FIREWORKS

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FIREWORKS       “WORTH CONSIDERING”   12/27/20      From Ken Smith<><

Not sure why, but from a very little kid I have loved the Big Boom.  Seems I was brought up that way as my Dad always loved the 4th of July and New Years Eve.   I can remember at our little general everything store in Frankfort, Kentucky out on the main road from Frankfort to Lexington my Dad had a little store called   “TryService”   He had a double gas pump out front  with a little cement curb around it and a gravel driveway for parking in front of the store.  The building had a full basement and had two bedrooms in the attic with stairs down the center of the building.  I was in the 1st grade at the time at Elkhorn Grade School about ½ mile up the hill on the south.  The gas pumps were the old kind with the 10 gal. glass container at the time so you first filled the container to the gallons to be sold and them opened a valve and gravity did the work of putting the gas in the tank. .19 ½ cents per gallon at the time.  

So Dad would get in all kinds of firework to sale and in order to get more business would be busting them out next to the gas pumps.   This is about 1939 and no one really was concerned at all.  After all the only hard surface for busting off torpedoes was the cement around the gas pumps.  He had M-80’s and roman candles and bottle rockets and big strings of firecrackers and the place would smell of black powder all night long, I really was in heaven. 

In Hawaii the Chinese New Year and the Western New Year are celebrated on the same evening so in a few more days there will again be the smell of black powder but not nearly the noise of my experience.  But in the universe as we look around at how things are made and changed it would seem that the Creator may also like a big bang once in a while.  Jesus mentions it in Matt.24:6-8 as earthquakes which also includes volcanic action as well.  In fact let me quote the verses for you: “6 And you will hear of wars and rumors of wars; see that you are not frightened or troubled, for this must take place, but the end is not yet.  7 For nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom, and there will be famines and earthquakes in place after place;
8 All this is but the beginning [the early pains] of the [a] birth pangs [of the [b] intolerable anguish].   So as we look around today what is going on in the world.  In the King James Bible Pestilence is also mentioned… (Covid 19 ?)  False-Christ, Persecutions, Wars, Famines, Earthquakes….  Birth Pains for what?  Luke also writes about this in Luke 13 and Mark in Mark 21 So it must be very important for the generation that finds themselves in that time zone.  So as I study these 3 points of view about what Jesus shared as future events in order to answer the questions of the disciples we get an overview picture of what will be happening just before the Lord returns for HIS Church and to not be fearful or concerned.  Of course if you are not a part of HIS Church that could be a problem.  So I have added my small 11 page paper concerning these events if you are further interested.

But again, when I understand how the universe is made and the collisions that occur even to our little blue planet it would seem that our Heavenly Creator enjoys colors, explosions and a massive show of energy.   Use to do a little logging with my son David and in putting in a small road there were lots of stumps.   No houses around so used dynamite.   Put 8 sticks under a 3′ stump and it would jump out of the ground about 12′ feet in the air or so, use to love doing that.  Still tempted to make some real noise this New Years but might not be a good witness to end up in jail again, especially at my age.
So seems where I am going with the Sunday/Monday note is that Our Wonderful Creator also loves to make the stars dance and has invited us to join with him like me and my Dad at the front of TryService for some eternal fun and joy and fireworks but we have to decide to learn to mind.

My Dad was very careful of what he allowed  me to do and to have fun with him I needed to mind.  And I learned and still have all of my fingers on both hands so it is neat to be able to write to you tonight about all this.

Personally I believe in a Big Bang when our Creator took some of HIS energy and converted it into matter and atoms and galaxies and solar systems and planets and into you and me.  I have no issues as to a 7 day solar day week as is not spelled out.  Plants were on the 3rd day and Sun/moon and stars were available to be seen on the 4th day.   It takes 13.26 billion light-years for light to reach earth from   MACS0647-JD   the farthest known galaxy from the Earth based on the photo-metric redshift. It has a redshift of about z = 10.7, equivalent to a light travel distance of 13.26 billion light-years (4 billion parsecs).  Our Creator does not live in our dimension of time,  With Him there is no beginning and no end and no floor, walls or ceiling in HIS dimension.  Time is not a factor.  Between Gen.1:1 and Gen1:2, Something happened that was catastrophic as God who is LIGHT did not create darkness and void.  Isaiah writes about this.  Isa.14:16-24 And Ezekiel 28:18-19 backs this up.   Adam was given the world and commanded to subdue it and to replenish it.  And to not eat of the tree of good and evil.  In rebellion and pride he exercised his free will to defy his Creator.  That did not work out very well for him or his kids, who are us.  Or for the planted as we really take a good look and what is going on around us.  So I leave you with that thought to make a report card and give yourself marks as to hand to Jesus in the judgment.  I have had to go to summer school twice to catch up and graduate on time.

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

Prayers For:
David Sinklen:  I was admitted to the ICU of a lovely good hospital in Lake Oswego Oregon. Have extreme shortness of breath and extreme limitations of movement.  I sure do appreciate the prayers of the saints perhaps you could send my request off onto your address list you know a lot of people,  a lot of praying people.    (David is a wonderful man of God,  we need him here for now.  Gen.6:3)

Dollar future and 666 ?  Casy Research LLC   (Very Interesting, slam or spam?)
https://secure.caseyresearch.com/?cid=MKT472896&eid=MKT475505&channel=%7Bexternalchannel%7D&assetId=AST142584&page=1       (Not a good showing on BBB but interesting.)

What are they teaching in our schools?
https://www.theepochtimes.com/high-school-student-sues-over-leftist-indoctrination-in-nevada_3634084.html?utm_source=news&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=breaking-2020-12-27-5

Duck Dynasty’s Phil Robertson Slams $600 Stimulus Checks
https://americanupdate.com/celebrity-news/duck-dynastys-phil-robertson-slams-600-stimulus-checks-rs-mf/

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Ordination

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Ordination:    “Worth Considering”  12/26/20   From Ken Smith<><

Today is a very special day as Curtis Kahale is being ordained into the Church of Christ Jesus as a Kahu ( Hawaiian for Pastor )   Please be in prayer for Curtis if you will as the potential for an awakening of the Hawaiian People by the Holy Spirit through Curtis is a very bright potential.

So today we are headed into some uncharted waters with the Holy Spirit.  So I need lots of wisdom in just being able to know the will of the Holy Spirit  for all of the details.  Not even sure where to  gather as our little TrueVine farm has no real holy place as yet like a chapel or such?  Any way the Holy Spirit is in charge,  I will let you know later how it all went.

We will be distributing the following today as a loving point of unity.  See anything that needs editing, let me know.    Yours, in HIS great love,  Ken<><   www.trinity-aloha.org

Statement of Faith

It is the responsibility of the Overseers/Bishops of a gathering
place of our Lord’s Flock to help provide:
Protection, Sound Doctrine, Fellowship, Instruction
and the necessary process to help the flock come to be like their Shepherd.
as guided by the Holy Spirit of God.

