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Matt 7:13 (KJV) Enter ye in at the strait gate: for wide [is] the gate, and broad [is] the way, that leadeth to destruction, and many there be which go in thereat: {strait: or, narrow} 14 Because strait [is] the gate, and narrow [is] the way, which leadeth unto life, and fewthere be that find it. {Because: or, How}

Hebr 11:13 These all died in faith, not having received the promises, but having seen them afar off, and were persuaded of [them], and embraced [them], and confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims ["exiles"-RSV] on the earth. {in faith: Gr. according to faith} 1Pet 2:11 Dearly beloved, I beseech [you] as strangers ["aliens"-RSV] and pilgrims ["exiles"-RSV], abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against the soul;

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ESSAYS ON DEEPER-LIFE

-by- Dennis Rideout

  1. "Jn 3:33=Receive, 6:66=Reject!"
    [1612 words]... The spirit of the anti-Christ = BLASPHEMY!

  2. "The "ADD-ON" Jesus!"
    [1320 words]..."Anti" means "Against", "Instead-Of" ("Other-Than"), --AND-- "ADD-ON"! Mere Deliverance does NOT automatically guarantee Salvation!

  3. "6:66"
    [2463 words]... Anti-Christ = conscious rejection of Jesus Christ!

  4. "And Repenteth Him Of Evil...!"
    [ 324 words]... Christ +IS+ God's Repentance!

  5. "Anti-Christ WELCOMED!"
    [800 words]... Jesus Describes the Anti-Christ!

  6. "Anxiety"
    [3902 words]... "Take us the foxes, the little foxes, that spoil the vines: for our vines [have] tender grapes. Song 2:15 (KJV)

  7. "APOSTASY MANIFESTO - (Un-Holy Circumcision)"
    [6521 words]... An in-depth view of just what God MEANS by "APOSTASY" - (a work in-progress)

  8. "As God Is My Witness [For The Prosecution!]"
    [593 words]... The Prosecution of Love is PEACE!

  9. "A Sign Unto You!"
    [519 words]... LOOK! SEE! Judge for yourself!

  10. "Ask, Seek, Knock = Way, Truth, Life"
    [1145 words]... Eternal Life for the "common man"!

  11. "Attain Unto: Kingdom, Life, God!"
    [707 words]... A discussion of the effects of "leaven" in us, and how it changes our perspective on the Living-Word of God!

  12. "AVALANCHE!"
    [2324 words]...Devastating, awesome, final: UNBELIEF, and Gospel POWER!

  13. "BEWARE!"
    [1341 words]... Lest You [TOO] should... "BEHOLD!; WONDER!; AND PERISH!" (We ARE as we TREAT God!)

  14. "Beware Bright Beauty!"
    [544 words]... Beware the "brightness, wisdom & beauty" that are not SQUARE with God's Nature & Will as Revealed in His Living, Written Word!

  15. "BIND AND LOOSE!"
    [1329 words]... As Christ is our AUTHOR and FINISHER, so He is our MODEL ... so we, too, were Made to be filled by and to reflect our Father in Heaven, on earth.

  16. "Breath Of DUST!"
    [1118 words]... How can we prevent OUR lives becoming just another "monument to death", like the so-called "eternal" Sphinx and pyramids?

  17. "The {"Luke-warm"} Captivation Of Nonchalance --OR-- The Seduction Of Mediocrity --OR-- The Addiction Of Indifference!"
    [1328 words]... A penetrating discussion of the hypnotic effects of our flesh-self, worldly cares, and much of what I call "voo-doo-christianity"! Are we being "lulled to sleep" and "hardened" into what I call the "lethal shrug"? Do we NEED a "Deeper-Life" of True Abiding-IN-Christ?

  18. "CAPTURE THE BOSS!"
    [1060 words]... Who wants to listen to harshness - or criticism? Who wants to hear about the cross all the time? Why should we want to hear Christ's "HARD WORDS"? And who seeks the discipline and the correction of God?

