Be a Beseecher

• Beseech -- To entreat; to supplicate; to implore; to plead with; to beg; to request earnestly; to ask or pray for urgently and fervently; to press or urge.
• Beseecher -- one who beseeches.

And the Lord said unto Moses, I will do this thing also that thou hast spoken: for thou hast found grace in my sight, and I know thee by name.And he said, I beseech thee, shew me thy glory. And he said, I will make all my goodness pass before thee, and I will proclaim the name of the Lord before thee; and will be gracious to whom I will be gracious, and will shew mercy on whom I will shew mercy. 

And David's heart smote him after that he had numbered the people. And David said unto the Lord, I have sinned greatly in that I have done: and now, I beseech thee, O Lord, take away the iniquity of thy servant; for I have done very foolishly. 

Now therefore, O Lord our God, I beseech thee, save thou us out of his hand, that all the kingdoms of the earth may know that thou art the Lord God, even thou only. Now, my God, let, I beseech thee, thine eyes be open, and let thine ears be attent unto the prayer that is made in this place.O Lord, I beseech thee, let now thine ear be attentive to the prayer of thy servant, and to the prayer of thy servants, who desire to fear thy name: and prosper, I pray thee, thy servant this day, and grant him mercy in the sight of this man. Remember, I beseech thee, that thou hast made me as the clay; and wilt thou bring me into dust again? 

Return, we beseech thee, O God of hosts: look down from heaven, and behold, and visit this vine. Then called I upon the name of the Lord; O Lord, I beseech thee, deliver my soul. Save now, I beseech thee, O Lord: O Lord, I beseech thee, send now prosperity. Accept, I beseech thee, the freewill offerings of my mouth, O Lord, and teach me thy judgments.

Remember now, O Lord, I beseech thee, how I have walked before thee in truth and with a perfect heart, and have done that which is good in thy sight. And Hezekiah wept sore. Be not wroth very sore, O Lord, neither remember iniquity for ever: behold, see, we beseech thee, we are all thy people.But Jeremiah said, They shall not deliver thee. Obey, I beseech thee, the voice of the Lord, which I speak unto thee: so it shall be well unto thee, and thy soul shall live. 

O Lord, according to all thy righteousness, I beseech thee, let thine anger and thy fury be turned away from thy city Jerusalem, thy holy mountain: because for our sins, and for the iniquities of our fathers, Jerusalem and thy people are become a reproach to all that are about us. Wherefore they cried unto the Lord, and said, We beseech thee, O Lord, we beseech thee, let us not perish for this man's life, and lay not upon us innocent blood: for thou, O Lord, hast done as it pleased thee.

And the king answered and said unto the man of God, Intreat now the face of the Lord thy God, and pray for me, that my hand may be restored me again. And the man of God besought the Lord, and the king's hand was restored him again, and became as it was before. And Jehoahaz besought the Lord, and the Lord hearkened unto him: for he saw the oppression of Israel, because the king of Syria oppressed them. And when he was in affliction, he besought the Lord his God, and humbled himself greatly before the God of his fathers. So we fasted and besought our God for this: and he was intreated of us. 

And Esther spake yet again before the king, and fell down at his feet, and besought him with tears to put away the mischief of Haman the Agagite, and his device that he had devised against the Jews. Did Hezekiah king of Judah and all Judah put him at all to death? did he not fear the Lord, and besought the Lord, and the Lord repented him of the evil which he had pronounced against them? Thus might we procure great evil against our souls.

And when Jesus was entered into Capernaum, there came unto him a centurion, beseeching him. And saying, Lord, my servant lieth at home sick of the palsy, grievously tormented. And there came a leper to him, beseeching him, and kneeling down to him, and saying unto him, If thou wilt, thou canst make me clean. And they bring unto him one that was deaf, and had an impediment in his speech; and they beseech him to put his hand upon him. And a certain centurion's servant, who was dear unto him, was sick, and ready to die. And when he heard of Jesus, he sent unto him the elders of the Jews, beseeching Him that he would come and heal his servant. When he saw Jesus, he cried out, and fell down before Him, and with a loud voice said, What have I to do with Thee, Jesus, thou Son of God most high? I beseech thee, torment me not. 

And, behold, a man of the company cried out, saying, Master, I beseech thee, look upon my son: for he is mine only child. And, lo, a spirit taketh him, and he suddenly crieth out; and it teareth him that he foameth again, and bruising him hardly departeth from him. And when the men of that place had knowledge of him, they sent out into all that country round about, and brought unto him all that were diseased; And besought him that they might only touch the hem of his garment: and as many as touched were made perfectly whole. 