The following teaching of our Lord and His Apostles
are seen as the very “Essentials”
of the Christian faith for unity.

Essentials for Affiliation
There are six basics of the Christian faith, which are essential for salvation and upon which all Christians must agree.

The Deity of our Lord Jesus Christ (John 1:1, John 20:28, Heb. 1:8 9), the Creator God Himself (Col. 1:16. Compare Gen. 1:1). Who “laid the foundation of the earth” (Heb. 1:10 12. Compare Psalms 102:24 27).
The Virgin Birth (Isaiah 7:14, Mt. 1:23, Luke 1:27).
The Blood Atonement (Acts 20:28, Ro. 3:25, Ro. 5:9, Eph. 1:7).
The Bodily Resurrection (Luke 24:36 46, 1 Cor. 15:1 4, 1 Cor. 15:14 15).
The Second Advent of Christ Jesus to set up His Kingdom (Isa. 9:6,7, Rev. 19 )
The inerrancy of the Holy Scriptures themselves (Psalms 12:6 7, Ro. 15:4, 2Tim. 3:16 17, 2Pet. 1:20). This is a reference to people who claim to have revelations apart from the Holy Scriptures and which can not be supported by Holy Scripture.  So among ourselves, we may vigorously debate other items, such as the merits or means of baptism, the validity of various Bible translations, the authority of the Presbytery, etc. Such quests for truth in love are totally acceptable within the confines of Christianity because our salvation does not rest upon those doctrines.

The Following Positions of doctrines are also considered foundational by
Trinity Fellowship International

God is manifested in a Trinity of, God the Father, God the Son and God the Holy Spirit similar to water as liquid, solid and vapor. This essence of God’s nature is found in 1 Jn.5:7. Love, Holiness, and Power may be seen in these three manifestations of God as in the Evangelical, Sacramental and Charismatic expressions of faith and without the balance of each other they tend to become indulgent, sanctimonious and perhaps even a carnival. For more on God’s authority and nature: www.Trinity-Aloha.org    Find the link to “Keys To The Kingdom.”  Check the contents for your area of interest.

The Word of God became flesh and was born of a virgin. Under God’s judgment of sin, Jesus died in our place and was raised from the dead by the power of God for our justification and He shall come again as Jesus the Christ, King of Kings and Lord of Lords and His reign shall be forever, Isa.9:6.

Disciples may also be filled with the Holy Spirit and learn to enjoy the fruit, gifts, and ministries of the Holy Spirit. The Holy Spirit can give the grace and power to live a holy life and to minister the Kingdom of God on earth as it is in heaven with those who truly walk in faith and love and make Jesus Christ the LORD and King of Kings in their lives. Roman chapters 8-12 are supported here.   But through faith and our personal desire.

Events are closing for the final judgment in the history of mankind. Those who have yielded to Jesus as Lord will become His brethren in the eternal family of God. Those who reject the Lordship and forgiveness offered through Jesus Christ and have lived egocentric lives will be separated from God’s presence, creation and light and exiled into isolation and outer darkness for eternity. God will not force anyone to come under the authority of the Kingdom of Jesus Christ. Free will is a most precious in God’s creation as God has made all souls eternal. The choice in time is to learn to want to live with Him in light. To reject His right to be God and King in our lives is to be removed from His presence and His creation. Jude 11-25

AN EXPANDED CONFESSION OF FAITH:

I confess that Jesus Christ is my Lord, Master, and Savior. By faith in Christ Jesus, I am forgiven, cleansed, healed and made a citizen of His eternal kingdom. Jesus Christ has redeemed me from the curse of the law of sin, sickness, weakness and eternal death through His death on the cross for me. I believe in the Trinity of one God: Almighty Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. I believe that Jesus Christ is the Creator made flesh, The Word of God who was begotten as the second Adam. He was born of a virgin, died for my sins, rose for my justification and is coming again soon, in great glory, to establish His Kingdom on earth. I believe in the new birth from above, the baptism in water, and the baptism in the Holy Spirit. I confess that the blood of Jesus Christ has cleansed me from all my sin and I am now being made the righteousness of God in and through Christ Jesus. I confess that I can do all things through Christ who is my strength as I abide in Him. I confess that this world is not my home. I confess that I am a pilgrim in a foreign land and I look for that certain return of my Lord Jesus Christ and His Kingdom. I confess that there is but one holy universal and apostolic Church of Jesus Christ and all those who are born from above are brethren and citizens of His kingdom. I believe that the Church of Jesus Christ is being perfected by the Holy Spirit through the Apostles, Prophets, Evangelists, Pastors, Teachers and other ministries of His Church until all the faithful come into the unity of the faith and the bond of peace and are changed into the image and likeness of Jesus Christ, (Eph. 4:1- 16).
AUTHORITY

The qualifications for Bishops (Elders, Overseers, Eph.4:11) are clearly laid out in 1 Tim.3:1 7, Titus 1:5 16 and Deacons (Servants of the Church) 1 Tim.3:8 13.

Concerning “Proving or Trying” 1 Tim.3:10 This indicates that the calling of God made room for the acknowledgment of ministry and not the other way around. It is the fruit that determines the kind of tree and not the name pasted on the tree.

Concerning “Elders – Bishops” Titus 1:5 & 7 Here Paul uses the words Elder and Bishop as the same. The concept is one who oversees our Lord Jesus Christ under the Holy Spirit.

The Apostolic “company” of Eph.4:11 are “Elders” in general but specifically are “Apostles, Prophets, Evangelists, Pastors and Teachers” for the perfecting of the saints. The Greek word for Overseer is Bishop. So these Elders are the servant consensual authority on earth for a local area Church of our Lord Jesus Christ guided by the Holy Spirit.  They are not a dictatorship nor a democracy. They are the stewards of the Kingdom of God while the King is away. There is usually a first among equals who is the moderator and takes care that the decisions of the council are all in loving influence. Great care is given for the unity of the faith in the bond of peace as unity is more important that action. Therefore great care must be given in selecting the Elders/Bishops/Overseers/Apostolic Company as there is a need for pure holy unity in the Holy Spirit or nothing eternal may happen.

The tradition of the church to use a democratic voting system among the congregation is not Biblical and falls under the condemnation of Laodicea in Rev. 3:14 22 and the other excess is the dictatorship of Rev.17 & 18, Please note that Mystery Babylon also sits on 7 hills.

The Early Church had 5 layers of teaching and ministry:

1.    The Elder with an assistant who he was mentoring.

2.    The local weekly “House Church” gathering.

3,    The local “Eldership Council” for guiding the local church in a given community area to speak the truth in love and unity.

4,    The gathering of Christians to a given place of all the “House Churches” to hear an Apostle, Prophet, Evangelist or Teacher.

5.    The gathering of the Presiding Elders to an international gathering to keep the unity of the faith in the bond of peace.

I AM, Christmas 2020

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CHRISTMAS DAY,   12/25/20,   Now we are headed into New Year’s Resolutions.  But let take a sec. to considering why we could have some resolutions that really work for us.

