E K K L E S I A. "I will pay that that I have vowed. Salvation is of the Lord."

“Be watchful, and strengthen the things which remain, that are ready to die:
for I have not found thy works perfect before God.
Remember therefore how thou hast received and heard, and hold fast, and repent.

If therefore thou shalt not watch, I will come on thee as a thief,
and thou shalt not know what hour I will come upon thee.

Thou hast a few names even in Sardis which have not defiled their garments;
and they shall walk with me in white: for they are worthy.
He that overcometh, the same shall be clothed in white raiment;
and I will not blot out his name out of the book of life,
 but I will confess his name before my Father, and before his angels.
He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches.”
‭‭(Revelation‬ ‭3:2-6‬ ‭KJV‬‬)

It is the calling of repentance that men are drawn by the Father to godly sorrow.
HAVE MERCY UPON ME, O GOD! is not a scripted prayer,
IT IS A CRY FROM THE BELLY OF HELL.

“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.
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.
Then I said, I am cast out of thy sight; yet I will look again toward thy holy temple.
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. When my soul fainted within me I remembered the Lord:
and my prayer came in unto thee, into thine holy temple.
They that observe lying vanities forsake their own mercy.
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 the Lord spake unto the fish, and it vomited out Jonah upon the dry land.”
‭‭(Jonah‬ ‭2:1-10‬ ‭KJV‬‬)

THE GRACE OF GOD THAT BRINGS.SALVATION HAS APPEARED TO ALL MEN.
FOR ALL MEN HAVE SINNED. HE WHO SAYS HE HAS NO SIN IS A LIAR
AND THE TRUTH IS NOT IN HIM. ALL WE LIKE SHEEP HAVE GONE ASTRAY, ACCORDING TO OUR OWN DESIRES AND SINFUL INCLINATIONS.
UNTIL THE LIGHT OF THE GLORIOUS GOSPEL OF JESUS CHRIST SHINED ON HEARTS ALIENATED FROM GOD BY ONE MAN'S DISOBEDIENCE,
DEATH CAME UPON ALL FLESH.
THATS A FACT THAT CANNOT BE DENIED.
CEMETERIES ARE FULL OF THE DEAD. RICH, FAMOUS, POOR, UNKNOWN.
MAN IS LIKE THE FLOWER THAT FLOURISHES IN THE GRASS
THAT SOON WITHERS AND PASSES AWAY.

BUT GOD WHO IS RICH IN MERCY HAS NO PLEASURE IN THE DEATH OF THE WICKED
SINNERS WHO FORSAKE THE WORD OF GOD THAT BRINGS SALVATION AND ETERNAL LIFE. GOD KNOWS THAT WE ARE SINFUL FLESH AND IN NEED OF A SAVIOR. NO MAN SEEKS GOD BECAUSE GOD IS NOT IN HIS THOUGHTS. ONLY EVIL THOUGHTS AND FILTHY IMAGINATIONS DRIVE THE LUSTS OF THE WRETCHED SINNER, PROGRAMMED TO DESTRUCTION. BECAUSE THE LAWS OF GOD BRING THE SINNER INTO CONDEMNATION. THATS WHY THE VERY PRESENCE OF A BIBLE IN A PUBLIC PLACE IS ABORRANT TO THE HEATHEN THAT RAGE AGAINST THE CHRIST OF GOD.

HEAVEN AND EARTH SHALL PASS AWAY,
BUT THE WORD OF GOD SHALL ABIDE FOREVER.

"THY WORD HAVE I HID IN MY HEART THAT I MIGHT NOT SIN AGAINST THEE"

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