GOSPEL

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GOSPEL   (Good News)       “WORTH CONSIDERING”       1/6/23

Question?  How can I know if I am truly saved? How can I know my faith is genuine?

When you wake up in the morning who is the boss, you or is Christ Jesus. Do you try to find out what the Holy Spirit would like for you to do or do you just do your own thing?  Do you know what Christ Jesus has commanded of you in the New Testament or not. He has tried to guide us into HIS freedom with over a thousand commandments, have you bothered to find them? Salvation has a beginning when we make Christ Jesus our LORD, Rom. 10:9–10, and decide to follow HIM rather than the lust of the flesh, lust of the eyes and pride of life we inherited from Adam’s pride and rebellion. If this is your prime directive, regardless of the ups and downs you are saved. 1 John. 1:9–10. Salvation is a process, “He that endures (in faith) till the end, shall be saved. Matt. 24:13, Mark 13:13, 2 Tim.4:8. Our Creator God has the power to make us like HIM, Gen.1:26, but he will not violate our Free-Will to do so. HE needs our permission each and every day for that to happen, 1 John 4:17, But we can jump the fence at any time we want to. Without Free-Will, LOVE can never be valid, we would only be robots. Our Creator God wants to create a family in HIS image and likeness. There will be no jails in God’s eternity. Only souls who  want to walk in loving faith and righteousness will be invited, Rev. 22
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Sharing your faith,
Looking for God’s  light in someone and recognizing the light in everyone is totally different.  Jesus taught that straight and narrow was the way into HIS Kingdom and only a few would find it.  In John 3 Jesus taught that we were  all born dead spiritually and need a new birth from above which only can come through HIM.  So from my point of view I need to have a loving tolerance for everyone and the very best way to get rid of an enemy is to make a friend out of him.  But for those who love the darkness after the first and second or even 3rd try, if they will have none of the light,  go do something more profitable for the Kingdom even if family.  As far as personal safety,  I try to trust the LORD and be fearless in HIM.  As far as my family is concerned for their protection, I will do all I can to keep them safe.  The commandment that was translated  not to kill really means murder.  “Thou shalt not murder.”  In fact on the mount of olives Jesus told Peter to buy a sword,  Luke 22:36.  So personally,  I feel the Quakers go a notch too far in their tolerance. I was a “friends” church member for a season.  But if you enjoy the light of the Holy Spirit it gets brighter as it is shared  in lifting up Jesus as LORD.  If you can not find it in the Bible then you are probably following a vain (prideful, man-made) tradition that will not work and has little or no power, Acts 5:16, 2 Tim.3:5.

At one time the Angels had free will as we do as spiritual beings.. Lucifer was a perfect creation by our Creator God as also Gabriel and Michael.   Lucifer, as the covering (overseer) Angel for earth, decided to keep earth for himself and become a god,  Isaiah 14:12–21 & Ezek. 28:12–19, So Lucifer did as Adam would also do later.    And in God’s absolute foreknowledge,  our Creator God has also allowed us that same testing of pride and rebellion.   Gabriel and Michael made an eternal choice to go with their Creator God along with 2/3rds of the Angels.  So our Creator gained 2/3rds of HIS Spiritual Angelic Creation.    In order for love to exist there must be free will and the decision is final and eternal for us as it was for the Angels. So the Angles are created to assist God and us as we seek to walk in God’s Truth. In the AMP Translation,  Angel is mentioned 333 times in using Bible Gateway.    In Heb.1:4 Jesus is shown to be above the Angels. And as we are invited to be in Him and become Joint Heirs ( Rom.8:17, Eph. 3:6 ) which would put the obedient also in the same place with Jesus.   So the obedient Angels are created to assist us as we go through the test of our faith in becoming like Jesus.  And the disobedient angels, (now demons) are allowed now,  to be the weights in our spiritual gym to give the resistance needed to make us strong in Christ Jesus as LORD. So it is our decision with God’s grace (power) that draws us into the Kingdom of God to become like Jesus, 1 John 4:17. And as long as we are alive we will be in this spiritual gym that either makes us strong to live with God or sends us off into a black eternity without a body. We have an eternal soul, we are created spiritually to live forever. The choice of where, while alive, is up to us. Only those who decide to love God will be given a new eternal body. This is, of course, a Biblical, Christian perspective. Think about it,  living totally with your own thoughts and memories without a body in total darkness for eternity.   I would not want my worst enemy to experience that ordeal.
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So the Christians Disciples of Jesus are commanded to evangelize.  Psalm 107:2,   “O give thanks to the Lord, for He is good; For His compassion and loving kindness endure forever!  Let the redeemed of the Lord say so, Whom He has redeemed from the hand of the adversary,   And gathered them from the lands, From the east and from the west, From the north and from the [a] south.    Rev. 22:17,   “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.   Matt. 28:19,   “Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations [help the people to learn of Me, believe in Me, and obey My words], baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, 20 teaching them to observe everything that I have commanded you; and lo, I am with you always [remaining with you perpetually—regardless of circumstance, and on every occasion], even to the end of the age.” John 17:20-26,   “I do not pray for these alone [it is not for their sake only that I make this request], but also for [all] those who [will ever] believe and trust in Me through their message,  that they all may be one; just as You, Father, are in Me and I in You, that they also may be one in Us, so that the world may believe [without any doubt] that You sent Me. I have given to them the glory and honor which You have given Me, that they may be one, just as We are one;  I in them and You in Me, that they may be perfected and completed into one, so that the world may know [without any doubt] that You sent Me, and [that You] have loved them,

