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.”

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,
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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There is but ONE Church of Christ Jesus, all who Love, Honor & Obey HIM are members.


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JESUS

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

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DOUBLE PORTION

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DOUBLE PORTION     “WORTH CONSIDERING”   12/16/20,   From Ken Smith<><

Today’s Scripture                       (Across my desk this morning from a ministry in Texas.)
Elijah said to Elisha, “Tell me what I can do for you before I am taken away.” And Elisha replied, “Please let me inherit a double share of your spirit and become your successor.”
(2 Kings 2:9, NLT)
   
A Double Portion
Elijah was a great prophet who did many amazing miracles. One day he saw a young man named Elisha and told him to come and be his assistant, to basically take care of him. Elisha was from a wealthy family and could have been too proud to take what seemed like a low level position, but he recognized the favor on Elijah’s life. He respected the anointing. For years he served Elijah with honor, and eventually, he received a double portion of Elijah’s anointing and did twice as many miracles.   When you sow into someone with great favor, you’re going to reap some of that favor. Sow honor into that supervisor who’s ahead of you. Sow respect into that colleague who’s extremely talented. Sow friendship and encouragement into that person who’s taking new ground. God put them there to bring you favor. As you connect to them, new doors are going to open for you, and new talents are going to come out.
   
A Prayer for Today
“Father, thank You that Elisha didn’t just get the favor that Elijah had, but he received a double portion. Help me to find the people with whom I should connect and help them to find me as well. I believe that the honor I show them will come back to me. In Jesus’ Name, Amen.”

Ken’s Comments,
Many times in my life I have experience the above.  One day I was going over to Hilo for a Agape Feast (Meal) and to share with the hippies that attended.  It was a large hall in the old Doc. Hill Mansion that would hold perhaps 2-300 people…  As I was driving my van in that direction I noticed a hippy wondering around in the middle of the street so I stopped next to him and ask where he was going.  He said, “I don’t know.”  So to be polite I ask him what his name was? And he said, “I can not remember” So I ask him a 3rd question, “Are you hungry” And he said, “ I sure am.”  So I ask him if he would like to go with me to a party with lots of food, and he made for the van and away we went to the Love Feast.   Well he ate all he could, was loved up a whole lot by all of the Christians and came to make Jesus LORD.   When I went back to Kona he came along and went to the True Vine Farm and began to listen, read and grow.   Found out his name was Craig McNutt and his dad was in Texas oil.   He got lost in the ministry over time I lost track of Craig.   20 years later he showed up at my home with a lovely wife and kids and I found he had been preaching in Brazil for nearly 20 years in Portages.   I was amazed and still am at what that small moment in time may be when Greg stands before Jesus and the Books are opened.  Such a great joy that will be for me in having such a small part in Gregg’s pilgrimage into God’s Kingdom.   Not saying it could not have happened another way.   But that the Holy Spirit allowed for me to have the Joy of being included in HIS plans for Greg that day.  And today in my home the quest continues as I have 4 souls staying with me  (and another on the way)  that are able to be assisted in making a clean decision for the Holy Spirit to work in their lives just like I was in the past from 1968 when God called me into the ministry of reconciliation.  And all of us have that same calling on our lives to embrace the LORD’S loving concern for souls to help others and to enjoy HIS vision for why they were created.  You were created with a purpose from God.  But you also were created with a free will, like God.  You can say yes or no.   But the Joy of the LORD is in saying yes and joining others on the road to becoming like Jesus.  He is the first of HIS kind and many of us are to also to come to be like HIM and be directed of the Holy Spirit.  And to help make the Kingdom of God on Earth as it is in heaven.  But you do have your own choice to also do as you like.  Many are taken captive by the lies of the enemy.  He is even good at making up spiritual lies that seem to be of God but are not.   The filter for filtering the lies of the enemy is the Word of God.  IF You don’t study the Word of God, then there is a good chance of being taken captive by false doctrine.  Some today feel water baptism saves, it does not.  Some feel that if the get saved it is a done deal, it is not.  Study James and 1 John and Jude.  Some think that we are not responsible for others getting the Gospel, that is up to God.  But the Word of God tells us that we share with the Holy Spirit the responsibility of the harvest of souls that needs to be gathered into the Kingdom of God.  So much of what you think you know may only be Vain Traditions that make the Word of God ineffective.  You need to study the Word of God for yourself.

