INTERESTING FRIDAY, DARK

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Aloha Saints, Family & Friends, beloved of Jesus and me,  John 3:16

Interesting Friday,   “WORTH CONSIDERING”   2/27/21

Well,  last night at a very  interesting House Church Forum Gathering where everyone got involved and good subjects were discussed like being unequally yoked,  Jewish persecutions, with lots of interesting side excursions and a good shared Agape Meal then the lights went out,  everything.   For the 3rd time in the last few years a drunk driver hit the same power pole across the street and took out the power.   Totally Black.   We are all sitting there when this bomb went off in the front yard.  The guy backed up and tried to run but was caught.  My what a big bill he made for himself with just one more for the road.  It appears he was not hurt.  But this will be a plot point in his life for sure.   But not one little bitty light was on anywhere.

As for us,  I remembered the flashlights in the Kitchen and so some one guided me with their phone and we ended up with a bunch of flashlights and a camp lantern.    And then I realized that my sleeping chair does not have a battery back up so needed to take my computer backup battery to be able to go to sleep  as the chair goes into a bed with a little electric motor.   And then I fully realized what it would be like if an EMP went off overhead and how difficult things would become to simple live.  Where are the matches?  lighter, flint???   All night I was thinking of how to get the generators going so there would be power for the Refers (3) and 20′ Freezer full of food.   Been talking a lot about being ready but far from being there.  But by 8 AM,  HELCO had installed a new pole and had the power on again,  PTL…   So except for putting things back together no beg deal.   But being without power for about 12 hours really showed me the needs that we would  face with an oil shut down from getting to Hawaii to make power.  So back to the top of my list goes,   offgrid power with batteries and backup.  

Which takes me into the serious consideration and light and darkness in eternity.   So let’s do a little word study on darkness,  churches don’t do this much any more.   Makes folks go where there are happy thoughts.

But if your eye is unsound, your whole body will be full of darkness. If then the very light in you [your conscience] is darkened, how dense is that darkness!  Matt. 6:23

I tell you, many will come from east and west, and will sit at table with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob in the  kingdom of heaven,  12 While the sons and heirs of the kingdom will be driven out into the darkness outside, where there will be weeping and grinding of teeth.  13 Then to the centurion Jesus said, Go; it shall be done for you as you have believed. And the servant boy was restored to health at that very [a]moment.  Matt. 8:11

And he said, Friend, how did you come in here without putting on the [appropriate] wedding garment? And he was speechless ([a]muzzled, gagged).  13 Then the king said to the attendants, Tie him hand and foot, and throw him into the darkness outside; there will be weeping and grinding of teeth.  14 For many are called (invited and summoned), but few are chosen.  Matt.22:12

For to everyone who has will more be given, and he will be [a]furnished richly so that he will have an abundance; but from the one who does not have, even what he does have will be taken away.30 And throw the good-for-nothing servant into the outer darkness; there will be weeping and grinding of teeth.31 When the Son of Man comes in His glory (His majesty and splendor), and all the holy angels with Him, then He will sit on the throne of His glory.  Matt 23:29

And the robbers who were crucified with Him also abused and reproached and made sport of Him in the same way.  45 Now from the sixth hour (noon) there was darkness over all the land until the ninth hour (three o’clock).  46 And about the ninth hour (three o’clock) Jesus cried with a loud voice, Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani?—that is, My God, My God, why have You abandoned Me [leaving Me [a]helpless, forsaking and failing Me in My need ]?  Matt. 44-46   (Jesus was in our place feeling the darkness for us as the lamb of God.)

There are over 153 times that the word darkness is used one of the places especially clear is in Jude: 6 & 13

And angels who did not keep (care for, guard, and hold to) their own first place of power but abandoned their proper dwelling place—these He has reserved in custody in eternal chains (bonds) under the thick gloom of utter darkness until the judgment and doom of the great day.…… (So hell originally set up for the rebellious angels but in verse 12 included the souls of man.)    12 These are hidden reefs (elements of danger) in your love feasts, where they boldly feast sumptuously [carousing together in your midst], without scruples providing for themselves [alone]. They are clouds without water, swept along by the winds; trees, without fruit at the late autumn gathering time—twice (doubly) dead, [lifeless and] plucked up by the roots;13 Wild waves of the sea, flinging up the foam of their own shame and disgrace; wandering stars, for whom the gloom of eternal darkness has been reserved forever.14 It was of these people, moreover, that Enoch in the seventh [generation] from Adam prophesied when he said, Behold, the Lord comes with His myriads of holy ones (ten thousands of His saints).

We have all grow up with the concept of hell being the kingdom of lucifer and all being tormented by fire.  I even went to a school Halloween party dressed as lucifer on time.  This is due to the metaphorical thinking of God trying to tell us about the kind of pain to be felt in hell.   But actually without a body our soul would not be disturbed by fire at all as a spiritual being.  We would need a body to feel pain.  So the pain of hell is really spiritual.   It is actually to be totally awake as an eternal spiritual being but without creation and the God of Light who created it.   All are gone and only absolute darkness remains.   To have a recall of all said and done of our time on earth and the opportunities we have rejected and going though eternity without any light at all or any possibility of change or repentance.  Hell, in the Bible is seen as the total opposite of heaven.  Jesus went through that experience for us but had no sin so that the LAW could not hold HIM. 

Yours, in HIS great Love and wonderful Grace and Mercy,   Ken<><  www.Trinity-Aloha.org     (Questions or changes,  Ken@Trinity-Aloha.org    Worth Considering library available on our homepage.

“I have found that there are three stages in every great work of God: first, it is impossible, then it is difficult, then it is done.” – Hudson Taylor “Our prayers lay the track down which God´s power can come. Like a mighty locomotive, his power is irresistible, but it cannot reach us without rails.” – Watchman Nee “Until we reach for the IMPOSSIBLE through fervent, faith-filled prayer, we will NEVER fulfill our created purpose!” – David Smithers

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LAW KILLS, GRACE/TRUTH GIVES LIFE

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Aloha Saints, Family & Friends,  beloved of Jesus and me,   John 3:16,  12:24-26,  17:20-22

LAW Kills, GRACE/TRUTH gives life.   WORTH CONSIDERING     2/25/21

IT WAS MOSES UNTIL THE RESURRECTION AND THEN JESUS AS THE WORD OF GOD TOOK OVER FROM THERE.

Moses gave us the LAW but Grace and Truth came through Christ Jesus our LORD.  In Him there is neither Jew nor Gentile……   No VAIN TRADITIONS,  just A New Testament perception of God’s Truth.   Most of the types in the O.T. have been fulfilled in the N. T.  through Christ Jesus who is now, “LORD” and greater than Moses.