  19. "Christ's 4 "Faces" {Our RE-Creator!}"
    [1660 words]... Examination and comparison of the distinctions between Resurrection-IN-Christ, and the Egyptian's "re-incarnation". It's all done with "mirrors": from worm to Chrysalis to Butterfly!

  20. "Christ's Holy Seal: Intimacy -WITH- God!"
    [2115 words]... The Royal Key of King David! Read this one!

  21. "Circumcision Minister Confirms Promises! --OR-- "Blood-Oath" Servant Performs And Administers Inheritance!"
    [1065 words]... The Mysteries of Circumcision examined as Applicable to OUR Lives-IN-Christ today! Do you have "eyes to see" and "ears to hear"? Only God Opens hearts and minds!

  22. "Come, Feed, Follow, Abide!"
    [451 words]... Here's HOW to "Abide"!

  23. "Confirmed Where DRAGONS live!"
    [1045 words]... God's Discipline HEALS!

  24. "Conflict Of Humility!"
    [1178 words]...Did Jesus "MUG" Paul On The Road?

  25. "Contradiction?"
    [656 words]... Contrasts Ro 10:17 "So then faith [cometh] by hearing, and hearing by the word of God." -with- 1Cor 4:20 "For the kingdom of God [is] not in word, but in power."

  26. "Crises Of CHOICE!"
    [3900 words]... "Jesus Christ is God's ULTIMATUM! As the Living Way Incarnate, Jesus is the Light of the world - and it's DILEMMA! An exhaustive look at our free-will as God gave and intended it... this essay contains some rather surprising Scriptural references. God has pre-validated man's choice as to his own end. We CAN choose to go to Hell!"

  27. "DEAD, RISEN, HID!"
    [278 words]... The PREDICATE to Christianity! Col 3:3!

  28. "DEFAULT = "...OR..." = SUICIDE [no Choice!]"
    [440 words]... Choosing is not ABOUT "or" [or "other"]... but about Him!

  29. "DID GOD ADOPT MOSES?"
    [716 words]... "Predestined Adoption" Scriptures from the Old AND New Testaments.

  30. "DISCERN THE "BODY" - OR ELSE!"
    [1567 words]... "Manna" {"What IS it??"} = OBEDIENCE! [read this one!]

  31. "Divine "Cover-Up!""
    [1757 words]... "Peeka-a-Boo - I SEE You!" [Promise]

  32. "Do You MIND?"
    [1517 words]... Divine Light Hardens Dark Hearts!

  33. "Enriched By Him!"
    [500 words]... Not Wealth... But Royal Re(a)l-ationship!

  34. "Equal To Angels {Lk 20:36}"
    [1627 words]... Does our "hidden, Christlike Life" have anything to do with "equal-to-angels"?

  35. ""Eternity" Means "WITH-God"!"
    [578 words]... "Free-Will" Is NOT Transferable!

  36. "Exiles And Aliens"
    [1046 words]..."Who...ME??", - & - Are Christians Meant to HOUSE God??

  37. "Faith Is FACT!"
    [596 words]... [Living] Faith Is KNOWING God!

  38. "Faith Should "I-AM!" In POWER!"
    [522 words]... Paul's Greek Word "FAITH" = Moses's Hebrew Word "I-AM!"

  39. "Father Abram's Flesh {SELF}"
    [1891 words]..."...And Abram went down into Egypt..." Gn 12:[10]"

  40. "Fear Ye NOT Me?? (Jer 5:22)"
    [13,603 words]... For the serious Bible student only - here is a complete word-listing of EVERY usage (KJV) of the words - "Fear", "fearest", "Feared", "fearful", "feareth", "fearfully", "fearing" - in either the Hebrew or the Greek (with Strong's # references) found in the manuscripts - along with their meanings, and the meanings of the root-words from which they originate.

    LET THERE BE NO MISTAKE: "The man who doesn't Fear God simply hasn't MET Him yet [and doesn't know Him]!"