Yours, in HIS great love,  Ken<><      www.OhanaChurch.Life    
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There is but ONE Church of Christ Jesus as LORD;
All who Love, Honor & Obey HIM are eternal members.

IMAGE OF GOD

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IMAGE OF GOD, Gen.1:26           “WORTH CONSIDERING”        1/3/23

From:   Worthy Brief <worthybrief@worthynetwork.com&gt;   George Baltimore

Hebrews 7:1 For this Melchizedek was king of Salem, kohen (priest) of God Most High. He met Abraham returning from the defeat of the kings and blessed him,

Hebrews 7:7 Now it is beyond dispute that the lesser is blessed by the greater.

Our life, the life of faith, is pervaded by paradox. Life faces us with apparently irreconcilable conditions and realities which we struggle to understand and integrate, sometimes throughout an entire lifetime. The Lord himself exemplifies this reality in his dual identity as the express image of God and Jesus, a fully human male, who suffered the worst consequences of sin…without deserving them. We live daily within the paradox of God’s perfect holiness and our fundamental human imperfection, needing constantly to accept His grace as we strive toward His perfection.

Much of the life of faith is learning to abide in love and peace within our paradoxical existence, and Yeshua gave us His Holy Spirit to make it possible. He also offered us a pile of “paradoxical” advice exhorting us to behave or respond opposite to human nature. You want to be great in the Kingdom? Become a servant to all. An enemy strikes your left cheek? Turn to him the right one. Overcome evil with good. There are many of these if you look for them, and they begin to describe a lifestyle which distinguishes a true believer in ever increasing uniqueness.

This passage in Hebrews reveals that Melchizedek blessed Abraham, according to this principle: the lesser is blessed by the greater. Given the greatness of Abraham, we might be surprised to discover the dimension of Melchizedek’s status. His name means “My King is Righteousness”, suggesting that he is a type of Messiah, and quite (paradoxically) qualified to bless the father of faith.

This paradoxical life, perplexing, frustrating, tempting, tormenting as it is, incites most of us to react badly in one way or another, producing endless cycles of revenge, hatred, retribution, and remorse. But God, who is the greatest of all, blesses us who are “lesser”. And He also invites us to the greatness of blessing…our neighbors, our children, even our enemies. The temptation of paradox is overcome by the opportunity to bless. It’s a way of God whose life and heart are full of blessing. If we desire to be like Him, increasing in stature and overcoming evil, we’ll seek the Spirit’s power to bless others.  Our life, the life of faith, is pervaded by paradox. Life faces us with apparently irreconcilable conditions and realities which we struggle to understand and integrate, sometimes throughout an entire lifetime. The Lord himself exemplifies this reality in his dual identity as the express image of God and a fully human male, who suffered the worst consequences of sin…without deserving them. We live daily within the paradox of God’s perfect holiness and our fundamental human imperfection, needing constantly to accept His grace as we strive toward His perfection.