I AM
 Exodus 3:13 And Moses said to God, Behold, when I come to the Israelites and say to them, The God of your fathers has sent me to you, and they say to me, What is His name? What shall I say to them?   14 And God said to Moses, I Am Who I Am and What I Am, and I Will Be What I Will Be; and He said, You shall say this to the Israelites: I Am has sent me to you!   15 God said also to Moses, This shall you say to the Israelites: The Lord, the God of your fathers, of Abraham, of Isaac, and of Jacob, has sent me to you! This is My [a]name forever, and by this name I am to be remembered to all generations.

Isaiah 9:6 (  Prophesy )   For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counselor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace.
John 8:23,  “He said to them, You are from below; I am from above. You are of this world (of this earthly order); I am not of this world.   24 That is why I told you that you will die in (under the curse of) your sins; for if you do not believe that I AM. (He )[Whom I claim to be—if you do not adhere to, trust in, and rely on Me], you will die in your sins.
John 8:28,  “
 So Jesus added, When you have lifted up the Son of Man [on the cross], you will realize (know, understand) that I AM (He) [for Whom you look] and that I do nothing of Myself (of My own accord or on My own authority), but I say [exactly] what My Father has taught Me.


John 8:31-32,  “So Jesus said to those Jews who had believed in Him, If you abide in My word [hold fast to My teachings and live in accordance with them], you are truly My disciples. And you will know the Truth, and the Truth will set you free.
John 8:51,  “I assure you, most solemnly I tell you, if anyone observes My teaching [lives in accordance with My message, keeps My word], he will by no means ever see and experience death.
John 8:58,  “ Jesus replied, I assure you, most solemnly I tell you, before Abraham was born,   I AM .   

For me,  This is an amazing study where The “Word of God” from our Creator directly spoke through Jesus as the I AM  Word of God as HE also spoke to Moses to deliver the people of Israel.   (Actually the (he) imposed after the I AM above is not in the Greek,  it was added by the translators.)   So here we have a beautiful picture of the submission of Jesus in actually observing this conversation.  As often, those of us, today have had our Creator speak through us and then go back over what we said or wrote and see that it was not really us but the Holy Spirit speaking through us.  Obvious it was the Creator, Word of God, that Abraham was rejoicing to see HIS day as Jesus is the Lamb of God.   Isa. 61,  The Spirit of the Lord God is upon me, because the Lord has anointed and qualified me to preach the Gospel of good tidings to the meek, the poor, and afflicted; He has sent me to bind up and heal the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the [physical and spiritual] captives and the opening of the prison and of the eyes to those who are bound,  2To proclaim the acceptable year of the Lord [the year of His favor] [a]and the day of vengeance of our God, to comfort all who mourn, 

When Jesus quoted this in Luke 4:18 in the beginning of HIS ministry HE left off after the year of the LORD….   Like the day of vengeance/wrath was yet to come.  We may be entering into that  time of vengeance or wrath at this time,  Matt. 24, Mark 13, Luke 21.  I have attached my paper on the subject if interested.  Notice here that Jesus confirmed that the Spirit of the Lord is upon him.  That Jesus prior to HIS resurrection,  was a man as we are.  It was after HIS resurrection that we see HIS total Victory and Power which is available for us as well.


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

<worthybrief@worthynetwork.com&gt;   Hundreds of migrants fleeing hardship faced a bleak Christmas without shelter amid harsh winter conditions after a refugee camp was closed and set on fire in Bosnia-Herzegovina.    Britian and the European Union avoided a messy divorce on Christmas Eve as they agreed on a trade deal worth nearly $1 trillion.    Two days after Israel and Morocco signed their first deals in the process of establishing full diplomatic relations, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Thursday that “many, many more countries” would be signing normalization agreements with the Jewish state “a lot sooner than people expect.”   The latest Trump campaign appeal to the Supreme Court won’t see any action from the justices until after the inauguration.    A groundbreaking new study entitled “Persecuting Faith” has found that Christianity is the most persecuted faith in secretive North Korea, Christianity Today reports. Drawing on the testimonies of 117 defectors, the 2020 report was published by the Korea Future Initiative (KFI) in the hope it will inform any future human rights sanctions applied to North Korea by Western countries.    President Trump supporters have filed an application to hold a rally in Washington, D.C., on Jan. 6 – the legal date on which Congress counts the Electoral College votes that have certified Democrat Joe Biden as the next U.S. president.
 
 Christmas and Trump:
 https://trumptrainnews.com/2020/12/23/how-trump-saved-christmas/6/

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REJOYCE

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REJOICE,    “WORTH CONSIDERING”   12/24/20     From Ken Smith<><

REJOICE:    We are another year closer to being able to go home.  This world is not our home and will only be allowed to exist as long as needed to train the Saints in how to use their FREEWILL effectively in a positive way  for the Kingdom of God.

We are living in a very temporary time zone dimension of what may be 7000 years and we are now about 6000 years into that temporary dimension.  We appear to be closing in on the 7th day of rest of the last 1000 year called the Sabbath Rest of the LORD where the curse is lifted from Adam and the world is restored as the Garden of Eden.  After which time will cease and the elect will enjoy a new heaven and a new earth with our Creator.   All written in prophesy.  I have written an 11 page paper on the subject if interested which is attached as a Christmas Present.

So what is important to share with you today.  As this is the day that the LORD has made and we are to REJOICE in it.  So I have felt in the Holy Spirit to share on God’s Gifts to you in faith.   There is the Fruit of the Holy Spirit, The 9 gifts of the Holy Spirit, And the offices of the Holy Spirit with Deacons and Elders.  We are, this week, rejoicing with Kahu Curtis Kahale in acknowledging his call into the ministry as an Elder (Kahu) Shepherd  as unto our LORD .

So when you become a Christian by really making Christ Jesus the absolute LORD of your life.
The fist gift that we receive for God is the ability to share that new life with all around us through the Love of the Holy Spirit and the Word of God.  We receive the gift of being able, in Christ , to multiply in kind.  Rev.22:17: “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.  So sharing of the Gospel is the joy of giving for everyone.

And then the first thing you will notice as you CONSUME the Word of God in the Holy spirit will be the fruit of the Spirit: Gal.5:22-23, “But the fruit of the [Holy] Spirit [the work which His presence within accomplishes] is love, joy (gladness), peace, patience (an even temper, forbearance), kindness, goodness (benevolence), faithfulness, Gentleness (meekness, humility), self-control (self-restraint, continence). Against such things there is no law [that can bring a charge].  This is the confirmation of Christ Jesus of when we submit and really become HIS.