And whithersoever he entered, into villages, or cities, or country, they laid the sick in the streets, and besought him that they might touch if it were but the border of his garment: and as many as touched him were made whole. For a certain woman, whose young daughter had an unclean spirit, heard of him, and came and fell at his feet: The woman was a Greek, a Syrophenician by nation; and she besought him that he would cast forth the devil out of her daughter. But Jesus said unto her, Let the children first be filled: for it is not meet to take the children's bread, and to cast it unto the dogs. 

And he cometh to Bethsaida; and they bring a blind man unto him, and besought him to touch him. And he took the blind man by the hand, and led him out of the town; and when he had spit on his eyes, and put his hands upon him, he asked him if he saw ought. And he arose out of the synagogue, and entered into Simon's house. And Simon's wife's mother was taken with a great fever; and they besought him for her. And it came to pass, when he was in a certain city, behold a man full of leprosy: who seeing Jesus fell on his face, and besought him, saying, Lord, if thou wilt, thou canst make me clean.

Then the whole multitude of the country of the Gadarenes round about besought him to depart from them; for they were taken with great fear: and he went up into the ship, and returned back again. So when the Samaritans were come unto him, they besought him that he would tarry with them: and he abode there two days. So Jesus came again into Cana of Galilee, where he made the water wine. And there was a certain nobleman, whose son was sick at Capernaum. When he heard that Jesus was come out of Judaea into Galilee, he went unto him, and besought him that he would come down, and heal his son: for he was at the point of death.

And when the Jews were gone out of the synagogue, the Gentiles besought that these words might be preached to them the next sabbath. And when she was baptized, and her household, she besought us, saying, If ye have judged me to be faithful to the Lord, come into my house, and abide there. 

And lest I should be exalted above measure through the abundance of the revelations, there was given to me a thorn in the flesh, the messenger of Satan to buffet me, lest I should be exalted above measure. For this thing I besought the Lord thrice, that it might depart from me. And he said unto me, My grace is sufficient for thee: for my strength is made perfect in weakness. Most gladly therefore will I rather glory in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me.

I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service. Now I beseech you, brethren, for the Lord Jesus Christ's sake, and for the love of the Spirit, that ye strive together with me in your prayers to God for me. Now I beseech you, brethren, mark them which cause divisions and offences contrary to the doctrine which ye have learned; and avoid them. Now I beseech you, brethren, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that ye all speak the same thing, and that there be no divisions among you; but that ye be perfectly joined together in the same mind and in the same judgment.

To wit, that God was in Christ, reconciling the world unto himself, not imputing their trespasses unto them; and hath committed unto us the word of reconciliation.Now then we are ambassadors for Christ, as though God did beseech you by us: we pray you in Christ's stead, be ye reconciled to God. For he hath made him to be sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in him. We then, as workers together with him, beseech you also that ye receive not the grace of God in vain.

Now I Paul myself beseech you by the meekness and gentleness of Christ, who in presence am base among you, but being absent am bold toward you. I therefore, the prisoner of the Lord, beseech you that ye walk worthy of the vocation wherewith ye are called. I beseech Euodias, and beseech Syntyche, that they be of the same mind in the Lord. Furthermore then we beseech you, brethren, and exhort you by the Lord Jesus, that as ye have received of us how ye ought to walk and to please God, so ye would abound more and more. 

And we beseech you, brethren, to know them which labour among you, and are over you in the Lord, and admonish you; And to esteem them very highly in love for their work's sake. And be at peace among yourselves. And we beseech you, brethren, to know them which labour among you, and are over you in the Lord, and admonish you; And to esteem them very highly in love for their work's sake. And be at peace among yourselves. 

Yet for love's sake I rather beseech thee, being such an one as Paul the aged, and now also a prisoner of Jesus Christ. I beseech thee for my son Onesimus, whom I have begotten in my bonds: Which in time past was to thee unprofitable, but now profitable to thee and to me. Dearly beloved, I beseech you as strangers and pilgrims, abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against the soul. And now I beseech thee, lady, not as though I wrote a new commandment unto thee, but that which we had from the beginning, that we love one another.

SEEK *HIM*

But without faith it is impossible to please Him: for he that cometh to God must believe that He is, and that He is a rewarder of them that diligently seek Him. But if from thence thou shalt seek the Lord thy God, thou shalt find him, if thou seek him with all thy heart and with all thy soul. Glory ye in his holy name: let the heart of them rejoice that seek the Lord. 