It is no longer a Moses LAW game of life,  now it is all about Jesus.  Moses shared about the shadow of things to come.   It is now, Jesus that it is all about in TRUTH.  Over 300 prophesies in the Old Testament about Jesus and most have been fulfilled.   The Kingdom will not be about traditions or culture but about GOD’S Holy Truth in Christ Jesus in Righteousness.  It is about having totally clean air,  no smell at all.   I will always be a Kentucky Hillbilly as a starting point in time but today I don’t even look or smell like one because of Jesus.   I dearly loved my Great Grandfather but Jesus is now LORD.  We are to be conformed to HIS image and likeness and not to any other.   As Women are more like the Holy Spirit, I point them in that direction.

The Jews hated the departure of Jesus  from their vain traditions and murdered  HIM.   And their house was left desolate, destroyed.  Not one stone left standing upon another.   We so tend to build houses of Pride so our little ego is comfortable.   Pride is always looking for a home better than next door,  but pride must be put on the cross.   Before honor is humility and God resists the proud and gives Grace to the humble.   Christians are to teach and preach Christ Jesus as Lord and HIM crucified for our sins and then God will Honor what we are about.  Otherwise it is a  waste of life and like being parked on a side tract like a train going no where.  In Christ Jesus I am no longer a Jew or a Gentile but a new creation in Christ Jesus.

Culture can not change TRUTH nor add to it.  Culture may be a flavor,  but that is it.   Traditions and Culture made the Word of God ineffective according to Jesus and they were Jewish Traditions and Cultures.   We will never experience the resurrection power of Jesus on earth except by walking in the TRUTH of GOD as HE gave it to us.   And I would be the first to say that I also need more fine tuning my self.   But any obsession with any culture or with the Jewish culture and traditions did the Jews no good so why should we expect it to be different with us or anyone else.   Traditions and  Culture only tends to breed Pride and Ego.   It is in walking out  the Truth of God that sets us free by HIS Grace.

Obedience, if in obedience and humility to change direction to the light what is revealed by God in Christ Jesus,  is what works.   But God resists the proud but and gives Grace (Power) to the humble.  The way up, is down.  We should only want to bring to the table  what is clear in the Holy Scriptures, “Once Delivered.”  Personally,   I am happy with  that and truly want my Adamic rebellious sinful nature to die and be dead in Christ Jesus.  I prefer to be like Jesus than Adam.  And my Creator has seen to it that I have a personal choice to renounce my past and be born into the Family of God.    My new nature in Christ Jesus as LORD has nothing to do with my old culture or family.  It has only to do with  God’s Truth.  I have moved through many interesting “Cultures” in my life and none seem to have contributed much if anything to God’s Truth.  Most have been in the way.  Most only seem to elevate me as a person or perhaps an organization and ultimately cause a division between the soul and the Holy Spirit who is seeking to bring me into a John 17 unity with my Creator, my heavenly Father.   Ever really study through the Lord’s Prayer in John 17 ?   What ever Jesus prayed for will come to pass.  All have been invited into this Godly Unity in Righteousness but most have responded that the are just a bit too busy to attend.  Hope you will be there at the great banquet feast of unity in the Kingdom of God,  Rev. 19


Yours, in HIS great Love and wonderful Grace and Mercy, Ken <>< www.Trinity-Aloha.org
( Add / Delete, ken@trinity-aloha.org   “Worth Considering” Library, see Homepage.)

There is but ONE Church of Christ Jesus as LORD;
All who Love Honor and Obey Jesus are eternal members.


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Worthy Brief <worthybrief@worthynetwork.com&gt;  Nearly 8 million people suffering hunger in Central America, up from 2.2 million in 2018.  The United Nations has reported a massive increase in the number of people suffering hunger in Central America over the last two years, Voice of America (VOA) reports.  A federal judge in Houston late Tuesday banned the Biden administration from enforcing a 100-day moratorium on most deportations.  Lawmakers in Washington, D.C. are getting ready to decide on a landmark piece of LGBTQ legislation that would crush religious liberty  A test of a Minuteman III missile, fired from Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif., and landing 4,200 miles away, was a success, the Air Force said on Wednesday.    Executives of U.S. technology companies told lawmakers on February 23 that a recent breach of corporate and government networks was so sophisticated that a nation had to be behind it and said all the evidence points to Russia.

In a shallow relationship with God, we will find ourselves being tossed to and fro by stormy waves of circumstance. James describes such a person as “double-minded” and unstable. In his trials, he cannot exercise faith because he hasn’t gone deep with the Lord. However, when we seek that deeper relationship with Him, we can enter another perspective on what’s happening at the surface. Seeking and abiding in the depths of Yeshua, our Sar Shalom (Prince of Peace) will bring a peace that passes understanding, even in the midst of great storms. The double-minded man has not yet sought or found this place — since not everyone is willing to spend the time or effort for a deep relationship, however, it is available for all who truly desire and take the time for it.   George Rivka, Mansfield, Texas

True Vine Mini Farm, Kealia, Hawaii

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Aloha Saints, Friends & Family,  Beloved of Jesus and me,   John 3:16,  John 12:24-26   John 17:20-23.

TrueVine Mini Farm,     Structure and Organization.  Ideas anyone?    2/23/21   
This is our source of help, so far.     https://wwoofusa.org/user/517058   Lots of Youth looking for dirt.

Need someone who likes to organize & fine tune this kind of a vision.   I am not good at that stuff.   

Our  vision for the TrueVine Mini Farm is to have a space, first of all,  that is positive for spiritual growth in God’s Truth that sets us free.   And also to include making the Mini Farm comfortable and mostly self supportive as an Ohana Farm or family.   Have living space now for 6 plus Cindy, Sue and me makes 9.  With the other property the potential is unknown.  We are presently full for the next two month. 

Some chores are an opportunity to be creative and some are supportive.  Some are fun and some are not. But there is a need for a basic assignment and responsibility for those things that are needful just to live, be clean and healthy.

We want folks to come because they want to learn and help in their area of interest.  And our vision is for that to happen with all who come.   Eventually we hope to see an Ohana Family that enjoys the opportunities that are available grow out of this effort and become home to many.  But there can not to be any pressure for that to happen.  Many who come will simply be explorers and that is fine.  In a real sense we are all pilgrims on a speck of dust, hurtling through space,   temporarily enjoying a very short experience in this unique temporary dimension of time as pilgrims and explorers.   Obviously, to me, we have been created by intelligent design and a careful purpose that would be in our best interest to find.

But as to the TrueVine Mini Farm.  It is mostly just a beginning dream.  Our vision is to eventually become self sustaining for most of what we need for life and enjoy doing it.   We have this .6 of an acres and 7 doors north we have another ½ acre and we also hope to get a lease from Bishop for the 320 acres behind both of those lots that we have now.  That is, if,  the Ohana comes together with one mind and one spirit with enough dedicated souls to make it work.   So the vision is to live and work towards our own little Eden in Kealia, HI as originally planed by our Loving Creator.