And as your new tree of life grows in Jesus as LORD, the gifts of the Holy Spirit will be found on your tree of life that bring others to Christ Jesus as LORD.  1 Cor. 8, “To one is given in and through the [Holy] Spirit [the power to speak] a message of wisdom, and to another [the power to express] a word of knowledge and understanding according to the same [Holy] Spirit;  9 To another [[b] wonder-working] faith by the same [Holy] Spirit, to another the extraordinary powers of healing by the one Spirit;10 To another the working of miracles, to another prophetic insight ([c] the gift of interpreting the divine will and purpose); to another the ability to discern and distinguish between [the utterances of true] spirits [and false ones], to another various kinds of [unknown] tongues, to another the ability to interpret [such] tongues.12 For just as the body is a unity and yet has many parts, and all the parts, though many, form [only] one body, so it is with Christ (the Messiah, the Anointed One).  BLESSINGS:  Ken<>< www.trinity-aloha.org

THE WORLD  AROUND US, 
HEADED INTO THE WRATH OF GOD FOR THE REJECTION OF HIS SALVATION:

Worthy Brief <worthybrief@worthynetwork.com&gt;    Study finds 84% fewer hospitalizations for patients treated with controversial drug hydroxychloroquine   A peer-reviewed study measuring the effectiveness of a controversial drug cocktail that includes hydroxychloroquine concluded that the treatment lowered hospitalizations and mortality rates of coronavirus patients.  Washington was in turmoil late Tuesday after U.S. President Donald J. Trump threatened not to sign a coronavirus stimulus package saying struggling Americans deserve much better.   Israel’s COVID-19 cabinet approved a decision Monday to ban all foreigners, including those with current visas, from entering the country starting December 23, the Jerusalem Post reports. Aimed at slowing Israel’s current surge in coronavirus cases, the ban will be in place for at least 10 days, with the option to extend as needed.    The characteristically stable Antarctic continent has been shaken by an unprecedented spate of 30,000-50,000 tremors in the last three months, Israel365 News reported Monday. According to a report by the University of Chile’s National Seismological Centre, the wave of tremors was concentrated in the 60 miles wide Bransfield Strait which extends 300 miles from the Antarctic Peninsula in a north-easterly direction.  An American nuclear-powered guided-missile submarine traversed the strategically vital waterway between Iran and the Arabian Peninsula on Monday, the U.S. Navy said, a rare announcement that comes amid rising tensions with Iran.  An Israeli submarine openly crossed the Suez Canal last week, in a show of force against Iran, the Kan public broadcaster reported Monday night.

Bethlehem Star:
Johannes Kepler observed a conjunction of Jupiter and Saturn in the constellation of Pisces; he observed a “new, particularly brilliant and strangely colored star between Jupiter and Saturn, which soon faded.” Kepler suggested that the Star of Bethlehem could have been such an event. Later, Alfred Edersheim wrote, “There can be no doubt that the most remarkable conjunction of planets — that of Jupiter and Saturn in the constellation of Pisces, which occurs only once in 800 years — did take place no less than three times just two years before the birth of Christ (in May, October, and December). This conjunction is admitted by all astronomers.”
Numbers 24:17 I shall see him, but not now: I shall behold him, but not nigh: there shall come a Star out of Jacob, and a Sceptre shall rise out of Israel, and shall smite the corners of Moab, and destroy all the children of Sheth.  Daniel 12:3 And they that be wise shall shine as the brightness of the firmament; and they that turn many to righteousness as the stars for ever and ever.    We ought to remember that one purpose for which God created the stars was, “for signs.” [Genesis 1:14]   The Wise men may have had as much as 2 yrs. to find Jesus in Bethlehem.

The Chinese NWO are securing ports around the world, the Chinese government’s habit of leaning on domestic companies for the furtherance of state interests means the Communist Party of China will now likely hold sway over several foreign terminals.  Where the communist regime can’t gain a foothold, it is putting in the work to build up clout in nations surrounding the United States.  In Cuba,  Chinese laborers work alongside islanders beginning in 2017 to modernize a port on the socialist island of Cuba, according to Xinhua News. Financed largely by a China-backed loan, the massive undertaking would open the area for larger Chinese ships? 

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KINGDOM LIVING

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KINGDOM   LIVING     “WORTH CONSIDERING”   10/23/20   From Ken Smith<><

As I was going to sleep last night the Holy Spirit started flooding me with ideas to share today concerning the  KINGDOM  OF  GOD.  The second most important item in the “How To Pray” list was, “Thy Kingdom Come, Thy Will Be DONE On Earth as it is in Heaven.”  So the LORD Jesus gave us a good way to go.  So what is the Kingdom of God like: Jesus liked to teach on the Kingdom as it is one of our Creator’s Precious Promises.  So in Matt.5:3 the Lord Jesus teaches us that the Kingdom is reserved for the humble:   “Blessed (happy, to be envied, and spiritually prosperous—with life-joy and satisfaction in God’s favor and salvation, regardless of their outward conditions) are the poor in spirit (the humble, who rate themselves insignificant), for theirs is the kingdom of heaven!  And for the Righteous: Matt.12:28: “For I tell you, unless your righteousness (your uprightness and your right standing with God) is more than that of the scribes and Pharisees, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven.  And that the Kingdom is not physical: Rom.14:17, “[After all] the kingdom of God is not a matter of [getting the] food and drink [one likes], but instead it is righteousness (that state which makes a person acceptable to God) and [heart] peace and joy in the Holy Spirit. And The LORD instructs us in Matt.6:33, “
“But seek (aim at and strive after) first of all His kingdom and His righteousness (His way of doing and being right), and then all these things taken together will be given you besides.

OK, so we are challenged to consider that being self centered and ego centric and the boss of our little world is not really where the Joy of God can be found.  And that it is Spiritual rather than Physical that we want.  That we can have it all and still miss out on the Joy of the LORD.

In my younger years I would love to go rock hunting in the desert where things were mostly untouched and you could find geodes and open them and be the very first to see their beauty.  As I considered the little crystals really clean and beautiful I could sense the Kingdom of God.  And I could go trout fishing and be all alone with a lovely rippling stream I again sense the presence of The Creator.  Or singing Mozart in a concert choral, or looking at a lovely sunset or rainbow I would know that there was more.  That there was no reason for these things and my ability to experience them except for a God of Love.

But then as a little boy I watched Walt Disney’s “Night of Bald Mountain” and the mean witch in Snow White and watched Bambi and the Cowboy slaughter flicks for .10 cents and saw the darkness that was also in our world.  Did not think too much about it at the time but it was logged into my mind that there was good and bad.  And I found out that there was a lot of pressure at school to be bad.  Betty did not appreciate it at all of me using her gold braided hair in my ink well to draw a picture with.  Nor the time we took Mr. Pickets tobacco drying stakes and made a fort with them up in the top of his barn.  And he could not catch us to make us take them down.  Each of have stories like this I am sure.  And worse ones.  But it does make us wonder why a Good God would allow such evil to exist in our world.   But we need to understand, He did not do it, we did.  Adam was made the King of this world to replenish and subdue it after lucifers corruption of it.  And Adam, after a while, got  prideful, was tempted by lucifer who had only one tree left to him in the garden. and in pride rebelled and became disobedient.  But God knew what was going to happen and had already had plans to fix it and that the evil could be used to make us even stronger.  So today with have a gymnasium that will either make us stronger in seeking God’s Kingdom or it will send us off into a Christ less eternity of blackness alone.   So today I have both the good and the evil decisions to exercise my freewill.   And if I really have a heart faith for the Kingdom of God I can enjoy HIS righteousness, Peace and Joy in the HOLY SPIRIT right here, right now through HIS grace, regardless of my physical circumstances..   

