The Lord's Way Is Always The Straight Way

Isaiah 30:21-22, “And thine ears shall hear a word behind thee, saying, This is the way, walk ye in it, when ye turn to the right hand, and when ye turn to the left.  Ye shall defile also the covering of thy graven images of silver, and the ornament of thy molten images of gold: thou shalt cast them away as a menstruous cloth; thou shalt say unto it, Get thee hence.”

In our text passage from the Old Testament book of Isaiah, the right way was to just keep going forward, and not stray to the right or to the left. Deuteronomy 17:11, “According to the sentence of the law which they shall teach thee, and according to the judgment which they shall tell thee, thou shalt do: thou shalt not decline from the sentence which they shall shew thee, to the right hand, nor to the left.” Here are some related Scriptures:

Job 6:18, “The paths of their way are turned aside; they go to nothing, and perish.” 

Isaiah 59:8, “The way of peace they know not; and there is no judgment in their goings: they have made them crooked paths: whosoever goeth therein shall not know peace.” 

Hebrews 12:13, “And make straight paths for your feet, lest that which is lame be turned out of the way; but let it rather be healed.”

We are living in a crooked generation who have strayed off the straight path. In my 57 years of life, I have watched my country go from a decent place to live to being a large insane asylum. From legalized sodomite marriages to murderous abortion, from the fraudulent Federal Reserve Ponzi Scheme to greedy corporations, from corrupt Bible revisions to the demonic counterfeit gospel of Lordship Salvation, from public nudity wherever there is water to an epidemic wave of unpunished crime across the country—we are living in the “perilous times” foretold in the inspired Holy Bible in 2nd Timothy 3:1-7.

Times sure have changed in America. There was a time not too long ago that if you had a phone in your car you were considered a rich person, but today you're considered poor if you don't have a phone in your car. Interesting!

I remembered studying diligently in early 1993 to take the test in Chicago to obtain a Chauffer's License, so I could drive a taxicab. I bought a study guide to help me. Yo pass the lengthy test, you had to know where all of the tourist attractions, hotels, museums and places of key interest were located. There were no mobile phone or GPS yet. I didn't get my first computer until 1994. It used a Windows 3.1 operating system (wow, that's old), with an Intel 25sx microprocessor chip (ancient dinosaur technology by today's standards). I remember how blown away I was when Microsoft Windows 1995 first came out. It was totally revolutionary in comparison to the Windows 3.1 operating system. Times have changed.

Most young to middle-aged people today cannot remember a time when there was no internet, cell phones, credit cards or microwaves, but I do. In the 1970's we didn't have microwaves yet. All vehicles were still only rear-wheel drive; front-wheel drive didn't come out until the 1980's. When I was a kid video games didn't exist, we just had board games and pinball games. I loved the simplicity of the old days. In my youth we only had LP records, 8-tracks and cassettes. CD's didn't exist until the 1980's, and really didn't become popular until almost 1990. The MP3 wasn't invented until 1987, but didn't become popular until the 1990's.

When I was growing up everyone had a big thick phonebook. There was the Yellow Pages and then the White Pages. I lived in Chicago, so these phonebooks were very thick (about 4" thick each). I was disgusted when I went to work at the U.S. Postal Service in 1993, to see for the first time in my life that they actually publish the “Pink Pages” just for homosexuals. I am not kidding! The USPS publishes a phonebook of sodomite-friendly businesses. I thought I had seen it all, but that surprised me. The world is very different today than it was in 1974, fifty years ago.

I thank God for choosing to place my spirit in this body during this time of human history, in these amazing modern times of convenience and technology. I thank God that I wasn't born into slavery in North Korea, or as a Negro slave before the Civil War in the United States, or as a Hebrew slave during their 400 years of bondage in Egypt.

Dear reader, Lordship Salvation is a crooked path. Heretical Baptismal and Sacramental type plan of salvation are crooked paths. The Devil's plethora of modern corrupt Bible revisions are crooked paths. CHOOSE THE STRAIGHT PATH, THE OLD PATHS!!! Jeremiah 6:16, “Thus saith the LORD, Stand ye in the ways, and see, and ask for the old paths, where is the good way, and walk therein, and ye shall find rest for your souls.  But they said, We will not walk therein.” The following Scripture describes America today...

Isaiah 30:1-2, “Woe to the rebellious children, saith the LORD, that take counsel, but not of me; and that cover with a covering, but not of my spirit, that they may add sin to sin: That walk to go down into Egypt, and have not asked at my mouth; to strengthen themselves in the strength of Pharaoh, and to trust in the shadow of Egypt!”

Instead of following the voice of God in the inspired King James Bible, Americans have obeyed the voice of self and Satan. I saw this ungodly billboard which blasphemes our holy Creator...

Judges 21:25, “In those days there was no king in Israel: every man did that which was right in his own eyes.”

Ezekiel 2:4, “For they are impudent children and stiffhearted.  I do send thee unto them; and thou shalt say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD.”

Millions of rebellious, impudent, angry women today demand their selfish “right” to murder an innocent child, but that doesn't change THE TRUTH that killing in God's sight is premeditated first-degree murder. Exodus 20:13, “Thou shalt not kill.” It is a fact that 99% of abortions are not necessary to save the life of the mother, or for the other popular lame excuses that ungodly people use to justify murdering a living child.

