Brick without Straw from the Belly of Hell
Trust the social media gods to your own peril.
Jonah 2:8 KJV They that observe lying vanities forsake their own mercy.
Twitter, Facebook, TikTok, and Youtube are useless to me. They are all pay to play. You either pay up or very few will see your content. I may have given them a combined lifetime total of $100 or so. Not no more!
By thy way, there is talk of verification for a fee on the bird social network. I am not buying it! And to boot, I removed my verification from my Gab profile, mainly so I can change the page name when I want to. Verified users on Gab are restricted from changing page names without going through the Gab support team.
Social media verification means nothing.
Verified by Christ means everything!
Back to the uselessness of mainstream social media, even though I had to block Pope Turbo (Gab CEO) on the Gab.com platform at least he delivers my mail. It is just that many do not stick around on this platform for very long. Retention is pitiful and Pope Turbo's ‘Christian Nationalist’ spam does not help it either!
Right now, Substack is the most useful content delivery platform for me. So, if you are reading this welcome!
The only voluntary “slavery” you are going to find me volunteering for is,
1 Corinthians 7:22-24 KJV For he that is called in the Lord, being a servant, is the Lord's freeman: likewise also he that is called, being free, is Christ's servant. (23) Ye are bought with a price; be not ye the servants of men. (24) Brethren, let every man, wherein he is called, therein abide with God.
Because this is the only slavery where men are truly free!
Even Jonah found freedom within this captivity as he called out to GOD from the belly of Hell.
A "belly of Hell" does not stop a man of God from praying.
It intensifies it!
Jonah 2:1-2 KJV Then Jonah prayed unto the LORD his God out of the fish's belly, And said, I cried by reason of mine affliction unto the LORD, and he heard me; out of the belly of hell cried I, and thou heardest my voice.
Who cast Jonah from the ship into the belly of Hell, men or God?
Jonah 2:3 KJV For thou hadst cast me into the deep, in the midst of the seas; and the floods compassed me about: all thy billows and thy waves passed over me.
Th keyword, is "thou,” and if you are still scratching your head, I will answer the question for you.
GOD.
Remember this the next time you see someone in a government office that you do not like.
The same GOD that cast Jonah into the sea and put Biden in office is the same GOD of our salvation which bring me to another question.
What part of salvation is contingent upon you? Before you answer read,
Jonah 2:9 KJV But I will sacrifice unto thee with the voice of thanksgiving; I will pay that that I have vowed. Salvation is of the LORD.
And you are still scratching your head, I will answer once again.
NONE, ZERO, ZILCH!
Salvation is all of God! We are to just be thankful.
Thankfulness is an exercise of faith that believes, repents, and works to accomplish God's Holy Will.
Bu-bu-but, what about the sin in my life!?
I do not care what sin you have committed in this life, none other than the blasphemy of the Holy Ghost can prevent you from turning to Christ for eternal forgiveness.
Jonah 2:5-6 KJV The waters compassed me about, even to the soul: the depth closed me round about, the weeds were wrapped about my head. I went down to the bottoms of the mountains; the earth with her bars was about me for ever: yet hast thou brought up my life from corruption, O LORD my God.
We turn to Christ by the power of the Holy Spirit, which is why this is the only roadblock sin.
Matthew 12:31 KJV Wherefore I say unto you, All manner of sin and blasphemy shall be forgiven unto men: but the blasphemy against the Holy Ghost shall not be forgiven unto men.
Men of faith do not blaspheme the Holy Ghost, men of faith repent!
Jonah 2:4 KJV Then I said, I am cast out of thy sight; yet I will look again toward thy holy temple.
Do men of faith become weary and faint? Of course! Then what do we do?
Jonah 2:7 KJV When my soul fainted within me I remembered the LORD: and my prayer came in unto thee, into thine holy temple.
Is your soul faint at the moment? Remember the LORD. Call out to Him right now.
The rent is due!
Jonah 2:9 KJV But I will sacrifice unto thee with the voice of thanksgiving; I will pay that that I have vowed. Salvation is of the LORD.
The LANDLORD is Worthy!
And then, the LORD delivered Jonah.
Jonah 2:10 KJV And the LORD spake unto the fish, and it vomited out Jonah upon the dry land.
Just like that!
I do not know much about this late preacher, but I like this quote!
I like the quote too. Too many ear ticklers in the pulpit.
I think "Pope Turbo" is Pearls to the swine. It is never what "We" need to do, but what has been did for us and what is being done while we accept the gift of living.
Remember @a is a younger man and in the middle of it all.