Seek the Lord and His strength, seek His face continually.  Now set your heart and your soul to seek the Lord your God. For Ezra had prepared his heart to seek the law of the Lord, and to do it, and to teach in Israel statutes and judgments. And they that know Thy name will put their trust in Thee: for Thou, Lord, hast not forsaken them that seek Thee.  

The Lord looked down from heaven upon the children of men, to see if there were any that did understand, and seek God. The meek shall eat and be satisfied: they shall praise the Lord that seek Him: your heart shall live for ever. When thou saidst, Seek ye my face; my heart said unto thee, Thy face, Lord, will I seek. The young lions do lack, and suffer hunger: but they that seek the Lord shall not want any good thing. Evil men understand not judgment: but they that seek the Lord understand all things.

But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and His righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you. Seek ye out of the book of the Lord, and read. Hearken to me, ye that follow after righteousness, ye that seek the Lord: look unto the Rock whence ye are hewn, and to the hole of the pit whence ye are digged. 

Seek ye the Lord while He may be found, call ye upon Him while He is near. Why seek ye the living among the dead?  Jesus saith unto her, Woman, why weepest thou? whom seekest thou? She, supposing him to be the gardener, saith unto Him, Sir, if thou have borne him hence, tell me where thou hast laid Him, and I will take Him away. For all seek their own, not the things which are Jesus Christ's.

Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you. For every one that asketh receiveth; and he that seeketh findeth; and to him that knocketh it shall be opened. The Lord is good unto them that wait for Him, to the soul that seeketh Him. Sow to yourselves in righteousness, reap in mercy; break up your fallow ground: for it is time to seek the Lord, till He come and rain righteousness upon you.  Seek Him that maketh the seven stars and Orion, and turneth the shadow of death into the morning, and maketh the day dark with night: that calleth for the waters of the sea, and poureth them out upon the face of the earth: The Lord is His name. 

Seek good, and not evil, that ye may live: and so the Lord, the God of hosts, shall be with you.  Seek ye the Lord, all ye meek of the earth, which have wrought his judgment; seek righteousness, seek meekness: it may be ye shall be hid in the day of the Lord's anger.  

When the people therefore saw that Jesus was not there, neither His disciples, they also took shipping, and came to Capernaum, seeking for Jesus. There is none that understandeth, there is none that seeketh after God. If ye then be risen with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ sitteth on the right hand of God. Only fear the Lord, and serve Him in truth with all your heart: for consider how great things He hath done for you.

Probing Questions 3

Here are a few probing questions you might want to use when disputing (Acts 6:9; 9:29; 17:17; 19:8-9) with vain, misguided religionists:

* Do you deserve anything but Hell?

* What are you going to lose, your sins or your Soul?

* What are you trying draw attention to?
* Have you earned your right to go to Heaven?
* How good does a man have to be to satisfy JEHOVAH'S Divine Justice?

* Am I truly born again of the Spirit of God? Is my conversion a fake or a Reality? Am I led by the indwelling, purifying, quickening power of the Holy Spirit? Or is my experience just some religious show and human reformation? Am I still in my sins, in my natural unregenerate state? Do I truly love Christ, or is it only a vain pretense? Do I heartily serve and glorify Him? Do I hate and fight against my secret sins? Does the love of Christ actually constrain me from going my own way? 

* Have you grieved the Holy Spirit today?

* Do your sins pester and pain you?

* Can the Ethiopian change his sin, or the leopard his spots? then may ye also do good, that are accustomed to do evil. 

* Have you forgotten God, and trusted in falsehood?

* How can a Soul dead in his sins accomplish his own quickening?

* Has JESUS ever raised your Soul from dead? If He has, then you had nothing to do with it, just ask Lazarus.

* Are you fully resting on solid Rock, or are you building in vain on your own sinking sand?

* What price do you pay for God's air you breathe freely each day, or His sunlight that warms you abundantly? Neither do you pay for God's free Salvation.

* Do you know anybody to trust in but Christ Jesus Himself?

* Does Jesus Christ know you? Matthew 7:23

* How long will you refuse Christ's Salvation so dearly purchased and so freely offered to you?
* Are you allergic to sin?

* Are you led by the Holy Spirit or your religion?
* Does God owe you His Mercy?

* How long will it be until you finally trust in Jesus Christ alone?
* Do you hate your sins? Are you tired of your self and sins yet?  Does your sin ever sicken you?

