19/20

You may’ve seen the meme, “You can have my gun when you pry my cold, dead fingers off of it.”  Is that how YOU feel about your worldliness?  Will you only “give-up” the world at death’s door?  HARK – you WILL give up the world!  Period!  Christ allows you to voluntarily give it up now & go with Him to heaven.  But if you won’t do it by choice, you’ll do it at death & then lose both the world (for which you lusted) & ALL hope of heaven. Please, friend, let go of worldliness this day. – 4/8/24

“…Nothing…makes it [the mind] less master of its own actions

or less capable of following reason, than a love of praise & honor.”

– Wm Law

DIVORCE & REMARRIAGE.  [A.]  The greatest institution on earth is the Home. Period! It is God-made. The worst enemy of the Home is divorce. Divorce is satan-made. Your pastor as (hopefully) a true Servant of Jesus, should be all about salvaging Homes. However much a pastor may verbally exalt the home, & preach positively about it, if he allows for “divorce & remarriage;” allows an exception here or “innocent party” there, your pastor is NOT a faithful friend of the Home. – 4/15/24

Rom 7.3

“…If while her husband liveth, she be married to another man, she shall be called an adulteress: but if her husband be dead, she is free from that law; so that she is no adulteress…”

“Nothing saves a man from his own righteousness,

but that which delivers him from his own wisdom.”

– Wm Law

MOVERS & SHAKERS – [A.] WIND.  In the last decades we picked up the expression “Movers & Shakers.” I suppose a man who imagines himself “powerful” enjoys this Pride-filled-title, happy to be seen as “god-like” among mere men. Let’s be honest; some men are tempted “…To think of himself more highly than he ought to think…”(Rom 12.3). Movers & shakers can make fans but the most powerful, even world leaders can’t make the Wind blow; Not the first a little breeze. NOR – – – can he stop God’s wind. – 4/18/24

1Joh 1.5b +

1Joh 1.5b

“This then is the message which we…declare unto you,

that God is light & in him is no darkness at all.”

“Saul had the greatest

Old Testament pastor – Samuel”

– Richard Humble

WONDERFUL WORDS. [B.] Many paths (though walked before) yield a picture new.  Oh, perhaps I have seen it in minor detail but today I may sense it with greater reality.  This world of God’s inspired Words yields not only lovely scenarios but also has fruit for the picking along the way.  Some delicious tidbit may be lower (makes for easy picking). Some fruit may be eye-level & convenient to acquire. Other delicacies may require me to stretch my mind & soul, but how rewarding to do so. – 4/10/24 

“The highest level of Christian holiness

that the Bible teaches is forgiveness.”

– Richard Humble

Too many unsanctified women want men to look at them.  One of the ways they get attention is using jewelry.  A rather plain face may catch attention by placing shiny objects on each ear.  Do they improve hearing?  Not that I know of.  Does the purchase of them increase the checking account?  Again, a negative. So why buy?  To garner a man’s second look.  To gain a compliment from a female jewelry wearer. Carnality wants (demands?) attention.  A saintly lady needs no earring. Think about it. – 4/17/24

“Fruit bearing is an everyday job

for everyday Christians.”

– Richard Humble (at Easley, NC)

I… I… I.

Achan said, “I saw”…”I coveted”…”I took.”

He has a Bad name, in God’s Good Book.

To see is no sin. (Don’t make that mistake.)

He did NOT have to covet, NOR, to take. 

O, Friend, don’t be like this sad, sad crook.  

– eab,  4/18/23 

Mar 9.44 AND .46 AND .48

“Where their worm dieth not & the fire is not quenched.”

A.) Some have dropped out of school, saw that that was a mistake, & later finished.  B.) A few men (or women) have divorced their mate, married someone else, realized it was a terrible sin, asked God for forgiveness, asked the mate for forgiveness, re-married the original companion & ended life together.  Congregations.  BUT – – – when you drop out of God’s family or “divorce” God, you may never make it back to the “Good ole days.”  DEATH is absolutely Final.  Get saved.  STAY saved. – 4/18/24      

“Walking with God &

a holy heart are inseparable.

– Richard Humble

I’m not asking “Do you pray?” (Millions thank God for “beans & taters” or mumble prayers before tumbling into bed.) Do you Plead (“Beg”) God for the salvation of your brother or sister? Do you repeat God’s promises back to Him? Do you carry a Burden for your pastor? You’ve noticed the pastor’s wife seems more inclined toward the world – Are you talking about this or OR, are you crying to God about it? The praying you do (in a “secret closet”) may – in the end – BE your most important work in life! – 4/18/24