So we have a need to, in unity, establish:   Meals, shopping and cooking.   Costco and Town once a week for staples, Basic foods only.  (Special foods, diets and junk foods are personal.)    Add your favorite staples to the Costco list.  House Keeping (Bathrooms and Kitchen Annex and such.)  Weekly laundry times to do laundry Monday – Friday.  Gardening for food we can eat.  Rodent duty to get rid of mice, rats and mongoose  Construction and Repairs,  Healthy social time planning,  Ohana Family gathering on Fridays at 5:30 for a shared meal and spiritual encouragement.

This little memo has much room for changes and learning as to how best to develop this kind of unity.  It also must make room for training leadership and needs innovations to grow in life and faith to become inspirational and productive.   But may go no where,  but then learning to walk on water is not for the faint at heart.     Be Blessed in your day,     Ken<><   www.OhanaChurch.Life     www.Trinity-Aloha.org

STUFF & THINGS

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Aloha Saints, Family & Friends,  beloved of Jesus and me,   John 3:16

STUFF & THINGS,   “WORTH CONSIDERING”   2/20/21   From Ken Smith<><

This catch all word is used 766 times in the AMP Bible Translation and covers a lot of territory.    In the Old Testament, Gen.1:24,   it first use of things is to share about “creeping things” being created.   So why would God be interested in that?  Cleanup Crew?   Lord knows how messy things would become down here.

In Matt. 4:9 lucifer offer everything to Jesus if Jesus would only become #2 man.
In Matt.  5:11 Jesus warns us about responding negatively to evil things said about us because of HIM.   I get that a lot, If only I was a better Christian I would fix their problem what ever that is.  Of course God is the resource, not me.  They need to learn to fish for themselves rather than be begging for a fish.  But we still get caught in the crossfire.

In Matt. 5:18     Jesus confirms to us to be in touch with Bible Prophets as all things will be fulfilled.

In Romans 8:31,   Apostle Paul writes:  What then shall we say to [all] this? If God is for us, who [can be] against us? [Who can be our foe, if God is on our side?]  32 He who did not withhold or spare [even] His own Son but gave Him up for us all, will He not also with Him freely and graciously give us all [other] things?  33 Who shall bring any charge against God’s elect [when it is] God Who justifies [that is, Who puts us in right relation to Himself? Who shall come forward and accuse or impeach those whom God has chosen? Will God, Who acquits us?]

And in Rom.10:14-16, Paul tells us to go share the Good News of God’s Love and forgiveness.   But how are people to call upon Him Whom they have not believed [in Whom they have no faith, on Whom they have no reliance]? And how are they to believe in Him [adhere to, trust in, and rely upon Him] of Whom they have never heard? And how are they to hear without a preacher?  15 And how can men [be expected to] preach unless they are sent? As it is written, How beautiful are the feet of those who bring glad tidings! [How welcome is the coming of those who preach the good news of His good things!]  16 But they have not all heeded the Gospel; for Isaiah says, Lord, who has believed (had faith in) what he has heard from us?  ( The word Preacher really apply to every one who can talk.  It is not about the office of a pastor at all.  It is the sheep that bares the lambs, not the shepherd.)  Do you have a living testimony of what Jesus has done for you.  Then you should be willing to share that testimony when the door is open to do so. 

Rom. 12:15-17 gives us the guidelines for doing just that.   “Rejoice with those who rejoice [sharing others’ joy], and weep with those who weep [sharing others’ grief].  16 Live in harmony with one another; do not be haughty (snobbish, high-minded, exclusive), but readily adjust yourself to [people, things] and give yourselves to humble tasks. Never overestimate yourself or be wise in your own conceits.  17 Repay no one evil for evil, but take thought for what is honest and proper and noble [aiming to be above reproach] in the sight of everyone.   So if this kine of a word search is interesting for you go to:
https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Romans%2012%3A15%2D17&version=AMPC     And continue to get acquainted with Bible Gateway.com in how to look up subjects that your are interested in and quickly go though what the Bible had to offer on the subject.  It is a wonderful was to check out God’s Truth and keep us from a lot of painful paths into no where.  

Yours in HIS great love & wonderful grace and mercy,  Ken<>< www.Trinity-Aloha.org

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“God loves with a great love the man whose heart is bursting with a passion for the IMPOSSIBLE.” – William Booth.
“What are Christians put into the world for except to do the impossible in the strength of God.” – General S. C. Armstrong
“Let me burn out for God. After all, whatever God may appoint, prayer is the great thing. Oh, that I may be a man of prayer!” – Henry Martyn
“Apostolic preaching is not marked by its beautiful diction, or literary polish, or Cleverness of expression, but Operates “in demonstration of the Spirit and of power.” – Arthur Wallis
“No man is ever fully accepted until he has, first of all, been utterly rejected.” – Author unknown
“The only saving faith is that which casts itself on God for life or death.” – Martin Luther

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Democratic lawmakers introduced a bill last month seeking to ban former President Donald Trump from having federally funded statues, monuments, street names, or even park benches named after him or dedicated to commemorating his presidency. The legislation, dubbed “No Glory for Hate” would also bar Trump from being buried at Arlington National Cemetery.
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PATH OF TRUTH

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Aloha Saints, Family & Friends,  beloved of Jesus and me,   John 3:16

PATH OF TRUTH        “WORTH CONSIDERING”       2/18/21     From Ken Smith<><

Today’s Scripture
The start of a quarrel is like a leak in a dam, so stop it before it bursts.  (Proverbs 17:14, MSG)
    
Stop the Leak
One of the biggest challenges we all face is getting along with other people. We have different personalities, different temperaments, and come from different backgrounds. When somebody doesn’t agree with us, or they’re doing what we don’t like, it’s easy to quarrel with them, try to straighten them out, and prove our point. Before long we’re at odds, mad at each other, and offended. You can feel the tension and stress. What’s happened? We’ve allowed strife in. When we let our guard down and say things that are disrespectful, hurtful, and demeaning, we damage our relationship and open the door to strife. That’s why the Scripture says, Give no place to the enemy. Strife can’t just come in whenever it wants; you have to open the door. To never have an argument or say a wrong word is not reality, but when we allow strife to become common we’re constantly arguing, saying hurtful things, being disrespectful, we’re headed down the wrong path. Stop strife before it bursts and tears relationships apart.
    
A Prayer for Today
“Father, thank You for the promise of blessedness when I take the high road and am a peacemaker in relationships. Give me wisdom to know when to keep my mouth closed and overlook something that bothers me. I recognize the destructive power of strife and give no place for it. In Jesus Name, Amen.”