* Have been born of the Spirit of God? Was there ever a day when you passed from death to life, or are you presently abiding in death? Have you the witness in yourself that you have been operated upon by the Spirit of God? Do you have an inward craving and a longing for the Spirit of God? Is a Tenant now residing within your heart which sighs and yearns for New Jerusalem, Emmanuel's Land? 

* Are you trying to prop up the Cross, the Finished Work of The Lord Jesus Christ, with your good works?
* Is your faith genuinely rooted in Jesus' Precious Blood?  Romans 3:25

* Have you come to your wit's end?
* Can your works (good deeds) help cancel your guilt or atone for your sins?
* Does God owe you His Salvation?
* What can I do today to glorify the Lord Jesus Christ with my body, mind and life?

* Is the Lord Jesus Christ who bled on Calvary, rose from the dead and is now exalted in heaven, my King? Is His law my law? Do I desire entirely to submit myself to His will and ways? Do I hate what He hates, and love what He loves? Do I live to praise Him? 
* What is Imputation? Propitiation?
* What/Who is your Righteousness?

* How can ye believe which receive honor one of another?
* Do you have instantaneous, irreversible, free Eternal Life?
* Do you have anything to boast of?
* What do you glory in the most?
* Have you ever been saved from the love of sin?
* What secret sin (thought or deed) have you avoided/resisted today for Jesus' sake?
* Do you have any trust in your own righteousness?
* Can you say anything good about yourself?
* Is there one good thing about you?
* Are you not imperfect in your very best doings?
* Do you deserve to be saved?

* Are you content to abide in your religious righteousness, provoking God's wrath for another hour while at this very moment you are in imminent peril of eternal damnation?  How long will you linger on dangerous ground?
* Have you ever been burdened under a sense of your sins?
* Are you in Christ Jesus, or in your sins?
* Is your best good enough to satisfy God's divine justice?
* Who sets your moral guidelines and standards?
* How can I glorify God in all this?
* Dost thou not fear God?
* What are you going to believe, human imagination or Divine Revelation?
* Have you been born twice?
* What do you rely on for significance?
* Is there a way out of my sin?  *John 14:6*
* Has the Gospel changed your behavior and character?
* Who shall add anything to what Christ has finished?
* How is that you have nothing to help you die?
* Are you trying to be your own savior?
* Have you actually the Spirit of God within you?
* Were you ever made to feel that there was no merit in anything that you ever did?
* What is your confidence for eternal life?
* Dost thou believe on the Son of God? *John 9:35*
* Do you have an inner conflict with your sins?

* Does your thought life ever bother you?
* Do you glory only in the Cross?

* Have you taken the Lamb of God to the Light and Comfort your soul? Have all your sins been laid on the Lamb of God which taketh away the sins of the world, and trust only to Him as suffering in your place, to make full Atonement for your guilt?
* Have you confided your soul's everlasting destiny into Christ's dear hands?

* How will your deeds appear in the light of God's judgment, and how will they weigh in the infallible balances of His unerring divine justice?
* Have you abandoned your self-righteousness, and rested in Jesus only?

* Are you trying to invent your own way to Heaven? Joseph Smith did this, and he ended up in Hell.

* If you die in your sleep tonight, will you wind up in Heaven or Hell?

* Has the Holy Spirit caused to feel the burden of your sins? Have you taken your sin burden to the Cross and been forgiven freely by the Lamb of God?

* Are you so foolish that you think that you can help Jesus Christ save your sinful soul? It is like thinking you could help a heart surgeon complete your triple bypass surgery.  Christ Jesus alone must create in you a clean heart; you or your religion can never do that.
* Have you taken Jesus Christ, God Incarnate, to be your soul's only confidence, and nothing else?
* Is there anything in you that can help save you?
* Who is your faith resting in now?
* What shall a man give in exchange for his soul?
* Is a Savior necessary in your case? 
* Will you go with Jesus barefoot over the gravel of persecution, or do you like a silver slipper religion? 
* Have you any sins that you cannot get rid of on you own?
* Are you willing to be saved by Jesus Christ on His terms?
* Are there not with you, even with you, sins against the LORD your God?
* Will any of your doings help to atone for your sins, or help you to be accepted before God?
* Does a man/woman have to do anything to help save their soul?
* Is your righteousness one which you have attained yourself, or has the Righteousness of Christ been imputed to you freely by the Holy Ghost?
* Have you set up your own righteousness in opposition to Christ's Righteousness?
* Are you depending upon anything beside Jesus Christ and Him crucified?
* Why won't you simply trust Someone who loved you to death?
* What are you counting on to keep you out of Hell?
* Is there not sufficient merit in the Savior's bloody death to make Atonement for all your sins?
* Do you feel that you deserve God's divine mercy?
* How long will you refuse to humble yourself before Jesus Christ?
* Are you only living for yourself, or some temporary end and purpose?