Much of the life of faith is learning to abide in love and peace within our paradoxical existence, and Yeshua gave us His Holy Spirit to make it possible. He also offered us a pile of “paradoxical” advice exhorting us to behave or respond opposite to human nature. You want to be great in the Kingdom? Become a servant to all. An enemy strikes your left cheek? Turn to him the right one. Overcome evil with good. There are many of these if you look for them, and they begin to describe a lifestyle which distinguishes a true believer in ever increasing uniqueness.

This passage in Hebrews reveals that Melchizedek blessed Abraham, according to this principle: the lesser is blessed by the greater. Given the greatness of Abraham, we might be surprised to discover the dimension of Melchizedek’s status. His name means “My King is Righteousness”, suggesting that he is a type of Messiah, and quite (paradoxically) qualified to bless the father of faith.

This paradoxical life, perplexing, frustrating, tempting, tormenting as it is, incites most of us to react badly in one way or another, producing endless cycles of revenge, hatred, retribution, and remorse. But God, who is the greatest of all, blesses us who are “lesser”. And He also invites us to the greatness of blessing…our neighbors, our children, even our enemies. The temptation of paradox is overcome by the opportunity to bless. It’s a way of God whose life and heart are full of blessing. If we desire to be like Him, increasing in stature and overcoming evil, we’ll seek the Spirit’s power to bless others.

Ken’s remarks,
George said it so well that I don’t think I could have said it any better.   Personally, every day I am leaning on God’s wonderful loving securing grace.   I am so prone to react to things in the flesh.  And need to remember, “Except for the grace of God, there go I.”   One of my great grand children now living with me, the 3 yr. old by the name of “Rain” gives me the most need of God’s Grace.  She knows exactly how to rain on my parade.    She will test me at every opportunity to match her will with mine.  I have yet to spank her, though I have permission, as I know that I will be binding her a bunch and don’t want to break her.  I remember spanking a puppy once and it destroyed her.  She was never the same after that.  And I also know that to spare the rod is to hate the child.  But then a Great Grand Child?   Really don’t want to end in a negative outcome.   You know the saying, “Troublesome two’s and Terrible Three’s”.  Well that is the idea, and then she comes over and gives me a big hug…  And we start all over.   Her little brother Noah, not one yet, when he sees me come crawling at 90+MPH to climb up my leg and sit only my lap and try to eat my suspenders.   It is like I am back in the 1960’s again with my 7 kinds getting to learn more about God’s Grace of what I should have learned back then.

So I would suspect that if you are at a place where God has told you to do something and you have yet to do it that you will be recycling on that same spot, over and over,  until you learn what God has for you to learn there by HIS grace.   HE is absolutely committed to teaching you to learn to walk in the HOLY Spirit.  Rom. 8:13, “.for if you are living according to the [impulses of the] flesh, you are going to die. But if [you are living] by the [power of the Holy] Spirit you are habitually putting to death the sinful deeds of the body, you will [really] live forever.  14 For all who are allowing themselves to be led by the Spirit of God are sons (children) of God.

Yours, in HIS great Love and wonderful Grace & Mercy, Ken<><   www.OhanaChurch.Life

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

TIME

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TIME            “WORTH CONSIDERING”           12/30/22

In just 1 day now we will be saying Good Bye to 2022.   Being born in 1932, a big surprise for me to still be in the land of the living.  But enjoying every moment of it with my great grand children. (Got a bunch of fireworks for tomorrow night) & still being able to write to you.  It is amazing how fast my life has gone by.  And considering that my soul is eternal, my life is just getting started.  Actually I was 23 when the Holy Spirit really got my attention.  It has been a bumpy road for me.  But at this time it seems very  clear and straight.   And it all started with repentance.  The following came in from a church in Texas and felt worth sending along for your 2023 celebrations.   