Ken’s Thoughts,
In Hawaii, when there is gossip and slander going by someone it is called “Talking Stink” and the term fits very well.   And by and large the church thinks nothing about destroying another person with unfounded gossip.  Even in the past election with all the dust in the air, no one really knew what was the truth unless by divine revelation.  Not me for sure, I am sitting on a little grain of sand 2,000 miles from any big land mass in the middle of the Pacific Ocean. trying to use a computer on the internet trying to effectively decide the course of my vote for this nation in a state where the vote is never a conservative vote.  But folks sure get steamed about it, they sure do.  And mostly about issues that really no one has any empirical knowledge about.

So to get an overview on all this there are some thoughts to consider:

1    Am I defending my little ego and pride or is this conflict to help someone really find Jesus as LORD?    (If we sow to the flesh we will of the flesh receive corruption. )

2,    Am I truly standing in God’s complete forgiveness as I have forgiven everyone else?  This is a thought that we tend to ignore.  Pride tells us that we have the right to walk in unforgiveness towards others when we really want and need HIS total forgiveness.  We are taught that it can not happen.  God will not forgive unless we totally forgive as well.
3.    We often feel that we are so right that someone who objects to our position must be stupid and out to lunch.  Pride goes to war, Humility listens.  Only as we know a subject from the Bible in Context with all 66 books can we have “REAL” faith about any thing.
    Or if we actually see it and handle it as John records, Empirical, First Hand knowledge or otherwise we are just parroting something that seamed right to us at the time.  Some times we tell stories and even talk stink when we really don’t know if they are true or not.  And the more we tell it, the more we believe it.  I have had the Holy Spirit ask me, in the middle of a story, if I really knew whether it was true or not, empirically, first hand.  And come to realize that truly, it was just fiction that made me look good to others;  That fed my Pride.  

4.    When we stand before Jesus and give a true accounting of our lives on the things and sins that we have truly and totally repented of will be hidden under the blood.  The other stupid stuff of pride and rebellion and being self centered rather than Jesus centered will come up to the top and be critical to the outcome of our judgment.  What we did with our abilities and talents will be judged.

Of course if you make it to the 1st seat of Judgment your are IN.   If you end up at the 2nd seat of Judgment your name will not written in the “Book of Life” and you are OUT.  Waiting to later to consider all of this in not very wise and you don’t know the date of your graduation.  And you don’t know what will be the condition of your mind to even make decisions at a later date.  We are given one life time to decide to love light and go for it or to become involved with the world and allow ourselves to become a part of it.  John put it this way: “    Do not love or cherish the world or the things that are in the world. If anyone loves the world, love for the Father is not in him.  16 For all that is in the world—the lust of the flesh [craving for sensual gratification] and the lust of the eyes [greedy longings of the mind] and the pride of life [assurance in one’s own resources or in the stability of earthly things]—these do not come from the Father but are from the world [itself].  17 And the world passes away and disappears, and with it the forbidden cravings (the passionate desires, the lust) of it; but he who does the will of God and carries out His purposes in his life abides (remains) forever.”  1 John 2:14-16.

Yours, in HIS great love and wonderful grace and mercy, Ken<><   www.trinity-aloha.org
( Add / Delete, ken@trinity-aloha.org   “Worth Considering” Library link on Homepage. )
There is but one Church of Christ Jesus as LORD,
all who Love, Honor & Obey HIM are eternal members

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Washington Riot:
https://worthy.watch/the-false-and-exaggerated-claims-still-being-spread-about-the-capitol-riot

WORD OF LIFE

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Aloha Saints, Family & Friends,  Beloved of Jesus and me,    John 3:16,  12:24-26,   17:20-22

WORD of  LIFE   “Worth Considering”   2/16/21    From Ken Smith<><

Tonight as I was doing my mail and wondering what I could send to you that might be helpful in your daily  combat with the enemy of our soul and our Adamic carnal nature that we received from Adam.  And I felt that I could not improve upon what has already been written by John “The Beloved”  as per his personal testimony concerning Jesus Christ, as his LORD.

John writes:
 [We are writing] about the Word of Life [ [a] in] Him Who existed from the beginning, Whom we have heard, Whom we have seen with our [own] eyes, Whom we have gazed upon [for ourselves] and have touched with our [own] hands.    2 And the Life [ [b] an aspect of His being] was revealed (made manifest, demonstrated), and we saw [as eyewitnesses] and are testifying to and declare to you the Life, the eternal Life [[c] in Him] Who already existed with the Father and Who [actually] was made visible (was revealed) to us [His followers].   3 What we have seen and [ourselves] heard, we are also telling you, so that you too may [d] realize and enjoy fellowship as partners and partakers with us. And [this] fellowship that we have [which is a [e] distinguishing mark of Christians] is with the Father and with His Son Jesus Christ (the Messiah).  4 And we are now writing these things to you so that our joy [in seeing you included] may be full [and [f] your joy may be complete].  5 And this is the message [the message of [g] promise] which we have heard from Him and now are reporting to you: God is Light, and there is no darkness in Him at all [ [ h] no, not in any way].  6 [So] if we say we are partakers together and enjoy fellowship with Him when we live and move and are walking about in darkness, we are [both] speaking falsely and do not live and practice the Truth [which the Gospel presents].  7 But if we [really] are living and walking in the Light, as He [Himself] is in the Light, we have [true, unbroken] fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus Christ His Son cleanses (removes) us from all sin and guilt [keeps us cleansed from sin in all its forms and manifestations].  8 If we say we have no sin [ refusing to admit that we are sinners], we delude and lead ourselves astray, and the Truth [which the Gospel presents] is not in us [does not dwell in our hearts].  9 If we [freely] admit that we have sinned and confess our sins, He is faithful and just (true to His own nature and promises) and will forgive our sins [dismiss our lawlessness] and [continuously] cleanse us from all unrighteousness [everything not in conformity to His will in purpose, thought, and action].  10 If we say (claim) we have not sinned, we contradict His Word and make Him out to be false and a liar, and His Word is not in us [the divine message of the Gospel is not in our hearts].  1 John 1-10