* How many times do you have to sin to lose your salvation?  Remember:  The very thought of foolishness is sin, not just the act of sin.
* Will the object of your life die with your dying, and be buried in your grave?
* Have you taken the God who is your Maker and Savior to be the great object of your life?
* Are you a believer and truster in Jesus Christ, the living God?
* Do you have any reliance other than Jesus' Precious Blood?
* Have you a God to go to?

* Are you a viewer or a doer? Are you interested or INvolved?
* How shall we escape, if we neglect so great salvation?
* Can a child of God ever become a child of the devil again?

* Have you ever been really upset over and aggravated by your sins?

* Have you even been sorry for your sins and forsook them?

* Why do you love Sin the way you do?

* What did the devil ever do for you to make you stick to him so loyally for years?

* Is there anything within you upon which you can depend?
* Are you allergic to Sin?
* Are you worthy of eternal life?

* Know ye not that Jesus Christ in you, except ye be reprobates?
* Will you have Christ or not?
* Have you done sufficient works to merit salvation?
* What shall be the end of them that obey not the Gospel of God?
* Why would you ever want to add anything of your own to what Christ has already completed?
* Are you trying to put a few of your own merits together, a few odds and ends, a few fig leaves and filthy rags of your own righteousness to help Christ out?
* Are you bringing some of your own works to help eke out Christ's work?
* Do you hope to come to Christ one of these days when you make yourself better?
* Are going to make yourself better, and then let Christ do the rest of the work?
* Are you trying to do something to make a righteousness of your own?
* Are you happy with yourself? Are you perfect?
* Do you rejoice over repenting sinners? Do you feel intense sympathy for lost sinners? Do you dread lest they should be lost? Do you pray that they may be saved? Do you seek by your own personal testimony and entreaty to bring them to the Savior, Jesus Christ?
* Have you taken JEHOVAH JESUS to be your Great God and Saviour?
* Are you dead set on dying in your sins?
* Do you claim to have been absolutely perfect before your Maker from your childhood till now?
* Is your righteousness one which you have worked out for yourself, or has the Righteousness of Christ been freely imputed to your soul?
* Do you look for Salvation by self, or by Christ, or by both?
* Are you too good to be saved?
* Is there anything in you that you can trust to?
* What do you enjoy most when no one is watching?
* Have you ever been a child of wrath, a child of disobedience, a child of Satan?
* Does your soul's eternal safety depend upon yourself at all?
* Do you have any merits of your own which can recommend you to God?
* Have you ever been really upset over your sins?
* How good does a man have to be to satisfy divine justice? *I Peter 2:22; II Cor 5:21; I John 3:5*
* What have you done with Jesus which is called Christ?
* Do you deserve anything except Hell?
* Does God owe you His mercy?
* What do you think of most throughout the day?
* What produces your strongest emotions?
* What makes you tick within?
* Have you ever come to the end of yourself?
* Do you hate your sins? Do you swim against the stream of your evil tendencies?
* Is all your hope fixed on what Jesus did for sinners on Calvary's tree?
* Do you think any of your religious works can help cancel your guilt?
* Christ Jesus has done so much for you; what have you ever done for Him?
* Do you think that anything you have is your own?
* What do you throw money at?
* What does your mind feed on?
* How is your soul prospering?
* Do you know any sinner who Jesus Christ died for?
* What are the ruling habits of your life?
* Have you a longing in your heart to be the means of bringing others to Christ?
* Have you talked about Jesus Christ today? Have you spoken to anybody about their soul today?
* Who are you trying to please?
* Does your sin sicken you?
* Have you ever thought how greatly you have sinned against Jesus?
* What is your life's master passion?
* What bad habits do you struggle with most?
* What consumes your thoughts?
* Does God owe you His salvation?
* Will your future efforts help blot out your sins?
* What is your righteousness?
* Have you been to Jesus to have your sins freely, instantly, eternally forgiven?
* Do you have anything of your own to boast of?
* Do you have any trust in your own righteousness?
* Can I tell you how much Jesus loves me?
* Will you be able to claim any credit for your salvation?
* Are you resting at all on what you are?
* Can you earn God's divine mercy?
* Does God know you're saved?
* Who am I, what does living really mean, what is my destiny?
* Is there any good work of your own that you are relying upon?
* Do you have any claim upon God's mercy?
* Where is your confidence?
* Do you deserve God's love and mercy?
* How good do you have to be to get to Heaven? Answer: No good.
* Do you know your Best Friend?
* Are sins forgiven freely?
* How good does a man have to be to satisfy God's divine justice? Answer: Perfect
* Where are your sins right now, on Christ, or on your soul?
* Are you a self-saved man?
* Do you have two Saviors?
* Are you half-saved?
* Do you deserve God's forgiveness?
* What are the good works that can merit Heaven and ensure eternal life?