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;    Chinese Pastor John Cao, who serves a seven-year jail term in China, has written a poetry book urging believers to realize that Jesus Christ will never forsake them. Christ, he adds, gives treasures nobody can take away.   A peaceful prayer rally in Washington DC was usurped Saturday by rioters causing violence and chaos, Christian Headlines reports. The “Let The Church Roar” prayer event was held on the same day as several other DC protest rallies attended by President Trump supporters alleging voter fraud in the November 3 election result.    Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman Ron Johnson, a Wisconsin Republican, says it would not surprise him if there are more lawmakers in the Capitol beyond California congressman Eric Swalwell who were compromised by the Chinese.    U.S. Army bases face the real risk of “deliberate and direct attacks” from enemies and must implement new strategies to strengthen their defenses, the Army warned Monday in a major new report that painted an alarming picture of the threats that confront military installations at home.    Israel has successfully completed an air defense exercise that tested the abilities of the Iron Dome missile defense system to intercept cruise missiles for the first time, the Defense Ministry announced on Tuesday.   Hungary has adopted an amendment to its constitution that effectively bans the adoption of children by same-sex couples. The legislation also loosens oversight of public funds despite corruption concerns and detailed rules governing war times.

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WHO AM I ?

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WHO AM I        “WORTH CONSIDERING”     12/15/20      From Ken Smith<><

Today’s Scripture        (Across my desk this morning from a Church in Texas.)
Am I now trying to win the approval of human beings, or of God? Or am I trying to please people? If I were still trying to please people, I would not be a servant of Christ.  Gal. 1:20
    
Guard Your Sense of Value
If somebody did you wrong, rather than internalize it and wonder if there is something wrong with you, have you ever thought that they hurt you because they were messed up? Maybe they felt so badly about themselves, so unlovable, that they tried to project it onto you. How they are treating you flows from their own insecurities, fears, hurts, wounds, prejudices, and dysfunctions. Hurting people end up hurting other people. Messed-up people can mess you up. If you base your value on what they’re giving you, you can end up dysfunctional.  Don’t let what others say about you define who you are. Don’t let what you didn’t get from them make you feel as though you’re to blame. Quit letting how people treat you make you feel inferior. You have to go to your heavenly Father. They’re not your Savior. You already have a Savior. He’s on the throne. Go to Him and not to people.
    
A Prayer for Today
“Father, thank You that I can come to You for all the approval and love that I need to live securely. Help me recognize that hurting people hurt others and guard my sense of value when I come under attack. Thank You for being my Savior. In Jesus’ Name, Amen.”

Ken’s Comments:
When entering the 1st grade at Elkhorn Elementary School in the country, in Kentucky. I was a good looking kid with very Curly blond hair.  Being with other kids was a brand new thing.  And there was these twins, beautiful, also with blond curly hair and I was immediately in love (infatuated) and made quick friend which was great for them as well.  Until strutting with them during recess holding hands until was confronted by their former admirers and beat up pretty soundly.  Turned out to not be a good day at all.  They had friends, I was the enemy… continued on the walk from school to home.  I was very angry and threw rocks at a window.  It busted, the owner was watching, my father was contacted and the day got even worse.   Seems we have all had bad days like that.  For years after that the kids would call me Can Not rather than Kenneth.  It has taken years of getting out from under being made into an introvert by my reaction to the rejection.  And it was all about what I looked like and not what was inside.  Many need healing from such experiences that may go way back.  But the LORD delivered me.  Use to be I was afraid of everything, Now I just try to stay close to the Holy Spirit.  Use to be I was uncomfortable with speaking to only a few friends.  But the Lord has used me to speak to hundreds as times.   Once you really learn to walk in the Holy Spirit the sky has no limits. 