  41. "Fierce Faith!"
    [1404 words]... Are You Ready To Die?? Right NOW?

  42. ""Flesh-Lethal" = "Spirit-Life"!"
    [1096 words]... God's Only "Throne-Approach" Is His CROSS!!

  43. ""Flesh-Thorn" = "Meat-Hook"!"
    [550 words]... Does "Love Slave" Mean "Reluctantly Saved"?

  44. ""Flock, Floor And Wine press"!"
    [1122 words]... Look What I Found... 3 Supply Sources!

  45. "Forced To Faith!"
    [1209 words]... Faith Is All About CHOOSING!

  46. "Forgiven, Not Excused!"
    [503 words]... "I Have No Choice!" - Means - "I Already CHOSE!"

  47. "Forsaking All Others ..."
    [2454 words]... "Jesus was the MOST RUTHLESS Man that ever Lived! Of the 15 times [KJV] the English word "lose" (all, FIRST - as a condition to Salvation) appears in the New Testament, 14 of them were Spoken by Jesus Christ Himself!"

  48. "Fruit WORTHY Of Repentance" ..."
    [1173 words]... "Only "Salt" Receives The "Light" - Honest Contrition is required for Conviction - without which no Repentance is POSSIBLE!"

  49. "FUTILE SPECULATIONS DARKEN MINDS"
    [1188 words]... Jesus says, "Take CARE how you HEAR!". The same is true of our THOUGHTS and IMAGINATIONS! Our vain imaginations (fantasies) can actually HARM us spiritually!

  50. "Give Or Take - God BLESSES!"
    [589 words]... Does God Do EVIL?? The Bible Says So!

  51. "Go!" Means "FOLLOW!""
    [409 words]... Don't "GO!" Where God 'Don't' SEND 'Ya!"

  52. "God Only Has One Gift - HIMSELF! -or- "Fast", or "FEAST!" ?"
    [292 words]... Even God Can't Lead where we WON'T Follow!

  53. "God Turns Things Right-Side UP!"
    [332 words]... Man's Touch PERVERTS: God's Touch HEALS!

  54. "God's Conclusion!"
    [923 words]... "Fear God, And KEEP His Law!" [LOVE]

  55. "God's Delivery-System"
    [2139 words]... "FIRE! FIRE!" - Just What IS "Strange Fire"??

  56. "God's Gift"
    [834 words]... Revelation [Faith!]

  57. "God's Good Judgment - THE CROSS!"
    [461 words]... The Way Of ONE-ness Is Proximity!

  58. "'Good' Is 'Of-God'!"
    [1294 words]... (Scripture "Word-Study") "Good Is All Of God's Attributes"

  59. ""Grace For Grace' ("Charis"); 'Glory To Glory' ("Doxa")"
    [518 words]... "Holy Unto God!"

  60. "Have You Ever Seen God Cry?"
    [226 words]... God has Feelings TOO, you know!?

  61. "Hebrew Word #8085 {"Shama!"}"
    [1140 words]...It's In The LANGUAGE!! {"Listen!, Hear!, Obey!"}

  62. "He's not talking to.....ME!!"
    [566 words]... Man LIVES by God's Living Words!

  63. "How Do Spirits *EAT*? -OR- It Ain't Scripture Till God Breathes It In You! -OR- It Ain't Doctrine Till God Teaches It To You!"
    [1355 words]... God's Living-Word Is ALIVE - It's Part Of HIM! - With God... It's PERSON-AL!

  64. "How Do We *KNOW*... That "We-Know-That-We-Know-That-We Know?"
    [601 words]... "If we KEEP His Commandments!" [1Jn2:3]

  65. "How NOW, Jesus?? - Do You TRUST Me??"
    [1469 words]..."Impossible with man, but not WITH-GOD!"

  66. "How's Your LOVE Life?"
    [292 words]...Jonah: God's Beloved and RELUCTANT Saint!