You see, Our Loving Creator God will not ever manipulate us or tempt us.  What temps us is what was added into our humanity genes by the choices of Adam and those before us.  Christ Jesus came to give us the choice to be restored to our Creator and to the original vision to be made in HIS image and likeness.  But the choice is totally ours during our one life time.  Our Creator has a vision to build a family of those who want to Love and Trust HIM and who will make the decision to want to be with HIM as LORD and the decision will be permanent and for eternity.  Any thing less than this and we would only be a bunch of Robots just sitting around waiting for a new program from the Tech. in charge.  So how you doing with your freewill?  Ego centered or Christ centered?  You have till death to figure it all out.  But then none of us have a time warranty.   I am sure pulling for you that you will decide for the Light, Love, Joy and Peace that our Eternal Creator is now offering you as you read these words.  If you need help, write me a note: ken@trinity-aloha.org  Also I wrote a paper, “Return of the King” about the events concerning the Lord’s Return.  Happy to send you a  free e-mail copy.  Just request it.
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As for me, there is a bit of family persecution from the things that I write.  Once in a while, long while, someone will request to be taken off of my mailing list and easy to do.  The list is only about 200.  But in general seems like much of the family may just hit the delete button.  But each day it does get me into God’s word in my retirement and is a good time with the Holy Spirit in the peace of my little study.  I call our little farm, TrueVine.  And we are now harvesting avocados, bananas, papayas, beans, leaks, corn and have a lovely big lawn with some really neat  folks here from (China, Japan, Oregon, Colorado) to help keep it all going.

Yours in HIS great LOVE and wonderful Grace and Mercy, Ken<>< www.trinity-aloha.org
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There is but ONE Church of Christ Jesus as LORD,  
all who Love, Honor and Obey HIM are members for Eternity..

SALVATION

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SALVATION:     “WORTH CONSIDERING”     12/22/20    From Ken Smith<><

Personally I can not remember how many times in church services I have been reminded that we are created in the image and likeness of GOD?   Then why all the fuss about salvation, heaven, hell and such things.   If I am truly created in the Image of God then is should be easy to find my way home.   So many do not get to energized as supposed Christians to think much more about it.  And in fact why be concerned about any one else as they do have the genes of God.  So why should I try to interfere with their lives about doing any thing?  Just let God do what HE made us to do.  So we have a great number of Christians so called, that church is only a club gathering.

With the Virus Pandemic I have place an ad in the West Hawaii Today Church pages for now coming on 12 times with one more to go with help on setting up a local family house church like in the Early Church which was very effective.  So far not one contact: www.OhanaChurch.Life

So what is the Truth of the matter?  The Truth is that Adam and Eve were created in the image of God to become in HIS likeness.  But they ditched school and became disobedient and spiritually died.   And all of the generations that they produced were formed in the spiritually dead likeness.  So Jesus tell us very clearly that we were born spiritually dead and need a new birth from above to start back to school and to learn to become in the likeness of God.  Jesus was the first one to complete the course and now is in the image and likeness of GOD.  John 3:16:
 
“For God so greatly loved and dearly prized the world that He [even] gave up His only begotten ([ d] unique) Son, so that whoever believes in (trusts in, clings to, relies on) Him shall not perish (come to destruction, be lost) but have eternal (everlasting) life.   17 For God did not send the Son into the world in order to judge (to reject, to condemn, to pass sentence on) the world, but that the world might find salvation and be made safe and sound through Him.   18 He who believes in Him [who clings to, trusts in, relies on Him] is not judged [he who trusts in Him never comes up for judgment; for him there is no rejection, no condemnation—he incurs no damnation]; but he who does not believe (cleave to, rely on, trust in Him) is judged already [he has already been convicted and has already received his sentence] because he has not believed in and trusted in the name of the only begotten Son of God. [He is condemned for refusing to let his trust rest in Christ’s name.]” So our Grand Daddy Adam brought us into a world that was sold into rebellion, pride and selfishness.  And as we grew up as children,  that is what we inherited.  So we were not born in the Image of God but in the Image of Adam in his pride and rebellion.  And we grow up having the same problems that Adam did only instead of one NO tree in a big garden of YES trees we now have a YES tree (the cross of Christ Jesus) in a world full of NO trees.  So we find ourselves in a world full of evil that mostly hates the light.  
But our Loving Creator knew, that it was not our choice to be brought up in an evil world.  So HE made a way for us to have the opportunity to make our own personal choice for Light or Darkness in and through Christ Jesus.  So here are some Bible scriptures to consider about your choice.
My favorite for a clear picture of how to abandon living in Adam and in Joining Christ Jesus:
Rom. 10:8-13,   “8 But what does it say? The Word (God’s message in Christ) is near you, on your lips and in your heart; that is, the Word (the message, the basis and object) of faith which we preach,  9 Because if you acknowledge and confess with your lips that Jesus is Lord and in your heart believe (adhere to, trust in, and rely on the truth) that God raised Him from the dead, you will be saved.  10 For with the heart a person believes (adheres to, trusts in, and relies on Christ) and so is justified (declared righteous, acceptable to God), and with the mouth he confesses (declares openly and speaks out freely his faith) and confirms [his] salvation.   11 The Scripture says, No man who believes in Him [who adheres to, relies on, and trusts in Him] will [ever] be put to shame or be disappointed.   12 [No one] for there is no distinction between Jew and Greek. The same Lord is Lord over all [of us] and He generously bestows His riches upon all who call upon Him [in faith].  13 For everyone who calls upon the name of the Lord [ invoking Him as Lord] will be saved.

The key word in this invitation by Apostle Paul is LORD which means Master, King, Ruler and not just savior as in a get out of hell free card.  It means to really make Jesus LORD and find out in the Word of God and by the Holy Spirit how HE commands us to live our lives for HIM, John 12:24-26, “ I assure you, most solemnly I tell you, Unless a grain of wheat falls into the earth and dies, it remains [just one grain; it never becomes more but lives] by itself alone. But if it dies, it produces many others and yields a rich harvest.25 Anyone who loves his life loses it, but anyone who hates his life in this world will keep it to life eternal. [Whoever has no love for, no concern for, no regard for his life here on earth, but despises it, preserves his life forever and ever.] 26 If anyone serves Me, he must continue to follow Me [[b] to cleave steadfastly to Me, conform wholly to My example in living and, if need be, in dying] and wherever I am, there will My servant be also. If anyone serves Me, the Father will honor him.