* Are you willing to be saved on God's free terms?
* Have you been clean delivered from all confidence in yourself?
* Are you trusting solely and entirely in the Blood and Righteousness of God's crucified and risen Son?
* Is there some private sin you don't want to give up?
* Have you passed from death to life?
* Was the Savior necessary in your case?
* Have you any sins from which you cannot escape of yourself?
* Have you ever felt the evil and guilt of your sins?
* Are you willing to be saved by Jesus Christ alone?
* Have you accepted the Christ, the whole Christ, the Man Christ, the God Christ, Immanuel, God with us?
* Is Jesus' atoning blood all your trust?
* Have you felt the burden of your sin? Have you ever taken that burden to the Cross by faith and given it over to Jesus Christ Himself?
* Are you confiding your soul's eternal interest with Christ Jesus alone?
* Does your religion have anything to do with your salvation?
* At your very best, do you have anything to boast of?
* Do you believe in the Crucified Creator God?
* Where do people go when they die? What about you? Why? Living life without Christ is only a foretaste of hell. Living life with Christ is only a foretaste of heaven.
* If you could ask God one thing, what would it be?
* Should God punish murderers? If so, how should he punish them?
* What do you think a person has to do to go to Heaven or Hell?
* Do you consider yourself to be a ‘good, moral’ person?
* How many of the Ten Commandments can you name? Have you always kept them in thought, word and deed?
* Where would you go if you died tonight? Why?
* Do you believe there is such a place as Hell? Who goes there? Why?
* If there was a way to avoid damnation, would you be interested?
* Do you think the Bible’s claim, that someone can know that they have everlasting life, is true?
* Who do you think Jesus was? The Bible says that Jesus was God manifest in the flesh who lived, bled and died to atone for human sin.
* What is stopping you from asking the Lord Jesus Christ for forgiveness of sins and being converted right now?
* Does God ever get angry at anyone?
* Do you think you’ll make it to heaven? Are you a good enough person to miss the Judgment?
* Have you told a lie? Have you ever stolen something? Have you ever taken God’s name in vain? Have you ever looked at a woman with lust?
* You have to admit you have a disease, before you seek a cure. Are you morally perfect?
* You will be responsible for all your thoughts and actions on the Day of Judgment. Every idle word, all liars shall have their part in the lake of fire, shall not inherit kingdom of God Are you hoping your parachute is packed correctly? You do that before you take off. It is not God’s will for you to go to Hell.
* When is the last time you read your Bible?
* What is the sin that will take more people to hell than any other sin? Idolatry (making a god to suit yourself, that you're happy with, that you're comfortable with in your sins, Hitler did that. Your god will fit your morals.
* Do you see your need of God’s forgiveness?
* What do you think good is? Good is this: absolute moral perfection in thought, word, and deed.
* Are you perfect or a sinner? Have you ever deliberately done wrong? Has there ever been a moment when you stood face to face with right and wrong, and chose wrong? Listen to your conscience.
* Have you earned the right to go to heaven?
* What do you believe about God? Do you believe there is an after life? Do you ever think about it?
* Have you ever known the truth about something, and intentionally told a lie or misled someone (deceit)?
* Have you ever known purity and chose the impure? The Lord Jesus Christ lived a perfect life from the cradle till His death on the Cross, have you? If not, then you need His Righteousness. (Christ Jesus was without blemish and without spot, there was no fault found in Him, He knew no sin, He did no sin, in Him was no sin, neither was guile found in His mouth, He was holy and undefiled, and He had innocent blood).
* Have you ever understood straightness and gave in to crookedness?
* Do you feel your need of pardon and sense your guilt and need of the forgiveness of sins?
* Have you ever broken the Ten Commandments? If you have offended the Law in one point, you are guilty of all.
* What do you think about what Jesus said in the Bible?
* Where will you be 100 years from now out in Eternity?
* Do you think man and woman came from apes or did God create them in His image in the Garden of Eden?
Have you ever repented towards God and trusted to Jesus Christ?
* Do you ever think about death? Do you ever fear death?
* Are you a God-fearing person, do you try to keep the Ten Commandments?
* How much money would I have to take out of your wallet to be a thief? How many times would I have to lie to you to become a liar?
* How long do you want to live? Do you think you could die today?
* How does a guilty sinner obtain Eternal Life?
* Will you believe anything as long as it not in the Bible?
* Have you loved God above all else – with all of your heart, soul, mind, and strength (Mark 12:30)? Yes? The Bible says, ‘there is none that seeketh after God.” Romans 3:11 Nobody (except Jesus Christ) has kept the first of the Ten Commandments. One of you is lying-either you or God, and rememeber, the Bible says that its impossible for God to lie” (Hebrews 6:18; Titus 1:2)