Fear is Faith going backward.  Many Christians are still needing to be delivered from the fears that they have picked up through negative experiences with the world.  They are afraid to even share the Gospel with their best friend for fear of losing them.  Even though the friend may be  headed into the world’s judgment and darkness.  Humanity is like on a wide freeway that looks safe but is going around a blind corner and the bridge is out over the deep canyon below.  So many eternal souls are shooting off the highway at high speeds into a chasm of deep darkness unless they are re-directed to the Bridge over which Jesus came to give us of a safe passage and Eternal Life.  When I go to a big box store and see the hundreds of people in the store I am reminded of the words of Jesus who taught us that: “Straight is the way and narrow the leads to eternal life and few there be that find it.”  That out of a 100 all around me only about 2 will find the way into Eternal Life.  I call it to learn to make the jump to “Light Speed.”  We are taught in Holy Scripture that our Creator is pure LIGHT and that in HIM is no darkness at all.  That into HIS presence no one who has not been made like HIM can come into HIS presence and live.  So to become HIS family we need to be changed to become like HIM,  Gen.1.  Jesus did just that, check it out.  John saw HIM.  Rev.1 & 4-5.  And the Good Book is a text book on how to do exactly that.  The Creator’s original intent was to make a family like HIM that HE could enjoy that also had free will and would come to loved HIM for who HE  REALLY   IS.

In the Revelation of Christ Jesus, The Word of God made Flesh we find these words. Rev.22:14   “e] Blessed (happy, prosperous, to be admired) are those who wash their robes [in the blood of Christ by believing and trusting in Him—the righteous who do His commandments], so that they may have the right to the tree of life, and may enter by the gates into the city. 15 Outside are the dogs [the godless, the impure, those of low moral character] and the sorcerers [with their intoxicating drugs, and magic arts], and the immoral persons [the perverted, the molesters, and the adulterers], and the murderers, and the idolaters, and everyone who loves and practices lying (deception, cheating). 16 “I, Jesus, have sent My angel to testify to you and to give you assurance of these things for the churches. I am the Root (the Source, the Life) and the Offspring of David, the radiant and bright Morning Star.”  17 The [Holy] Spirit and the bride (the church, believers) say, “Come.” And let the one who hears say, “Come.” And let the one who is thirsty come; let the one who wishes take and drink the water of life without cost.”  So you are invited……

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Worthy Brief <worthybrief@worthynetwork.com&gt;    The governor of Colorado has declared that houses of worship provide “essential” services that are no longer subject to COVID-19 restrictions on attendance numbers, Christian Headlines reports.     China is prosecuting Christian businessmen for selling audio versions of the Bible in a government effort to “eradicate pornography and illegal publications,” rights groups confirmed.     Experts on Monday claimed potential massive electronic voter fraud in the presidential election while the Electoral College was due to choose Joe Biden as the next U.S. president formally.    Joseph R. Biden Jr. was confirmed as president-elect on Monday by members of the Electoral College despite White House claims of wrongdoing during the November 3 ballot.    Oman and Indonesia could be next in line to establish diplomatic relations with Israel in the coming weeks, a diplomatic source said Sunday.   

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NEW NAME

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NEW NAME,     “WORTH CONSIDERING” 12/14/20    From Ken<><  

Today’s Scripture                  (Across my desk this morning from a church in Texas.)
Then the man said, “Your name will no longer be Jacob, but Israel, because you have struggled with God and with humans and have overcome.”   (Genesis 32:28, NIV)
   
You Have a New Name
Jacob’s name means “a supplanted, a deceiver,” and that was how he lived. Later in his life, he got tired of living like that. One night he went to get alone with God when an angel appeared to him and said, “God has a new name for you. Your name will be Israel,” which means “prince with God.” He was saying, “Being a deceiver is not your true identity. You are a prince. You will reign in life.” The first thing God had to do was to get the shame off of Jacob.    Maybe you have let your circumstances, your failures, or even other people put a label on you that says, “shame on you.” No, God’s grace changes all that. God says, “I’m going to bless you anyway. I know your true identity.” He is changing our names to “Prince,” to “Princess,” to “Forgiven,” to “Highly Favored.” Agree with what God is saying, and He will bless you in amazing ways.
   
A Prayer for Today
“Father, thank You that You have a new name for me, and by Your grace I am going to reign in life. Thank You that I can take negative labels off my life and proudly wear the name of “Redeemed.” I believe that You are going to bless me in amazing ways. In Jesus’ Name, Amen.”

Ken’s Comments:
When born I got my father’s name Norman Kenneth Smith Jr.   Which in faith means: Handsome man from the North who makes things with his hands.  Well where I was born in Kentucky is considered South and now at 88 the Handsome part is way gone and really I don’t make much with my hands any more.      But then when I was consecrated a Bishop/Abbot John that took on a new meaning for me.  Being named after John seemed to have put my head in a totally different space after 7/5/03 both good and bad.  Good in that John was really close to Jesus and bad in that it made me feel somehow more important.  Being confirmed by a bunch of people that your were now part of a long list of saints going back to Peter was somewhat manipulative to my little ego.