Vision of Isaiah 35:7-9   “And the burning sand and the mirage shall become a pool, and the thirsty ground springs of water; in the haunt of jackals, where they lay resting, shall be grass with reeds and rushes.  8 And a highway shall be there, and a way; and it shall be called the Holy Way. The unclean shall not pass over it, but it shall be for the redeemed; the wayfaring men, yes, the simple ones and fools, shall not err in it and lose their way.  9 No lion shall be there, nor shall any ravenous beast come up on it; they shall not be found there. But the redeemed shall walk on it.”   And:  Rev. 22:16-17: “I, Jesus, have sent My messenger (angel) to you to witness and to give you assurance of these things for the churches (assemblies). I am the Root (the Source) and the Offspring of David, the radiant and brilliant Morning Star.  17 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.  Amplified

And for me it has not been easy in trying to bring my every thought into the captivity of the mind of Christ Jesus.  Perhaps that is why I have enjoyed more years than most.  And it not easy to die to the lust of the flesh, lust of the eyes and pride of life even at 88.  So I need all the help from prayers and the Grace of God that I can get.  I still tend to think I am 40 and quickly find that I am not..  But Jude tells it the way that it is, ( Jude 20-21) “But  you, beloved, build yourselves up on [the foundation of] your most holy faith [continually progress, rise like an edifice higher and higher], pray in the Holy Spirit, 21 and keep yourselves in the love of God, waiting anxiously and looking forward to the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ [which will bring you ] to eternal life.”

Yours, In HIS great LOVE and wonderful Grace and Mercy, Ken<>< www.trinity-aloha.org
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HOLY SCRIPTURE

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HOLY SCRIPTURE,     “WORTH CONSIDERING”   12/21/20     From Ken Smith<><

Over the past few days I have been dumped on by several Christians as being too welded to Holy Scripture or (Doctrine).   That I am not flexible enough to love people more than I love doctrine?  So seems I am making waves.   Also of what I have been teaching as being my own doctrine and not really the level of LOVE that I should have for everyone in what I write.   That my letter on 12/20/20 was not very much like Christmas.  So if you also have a feeling about what I am doing one way or another it could be helpful.  Each day I write this blog I wonder if it is the last one.  I get so much junk mail each day that it seems to take forever to find the mail that is personal and welcome.  Some days runs near 200 e-mail to look through.  Thought that after the election it would quiet down, but no, seems even more.  So I know that you also are having the same issue with what to trash and what to view.  But today I felt to share about the Holy Scriptures as this is my source of Truth and Light and frankly my top source.  There is a verse that Paul wrote to Timothy that seem to cover a lot of the bases:  2 Timothy 3:14:   14 But continue thou in the things which thou hast learned and hast been assured of, knowing of whom thou hast learned them; 15 And that from a child thou hast known the holy scriptures, which are able to make thee wise unto salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus.  16 All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness:  17 That the man of God may be perfect, thoroughly furnished unto all good works.

When I became a Christian back in 1955, one of the first things I learned through  the Navigators was that for a Holy Life I needed to feed in the Holy Book and they gave me a packet of scriptures to memorize to help me grow in Jesus, Psalm 119: 9-11 was one of the first verses:  9 Wherewithal shall a young man cleanse his way? by taking heed thereto according to thy word.    10 With my whole heart have I sought thee: O let me not wander from thy commandments.     11 Thy word have I hid in mine heart, that I might not sin against thee.  Our LORD know also the need for knowing the Holy Scriptures as per Luke 2:46:   “46 And it came to pass, that after three days they found him in the temple, sitting in the midst of the doctors, both hearing them, and asking them questions.  47 And all that heard him were astonished at his understanding and answers.
48 And when they saw him, they were amazed:   And this is Jesus at the age of 12.   And in Hebrews here again we see HIM in the majesty of the Holy Scriptures in Heb. 10:6-8: “ In burnt offerings and sacrifices for sin thou hast had no pleasure.7 Then said I, Lo, I come (in the volume of the book it is written of me,) to do thy will, O God. 8 Above when he said, Sacrifice and offering and burnt offerings and offering for sin thou wouldest not, neither hadst pleasure therein; which are offered by the law; And in Psalms 22 and Isaiah 61 Jesus found and honored the messianic scriptures concerning HIM.  In fact you can find just about all that Jesus taught and did in the Old Testament but it is buried by the prophets to be found line upon line and precept upon precept.  So you need to know what you are looking for to make the bridge from the Old Testament to the New Testament and of course there were many things in the Old that were fulfilled and completed in the New so that the New Testament is the New Will which was made effective by the death of Jesus.  Jesus died contrary to the Immutable Law of God that only sinners would die.  lucifer made a big mistake when he had Jesus killed.  A mistake that opened  the door for all.  As all  who  choose to be in Jesus rather than stay in Adam may have eternal life.

All Truth from Gen. to Revelation speaks to us about salvation and of Christ Jesus being our Lord, if we will accept it.  Thousands of verses apply to this fact that our Creator loves us and wants to save us.  But in that salvation we also have a freewill that HE will not manipulate nor try to control.   HIS vision is for us is for us to want to be a part of HIS family because we see HIM in Jesus and we love HIM and want to be with HIM.  But if we like this world better than HIS world, it is our choice.   If we want to take HIM up on HIS offer, HE will also give us the grace to follow the Holy Spirit in to being sanctified like Jesus or just like you had never sinned.  
Unfortunately our Creator has not made another world for those who pass up HIS offer and love the darkness rather than the light.   And this physical body has a time factor limitation of about 120 years, Gen 6:3.   And our Creator has made no plans for replacing this temporary physical world or body with a new one for those who reject HIS love and salvation.  But our soul is created to be eternal.  Jude puts it this way: Jude 12-18:   “These are spots in your feasts of charity, when they feast with you, feeding themselves without fear: clouds they are without water, carried about of winds; trees whose fruit withereth, without fruit, twice dead, plucked up by the roots;   13 Raging waves of the sea, foaming out their own shame; wandering stars, to whom is reserved the blackness of darkness for ever.  14 And Enoch also, the seventh from Adam, prophesied of these, saying, Behold, the Lord cometh with ten thousands of his saints,  15 To execute judgment upon all, and to convince all that are ungodly among them of all their ungodly deeds which they have ungodly committed, and of all their hard speeches which ungodly sinners have spoken against him.  16 These are murmurers, complainers, walking after their own lusts; and their mouth speaketh great swelling words, having men’s persons in admiration because of advantage.”

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There is but One Church of Christ Jesus as LORD,
And all who Love, Honor & Obey HIM are eternal members.

And a Very Merry Christ-mass

MERRY CHRISTMAS 2020

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Aloha Saint, Family & Friends, Beloved of Jesus and me,   John 3:16    12/20/20

Merry Christmas !!!!!
(May be the last time we can say this without a stink eye.. or being illegal.)

I hope, in spite of the CCP  plague, you will have a wonderful Christmas time with Family and Friends.   And remember,    Jesus is the reason for the season. 