See what [ [a] an incredible] quality of love the Father has given (shown, bestowed on) us, that we should [ be permitted to] be named and called and counted the children of God! And so we are! The reason that the world does not know (recognize, acknowledge) us is that it does not know (recognize, acknowledge) Him.  2 Beloved, we are [even here and] now God’s children; it is not yet disclosed (made clear) what we shall be [hereafter], but we know that when He comes and is manifested, we shall [ [b] as God’s children] resemble and be like Him, for we shall see Him [c] just as He [really] is.  3 And everyone who has this hope [resting] on Him cleanses (purifies) himself just as He is pure (chaste, undefiled, guiltless).  4 Everyone who commits (practices) sin is guilty of lawlessness; for [that is what] sin is, lawlessness (the breaking, violating of God’s law by transgression or neglect—being unrestrained and unregulated by His commands and His will).
5 You know that He appeared in visible form and became Man to take away [upon Himself] sins, and in Him there is no sin [ [d] essentially and forever].  6 No one who abides in Him [who lives and remains [e] in communion with and in obedience to Him—deliberately, knowingly, and [f] habitually] commits (practices) sin. No one who [habitually] sins has either seen or known Him [recognized, perceived, or understood Him, or has had an experiential acquaintance with Him].  7 [g] Boys (lads), let no one deceive and lead you astray. He who practices righteousness [who is upright, conforming to the divine will in purpose, thought, and action, living a consistently conscientious life] is righteous, even as He is righteous.  8 [But] he who commits sin [who practices evildoing] is of the devil [ takes his character from the evil one], for the devil has sinned (violated the divine law) from the beginning. The reason the Son of God was made manifest (visible) was to undo (destroy, loosen, and dissolve) the works the devil [has done].  9 No one born (begotten) of God [deliberately, knowingly, and [h] habitually] practices sin, for God’s nature abides in him [His principle of life, the divine sperm, remains permanently within him]; and he cannot practice sinning because he is born (begotten) of God.  10 By this it is made clear who take their nature from God and are His children and who take their nature from the devil and are his children: no one who does not practice righteousness [who does not conform to God’s will in purpose, thought, and action] is of God; neither is anyone who does not love his brother (his fellow [ I ] believer in Christ).  11 For this is the message (the announcement) which you have heard from the first, that we should love one another, 1 John 3:1-11

Please read this over many times and let the truth sink deep into your heart of hearts as I also need to do the same.   John is my favorite of the Apostles, the one most like Jesus from what I feel down deep.  All would do well to read the 5 writings that we have from John in a very serious way.   With “The Jesus Revelation”, I have some notes if you would like them.  ken@trinity-aloha.org

Yours, in HIS great love and wonderful Grace and Mercy,   Ken<><   www.trinity-aloha.org
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Worthy Brief <worthybrief@worthynetwork.com&gt;    China Used Secret Microchip to Spy on US ComputersChina’s exploitation of products made by Supermicro, as the U.S. company is known, has been under federal scrutiny for much of the past decade, according to 14 former law enforcement and intelligence officials familiar with the matter.   The wide-reaching Equality Act championed by Democrats would put the hiring practices of faith-based organizations in “jeopardy” and will create additional religious freedom concerns for Christian schools, churches and ministries, a prominent legal nonprofit argues.   Four pro-life bills have passed in Montana’s state House and its Senate Judiciary Committee, and are now on their way to the state’s full Senate for consideration, Life News reports. The bills had passed 67-33 in the House last month, before passing in the Judiciary Committee on February 9.    Over 500 British churches have joined a UK-wide initiative to welcome Hong Kong residents escaping China’s increasingly oppressive policies in the city, the Christian Post reports.    Blues Clues peddles gender identity propaganda to pre-schoolers

Virus Active areas 35     https://www.eatthis.com/covid-19-high-risk-places/
Vaccine Facts?    Publicity,  Selling a membership but perhaps some good facts???? https://pro.inhresearch2.com/p/THCVAC20201G/LTHCWC14/?sid1=1012&sid2=&sid3=aff_unique1&h=true    (Let me know what you think about this.  I am still praying,  Do I trust the shots or the LORD the most?   Have had 4 strong witnesses against and none for,  but lots of fear?)

CHILDREN OF GOD

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CHILDREN  OF GOD,    “WORTH CONSIDERING” 2/15/21,    From Ken Smith<><

Good Word today from that church in Texas today.
“Most of the negative things we face day to day are simply distractions. But too often, we put time, worry, and energy into battles that aren’t ours to fight. They belong to God!
I want to help you recognize that if someone doesn’t see who you are, it’s okay; move forward!
    You don’t have to worry about what someone said.
    You don’t have to please everyone.
    You don’t have to give every problem your energy.
You don’t have to waste your energy getting upset. Let God fight your battles and be your Defender. Your time is too valuable to spend responding to every distraction.  Remember …
Your life is about living out your destiny, and many times you’ll need to dismiss the distractions so you can walk in the promise!  I’m not saying to be passive and not fight any battles. I’m saying to look at how important those battles are.  Ask yourself, “Will this battle propel me into my destiny?”

My Thoughts:
I got up this morning talking with the LORD about the day and HE began by telling me that HE did not need to make every decision in our lives for us.  That real freedom was in knowing what would bring LIFE or DEATH.   That like the Bible teaches where ever our feet go as long as what we are doing is supportive of HIS Life, we are OK.   We are not made free in Christ Jesus through the Truth of God for the purpose of sin.  We are made free to enjoy the Kingdom of God on earth in the middle of the curse brought on by Adam’s pride and rebellion and enjoy HIS victory over it.  That the more we find and keep the commandments that our Creator has sent to us by HIS prophets the better our lives will be both on earth and in heaven with HIM.   We are in a crash course of learning how to use our freewill in a positive way.  And with the wisdom of God available to us through the Word of God to not get our shoes laces tied together by our pride and stupidity.  God is for us, who can be against us when we believe in and act upon HIS precious promises. 

I often reflect upon the temptations of Jesus as the “Son of Man” like us on that 40 day fast.  Notice that when lucifer came to tempt HIM what resources did HE use to get the victory?  You look it up….  Where did Jesus go when in deep trouble and profound temptation.  Could it be that the same concept would work for us that this is an example ?  We are so pron to be such actors and hypocrisy.   Our Creator has set up a Gym on earth that will either make us very strong or to be ejected into outer darkness.  If we follow the example of Jesus, we can be more than conquers, Rom.8.  If we pretend to make Jesus LORD our end is very bad.  Read the last 3 chapter of the Revelation of Christ Jesus and really think about what Jesus is sharing with us.   It is very different when modified through you local church theater traditions.  There is no sloppy agape or greasy grace found there. You are either clearly in, or clearly out.  Now is the time to consider.

So in you walk today, in what ever you feel to do,  is Jesus walking with you or are you alone.  Is it HIS battle you are investing your time in or are you investing your time in making your flesh feel more comfortable.  It is amazing how easy it is for the powers of darkness to con or manipulate us into thinking that by serving our flesh we are really serving the LORD. 