Today’s Scripture:    On the day Jonah entered the city, he shouted to the crowds: “Forty days from now Nineveh will be destroyed!”  Jonah 3:4, NLT
    
Don’t Miss Your Moment:   God told the prophet Jonah to tell the people of Nineveh that in forty days He was going to destroy their wicked city. God put a time period on it. He was saying, “You have forty days to get your lives right.” He didn’t say, “Whenever you feel like it is okay, just as long as you do it.” When Jonah told the people, they and their king immediately confessed their sorrow and declared a fast of repentance. They didn’t wait a week or twenty days, and God spared the city.  Is there something you could change in the next forty days, and you would see God’s favor in a new way? Maybe God is saying, “You have this much time to get your priorities in order, to forgive that person, or to get serious about your relationship with Me.” I don’t know what it is for you, but there’s a window of grace that doesn’t last forever. It comes with a time limitation. Don’t miss your moment. Be quick to obey.
    
A Prayer for Today:  “Father, thank You for how You speak to my heart and for giving me windows of grace that help me change and see Your favor in new ways. Help me to be sensitive to Your still, small voice and hear any alarms, promptings, and suggestions, and to be quick to obey. In Jesus’ Name, Amen.”

Ken’s Thoughts:
TIME is only a temporary dimension in creation.   Our Creator God lives in a dimension without time.   But for us to be able to learn about love and free-will without destroying the universe we have been placed in a small capsule of time.  So each of us has a built in clock for our life time created in the foreknowledge of God.  In eternity God already knows who will be HIS “Elect”, but in time we don’t know,   1 Cor. 13.   Our Creator God has allowed for our life in this temporary dimension of time to exist for 7,000. of our years in which to birth HIS eternal family.  We are now about 6,000 years into the completion.  When Jesus returns at Armageddon the world will have the last 1,000 yr. Sabbath Rest of the LORD left to complete the week of thousand years.  This will also be the time when all of the promises of God to Abraham are totally fulfilled.  2 Peter 3:8.

But for us, God gives us 120 years ( Gen.6:3 ) If we use it wisely and do the proper maintenance. But if we through stupidity or rebellion or pride cut our time short by being stupid.   And of course others can also, due to free-will, shorten the of others in so many ways today.   If you watch films, we learn how to terminate others in so many various ways today.   Almost seems like an obsession.  Like the crowds of Rome going to the Colosseum only it is right in our own homes and living rooms.  
So what is our Creator God’s plan for us down here to learn in our short life time.  Basically it is for us to learn to want to go for the light and not the darkness.  To find, learn and submit to HIS commandments so in eternity there will be a loving peace and joyful obedience as a God family. There will be no jails nor bathrooms nor night in God’s Heavens.  So in our life time on earth we are in the process of learning to live with our Creator God and to make the jump to light speed or we are absorbed into being self centered and submitted to the physical pleasures of this world.

So each day we are either learning and submitting on how to live in eternity with God or we are being deceived in seeking after the temporary physical pleasures of this world like we were going to live forever.   So in actuality this world is set up to either make you fit to spiritually live in eternity with God.  Or this world will lead you into an eternity of absolute darkness all by yourself alone.  Personally I would hate to see anyone go into that darkness alone for all of eternity.   I was shopping in Costco yesterday and people were like water flowing in all directions, old and young and I was praying, Lord Jesus, teach me how to reach them.   And in my heart HE said learn to do what I did from the sources that I had and you can do what I did and even more than I did.   So I need to go through the O.T. and see what HE was talking about.   But I know that it was God’s Power through HIM that caused the people to come to HIM for God’s Truth.   And if we can learn to do as HE did we too can draw the multitudes to HIM as in Acts 5:16.   Our problem is knowing the difference between man made vain traditions of the churches and the simple powerful truth of God as found in the Holy Scriptures of God’s word.  When we get it right then the Holy Spirit will then be free to confirm what we teach with God’s Power in mighty signs and wonders.   In 1 Cor. 12 we note that the Body of Christ has many parts.  And then there is also the Unity factor of John 17:20-26.

