For just a moment, try repeating that phrase, to Stephen, Paul and quite possibly an even greater number of disciples and Apostles of Christ Jesus than most of us would CARE ENOUGH to imagine, much less believe as the reward for Faith and Obedience to the King of Kings, my Lord and my Savior, Christ Jesus.

On the other side of that obviously counterfeit 'coin', try repeating them to Christ, as HE hung dying on that

Cross of Shame and Humiliation, 2000 years ago, outside the walls of that great city of Jerusalem.

In all TRUTH, those images are nothing compared to the sights and sounds, that over 2 years ago,

many of us sat together and watched, as one movie portrayed the account of the 'Life and Death of Christ'.

Oh, the PASSION that HE HAS, so much so that HE lovingly and willingly gave HIS life for my soul, that would come to that 'Point of Grace through Faith' in HIM, as my Lord, my Savior and my Redeemer,

the only ONE who is able to 'SAVE' my wretched and condemned soul from an 'ETERNITY' of 'SEPARATION and TORMENT' 'OUTSIDE the WALLS of that BEAUTIFUL CITY called HEAVEN'!

What I am about to say, if any have continued reading to this point

without having 'DELETED' this message, is with such a sadness and overflowing tears of mourning, is this, most days I HAVE TO DELETE MORE email names from The Agape Letters email distribution list, than is likely contained in 99% of the personal address books of the people who actually read each of these Daily Devotionals, or even yet, read this far down in just 25% that I have sent, which is usually 5 per week, and for nearly 3 years now.

I thank my Lord, for the 'PERSERVERANCE and STRENGTH' to have withstood

the enemy which each day comes in the form of 'those who know god' and do not need some nobody, preachin' this stuff to them, just who does this god of yours, 'I AM THAT I AM' think HE IS anyway?

With each email that I receive with

'Please Remove me!' in the subject line, my stomach turns and churns, knowing that another person has found God's 'sWORDs of TRUTH' to be 'Offensive and Convicting'.

It is these ETERNAL sWORDs of Christ Jesus as they are recorded by the Apostle Matthew in,

Matthew 5:11 "Blessed are you when people insult you, persecute you and falsely say all kinds of evil against you because of me.

But I must tell you even more,

that from the lips of a man who, by his own admission, was the greatest of sinners, persecuting both Christ Jesus, and HIS body, so much so that 'Sticks and Stones' brought more than just bruises, they brought DEATH, 99.9999% of the time,! it is him that none can truly say that they know personally,

but yet it is this man, the Apostle Paul, who would later go on to write these 'sWORDs' to the Corinthian church, that 'MOST' Believers will DEFEND,

well maybe, if it should EVER come to that point, a slap or two in their face, FOR THE BODY OF CHRIST, HIS CHURCH, who HE gave HIS Life for, 2000 years ago!!!

2 Corinthians 1:5 For just as the sufferings of Christ flow over into our lives, so also through Christ our comfort overflows.

Brothers and Sisters in Christ, as this message is sent today, around the entire planet earth, being replicated and forwarded by thousands of internet email servers WorldWide, reaching across those invisible borders, which can stop practically anything and everything,

EVERYTHING but,

HIS sWORDs of the Spirit!

It will be right here,

that on this very Last Day, many of you will scroll on down and click the REMOVE link, that I provide at the bottom of each and every daily message!

And it will be as,

God 'SAID",

John 12:48 'There is a judge for the one who rejects me and does not accept my WORDs; that very WORD which I spoke will condemn him at the last day.'

 

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Father, YOUR sWORDs IS from Everlasting to Everlasting, where Christ said, 'I came NOT into this world, to condemn the lost, BUT to SAVE them! YOU, O'Lord, have appointed unto each of us, 'Once to DIE, and then JUDGEMENT, by the ONLY ONE found, to be WORTHY to sit on YOUR Throne and JUDGE every man, according to those DEEDs recorded as done in life!!!

Where TODAY, I have found the sWORDs of God in John 8:7, which 'says'

Lord, would YOU have been OBEDIENT to bear those bruises and striped, and even DEATH, for only me and my sin, O' Precious Savior and Redeemer of mine?

O'Lord, this I pray this morning, Have MERCY on my poor and wretched soul! May YOUR servant, be found Faithful, having done YOUR Good and Perfect WILL in HIS Name!!! Selah, and Amen!

 

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