Very few people fear God anymore. I was recently defrauded out of $619.20 by Alamo car rental and Priceline. They have no fear of God, so in their ungodly greed these wicked companies hurt and cheat people. Ecclesiastes 8:12-13, “Though a sinner do evil an hundred times, and his days be prolonged, yet surely I know that it shall be well with them that fear God, which fear before him: But it shall not be well with the wicked, neither shall he prolong his days, which are as a shadow; because he feareth not before God.” If you decide to have, pay for or encourage an abortion, woe unto you!

All of these defiant wicked rebels today who protest in anger against the righteous who oppose their evil, they cannot escape the coming judgment of almighty God.

Psalms 2:1-5, “Why do the heathen rage, and the people imagine a vain thing? The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers take counsel together, against the LORD, and against his anointed, saying, Let us break their bands asunder, and cast away their cords from us. He that sitteth in the heavens shall laugh: the Lord shall have them in derision. Then shall he speak unto them in his wrath, and vex them in his sore displeasure.”

I am the biggest sinner I know, so I don't condemn anybody for their sins. Albeit, I can say with all biblical authority that abortion is evil, it is wicked murder! No woman should ever consider having an abortion for any reason! Jacob's wife Rachel died in child birth while delivering Joseph's younger brother, Benjamin. God didn't choose to murder Benjamin to save Rachel's life. The Lord allowed Rachel to die.

It is never okay to do wrong in order to get a chance to do right. If a wicked law were passed, that permitted abortion clinics to perform abortions to save mother's lives, you know as well as I do that 90% of those ungodly clinics would falsely claim that the abortions were all necessary. In other words, if you give them an inch they'd take a mile. We see this evil in every profession today, where shady companies are preying upon Americans whenever they can where there is no law to protect the public. That is why Alamo car rental cheats thousands of consumers, because they can with impunity. Those crooks belong in prison!!!

God's righteous way may not usually be the popular, convenient or financially prosperous way, but it is always the straight way, the right way. Doing the right thing may mean losing some money. It could be a substantial amount of money, but if it is for the right reason, then so be it. 

I once heard Attorney David Gibbs Jr. tell a beautiful story about his late grandfather. His family got involved in the cattle business. At one particular auction, the Gibb's family made a killing, buying a bunch of cattle dirt cheap (way too cheap), at the woeful expense of another local family who lost a tremendous amount of money. David Gibbs' grandfather knew that he had bought the cattle way too cheap, unfairly so; but it was all legal. The grandfather felt convicted as a child of God, and wanted to reimburse the other local family, but young David Gibbs respectfully told his grandfather that they had bought the cattle fair and square within the confines of the law. Admirably, grandfather Gibbs said, “No, we got those cattle way too cheap, and the other family has sustained a large loss. We're going to make it right!” 

So, his grandfather sent him 300 miles away to the other family's home, to give them a substantial check. When David Gibbs, who was just a teenager at the time, handed the check to the man and his wife saw the amount of the check, she was so emotionally shaken that her nose began to bleed. She was crying and asked, “Who does this? Who gives money away like that?” Her husband replied, “A Christian, that's who!” I absolutely love this true story, because that is the godly way that we should all treat each other. This is The Golden Rule (Matthew 7:12). You can hear the story for yourself, if you'd like, a little after 35 minutes into the following sermon titled, “Second Mile Christianity”...

Second Mile Christianity (2011)

That is exactly the opposite of how Alamo car rental cheated me out of $619.20 in July of 2024. I had rented a car for 4-days, that I would have needed in 5 weeks. But due to a misunderstanding concerning the Banjo Camp I was planning to attend in Montana, I needed to cancel my travel reservations 36 hours after I made them. Although I was able to obtain a full refund from United and American Airlines, and the hotel in Kalispell, Montana, the greedy sharks at Alamo car rental refused to refund a single penny of my $619.20 because they have no mercy, compassion or ethics. God will hold them accountable and show no mercy toward Alamo's executives in eternity (Matthew 7:1-2). What goes around comes around!

I thank God that I can still look in the mirror at the end of each day, and see an honest man who doesn't defraud and cheat people of their hard-earned money. Like the ungodly woman who refuses to apologize to God for her abortion, so also has Alamo hardened their wicked hearts. Ezekiel 2:4, “For they are impudent children and stiffhearted.  I do send thee unto them; and thou shalt say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD.” I cannot control what other sinners do, but this repentant redeemed sinner chooses to sin as little as possible and make restitution and reconciliation (if applicable) when I do. I love Jesus and want to keep His commandments (John 14:15).

I drove by a powerful billboard message today, which read: “Abortion leaves one dead, one hurting; and a lifetime of regret and sorrow.” Truer words were never spoken. A spoiled brat in her youth may boast of having an abortion, snuffing out the precious life of another human being; but the inspired Holy Bible promises that the time will come when she will woefully regret what evil she has done. Numbers 32:23, “But if ye will not do so, behold, ye have sinned against the LORD: and be sure your sin will find you out.” No one ever sins with impunity! You may get away with it down here on earth for fifty years or more, but the Bible warns in Hebrews 9:27, “And as it is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgment:” We must all give account to God (Romans 14:10-11; Ecclesiastes 12:14).

I stand 100% with Joshua, who boldly declared in Joshua 24:15, “And if it seem evil unto you to serve the LORD, choose you this day whom ye will serve; whether the gods which your fathers served that were on the other side of the flood, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land ye dwell: but as for me and my house, we will serve the LORD.” Thank you for reading my blog. Jesus is precious!!!