The Illusion of Good:

The Illusion of Good

The Reality of Me

Why do bad things happen to good people? That is the question. The answer is, “Good” is just an illusion on this planet. We are all born with the sin nature, and none of us are good. No. not one.

My thoughts are rarely in-line with God's.

I have been known to cause gossip to grow in strength, and to tell a little “white” lie to put me in a better light.

I have even became angry when I didn't get my way, and love for my neighbor is not always in me.

I speed in my car when I am running late, and I have kept the change when I knew they gave me too much.

I have been impatient, hateful, unloving, rude, spiteful, unkind and down-right mean.

Blessing and cursing has come from my mouth, and to turn away when I see the homeless has become habit.

I have talked about people and ignored people, instead of loving, caring and praying for them.

What I want to do I don't do, and what I don't want to do, I do.

I may not have physically murdered anyone, but if I don't love people, show them the Love of Christ, give them the Love of Christ, then I have murdered in my heart, and it's just the same as doing it . . . . I believe.

This is the reality of me, and good is all an illusion. Jesus says:

Mar 10:18 So Jesus said to him, "Why do you call Me good? No one is good but One, that is, God.

Selah, I.H.G.

Pastor D W Riffe

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A Satanic Interview

Hope this doesn't come off preachy.
A Satanic Interview:
HOST: All right! Let’s move on. You have many names you go by. Why?
SATAN: One word: deception! Or you could call it confusion. Maybe distraction. You see, most people can’t openly, knowingly worship me. They have a problem with the name Satan. As you know, if a person doesn’t worship God, they have to worship someone. It’s human, your human need to worship. See if you can recognize any of my aliases: Beelzebub, Bail, Kali, Cernunnos, Baphomet, Krishna, Buddha, Pan, Zeus, Earth, Money . . . Self.
And the list goes on and on and on. The funny thing is, they’re all me. If you don’t worship God, you worship me! ME!
HOST: So, your main objective is to turn and keep people away fromGod, and eventually kill them. Is this correct?
SATAN: That is correct.
The above is from, “The Vision of a Satanic Interview” from The Caleb Chronicles.
This was a strange one to write. Caleb is allowed to see a vision of a talk show of all things, where the host interviews Satan. Weird. Here the host questions Satan about his many names he goes by. There are many, many more that could be added to this list, such as, entertainment, food, sex and as Satan says from the interview, “And the list goes on and on and on”.
Bob Dylan had a song out many years ago that went, “It might be the devil, or it might be the Lord, but your still gonna have to serve somebody.”
Jesus said,
Luke 16:13  "No servant can serve two masters; for either he will hate the one and love the other, or else he will be loyal to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and mammon."
Does this sound a little harsh? Jesus pulls no punch's. Whatever we hold as most important in our lives, whatever we constantly think about, whatever we can't seem to live without; if we hold or put anything above God, above or before His Word, above or in place of Heart-Linking (Praying) to the Timeless-One our Father in heaven then, well, we're not worshiping, or serving Him. And, if it's not God . . . . then . . .
Selah, I.H.G.
Pastor D W Riffe
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Bless Me:

Bless me? Should we ask God, "Bless me well. Bless me abundantly.' ? Why not?
Selah, I.H.G.

 

Lord of heaven and earth:

Holy, holy, holy:

Holy, Holy, Holy:

Caleb took a few steps away from the others and turned to face them. He lifted his hands, palms up, and said, “Stand still and listen.” A white light came down from heaven and covered them all. Then they could hear an angelic choir singing:

Holy, holy, holy,

The Lord is full of Glory.

Oh, Holy Warrior

You alone are holy.

The above is taken from, “The Garden” from, The Caleb Chronicles.

“Stand still and listen.” That's a tough one, right? That's hard to do, when I feel things have got to get done, now. I feel I'm always in a hurry. I'm always looking at my watch, just ask my wife. Sometimes or, most times maybe all the time we need to stand still and listen. Listen for the Voice of the Lord. Listen for His leading, His direction, His will. Then grab hold of His peace, His joy, His delight.

Being in a hurry, rushing around to get someplace or wondering how this or that is going to get done is a form of worry. What does Yeshuah Jesus say about worry?

Mat 6:25-34 "Therefore I say to you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or what you will drink; nor about your body, what you will put on. Is not life more than food and the body more than clothing?

"Look at the birds of the air, for they neither sow nor reap nor gather into barns; yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not of more value than they?

"Which of you by worrying can add one cubit to his stature?

"So why do you worry about clothing? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow: they neither toil nor spin;

"and yet I say to you that even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these.

"Now if God so clothes the grass of the field, which today is, and tomorrow is thrown into the oven, will He not much more clothe you, O you of little faith?

"Therefore do not worry, saying, 'What shall we eat?' or 'What shall we drink?' or 'What shall we wear?'

"For after all these things the Gentiles seek. For your heavenly Father knows that you need all these things.

"But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things shall be added to you.

"Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about its own things. Sufficient for the day is its own trouble.

So, let's make up our minds to “Stand still and listen”. Then, just maybe we can even hear the roar of the angelic choir from heaven singing, “Holy, holy, holy.” Have you ever wondered why in the book of Revelation we read, “Holy, holy, holy”. One holy, is for the Holy Father, the second is for the Holy Son, and third is for the Holy Spirit. Awesome, right?

Selah, I.H.G.

Pastor D W Riffe

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My God is a Big God

Worthy?

Worthy?

Servant replied saying, “I’m not worthy. I’m not worthy of such a gift.” “The Timeless-One has chosen you. None of us is worthy. Not one. Take the gift; the fire is yours,” said Caleb “I accept, I accept,” cried Servant.

Then a light came down from heaven and covered Servant, and out of the light came the voice of the Timeless-One thundering, “Now, Servant you are mine. Breathe the fire and live.”

Servant looked up with a glow on his face and eyes full of light.

The above is from the story, “The Fire” from The Caleb Chronicles.

How many times have we said this very thing, or heard someone else say it? Well, it's true. None of us are worthy of forgiveness, salvation, redemption. That's where God's grace comes in. That's where God's Gift, His only begotten Son, Jesus steps in. The thing is, we have to accept God's Gift. We have to reach out and take it, accept it, and receive His Gift as our very own, knowing we are not worthy it.

Rom 3:23, 24 for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God,

being justified freely by His grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus,

We have all sinned, and do sin. We have all fallen short of God's glory, God's kabod', His brightness and splendor. But, we are justified, acquitted, found innocent, proved guiltless, cleared of all wrong doing, freely by His grace, His Favor, His goodness, and great kindness, through the redemption, through the ransom, through the purchasing back of the lost ones, us the sinners that is in Christ Jesus. Amen, Selah

Worthy? No. Acquitted? Yes.

Selah I.H.G.

Pastor D W Riffe

The Caleb Chronicles

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