Our world today is so full of lies and deceit that it is very difficult to see clearly what is going on.  That is why The Word of God came to us as the “Son of Man” in a barn so he could speak our language and clearly get the simple message to us of HIS great love and faith in and for us to choose to want to be with HIM.  HE also gave us the great and precious promises, (and HE never lies), about what HE has planned for us if we seek and find victory over this world in and through HIM.  But we must choose to come to HIM and Seek, Knock and Ask for HIS help, HIS grace.  If we then decide to make Jesus LORD and find HIS commandments and keep them we will then be able to overcome the world as Jesus did.   Again read Romans 8…. AMP

Rom.8:14-19,   “For all who are led by the Spirit of God are sons of God.  15 For [the Spirit which] you have now received [is] not a spirit of slavery to put you once more in bondage to fear, but you have received the Spirit of adoption [the Spirit producing sonship] in [the bliss of ] which we cry, Abba (Father)! Father!  16 The Spirit Himself [thus] testifies together with our own spirit, [assuring us] that we are children of God.  17 And if we are [His] children, then we are [His] heirs also: heirs of God and fellow heirs with Christ [sharing His inheritance with Him]; only we must share His suffering if we are to share His glory.  18 [But what of that?] For I consider that the sufferings of this present time (this present life) are not worth being compared with the glory that is about to be revealed to us and in us and [g] for us and [h] conferred on us!  19 For [even the whole] creation (all nature) waits expectantly and longs earnestly for God’s sons to be made known [waits for the revealing, the disclosing of their sonship].

Yours, in HIS great Love and wonderful Grace and Mercy, Ken<>< www.trinity-aloha.org
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Worthy Brief <worthybrief@worthynetwork.com&gt;     Investigators from the World Health Organization (WHO) looking into the origins of coronavirus in China have discovered signs the outbreak was much wider in Wuhan in December 2019 than previously thought, and are urgently seeking access to hundreds of thousands of blood samples from the city that China has not so far let them examine.   Chinese authorities refused to provide World Health Organization investigators with raw, personalized data on early Covid-19 cases that could help them determine how and when the coronavirus first began to spread in China, according to WHO investigators who described heated exchanges over the lack of detail.    A magnitude 7.3 earthquake struck Saturday off the coast of Japan’s Fukushima prefecture, which was home to one of the world’s worst nuclear disasters almost a decade ago.    Snow and ice blanketed large swaths of the U.S. on Sunday, prompting canceled flights, making driving perilous, and reaching into areas as far south as Texas’ Gulf Coast, where snow and sleet were expected overnight.    Minneapolis on Friday backtracked on its original push to defund the city’s police department in the wake of George Floyd’s police custody death after residents begged the city to hire more officers, citing longer response times and increased violent crime.   A video posted to Instagram on Saturday evening by user ‘standwithseattlepd’ shows a snow barrier built by protesters outside of the Seattle Police Department’s East Precinct.


https://worthy.watch/15000-deaths-in-ny-state-cuomo-and-the-coverup

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all who Love, Honor and Obey Him are eternal members

FISHING

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FISHING    “WORTH CONSIDERING”    2/13/21    From Ken Smith<><

From a little boy, I have always loved fishing.  I remember one time in Tonkawa, OK in the 6th grade of finding a long piece of bamboo, Hairpins from my mother, black electric tape from my father tool box and a $1. reel and $1. for line, hooks and sinker.   Plus a gift of chicken liver from the local butcher.   Huck Finn off to the local river to catch a fish.  Well I caught that fish and he broke my pole, took off my hairpin eyes and bent my reel, but I landed him a nice big 2 # carp.  Took him home for praise and got told it was a trash fish, too many bones.  But did not give up and found a black family who bought him for $2.  That day went down in my history book as a very good day.  Before I left OR. CA in 1971 trout fishing became the top of my list of things I enjoyed doing.  Think nothing of driving 5-8 hours for a few hours of fishing.   Nothing like costing a 3/4# multi colored leader with a #14 gold hook with a yellow cheese egg (salmon) down a little brook and catching a big rainbow or German brown for dinner.   But then like with Peter and the boys, Jesus called me to learn how to become a fisher of men.  I don’t believe any one is lost who really wants to be saved.   But only that I have the wonderful opportunity of being a part of their salvation.  I can learn to be a spiritual father and be invited to help in the harvest of souls.  Our Creator has invited us to assist HIM in the gathering of HIS Elect into HIS Kingdom.

I know that there are many who say well if God want’s them HE can save them but I have to be about making my daisy chain and feeding the stray cats & mongoose.   Who! Me! My brothers keeper, not my job.  But Our Great Creator has invited us to partner with HIM in HIS vision for creating a family in HIS own Image and Likeness.  So the invitation has been sent to and through everyone who has the faith to believe it.  One of the last verses in the Bible for Jesus tells us this.

The [Holy] Spirit and the bride (the church, the true Christians) say, Come! And let him who is listening say, Come! And let everyone come who is thirsty [who is painfully conscious of his need [d] of those things by which the soul is refreshed, supported, and strengthened]; and whoever [earnestly] desires to do it, let him come, take, appropriate, and drink the water of Life without cost.  Rev. 22:17.    And what are they invited to:

3 Then I heard a mighty voice from the throne and I perceived its distinct words, saying, See! The abode of God is with men, and He will live (encamp, tent) among them; and they shall be His people, and God shall personally be with them and be their God.  4 God will wipe away every tear from their eyes; and death shall be no more, neither shall there be anguish (sorrow and mourning) nor grief nor pain any more, for the old conditions and the former order of things have passed away.  5 And He Who is seated on the throne said, See! I make all things new. Also He said, Record this, for these sayings are faithful (accurate, incorruptible, and trustworthy) and true (genuine).  6 And He [further] said to me, It is done! I am the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End. To the thirsty I [Myself] will give water without price from the fountain (springs) of the water of Life.  7 He who is victorious shall inherit all these things, and I will be God to him and he shall be My son.  Rev. 21:3   You should deeply study Rev. 19-22 as it is in believing the great and precious promises that we grow into becoming like Jesus.

How shall a young man cleanse his way? By taking heed and keeping watch [on himself] according to Your word [conforming his life to it].  10 With my whole heart have I sought You, inquiring for and of You and yearning for You; Oh, let me not wander or step aside [either in ignorance or willfully] from Your commandments.  11 Your word have I laid up in my heart, that I might not sin against You.  12 Blessed are You, O Lord; teach me Your statutes.  Psalm 119:9-12.         So really our decision to become obedient to Christ Jesus as LORD is the beginning of the changes that we need to become like HIM and to be made ready to live in HIS Kingdom..


Yours, in HIS great love and wonderful Grace and Mercy, Ken<>< www.Trinity-Aloha.org
(Add / Delete, ken@trinity-aloha.org  “Worth Considering” Library, link on Homepage )

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Psalm 3:8 Salvation belongeth unto the LORD: thy blessing is upon thy people.
Yeshua (Jesus) told His disciples to go into the deep waters and let down their nets for fish. When they did, their nets were filled up with fish to the point of breaking. Being fishermen and businessmen, they may have been tempted to start doing business. I mean, think how much they could make!   But God had a different purpose. The disciples’ occupation as fishermen was just a vehicle for God to demonstrate His great power and love. He wasn’t blessing them with fish so that they would get excited about fishing — He was blessing them with fish so that they could get their eyes off their fishing and on to the greater call He had for them! Thankfully, they left the fishing business and went off with the Lord to do great and mighty things.   Let’s make sure we’re not wrapped up in the fishing.  We seek the Lord for His blessings, prosperity, and success. But true discipleship is focusing not on the blessings of the Lord, but on the Lord of the blessings!