Of course the Word of God tells us to wait for the Judgment of Jesus when it is the right time.  And that our only claim to fame is who we are in HIM when filled with the Holy Spirit.  So in a way it has been very sanctifying to realize that it mean little or nothing unless submitted to the Holy Spirit.  One day long ago I put on my $300$ high class Hawaiian straw hat with pheasant hat band and with my authentic cane, ring, cross and purple crane shirt to look the Abbot/Bishop part through the Honolulu airport.  Nearly got tarred and feathered by the Pentecostal Lady at the ticket counter but the security guy at the exit door wanted to stop the crowd and have me take his concession.  Never did that again, just not my cup of tea.  So learned early in 2003 & 4 that unless the LORD build the house they labor in vain that try to build it.  That like Paul teaches us best to be all things to everyone that we might by all means win some to Jesus as LORD.

We may have a flavor that we like and that is OK, God’s loves colors and harmonic sounds and filled HIS creation with them.  The same with us.  My experience ingrowing up was old German Celtic.  But my doctrine needs to match GOD’S Eternal Truth as found in the Word of God.  So when I go to the Word of God I go with the humility to learn and the obedience to do what I am shown in God’s Truth.  One time I took on of the old creeds and took the liberty of adding what I had found that seemed to be missing.  Thought to include it here as follows: By the way, our Loving Creator has already picked out a new name for you if you make it into HIS Kingdom.

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 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).  (The more you confess the more you will believe.)

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


Worthy Brief <worthybrief@worthynetwork.com&gt;    A U.S. pastor who spent two years in a Turkish prison for activities linked to his faith warns of upcoming persecution of Christians in the United States.     The US government deficit in the first two months of the budget year increased by 25.1% more than it was at the same time last year, PBS reports..     The U.S. Supreme Court has rejected a last-ditch effort to overturn the official results of the 2020 presidential election despite reported voter fraud.    Tens of thousands of people converged on the U.S. Capitol and the Supreme Court on Dec. 12—waving American flags, wearing red, white, and blue, and blaring horns—to take part in rallies calling for greater transparency in the 2020 election.    Iran on Saturday executed a journalist who inspired nationwide economic protests for freedom in 2017 after luring him out of exile in Paris and kidnapping him.   A significant leak shows that at least nearly two million Chinese Communist Party (CCP) members work worldwide, including US government agencies and the biggest companies, Australian media reported Sunday.

FISHING

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FISHING      “WORTH  CONSIDERING”   12/11/20    From Ken<><

Today’s Scripture     (Across my desk this Friday from a church in Texas.)
But Simon answered and said to Him, “Master, we have toiled all night and caught nothing; nevertheless at Your word I will let down the net.”  (Luke 5:5, NKJV)
   
Be a Nevertheless Person
Peter was an experienced fisherman and had spent all night fishing and caught nothing when Jesus told him to put out into the deep and drop the nets. It seemed illogical because in the daylight, the fish would go deeper than the nets. Peter did not deny the facts, but he said in effect, “It doesn’t make sense; nevertheless, at Your word I’m going to do it,” and he caught so many fish the nets began to break.  Practical people would have missed this miracle. People who only look at things logically, reasonably, statistically would have talked themselves out of it. God is looking for nevertheless people. When you don’t see how you can ever accomplish your dream, get your health back, or see your family restored, say, “The odds are against me. It looks impossible. I tried and it didn’t work out; nevertheless, I still believe. Nevertheless, I’m going to try again. Nevertheless, I’m going to keep praying, hoping, and expecting.”
   