Jesus gave a prophesy recorded in Matt.24, Mark 13 & Luke 21 that a time would come when the birth pains for the translation of HIS Church would begin.  I am not a prophet but seems to me we may be headed that way.  And as America goes, so goes the world.  That the U.S.A. is the major clog that keeps the atheist Socialist New World Order at bay.   Our last election in November was a vote for or against this NWO.  It was not about Trump or Biden.  It was about the future direction of this Country as a Christian Constitutional Republic and the consensus of the voters now seem to be about 50/50 except that one side is totally unethical with the way in which the voting was handled and counted.

So unfortunately 2020 may be the last year we can say this without deadly objections from the Unethical.  You see the Democratic Party has been so interested in gaining power that they have made friends with the unethical and have even allowed the Unethical to gain control of their party.   And this election is to whether this nation will continue as a Christian Constitutional Republic with freedom for all, OR NOT!!!  Personally,   I do not believe the vote counting was ethical.  I truly believe with an ethical vote that Trump could still win.

But if we continue on the present course and allow this sham of an election to direct our national course you may say goodbye to many of the freedoms that you take for granite today.  We appear to be headed into the same ditch as Venezuela.  Check their history, this is what is ahead of us if we continue in this direction.

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As for elections, there will never be another election of the people, by the people and for the people.   Venezuela use the same voting system which can be manipulated.

As for being a Christian in the new direction expect persecution and the Bible to be  classified as a book of hate and outlawed.

As to your retirement, the future is unknown.  The printing of bogus money will make what you have saved dissolved into only paper used best burned to keep you warm in the winter.

As to freedom of speech, gone.   It is nearly gone in our schools and universities already.

As to freedom to bear arms, gone, illegal, confiscated

As to taxes a 40 -70% increase

As to our schools,   total control by atheistic immoral socialism which is almost there already.

As to our churches, controlled or closed

As to medical, like China, difficult, long lines and poor quality.

As to the poor, everyone from where ever, invited to come to the U.S. for food,  housing, medical and education if needed without cost of any kind.  

Hawaii might even be returned to being a Kingdom for the ruling rich and famous Socialists to come for a warm and extended vacations.  Obama has a million dollar + property in Oahu.

And if you would like to find out more you might consider:  https://pro.paradigm-press.info/p/AWN_KamalaRelead_1220/MAWNWC11/?h=true

I expect many who disagree with me to write in to be removed from the mailing, And that is certainly your right and we will certainly do as requested. 

But at the same time we are going to be adding a Prayer List for those who wish  to share in praying for our nation and each other and ask our Heavenly Father to help us live in HIS peace, love and the power of the Holy Spirit regardless.   So if you would like to share in a prayer list let me know,   ken@trinity-aloha.org


As for us here in Kealea, we are still trying to find the mind of the LORD as to Christmas and family time and the uninvited CCP Virus.  I do believe in true heart faith, love and a Holy Unity we do have the victory over the virus.   But much of the so called church is in presumption and that does not work at all.   But we do need to be in prayer that this cloud of darkness that is over us now,  God will allow to pass and not allow it to land on us.   But we do not have much time left to gain this victory, less than 30 days.  So enjoy your Christmas but please get everyone to pray that none of the above comes to pass.

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

CHURCH OF CHRIST JESUS

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CHURCH OF CHRIST JESUS,    “WORTH CONSIDERING” 12/18/20   From Ken<><

Letter this morning from Eddie Ayon:
One of the biggest holes in evangelist’s basket is that he looked not the Lord’s command found in Matt. 28:20, the first part, with the conviction of the Spirit, as an evangelist, to have that precedent fire into his heart. Not into a lot of different ‘versions’ of the scripture but I like the way it’s put in the “Life Application Bible’, N.L.T. “Teach these [new] disciples to obey all the commands I have given you.” This is one of the great faults of the Body. Therefore, a lot of hair brained Christian’s and Christianity of no effect. If we should think revival, think on this. Lovingly, Eddie  Ayon, Evangelist.

My Reply:   You are so right Eddie.  By the Church at Large, omitting, some of the Elder’s offices, Eph.4:11-16 we have not been able to see Jesus in all of HIS Glory in HIS Church today?

So let us share a little concerning the “Ideal Church of Christ Jesus” that the Holy Spirit wants to build, when HE has our permission to do so. 

Seems the 5 fold ministry was working in the Early Church,  Apostles, Prophets, Evangelists and Pastor / Teachers were noted in the Book of Acts and the Letters.   And it is easy to see that with a Good CEO, Quality Control, Sales, Mfg., & Parts any Corporation could be very successful.  But it would not work if any one was on a power trip to get rid of the other offices,  they are all very different and  each one very important.  As for the Old Testament system if was Totally Trashed by God.    So with the New Testament there is a totally new wine skin regardless of how we feel about it.   Seems that the Holy Spirit had more freedom with the Early Church as the vain traditions were not so embedded.  And the Holy Spirit will need to bring the Church of Eph.4:11-16 alive.   And, for me, I want to be part of the cure and not a part of the problem.  Our LORD JESUS warned us seriously about Vain Traditions making the Word of God ineffective.  And we see this everywhere that we look. Most churches are totally powerless and we have gotten use to that fact as being normal.   But I have faith that what the Holy Spirit created in the Early Church in the beginning is still possible and probability for now and with even more power than they enjoyed in Acts 5:16.  I might not be yet able to do any of that but I want to and can be growing in faith to learn how to do it.  Even the translation of the Church into Heaven could easily be based on our own faith in what we believe.   Often Jesus taught,  “Be it unto you according to your faith.”  Heb.11,  Faith is the Substance and the Evidence of things hoped for and not seen.   Faith comes by hearing and hearing by the Word of God….  I am sure we don’t have all that was written but we certainly have enough to enjoy becoming full of faith.

My concern is the Church of Christ Jesus was never set up as a dictatorship nor a majority vote.  It clearly was set up for the rule of Elders as men of God who would listen to each other in finding the will of God in the Holy Spirit with the Holy Scriptures.  That they would do noting unless all agreed and it was guided by the Holy Spirit.  Acts 15  “It seems good to the Holy Spirit and to us.”   So if we can find Elders walking in humility in working together for the Kingdom and looking for the Holy Spirit that just might work.   But if we want to remain as a dictator or pope or abbot over our own little kingdom, it will just be another division and it will not work for seeing or experiencing the Kingdom of God on Earth.  We need to come into a loving unity in faith and in the Holy Spirit to see HIS power released.  I know that in unity that even 2 is 5 times stronger.  If we were to become of one mind and one spirit we could enjoy the Kingdom of God in Truth..  And we should all be open to changing as well if the scriptures are provided to help us do so in good faith.  But it will draw deeply into our love for each other and our patience and humility I am sure.   So would that be good or bad for us?   In scripture I find a bottom up authority based on Love and Faith.   Not a top down authority based on fear and submission.  Freewill is never violated by God.   The Early Church Elders submitted to one another in love as they could experience the Holy Spirit moving in a direction.  Therefore they could maintain the unity of the faith in the bond of peace.  Ideal I know,  but it is a God Ideal and can become a fact through HIM.  I would like to know if anyone is interested in this possibility.  There is what we have today that is full of traditional nonsense.  And there is the Kingdom of God that is shared by our Lord Jesus Christ and HIS Apostles Prophets, Evangelists, Pastors and teachers as per Eph.4:11-16 for the perfecting of the saints, for the work of the ministry, till we all see Jesus.