The Lifeboat

We’re floating down the stream of time, 

We have not long to stay; 
The stormy clouds of darkness, will turn to brightest day.
Then let us all take courage, For we’re not left alone;
The Lifeboat soon is coming, To gather the jewels home.

Sometimes the devil tempts me, and says it’s all in vain,
To try to live the Christian life, and walk in Jesus’ name.
But then we hear the Master say, I’ll lend you a helping hand,
And if you’ll only trust Me, I’ll guide you to that land.

The lifeboat soon is coming, By the eye of faith I see,
As she sweeps through the waters, To rescue you and me.
And land us safely in the port, With friends we love so dear.
“Get ready,” cries the Captain; O look! She’s almost here.

O now’s the time to get on board, While she is passing by,
But if you stand and wait too long, You shall forever die;
The fair is paid for one and all, The Captain bids ya come,
And get on board the Lifeboat, She’ll carry you safely home.

Chorus:
Then cheer, my comrades cheer, Our trials will soon be o’er,
Our loved ones we will meet, will meet, upon the golden shore.
We’re pilgrims and were strangers here, 

we’re seeking a city to come,
The Lifeboat soon is coming, To gather the jewels home.

God Saves Old Sinners

The drunk on the street, the rich in the palaces, 
The poor and unlearned, and the man of degree.
They all have a soul in need of Salvation.  
And they all have to come by Calvary.

Was I so bad, that I needed forgiveness?
And was I so wrong, I had to be redeemed?
Well, I wasn’t a thief,
Yet, I lived in sin’s prison,
So I was as lost, as a sinner could be.

Chorus:
I am so Glad, God saves old sinners.
I’m thrilled and amazed, How He sets them free,
But the biggest surprise in redeeming old sinners,
Is that He would save an old sinner like me.

Keep In Touch With Jesus

Would you be a victor, over every foe, 

Conquer every trial in this old world below.
Overcome temptations, that each day you meet,
Keep in touch with Jesus, He will keep you sweet.

Many hearts are broken, often aching breast,
Waits the message spoken, that will give it sweet rest.
You perhaps can bring them, Joy and Peace complete,
Keep in touch with Jesus, He will keep you sweet.

Would you be a blessing, all along the way,
Would you be possessing, perfect love each day.
Just let the Holy Spirit, overcome defeat,
Keep in touch with Jesus, He will keep you sweet.

Keep in touch with Jesus, though the path be dim,
Let no cloud nor shadow sever you from Him,

Joy or sorrow greet you, friend or foe you meet,
Keep in touch with Jesus, He will keep you Sweet. 

My meditation of Him shall be Sweet:

I will be Glad in the LORD.

Now it came to pass, as they went, that Jesus entered into a certain village: and a certain woman named Martha received Him into her house. And she had a sister called Mary, which also sat at Jesus' feet, and heard His word. But Martha was cumbered about much serving, and came to Him, and said, Lord, dost thou not care that my sister hath left me to serve alone? bid her therefore that she help me. And Jesus answered and said unto her, Martha, Martha, thou art careful and troubled about many things: But one thing is needful: and Mary hath chosen that good part, which shall not be taken away from her.

Shhh...

He that hath no rule over his own spirit is like a city that is broken down, and without walls. O that ye would altogether hold your peace! and it should be your wisdom. And that ye study to be quiet, and to do your own business, and to work with your own hands. Surely I have behaved and quieted myself, as a child that is weaned of his mother: my soul is even as a weaned child. Better is a dry morsel, and quietness therewith, than an house full of sacrifices with strife. But now ye also put off all these; anger, wrath, malice, blasphemy, filthy communication out of your mouth. Lie not one to another, seeing that ye have put off the old man with his deeds.