  67. "I Am Come...!"
    [962 words]...Immovable "rock" meets Irresistible FORCE! {Their "rock" is not OUR Rock!"-Dt 32:31

  68. "IF..., ****BUT IF...****"
    [8876 words]...An EXHAUSTIVE word-study of every {doctrinal}usage of the qualifiers, "if, but if..." in God's Word! God says His grace IS qulaified - by obedience! And He says it over & over & over again! (No "cheap grace" here)
    This comes as a real "eye-opener" to those who have preferred man's opinions of what God's Living Word actually SAYS to the diligent study God requires of all recipients of His New Covenant.

  69. "Issue, Answer And Test!!"
    [1289 words]...Jesus Is ALL 3!

  70. "Is God Enuf-4-U?"
    [1147 words]..."Is "it" ALL-RIGHT With You? -vs- "Is God ENOUGH For You?"

  71. "Is There A TIME-WARP In Scripture?"
    [524 words]..."Shortened Days" = "Eaten Of Worms"??

  72. "It's A LIE!!"
    [1537 words]..."Once-"saved"-"ALWAYS"-"saved" -or- "now -arrived-CAN'T-LOSE!"

  73. "It's All Right To Die, IF You're DEAD!"
    [401 words]...Where "Metaphor" ends, REALITY begins!

  74. "Jesus Arrested -or- The Cruse Of Prosperity!"
    [550 words]...The Humble Nature Of Obedience = "Under Authority"!

  75. "Jesus Defines Sin!"
    [1476 words]...Light-Revulsion; Dark-Attraction!

  76. "Judging"
    [1772 words]...To Judge, or NOT to Judge - which IS it?? Scripture appears to contradict itself. Here's some help understanding this mystery.

  77. "Juris-Diction!"
    [537 words]..."No Tresspassing!"

  78. "Just WHOM Were You Expecting?"
    [536 words]...Careful... God MANDATES Your Expectations!

  79. "Knowledge By Remission!"
    [440 words]...Wanna KNOW?? REPENT! {Lk 1:77}

  80. "Let: And Let-GO! - {BIND And LOOSE}"
    [1365 words]...Does His "Filling", depend on our "LETTING"?

  81. "Little Faith!"
    [698 words]...ATTENTION GIANT-EATERS: Here are the 4 "GIANTS" of unbelief!

  82. "Love Without Peace Is Not Love!"
    [444 words]... Love REIGNS only where Peace RULES!

  83. "Man's END Is God's WAY - Jesus Christ!"
    [688 words]...He CANNOT be found {Saved}, who is not LOST!

  84. "My Veins; His BLOOD!"
    [1065 words]...Pyramids Notwithstanding, Mummies STINK! - I GAVE Him My Life... But Will I Let Him LIVE it?

  85. "Nativity Of Jerusalem!"
    [517 words]..."Cut - Wash - Salt - Swaddled!" God Remembers His First-Born's Birth!

  86. ""Never" X 7"
    [1042 words]...Jesus Says, "Never" X 6; Peter Says "Never" but ONCE!

  87. ""No Vision = DEATH; No Joy = VOID!" {Pr 29:18, Neh 8:10}"
    [692 words]...Salvation Is The Fruit Of God's JOY - NOT His Death!

  88. ""Omega" Begins With "Alpha"!"
    [1333 words]...Only NewBirth ENDS in LIFE {Christ}; This life is all about DYING!

  89. "Only If...!"
    [1400 words]..."Overcoming" means "Loving NOT our lives unto death"!

  90. "Our Daily Bread Is Faith!"
    [1334 words]...Obedience Is A GIFT {"Meat"}

  91. "Out Of WHO'S Belly??"
    [990 words]...CHRIST Is the Fountain of Living Waters!

  92. "Power!"
    [632 words]...A demonstration of God's Expressed WILL!