So what I see is unless the many parts come together in the Power of God to be like Jesus the world is not going to change course and sit up and be moved to change.  They are wet and cold and lost.  If we build a HOT FIRE in the HOLY Spirit, they will come to get warm, dry, found and changed into the image of Christ Jesus as per the original vision and plan of our Creator…..

Yours, in HIS great love and wonderful Grace & Mercy, Ken<>< www.trinity-aloha.org
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JESUS,   “WORTH CONSIDERING”   12/17/20    From Ken Smith<><

This morning, for some reason, no note from the church in Texas that I like to use as a spring board for writing this Blog.  So you will have to put up with mostly me, this morning.

We celebrate the birthday of Jesus in less than 2 weeks so let’s focus on HIM.   Isa. 53:2  talks about him as coming up out of the dry ground and there would be nothing special about him that would make him any different from anyone else and he would be rejected.  That the awaited messiah would come as the “Son of Man.”  As the son of Adam if you will, Adam in Luke was considered to be a Son of God, Luke 3:38.   Even Moses prophesied about Jesus in Deut.18:15, “The Lord thy God will raise up unto thee a Prophet from the midst of thee, of thy brethren, like unto me; unto him ye shall hearken;    When Jesus walked the earth HE was totally man but with the anointing of God that is also available to us.  Isa. 61:1 “The Spirit of the Lord God is upon me…” The same verse that Jesus quoted when HE began HIS ministry, Luke 4:18 and in verse 21 Jesus said, “This day is this scripture fulfilled in your ears.”  We know that Jesus was totally man as HE was tempted in all points as we are, and yet without sin.  And that GOD can not be tempted nor can GOD die.  In Hebrews 2:7-10 we are taught that Jesus was made perfect through sufferings.  That as a man he, as the second Adam, managed to gain the victory in all that the enemy could send against HIM and in that victory HE tasted death for all who would make HIM LORD.  After HIS resurrection HE said this in Matt. 28:18:   “All power is given unto me in heaven and in earth.”  In John 17: 20-22, HE prays: “And the Glory (Power) which thou gavest me I have given them: that they may be one, even as we are one:”

So Jesus came as a man to be our suffering savior, to take our sins from us and join HIM in unity and power. And Jesus became God & King.  King Jesus sent the Holy Spirit at Pentecost who set up the structure for the Church.  The Church is a wholly different species,  totally new at Pentecost.   Unique in every way as the Bride and Body of Christ Jesus.   Prophet John noted that very clearly in John 3:28-30

28 Ye yourselves bear me witness, that I said, I am not the Christ, but that I am sent before him. 9 He that hath the bride is the bridegroom: but the friend of the bridegroom, which standeth and heareth him, rejoiceth greatly because of the bridegroom’s voice: this my joy therefore is fulfilled.  30 He must increase, but I must decrease.  (The age of the Church takes precidence over the age of the prophets or kings of the O.T.)

Luke 7:27-29:  This is he, of whom it is written, Behold, I send my messenger before thy face, which shall prepare thy way before thee.  28 For I say unto you, Among those that are born of women there is not a greater prophet than John the Baptist: but he that is least in the kingdom of God is greater than he.  29 And all the people that heard him, and the publicans, justified God, being baptized with the baptism of John.  This was still under the Old Testament.

In Christ Jesus we are born into the Kingdom of God.   Potentially our authority in the Church is greater than that of John the Baptist or any of the Old Testament Prophet of God.

Jesus came to make a transition between the LAW of the OLD WILL (Testament) And a new will of the New Testament due to HIS death and resurrection.  So seeing the context is important as Jesus came at a time that the LAW of Moses was in effect and was valid until the sacrifice of Jesus had been made, Isa. 63…  After HIS resurrection we see HIM through Johns eyes in Rev.1 & 4-5 and 19 as the Word of God made Flesh.  And also as the 1st Born of many brethren….

And the Holy Spirit established the Church to be under HIS leadership and control through Elders.    ACTUALLY THESE ARE OFFICES IN THE HOLY SPIRIT THAT ARE MOSTLY LACKING IN THE CHURCH TODAY AND LEAVING THE THEATER STYLE CHURCH MOSTLY WITHOUT POWER.  IT IS LIKE THE CHURCH IS A SILK GLOVE WITH FIVE FINGERS THAT THE HOLY SPIRIT WANT TO WEAR AND TOUCH THE WORLD FOR JESUS BUT WE HAVE CUT MOST OF THE FINGERS OFF OF THE GLOVE WITH OUR VAIN TRADITIONS.      Eph. 4:11-16

THE NEW WILL TAKES PRECEDENCE OVER THE OLD WILL,  THESE ARE TWO DIFFERENT WILLS FOR TWO DIFFERENT PEOPLES.  THE OLD TESTAMENT SOULS ARE FRIENDS OF THE BRIDEGROOM,  THE CHURCH IS THE BRIDE OF THE BRIDEGROOM.  THIS IS A CONSTANT THROUGH THE BIBLE.

THE SHEEP BEAR THE LAMBS.  BUT THEN THE OFFICE OF THE EVANGELIST DOES HELP IN THE BIRTHING PROCESS LIKE A MID-WIFE….  BILLY WAS AN OUTSTANDING EVANGELIST IT WAS UNFORTUNATE THAT THE BASKETS THAT THE SOULS WERE PLACE IN HAD HOLES.  SHOULD HAVE HAD GODLY PASTORS AND TEACHERS TO HELP WITH THE HARVEST OF SOULS.  PROPHETS ARE GOD’S QUALITY CONTROL FOR HIS TRUTH,  APOSTLES ARE HIS VISIONARIES FOR SYNERGY UNITY.   ALL ARE NEEDED FOR A HEALTHY NEW TESTAMENT CHURCH.  ABBOT LOOP in Alaska,  WAS ON THE RIGHT TRACK BUT TRYING TO DO IT IN THE FLESH.  NOT ENOUGH LOVE TO WORK THROUGH THEIR DISUNITY.

Today there is but ONE Church of Christ Jesus as LORD and all who love, honor and obey HIM are members.  But there area about 30,000 Christian divisions around the world today due to the fact that we don’t have enough of HIS love to sit down and find HIS truth for a HOLY UNITY as Jesus prayed for in John 17.   It will come to pass by choice or by persecution but that prayer will be answered.

And by the way the shepherds were not with the sheep at night in December in Bethlehem.  Much to cold and the grass had no food value in the winter.  But no matter, Just make Jesus the reason for the Season.    Enjoy the Tradition but make it alive with Jesus and who HE really IS!!!!

Yours, in HIS great love and wonderful Grace and Mercy, Ken<>< www.trinity-aloha.org
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And all who Love, Honor and Obey HIM are eternal members.

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