A Prayer for Today
“Father, thank You for the dreams and desires that You put in me that are bigger than I can achieve. It looks too big for me; nevertheless, I know that with You all things are possible. I believe that what You have started in my life You will finish. In Jesus’ Name, Amen”

Ken’s Comments:
As a General Contractor in Eugene OR in the 1960 one weekend I took my Super. and a workman fishing. Rented a little cabin by a really big lake, had my 12′ boat w/25 Hp motor in tow.  Dale and I took this other guy along as he was a really good workman but an outspoken atheist.  We got up at daylight and headed out.  Our buddy got 4 really nice trout sitting in the middle of the boat and then he started in on us about Jesus and Peter and fishing.  We got 6 hrs. of our stupid faith in a dead carpenter and did not get a bite one.  He was on the Mormon Pipe Organ and pulled out all the stops.  We were about ready to punch him out but kept quiet.  Finally I had it and commanded, almost out loud, for a fish to bit my line, and it did!!!  From about 3:30 to dusk Dale and I caught 26 trout for our 3 limits and he got not one bite sitting in the middle of the boat trying to duplicate our every move.  I am sure that he went home that night with different music playing in his head.  Don’t remember what happened to him but I am sure that the LORD got his attention.  Sometimes we sow, water, weed, fertilizes and others harvest.  But it really does not matter if in God’s Truth and in Loving Unity.  That experience certainly brought Dale and I much closer together in the LORD.  It did not stop there but a story for another time.

The key issue, seems to me is pragmatic, does it work.  The intent of our Creator God is to create a heavenly eternally dimension-ed family of righteous souls who want to walk in humility and obedience to HIS purposes and plans in eternity.  And the invitation has gone out to who-so-ever-will to come and to drink of the waters of life freely.  Are we really on board with HIS vision or are we making up our own vision ?

As it seems to me that we get lost in all kinds of busy stuff that totally ignores the prime directive of GOD that HE, with our OK, wants to make us into HIS IMAGE & LIKENESS.  and that Christ Jesus is our living example of what HE wants to do with us.   Seems we are much too busy with our own religious traditions and other stuff to really consider that opportunity we have to become like HIM.   1 John 4:17: “In this [union and fellowship with Him ], love is completed and perfected with us, so that we may have confidence in the day of judgment [with assurance and boldness to face Him]; because as He is, so are we in this world.

So in our lifetime if we don’t decide to go for it, we can loose out.  God will not force us to become a part of HIS plans.   Problem is, there are no other plans for dissenters but all souls have been created eternal.  So as we head into HIS light then the light gets brighter and brighter but if we decide that we like the darkness better it will get darker and darker as Jude records 11-13.  “11 Woe to them! For they have gone the [defiant ] way of Cain, and for profit they have run headlong into the error of Balaam, and perished in the rebellion of [mutinous] Korah. 12 These men are hidden reefs [elements of great danger to others] in your [g] love feasts when they feast together with you without fear, looking after [only] themselves; [they are like] clouds without water, swept along by the winds; autumn trees without fruit, doubly dead, uprooted and lifeless; 13 wild waves of the sea, flinging up their own shame like foam; wandering stars, for whom the gloom of deep darkness has been reserved forever.”  Not many sermons on this today, but still very true.  One of the definitions of insanity is to do the same thing over and over and expecting different results.  Does church attach us to Jesus or to it’s  denomination?  Do we really get to see Jesus in our Church as in the New Testament or Early Church as in Eph. 4:11:16  &  John 17:20-22                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      

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

There is but one Church of Christ Jesus as LORD and
All those who Love, Honor and Obey Christ Jesus as LORD are
eternal members.
Worthy Brief <worthybrief@worthynetwork.com&gt;      A court of appeals has told a lower court that, in light of recent US Supreme Court rulings, it must reconsider its decision to uphold California’s restrictions on in-person worship services, the Christian Post reported Wednesday. The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals found in favor of Chula Vista’s South Bay United Pentecostal Church, which had argued the pertinent COVID-19 restrictions were discriminatory against houses of worship.     The Abortion Care Network has reported that 127 US abortion clinics have closed since 2015, the Christian Post reports. The ACN report suggests most of these clinics closed because of financial constraints and pro-life laws.    A U.S. government advisory panel on Thursday endorsed Pfizer’s coronavirus vaccine, despite concerns about possible side effects.    Israel and Morocco agreed Thursday to normalize relations in a U.S. brokered accord that Israel’s prime minister described as “another great light of peace.”     The United States sends a warning to Iran on Thursday with two American  bomber aircraft flying over a swath of the Middle East, officials confirmed.     Joshua 1:8 This Book of the Law shall not depart out of your mouth; but you shall meditate on it day and night, so that you may observe to do according to all that is written in it: for then you will make your way prosperous, and then you will have good success. Have I not commanded you? Be strong and of good courage; be not afraid nor be dismayed: for the LORD your God is with you wherever you go.      Add / Delete: ken@trinity-aloha.org    “Worth Considering” library found at our Homepage.