So if we really want to enjoy seeing the glory of Christ Jesus among us to draw others into the image and likeness of God it is going to cost us all we have as He also set the example.   Jesus taught: “And Jesus said to them, “I assure you and most solemnly say to you, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink His blood, you do not have life in yourselves.”  John 6:53   And in John 14:21 Jesus taught:  “The person who has My commandments and keeps them is the one who [really] loves Me; and whoever [really] loves Me will be loved by My Father, and I will love him and reveal Myself to him”  Also in John15:10 “If you keep My commandments and obey My teaching, you will remain in My love, just as I have kept My Father’s commandments and remain in His love.”    And our Adamic nature is going to cry out against this concept all the way.  I have yet to find anyone who has made a personal list of the commandments of Christ Jesus?  Of course we could start with the Decalogue of the big 10 except Jesus excluded the Sabbath Rest, which He fulfilled.   My search came up with 1,050 New Testament Commandments of Jesus under 49 Basic subjects.  So please find and Obey HIS commandments if really a Christian and want to begin to experience God’s loving healing and deliverance in your short life time.  Want to experience God?   Dump the vain traditions,  find and obey the Word of God.    https://www.commchbj.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/49-Commands-of-Christ.pdf

Yours, in HIS great Love and wonderful Grace & Mercy,   Ken<><   www.OhanaChurch.Life

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

PERFECTION

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PERFECTION               “WORTH CONSIDERING”             12/26/22

Pretty much we are taught that nothing is perfect, yet we use the word a lot.  Used 103 times in the Bible, 34 in the Old Testament and 69 times in the New Testament.    The word perfection is used 14 times in the Old Testament and 8 times in the New testament.

And in Gen. 1:26 the word is implied.  As God is perfect, then to make man in HIS Image and Likeness would mean God’s original vision for man would be perfection.   For me, it is interesting that Jesus was the first to be perfected and come to be in the image and likeness of God.  “Not only that, but we also rejoice in God [ rejoicing in His love and perfection] through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have now received and enjoy our reconciliation [with God]. Rom.5:11.  Col. 1:19,  
The writer of Hebrews (Paul I believe) had this to say about perfection:   “Therefore let us get past the elementary stage in the teachings about the Christ, advancing on to maturity and perfection and spiritual completeness, [doing this] without laying again a foundation of repentance from dead works and of faith toward God, 2 of teaching about washings (ritual purification’s), the laying on of hands, the resurrection of the dead, and eternal judgment. [These are all important matters in which you should have been proficient long ago.] 3 And we will do this [that is, proceed to maturity], if God permits.  Heb. 6:1-3      Peter says it this way:   “But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a consecrated nation, a [special] people for God’s own possession, so that you may proclaim the excellencies [the wonderful deeds and virtues and perfections] of Him who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light. 10 Once you were not a people [at all], but now you are God’s people; once you had not received mercy, but now you have received mercy.  1 Peter 2::9-10

And we clearly see Perfection as being God’s plan for those who are HIS.   “and may be found in Him [believing and relying on Him], not having any righteousness of my own derived from [my obedience to] the Law and its rituals, but [possessing] that [genuine righteousness] which comes through faith in Christ, the righteousness which comes from God on the basis of faith. 10 And this, so that I may know Him [experimentally, becoming more thoroughly acquainted with Him, understanding the remarkable wonders of His Person more completely] and [in that same way experience] the power of His resurrection [which overflows and is active in believers], and [that I may share] the fellowship of His sufferings, by being continually conformed [inwardly into His likeness even] to His death [dying as He did];  [a] so that I may attain to the resurrection [that will raise me] from the dead.”       “Not that I have already obtained it [this goal of being Christlike] or have already been made perfect, but I actively press on [b] so that I may take hold of that [perfection] for which Christ Jesus took hold of me and made me His own. [c] Brothers and sisters, I do not consider that I have made it my own yet; but one thing I do: forgetting what lies behind and reaching forward to what lies ahead, I press on toward the goal to win the [heavenly] prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus. All of us who are mature [pursuing spiritual perfection] should have this attitude. And if in any respect you have a different attitude, that too God will make clear to you.  Only let us stay true to what we have already attained.  Brothers and sisters, together follow my example and observe those who live by the pattern we gave you.  Phil. 3:9-17