  93. "Peace-Bearers Sent To Raise The DEAD!"
    [2377 words]...Never underestimate God's Peace. Peace is God's Sovereign GOVERNMENT - hence, Jesus Christ is "Prince, or King Of Peace"! This essay examines the Sodom-like refusal of God's Sovereign Lordship of Peace, and the consequent "resurrection of damnation" of such apostasy which Jesus Describes as a fate far WORSE than what happened to Sodom and Gomorrah! This is a solemn WARNING against "lukewarmness" in these last "daZe"!

  94. "Prepare Ye! - Make Straight!"
    [1069 words]...Only Healed feet travel the upward Way, on Spiritual Roads!

  95. "Righteous Scarcely Saved!"-1Pt 4:18"
    [671 words]...Beware creeping unbelief {the believer's unbelief}!

  96. "Ripe Manna"
    [4730 words]... This is a LONG SUCKER! But it deals with an incredible subject, namely; God TESTS His gifts! Also included is a list of all the Bible says it takes to be Spiritually FRUITFUL (holiness)!

  97. "Saints!"
    [596 words]...Just what ARE Saints, anyway?

  98. "Saviour, yes! - {Lord, NO!}"
    [1347 words]..."Abomination of desolation!" - "Resurrection of Damnation!" - "Empty, Swept, Garnished" = DEATH-RISING!

  99. "Secrets!"
    [518 words]...MYSTERY! Only GOD Opens "eye/ears", to "See and Hear"

  100. ""Seek!" Means Prepared To Find"
    [1317 words]...Are you SURE you WANT god's Will?? {If you think you have Opened eyes and ears, read this!}

  101. "Share, Care, Bear"
    [1216 words]..."Abide" means co-habitate (Tandem-yoke-Dominion)

  102. "Signs And Marks!"
    [1087 words]......(As from another dimension??)

  103. "Stay SLOW To Stay LOW!"
    [472 words]...Humble NEVER hurries!

  104. "Submission = 9/10 Of Christ's Law!"
    [726 words]...(Word study) "Stiff necked, Reprobate", etc.

  105. "The Bloody Messiah Of Judgment!"
    [1210 words]...Graphic Grace - our Choice is a Bloody One!

  106. "The Bountiful "FEW"!"
    [575 words]...Not even GOD "Plows, Sows and Harvests" ROCKS!

  107. "The "Cross" Of CHOICE!"
    [996 words]... We have to choose to renounce the world; to deny self; to follow Christ! There are hard choices to be made if we are to shun and fast and wait and endure and suffer the "fiery trials" that are to test our faith {1Pt 4:12}. We are called to rejoice in these trials, as Peter says; "Beloved, I beseech you as aliens and exiles to abstain from (shun) the passions (lusts) of the flesh that wage war against your soul!" {1 Pt 2:11}. These choices are often a crucifixion - a cross. And Jesus said that any who would not "take up his cross" and chose this self-denial of "laying down our life for Him" are not worthy to be His disciples! {Lk 14:27}

  108. "The FINAL "Final"!"
    [759 words]...God Tests {Proves} ALL that He Gives!

  109. "The Good Fig Tree: NATHANAEL!"
    [2621 words]...We SEE as we WATCH, so.... "See but Jesus ONLY!"-Mt 17:8

  110. "The Hardest Thing In The World!"
    [811 words]..."Deny and Crucify SELF, to Follow Me DAILY!"-Lk 9:23

  111. "The Holy Spirit SPEAKS!"
    [1024 words]..."Comparing Spiritual Things WITH Spiritual"

  112. "The Most Powerful Thing On Earth!"
    [1189 words]...Religious unbelief!

  113. "The Night Cometh! {Blindness Meets Stupidity}"
    [1463 words]..."Hypnos", "Mesmer", "Narcos", "Morphos", "Pharma"!

  114. "The "QUICKENING!""
    [2108 words]...Deep Calling unto Deep {"Word" = "Spirit And Life"}

  115. "The Snake Which ATE The Snake!"
    [585 words]...Who Cast The First Snake ??