FAITH & PROMISES

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FAITH & PROMISES       “WORTH CONSIDERING    12/10/20    From Ken<><

Today’s Scripture              (Across my desk this morning from a church in Texas.)
Then he asked them, “Why are you afraid? Do you still have no faith?  (Mark 4:40, NLT)
    
Through the Storm
In Mark 4, Jesus said to His disciples, “Let’s go to the other side of the lake,” but along the way they were caught in a furious night storm. The winds were so strong that the disciples thought the boat was going to capsize, so they woke Jesus up. He rebuked the storm, and everything calmed down.  When we’re in a storm, we often get upset and panic as the disciples did. “God, You have to help! This medical report is bad. My finances aren’t making it. My relationship is falling apart.” Quit being upset and losing sleep over your troubles. God knew there would be a storm before He told the disciples to go over the lake. When He puts a promise in your heart, all the forces of darkness cannot stop Him from getting you there. God is not ignoring your prayers. You don’t have to wake Him up. He’s teaching you to have faith in the middle of the storm.
    
A Prayer for Today
“Father, thank You that You are not just the God of the start of my storm, not just the God of my finish, but You’re also the God of the middle. Thank You that You are here to protect me and provide for me. I believe You will still my storms. In Jesus’ Name, Amen.”

Ken’s Comments:
Faith is the Victory, Hebrews 11 seems where this is taking me today and I am reminded of the story that Jesus tells of the 10 Virgins as recorded by Matthew in Chapter 25: ““Then the kingdom of heaven will be like ten virgins, who took their lamps and went to [a] meet the bridegroom. 2 Five of them were foolish [thoughtless, silly, and careless], and five were wise [far-sighted, practical, and sensible]. 3 For when the foolish took their lamps, they did not take any [extra] oil with them, 4 but the wise took flasks of oil along with their lamps. 5 Now while the bridegroom was delayed, they all began to nod off, and they fell asleep. 6 But at midnight there was a shout, ‘Look! The bridegroom [is coming]! Go out to meet him.’ 7 Then all those virgins got up and put their own lamps in order [trimmed the wicks and added oil and lit them]. 8 But the foolish virgins said to the wise, ‘Give us some of your oil, because our lamps are going out.’ 9 But the wise replied, ‘No, otherwise there will not be enough for us and for you, too; go instead to the dealers and buy oil for yourselves.’ 10 But while they were going away to buy oil, the bridegroom came, and those who were ready went in with him to the wedding feast; and the door was shut and locked. 11 Later the others also came, and said, ‘Lord, Lord, open [the door] for us.’ 12 But He replied, ‘I assure you and most solemnly say to you, I do not know you [we have no relationship].’ 13 Therefore, be on the alert [be prepared and ready], for you do not know the day nor the hour [when the Son of Man will come].    First question???  Do you really, really have faith that in eternity your soul will still be alive and, is there a Kingdom of God to want to live in with GOD?  Jesus was sent to tell us all about it and to let us get to know HIM so we would want to be with God.  Jesus came as the perfect reflection of God’s love in human form.  The only folks who did not like Jesus were like Cain who put don’t like light.  And as the religious leaders of his time, they finally put HIS light out, so they thought.  Our salvation from darkness rests upon our faith in believing that there is a resurrection and that Jesus is LORD, Rom.10:9-10,  and HE has the ultimate authority in that eternal dimension.   OK, So notice in the story that the 5 foolish virgins did have the money to go and buy the oil.  So we can easily see that they were hedging their faith and betting on both possibilities.  Have it both now and also be OK for later,  if HE gets here.  That did not turn out very well for the 5 even though they were virgins.  Seems they were seen as pure but lacked the 100%   commitment to the union with the bridegroom?  Like saying the river is not going to flood but then securing the sand bags just in case.  A lot of so called Christians today may not be living 100% for the Kingdom.  They have money in their pockets but no interest at all in sharing the Gospel of the Kingdom with others who are lost and headed for darkness. 