Better is an handful with quietness, than both the hands full with travail and vexation of spirit. Their throat is an open sepulchre; with their tongues they have used deceit; the poison of asps is under their lips. For he that will love life, and see good days, let him refrain his tongue from evil, and his lips that they speak no guile. A fool's mouth is his destruction, and his lips are the snare of his soul. The beginning of strife is as when one letteth out water: therefore leave off contention, before it be meddled with. He that answereth a matter before he heareth it, it is folly and shame unto him. 

Death and life are in the power of the tongue: and they that love it shall eat the fruit thereof. A word fitly spoken is like apples of gold in pictures of silver. Seest thou a man that is hasty in his words? there is more hope of a fool than of him. For we hear that there are some which walk among you disorderly, working not at all, but are busybodies. Now them that are such we command and exhort by our Lord Jesus Christ, that with quietness they work, and eat their own bread. In the multitude of words there wanteth not sin: but he that refraineth his lips is wise. For a dream cometh through the multitude of business; and a fool's voice is known by multitude of words. 

He that is void of wisdom despiseth his neighbour: but a man of understanding holdeth his peace. He that keepeth his mouth keepeth his life: but he that openeth wide his lips shall have destruction. A talebearer revealeth secrets: but he that is of a faithful spirit concealeth the matter. The wicked is snared by the transgression of his lips: but the just shall come out of trouble. Whoso keepeth his mouth and his tongue keepeth his soul from troubles. I said, I will take heed to my ways, that I sin not with my tongue: I will keep my mouth with a bridle, while the wicked is before me. A fools lips enter into contention. Cast out the scorner, and contention shall go out; yea, strife and reproach shall cease. 

But I say unto you, That every idle word that men shall speak, they shall give account thereof in the day of judgment. For by thy words thou shalt be justified, and by thy words thou shalt be condemned. If any man among you seem to be religious, and bridleth not his tongue, but deceiveth his own heart, this man's religion is vain. To whom hast thou uttered words? and whose spirit came from thee? For there is not a word in my tongue, but, lo, O Lord, thou knowest it altogether. 

The tongue is a little member, and boasteth great things. Behold, how great a matter a little fire kindleth! And the tongue is a fire, a world of iniquity: so is the tongue among our members, that it defileth the whole body, and setteth on fire the course of nature; and it is set on fire of hell. For every kind of beasts, and of birds, and of serpents, and of things in the sea, is tamed, and hath been tamed of mankind: But the tongue can no man tame; it is an unruly evil, full of deadly poison. My lips shall not speak wickedness, nor my tongue utter deceit. Keep thy tongue from evil, and thy lips from speaking guile. The mouth of the righteous speaketh wisdom, and his tongue talketh of judgment. 

The mouth of the just bringeth forth wisdom: but the froward tongue shall be cut out. Where no wood is, there the fire goeth out: so where there is no talebearer, the strife ceaseth. Let your speech be always with grace, seasoned with salt, that ye may know how ye ought to answer every man. A wholesome tongue is a tree of life: but perverseness therein is a breach in the spirit. But sanctify the Lord God in your hearts: and be ready always to give an answer to every man that asketh you a reason of the hope that is in you with meekness and fear. She openeth her mouth with wisdom; and in her tongue is the law of kindness. A fool uttereth all his mind: but a wise man keepeth it in till afterwards. 

Let no corrupt communication proceed out of your mouth, but that which is good to the use of edifying, that it may minister grace unto the hearers. The lips of the wise disperse knowledge: but the heart of the foolish doeth not so. Teach me, and I will hold my tongue: and cause me to understand wherein I have erred. He that hath knowledge spareth his words: and a man of understanding is of an excellent spirit. The heart of the righteous studieth to answer: but the mouth of the wicked poureth out evil things. 

Wherefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath. For in many things we offend all. If any man offend not in word, the same is a perfect man, and able also to bridle the whole body. Even a fool, when he holdeth his peace, is counted wise: and he that shutteth his lips is esteemed a man of understanding. The tongue of the wise useth knowledge aright: but the mouth of fools poureth out foolishness. A fool also is full of words: a man cannot tell what shall be; and what shall be after him, who can tell him? For thy mouth uttereth thine iniquity, and thou choosest the tongue of the crafty. And my tongue shall speak of thy righteousness and of thy praise all the day long. My tongue shall speak of thy word: for all thy commandments are righteousness.  

For the word is quick, and powerful, 

and sharper than any twoedged sword, 

piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, 

and of the joints and marrow, 

and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.