China’s military increased both warship and warplane missions in the South China where two U.S. aircraft carriers recently conducted operations to bolster international rights to the seas there, the commander of a carrier strike group in the region said.     The Hamas terrorist group ruling Gaza has replenished its arsenal since a 2014 war with Israel and now has a vast collection of rockets, guided missiles and drones, a senior Israeli military commander said Thursday.   The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) is projecting a whopping $2.3 trillion budget deficit in fiscal year 2021, though that deficit would be $900 billion less than the one in 2020.    Two Christian men were flogged by a Sharia law officer Monday for the criminalized offenses of drinking alcohol and gambling in Indonesia’s province of Aceh, the Christian Post reports. Aceh is the only province in Indonesia with the “legal right to apply Islamic law in full.”    Seven Christian families in India’s Odisha state have now been driven from their village after they built a small house in which to gather for worship last October, International Christian Concern reports.   China is viewed as an Ally … and Israel … who knows? Biden Foreign Policy!  Why is the National Guard Still in D.C.?   As Big Tech continues its efforts to censor conservative voices, YouTube has banned the website LifeSiteNews from its popular video-sharing platform and removed all of its pro-life videos.


Washington Riot?   https://www.facebook.com/realCandaceOwens/videos/251263566611887

REAL PEACE

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REAL PEACE,    “WORTH CONSIDERING”   2/9/21    From Ken Smith<><

Sort of feel like I am preaching to the Choir as I send this out to you, but it will not hurt a bit to consider our ways and what we are doing in the light of the Holy Scriptures.  So often we allow the enemy to move us out of the peace of God through circumstances that can be corrected in Christ Jesus but we throw up our hands in the air and some even revert to swearing like a Marine and make a quick decisions that takes us from the frying pan into the fire.   And I am not just preaching at you as I am also included.   The enemy hates those who love Jesus and has a nasty plain for their lives and most of that plan is easily put in place if we allow circumstances to change our direction.  in Christ Jesus as LORD.    So let’s look again at Isaiah 9:5-7 AMP

For every [tramping] warrior’s war boots and all his armor in the battle tumult and every garment rolled in blood shall be burned as fuel for the fire.  6 For to us a Child is born, to us a Son is given; and the government shall be upon His shoulder, and His name shall be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father [of Eternity], Prince of Peace.  7 Of the increase of His government and of peace there shall be no end, upon the throne of David and over his kingdom, to establish it and to uphold it with justice and with righteousness from the [latter] time forth, even forevermore. The zeal of the Lord of hosts will perform this.

So notice that all of the war stuff is all going to be fuel for a big fire.   But from the Son of God shall real peace come.

We all know, for sure, that the world is into the “Wars and rumors of wars, in Matt. 24.  Just about every bit of world news is about war.  Guess it is an easy way for the rich to become richer.  And we are headed that direction even at home.   Even in our homes we have difficulty with the lack of peace.  And our LORD Jesus warned us that it would happen by the message that HE brought of Truth that disturbs the Darkness and Lies of this world.  As Cain put the light out in Able, many, even so called Christians, do the same to each other in their homes and think nothing of it.  Even after Peter teaches us that if we go railing for railing that our prayers will not go through.  1 Peter 3:7-12, Perhaps should copy as few of you will look it up.   “7 In the same way you married men should live considerately with [your wives], with an [a] intelligent recognition [of the marriage relation], honoring the woman as [physically] the weaker, but [realizing that you] are joint heirs of the grace (God’s unmerited favor) of life, in order that your prayers may not be hindered and cut off. [Otherwise you cannot pray effectively.]  8 Finally, all  [of you] should be of one and the same mind (united in spirit), sympathizing [with one another], loving [each other] as brethren [of one household], compassionate and courteous (tenderhearted and humble).  9 Never return evil for evil or insult for insult (scolding, tongue-lashing, berating), but on the contrary blessing [praying for their welfare, happiness, and protection, and truly pitying and loving them]. For know that to this you have been called, that you may yourselves inherit a blessing [from God—that you may obtain a blessing as heirs, bringing welfare and happiness and protection].  10 For let him who wants to enjoy life and see good days [good—whether apparent or not] keep his tongue free from evil and his lips from guile (treachery, deceit).  11 Let him turn away from wickedness and shun it, and let him do right. Let him search for peace (harmony; undisturbedness from fears, agitating passions, and moral conflicts) and seek it eagerly. [Do not merely desire peaceful relations with God, with your fellowmen, and with yourself, but pursue, go after them!]  12 For the eyes of the Lord are upon the righteous (those who are upright and in right standing with God), and His ears are attentive to their prayer. But the face of the Lord is against those who practice evil [to oppose them, to frustrate, and defeat them].   In other words, if you can not say what you feel in LOVE, SHUT UP!!!!  And give it to our Lord, “Casting all of our cares upon HIM as HE cares for us.”   (Got a comment, ken@trinity-aloha.org )

James 3:5-17 is worth printing for you as well: “Even so the tongue is a little member, and it can boast of great things. See how much wood or how great a forest a tiny spark can set ablaze!  6 And the tongue is a fire. [The tongue is a] world of wickedness set among our members, contaminating and depraving the whole body and setting on fire the wheel of birth (the cycle of man’s nature), being itself ignited by hell (Gehenna).   For every kind of beast and bird, of reptile and sea animal, can be tamed and has been tamed by human genius (nature).  8 But the human tongue can be tamed by no man. It is a restless (undisciplined, irreconcilable) evil, full of deadly poison.  9 With it we bless the Lord and Father, and with it we curse men who were made in God’s likeness!  10 Out of the same mouth come forth blessing and cursing. These things, my brethren, ought not to be so.  11 Does a fountain send forth [simultaneously] from the same opening fresh water and bitter?  12 Can a fig tree, my brethren, bear olives, or a grapevine figs? Neither can a salt spring furnish fresh water.  13 Who is there among you who is wise and intelligent? Then let him by his noble living show forth his [good] works with the [unobtrusive] humility [which is the proper attribute] of true wisdom.  14 But if you have bitter jealousy (envy) and contention (rivalry, selfish ambition) in your hearts, do not pride yourselves on it and thus be in defiance of and false to the Truth.  15 This [superficial] wisdom is not such as comes down from above, but is earthly, unspiritual (animal), even devilish (demoniacal).  16 For wherever there is jealousy (envy) and contention (rivalry and selfish ambition), there will also be confusion (unrest, disharmony, rebellion) and all sorts of evil and vile practices.  17 But the wisdom from above is first of all pure (undefiled); then it is peace-loving, courteous (considerate, gentle). [It is willing to] yield to reason, full of compassion and good fruits; it is wholehearted and straightforward, impartial and unfeigned (free from doubts, wavering, and insincerity).