Notice in the story that the “Relationship” really is the ultimate test of the validity of the union of faith.  Heart faith is a lot different then head understanding.  My will is much different than knowing and submitting to the will of the Holy Spirit.  Knowing the will of the Holy Spirit means to have a “RELATIONSHIP.”   A relationship that helps and encourages me to become like Jesus.  It is a HEART faith in the PRECIOUS PROMISES of GOD that makes it possible to enjoy ingesting the Divine Nature of God.  St. Peter 2:3-5, “ For His divine power has bestowed on us [absolutely] everything necessary for [a dynamic spiritual] life and godliness, through [d] true and personal knowledge of Him who called us by His own glory and excellence. 4 For by these He has bestowed on us His precious and magnificent promises [of inexpressible value], so that by them you may escape from the immoral freedom that is in the world because of disreputable desire, and become sharers of the divine nature. 5 For this very reason, applying your diligence [to the divine promises, make every effort] in [exercising] your faith to, [e] develop moral excellence, and in moral excellence, knowledge (insight, understanding),…”  Our Creator’s original intent in our creation was to bring us into being in HIS Image and Likeness, are you up for it?:  

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;    Missouri led a group of 17 states that Wednesday afternoon filed a brief with the Supreme Court supporting the Texas lawsuit aimed at delaying the appointment of presidential electors from Georgia, Pennsylvania, Michigan and Wisconsin.The United States added Nigeria to a blacklist of countries that violate religious liberties Monday, DW reports. Joining Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, and China, Nigeria is now listed as a country “of concern” “under the International Religious Freedom Act of 1998.”   A lung specialist at Aurora St. Luke’s Medical Center in Milwaukee has pleaded with a Senate committee to review his study of an anti-parasite drug which he says has produced dramatically positive results in treating hospitalized COVID-19 patients, CNS News reports.    Matthew 13:45-46 Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a merchant seeking fine pearls, who, when he had found one pearl of great value, sold all that he had and bought it.

From Andrew Strom:   REVIVAL List <prophetic@revivalschool.com&gt;
 Felt “Worth Considering” 12/10/20  Important to send along as well….

A HEART THAT can DISCERN THE TIMES
by David Wilkerson

When the economy collapses, jobs are lost and bills are piling up,
what will people need? To be a part of a nice, fast-growing church,
hearing messages on how to enjoy life? No, they´ll need answers.
They´ll need someone with authority who can interpret what´s
happening around them, someone who can read the times. And
they´ll need a word from heaven to keep their hearts and minds in God´s peace.

Jesus, though God in flesh, faced the devil as a Spirit-empowered
man. He didn´t fight Satan on any other grounds. Jesus´ disciples
had this same power: “And when He had called His twelve disciples
to Him, He gave them power over unclean spirits, to cast them out,
and to heal all kinds of sickness and all kinds of disease” (Matthew
10:1). “I give you the authority to trample on serpents and scorpions,
and over all the power of the enemy” (Luke 10:19).

The apostle Peter was made of flesh and blood, just like the rest
of us, yet he wielded spiritual authority over the devil. He said to
the lame man at the temple gate, “In the name of Jesus Christ of
Nazareth, rise up and walk” (Acts 3:6).  The man was instantly
healed and the religious leaders of the day recognized great power
in Peter. They asked him, “By what power or by what name have
you done this? (4:7).

Nowhere in the Bible do we see any suggestion that this same
power isn´t meant for us today. What kind of God would empower
his people in the wilderness when they needed it and embolden
the crowds at Pentecost and then withhold it from his last-days
church, when we need it more than any generation?

God entrusts his divine authority only to what Peter calls the
“hidden person of the heart, with the incorruptible beauty of a
gentle spirit and quiet spirit” (1 Peter 3:4). Paul says, “The inward
man is being renewed day by day” (2 Corinthians 4:16). Although
the outward man is always on display before others, the hidden
man is known only by God. The Holy Spirit is constantly at work
in him, strengthening and preparing him to receive spiritual authority.

