666 - The Mark of the Beast

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The $64,000 Question

Romans 7:24 Who shall deliver me from the body of this death?

Pascal's Wager

After all, what do you have to lose?

The Eternal Punishment Of Sinners

No sinning is possible in the World to Come.

Their unquenchable thirst and insatiable drive for the various cravings, lusts, sins, and passions that devour them will starve and asphyxiate them forever, without ever being even remotely satisfied.

Calvinist Christmas Carol

Sinners roasting on an open fire ...

How NOT to Celebrate the Holidays

Luke 12:19 And [the rich man] will say to [his] soul: Soul, thou hast much goods laid up for many years; take thine ease, eat, drink, and be merry. 20 But God said unto him: Thou fool, this night thy soul shall be required of thee: then whose shall those things be, which thou hast provided ? 21 So is he that layeth up treasure for himself, and is not rich toward God.

How NOT To Await The Birth Of Christ

With our souls adorned by sins, as Christmas trees by globes...

The Christmas Hymn

Thy Birth, O Christ our God, has shone unto the world the light of knowledge; for -through it- those who worshipped the stars, were taught by the Star to adore Thee, the Sun of Righteousness, and to know Thee, the Sunrise from on high: O Lord, Glory to Thee!

On The First Day Of Christmas, My True Love Said To Me...

...that we've still got two whole weeks of total sexual abstinence before us...

Eastern Orthodoxy: taking all the fun out of Holidays since 1,500 BC.

Inspiring Bible Verses

...too bad they don't actually apply to anyone reading this post...

2 Timothy 4:7 I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith: 8 Henceforth there is laid up for me a crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous judge, shall give me at that day: and not to me only, but unto all them also that love his appearing.

James 1:12 Blessed is the man that endureth temptation: for when he is tried, he shall receive the crown of life, which the Lord hath promised to them that love him.

Revelation 2:10 Be thou faithful unto death, and I will give thee a crown of life.

As Christmas Was Approaching, Our Demons Cried To Christ:

Matthew 8:29 What have we to do with thee, Jesus, thou Son of God? art thou come hither to torment us before the time?

On The Last Week Of Fasting, The Devil Said To Christ...

Matthew 4:3 If thou be the Son of God, command that these stones be made bread.

My Heart Is Catholic

...but my stomach is Protestant.

Erasmus of Rotterdam

Matthew 26:41 The spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak.

Galatians 5:24

And they that are Christ's have crucified the flesh with the affections and lusts.

Hauntingly-Beautiful Romanian Christmas Carols

Mankind: Selling The Messiah For 30 Pieces Of Silver Since 33 AD

Matthew 26:14 ¶Then one of the twelve, called Judas Iscariot, went unto the chief priests, 15 And said unto them, What will ye give me, and I will deliver him unto you? And they covenanted with him for thirty pieces of silver. 16 And from that time he sought opportunity to betray him. 27:9 Then was fulfilled that which was spoken by Jeremy the prophet, saying, And they took the thirty pieces of silver, the price of him that was valued, whom they of the children of Israel did value; 10 And gave them for the potter's field, as the Lord appointed me.

Mankind: Selling Our Birthright For A Plate Of Pottage Since 2,000 BC

Genesis 25:29 ¶And Jacob sod pottage: and Esau came from the field, and he was faint: 30 And Esau said to Jacob, Feed me, I pray thee, with that same red pottage; for I am faint: therefore was his name called Edom. 31 And Jacob said, Sell me this day thy birthright. 32 And Esau said, Behold, I am at the point to die: and what profit shall this birthright do to me? 33 And Jacob said, Swear to me this day; and he sware unto him: and he sold his birthright unto Jacob. 34 Then Jacob gave Esau bread and pottage of lentiles; and he did eat and drink, and rose up, and went his way: thus Esau despised his birthright.

Mankind: Trading Paradise For Apples Since 5508 BC

Genesis 3:6 ¶And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree to be desired to make one wise, she took of the fruit thereof, and did eat, and gave also unto her husband with her; and he did eat.

It's Not Hard To Fast...

...it's impossible.

Romans 4:18 Who against hope believed in hope; that he might be made the father of many nations, according to that which was said to him: So shall thy seed be. 19 And he was not weak in faith; neither did he consider his own body now dead, whereas he was almost an hundred years old, nor the dead womb of Sara. 20 In the promise also of God he staggered not by distrust; but was strengthened in faith, giving glory to God: 21 Most fully knowing, that whatsoever he has promised, he is able also to perform. 22 And therefore it was reputed to him unto justice.

John 15:5 For without Me ye can do nothing.

Philippians 4:13 I can do all things through Christ Who strengtheneth me.

It's Not That We Don't Love God...

...it's that we DON'T love Him MORE than we love His creation...

Matthew 6:24 No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.

Matthew 10:37 He that loveth father or mother more than me is not worthy of me: and he that loveth son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me. 38 And he that taketh not his cross, and followeth after me, is not worthy of me.

Luke 14:16 A certain man made a great supper, and bade many: 17 And sent his servant at supper time to say to them that were bidden, Come; for all things are now ready. 18 And they all with one consent began to make excuse. The first said unto him, I have bought a piece of ground, and I must needs go and see it: I pray thee have me excused. 19 And another said, I have bought five yoke of oxen, and I go to prove them: I pray thee have me excused. 20 And another said, I have married a wife, and therefore I cannot come. 21 So that servant came, and shewed his lord these things. Then the master of the house being angry said to his servant, Go out quickly into the streets and lanes of the city, and bring in hither the poor, and the maimed, and the halt, and the blind. 24 For I say unto you, that none of those men which were bidden shall taste of my supper.

Romanian Christmas Carols