Yours, in HIS great love and wonderful Grace and Mercy, Ken<>< www.Trinity-Aloha.org

Worthy Brief <worthybrief@worthynetwork.com&gt;      Researchers at Israel’s Sourasky Medical Center in Tel Aviv claim that they have developed a drug that may cure serious cases of the coronavirus.    The Supreme Court is telling California that it can’t bar indoor church services because of the coronavirus pandemic, but it can keep for now a ban on singing and chanting indoors.    A New York judge ruled Friday that Republican Claudia Tenney defeated U.S. Rep. Anthony Brindisi by 109 votes in the nation’s last undecided congressional race.    U.S. Border Patrol agents have detained 11 Iranian citizens who illegally crossed the U.S.-Mexico border, officials said.  The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) told three diplomats that samples taken from two secret sites in Iran last fall contained a smattering of radioactive material, the Wall Street Journal reported.    Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said Sunday that the United States must lift all sanctions before Tehran reverses any nuclear production steps. 

Colossians 3:15 And let the peace of God rule in your hearts, to which also you were called in one body; and be thankful.  Back in the third century Cyprian the Bishop of Carthage wrote to his friend Donatus: “It is a bad world, Donatus, an incredibly bad world. But I have discovered, in the midst of it, a quiet and holy people who have learned a great secret. They have found a joy, which is a thousand times better than any of the pleasures of our sinful life. They are despised and persecuted, but they care not. They have overcome the world. These people, Donatus, are Christians, and I am one of them.”

FREEDOM OF SPEACH

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FREEDOM OF SPEECH,   “WORTH CONSIDERING”   2/6/21    By Ken Smith<><

Harry S. Truman said,   “Once a government is committed to the principle of silencing the voice of opposition,  it has only one way to go, and that is down the path of increasingly repressive measures, until it becomes a source of terror to al its citizens and creates a country where everyone lives in fear.”

I am noticing a severe blocking of much of the Internet now and lows being suggested that even the Bible is a “Hate” Book and needs to be removed from our society.   It appears to me that also a great 2nd world Depression is on the way and we should keep in mind to maintain a supply of needs and get a garden going if we can.  8′ –  2″x4″s use to cost $1.65 a year ago,  now they are $6.50 in town and $11. at HOVE.  Food prices are also greatly increasing.  Which means with ever dollar printed the one’s in circulation will buy less.

Concerning of Freedom of Speech,
Often we are offended and disconnected when some one disagrees with us.  In fact a lot of folks will only make friends with those which they agree.  And if there is another way of looking at things, we often think the person is just stupid.   Sometimes we are offended even though the other person has done nothing.  Only they remind of someone who hurt us in the past. That is exactly why the Forefathers of our Constitutional Republic made it a law that people can not be silenced by fear into keeping quiet.  As sometimes those who are quiet really have the right answer but are not allowed the room to express it without condemnation. That is why that the Bible teaches that before honor is humility.  Humility is the ability to sincerely listen with respect in understanding a truth regardless of personal position.  Not much example of humility these days.  Pride goes before destruction and a haughty spirit before a great fall.  And we have sure seen that at work lately.

With true Christians following the teachings of Jesus different points of view are treated with love and faith that with a careful hearing of both sides of an issue, the Truth of God will come to the surface.  It is not an ego match to protect a personal pride position but a sincere effort in love to find God’s Truth that sets us free.  It is not a matter of winning but a matter of coming into unity in the very truth of God.  I grew up in a church pride position that kept me in a small box for years.  Through the kind and loving efforts of another Christian brother I was able to be freed from that little box into a totally different world in the Holy Spirit.  And in a short time found myself teaching the very doctrine that my old church was totally against.  The church preached salvation very well, in fact most of the time.  But as to the gifts and ministries of the Holy Spirit they knew very little except for the words.  And it is amazing how we can, over time, change words to mean what we want them to mean and totally miss what the Holy Spirit was trying to share at the time.

So when you come to Christian Doctrine that makes one church divided from another if you smell the air, you know that something is wrong.  If they both had God’s Truth, ACTUALLY, then there would be no division, they could even have the same bank account.  As the Moderator for the churches in Kona one year I was bringing up the fact of the lack of real unity.  And the other ministers were offended.  So I simply said, “When you all can have the same bank account I will believe you.”  No one had a word to say, they all just walked away.  And I am not saying that we as Christians should have the same bank account, that would be stupid.  In fact I feel that even shall house churches should establish their own stewardship of the stuff for the LORD.

The Unity Factor of John 17 and the details of Eph.4:11-16 and much of the New Testament make it our responsibility to come into the Unity of the Faith in the Bond of Peace.  In other words if you find any disunity. to in love, patiently work on the basis of the disunity in humility until Gods Truth prevails and HIS FREEDOM is experienced in His Truth.  This is the way of Unity and Unity is the way of experiencing God’s Power for healing and deliverance.  United we Stand, Divided we fall.  A divided house can not stand.   How can two walk together except they be agreed?   The concept to agree to disagree is purely demonic and totally contrary to Holy Scripture.  Humility listens, evaluates in context, seeks not its own, 1 Cor.13.   Pride on the other hand will shout loudly to Maintain a position even when untenable.   Atheism is loud but is totally illogical.  You must know all about everything to know that something does not exist.  The Greeks even figured that one out with all of the gods that they believed in they could have left one out so had a place to worship even the unknown god.   Apostle Paul used this to great advantage in preaching the Good News to those guys.   A rule for knowing the truth from the Word of God is that you can not “Proof Text.”  You can prove very little with only one scripture on a subject.  But if you take a concordance and go through the 66 books on the same subject as per Isaiah 28 and check line upon line and precept upon precept  to really understand a position of truth and doctrine.  there is no “Progressive” Gospel.  As our Creator God has absolute foreknowledge he never makes a mistake and never has to change HIS MIND.  In HIS image HE created us to be able to become like HIM including a free will.  So how are we doing in learning to use our free will effectively for walking in righteousness?  In Adam it did not work out so well.  The sales pitch of lucifer to Eve was a beaut.  All of the charm and half truths you could muster up on a short notice to make a sale.  Now our whole world if full of false advertising to get this or that to make us happy.  Does it work?  Out of 1 to 10 perhaps a 5 and then sliding eventually into some place in storage.  Our whole world is full of buying and listening to someone who has the inside tract on real life. So the best truth that I can share with you is that God and His Prophets never give us anything but TRUTH and that you can take to the Bank.   Don’t know your Bible? You will go down for the count and may totally miss out on God’s best for you.

Yours in HIS great Love and wonderful Grace and Mercy.  Ken<>< www.trinity-aloha.org
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