LIGHT & POWER IN HIM

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LIGHT AND POWER IN HIM,  “WORTH CONSIDERING” 12/9/20  From Ken

Today’s Scripture                 (Across my desk this morning from a church in Texas.)
“Don’t hide your light! Let it shine for all; let your good deeds glow for all to see, so that they will praise your heavenly Father.”  (Matthew 5:16, TLB)
   
Let Your Light Shine
There are times when God will allow us to go through a painful season so He can birth something new on the inside. If you go through something you don’t understand, God allowed this to happen because He trusts you. He knows He can count on you to take the same comfort, the same healing, the same encouragement that helped you overcome this trouble and share it with others.  Can God trust you with pain? Or will you get caught up wondering, I don’t understand why this is happening to me? I say this respectfully: it’s not all about you. What if God has allowed this difficulty so three years down the road you can help somebody else move forward? Can He trust you? God is counting on you to let your light shine through the dark places. What you’ve been through will help somebody else get through it. Be on the lookout for others you can encourage.
   
A Prayer for Today
“Father, thank You that You want to use me to help others who are struggling in the same areas where I have struggled. Thank You that I am uniquely qualified to comfort those who are going through what I’ve gone through. Help me to shine my light brightly. In Jesus’ Name, Amen.”

Ken’s Comments:
Seems more likely to me that the junk and pain that I go through are mostly the results of my own sowing and reaping.  2 Pet.2:19, AMP, “ They promise them liberty, when they themselves are the slaves of depravity and defilement—for by whatever anyone is made inferior or worse or is overcome, to that [person or thing] he is enslaved.”      So my knots and scars, for me, seem mostly self made through ignorance or pride or rebellion.  And if ignorance it is only because I did not try to find out the truth.  Paul in Gal. 6:8, K J “For he that soweth to his flesh shall of the flesh reap corruption; but he that soweth to the Spirit shall of the Spirit reap life everlasting.” “ For if ye live after the flesh, ye shall die: but if ye through the Spirit put to death the deeds of the body, ye shall have God’s life.  Rom.8:13

So, my understanding is that God may openly test us so we can see where we are but basically HE already know where we are.   With Abraham and Issac and the sacrifice, God was showing Abraham his heart of obedience.  God had already had a ram caught in a thicket for the sacrifice.  But then God does use our sins and mistakes to try to help others.  There is nothing like getting hit by a truck to want to try to help other by telling them to watch out for trucks.  Joel in 2:24 mentions this, when in obedience and bless able.  “24 And the floors shall be full of wheat, and the vats shall overflow with wine and oil.  25 And I will restore to you the years that the locust hath eaten, the canker worm, and the caterpillar, and the palmer worm, my great army which I sent among you.  26 And ye shall eat in plenty, and be satisfied, and praise the name of the Lord your God, that hath dealt wondrously with you: and my people shall never be ashamed.

Now why did God send that great army, because of pride and rebellion. and why did he restore?  Because of repentance & obedience.  God will allow the sowing and reaping to occur as it teaches us about staying out of destructive temptations of the lusts of the flesh, lusts of the eyes and pride of life.  And James writes a lot about this in James 1:12-16: “12 Blessed is the man that endureth temptation: for when he is tried, he shall receive the crown of life, which the Lord hath promised to them that love him.  13 Let no man say when he is tempted, I am tempted of God: for God cannot be tempted with evil, neither tempteth he any man:  14 But every man is tempted, when he is drawn away of his own lust, and enticed.  15 Then when lust hath conceived, it bringeth forth sin: and sin, when it is finished, bringeth forth death.  16 Do not err, my beloved brethren.  Might read James through a few times a month to help keep on the straight and narrow.  James has some real TRUTH as also does his brother Jude.  And they both grew up with Jesus as the sons of Mary and Joseph.  As Jesus was the oldest in the same family.  That must have been extremely interesting to sit down to table with Jesus prior to HIS Holy Spirit anointing for HIS ministry by John the Baptist.  Jesus as growing up being a Holy Man in a family OF 9 till age 30 must have been way out there!!!!  So Jesus as a man under the anointing of the Holy Spirit did many marvelous things.  And HE mentioned: “11 Believe me that I am in the Father, and the Father in me: or else believe me for the very works’ sake.  12 Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believeth on me, the works that I do shall he do also; and greater works than these shall he do; because I go unto my Father.  13 And whatsoever ye shall ask in my name, that will I do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son. John 14:11-13…  As for me,   I am still working on that one to get it right.   If interested in working on this with me, let me know.  So far: Truth, Faith, Love and Unity seem deeply embedded.  As we are collectively anointed to do what Jesus did and perhaps more. John 17:20-24.  My experience is enough to know that it is true but still incomplete.

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