  116. "The Truth About Lazarus!"
    [1616 words]...The REAL Meaning Of The Name LAZARUS

  117. "The Witness Of Lazarus!"
    [907 words]...Col 3:3 PERSONIFIED! {LIVING RESURRECTION}

  118. "The "World" of John 3:16!"
    [671 words]...Does God REALLY Love this "WORLD"???

  119. "To Fear Or NOT To Fear; That Is The Question!"
    [598 words]...Biblical "Fear" does NOT mean merely "reverence"!

  120. "To KNOW God Is To FEAR {Love} Him!"
    [1217 words]...Jesus Said, "I'll TELL you Whom to Fear....!"-Mt 10:28

  121. "Trinity Of Doom!"
    [1433 words]TWO Roads To Hell: Stubbornness And Rebellion!-1Sam 15:23

  122. "Truth In Riddle? - WHY?"
    [523 words]...The "Elijah-Effect!": Catalytic Polarization!

  123. "Two Opinions {"Masters"}"
    [1118 words]...Who Wants To Be LORD??

  124. "Unleavened Bread {"Salted Fodder"}"
    [595 words]...As Per God's "Eternal Salt-Covenant"-Isa 30:24RSV

  125. ""Virgin Oil" Is JOY!"
    [1116 words]...IF.... We Are To, "Endure Unto The End, And [Thus] Be SAVED...!"

  126. "WALK The Talk!!"
    [618 words]...Faith Without WALK Is DEAD! {Doesn't WORK!}

  127. "We Only "HEAR" Light, As We "SEE" Salt!"
    [464 words]..."Bread Of Affliction........."-Isa 30:20,21

  128. "What's God Trying To PROVE, anyway??"
    [1325 words]..."Helllooooooooooooooo!!! - Is Anybody OUT There???"

  129. "Whence Courage?"
    [2121 words]...Fear Of The Flesh ROTS The Bones!

  130. "When God Says, "IF..."!"
    [459 words]...Are We Listening??

  131. "When Jesus Says, "GET LOST!"
    [508 words]...It's About HOSPITALITY!

  132. "Where Do We GROW From Here?"
    [742 words]..."Children Of The Resurrection"-Lk 20:36

  133. "Who IS This "Tishbite"?? {Part 1}"
    [ --- words]...God's "Gauntlet": "Elijah = JEHOVAH Is God!!"

  134. "Who IS This "Tishbite"?? {Part 2}"
    [ --- words]..........(See Part 1)

  135. "Who Lives Here?"
    [779 words]..."Unless The LORD Build The House....."-Ps 127:1

  136. "Who Sent The SNAKES?!"
    [1333 words]..."So.............................. Look, And LIVE!"

  137. "Who Was This John The Baptist?"
    [602 words]..."Filled With The Holy Spirit.... Even From His Mother's WOMB!"

  138. "Why ARGUE?"
    [1267 words]... Can we really argue and remain 'IN-SPIRIT'? What does GOD Say?

  139. "Why Did Jesus Come?"
    [923 words]...Spiritual Fruit Only Grows On Spiritual TREES!

  140. "Why Is Unbelief SIN?"
    [1252 words]...God Creates You With A Word... And You Don't BELIEVE That WORD??

  141. "Why Wait?"
    [1118 words]...Jesus Tells Us Waiting Secures ["Wins"] Our Souls!-Lk 21:19

  142. "Will Only FEW Be Saved?"
    [599 words]...There Is A "WAY" Which Seems "Right" To MOST..............!

  143. "Will You Forgive GOD??"
    [530 words]...God Made Man Both "Reflector" AND "Chooser"!

  144. ""Wretched" = "Soul-Poor""
    [681 words]...Nature May "Hate A Vacuum", But God LOVES "Poverty"!

  145. "You're Not The BOSS-O-ME!"
    [274 words]...Let Peace "UMPIRE", And Be The "BOSS-O-U!"

  146. "You're Tearing Christ APART!"
    [989 words]...Like Both Legs Going In Two Different Directions At The Same Time!

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