So how come our churches don’t preach this and we have such a difficult time doing it?   So let’s look at it sort of like an archery contest.  When you practiced for the contest did you aim at the side of the target or the center of the target.  With enough practice you learn to hit what you are aiming at.  So for Christian, what is the center of the target?   If course it is Jesus or the Holy Spirit if you are a Christian.   If you are a just a church member or a social christian then it does not matter as your name may not have been written in the Lamb’s Book of Life, as yet, anyway.   As was lucifer (as prior to his defection) he was even made perfect. Ezekiel 28:12, “You had the full measure of perfection and the finishing touch [of completeness], Full of wisdom and perfect in beauty. And due to free will,  chose badly, lost out.  And the same with Adam, he was made in the image and likeness of God, but chose poorly, lost out.  We also if we choose poorly can loose out as in Rom.11:20-21, “ That is true. They were broken off because of their unbelief, but you stand by your faith [as believers understanding the truth of Christ’s deity]. Do not be conceited, but [rather stand in great awe of God and] fear [Him]; for if God did not spare the natural branches [because of unbelief], He will not spare you either.”  This goes right along with 2 Pet. 1:4, “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.

So we see that the more we find and believe in the Precious Promises (2 Pet.1:4) of God the more like God that we become.   And the more of the world that we believe in, the more like the world we become.  It is a battlefield of the heart but we have the Victory as per Paul in Romans.   “What then shall we say to all these things? If God is for us, who can be [successful] against us? 32 He who did not spare [even] His own Son, but gave Him up for us all, how will He not also, along with Him, graciously give us all things? 33 Who will bring any charge against God’s elect (His chosen ones)? It is God who justifies us [declaring us blameless and putting us in a right relationship with Himself]. 34 Who is the one who condemns us? Christ Jesus is the One who died [to pay our penalty], and more than that, who was raised [from the dead], and who is at the right hand of God interceding [with the Father] for us. Who shall ever separate us from the love of [d] Christ? Will tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or danger, or sword? 36 Just as it is written and forever remains written, “For Your sake we are put to death all day long;  We are regarded as sheep for the slaughter.”  37 Yet in all these things we are more than conquerors and gain an overwhelming victory through Him who loved us [so much that He died for us]. 38 For I am convinced [and continue to be convinced—beyond any doubt] that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor things present and threatening, nor things to come, nor powers, 39 nor height, nor depth, nor any other created thing, will be able to separate us from the [unlimited] love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.” Rom. 8:31-39……   “ 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.  1 John 4:17

Yours, In HIS great Love and wonderful Grace & Mercy, Ken<><   www.OhanaChurch.Life

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

 
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JESUS BIRTHDAY, 2022

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Celebration of Jesus’ Birthday, 2022    “WORTH CONSIDERING”       12/21/22
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XMgxfkwZL4k        (Please play while reading)
It is amazing to me that the whole world celebrates the Birth of Jesus Christ even if it is all mixed up with vain traditions and tinsel and round glass balls, Christmas Trees and lights and such.   The Season in some parts of the world has nothing at all to do with the Birth of the Lamb of God into the World for the Salvation of Sinners.  And actually Bethlehem, Israel will be down to about 44 degrees F. on the 25th with no good grass on the meadows for feeding any sheep in the fields by night.   But so what if we really don’t know the exact day Jesus was born.  Fact is, HE was born and we can get saved from our sin.  Even in Japan which is less than 2% Christian, there is a big turn out our Western Season of gift giving.   Now is the opportunity to share Jesus as LORD & SAVIOR more than any other opportunity of the year.   Seems to me that everyone should get a good dose of Charles Dickinson’s “Christmas Carol”   About now and go out and find a Tiny Tim to help.

And as for Santa,   So What?  It is not up to me to make the world change.  It is up to me to help the world find Jesus and to use what I can to focus on HIS kingdom which is not of this world.  My parents were social Christian but when the Christmas season came they knew how to flow with the season and family.   Most of my Christmases as a child were during the Great Depression and so every one knew how to make the Indian ride the Buffalo.  (To hold on to a nickle so tight that the Indian on one side ride the buffalo on the other side of the coin.)   So I usually got a sock with an orange in it with some whole nuts and small hard candy in it and one main present.  And something that would make my head work and give my hands something to do.   Tinker Toys, Erector Sets, Play Dough.   But we always sat by an open fire place in the evening and drank hot chocolate and cooked popcorn over an open fire and read: “Twas the Night Before Christmas” Moore   Https://www.teachervision.com/christmas/twas-the-night-before-christmas-full-text-of-the-classic-poem    Of course it was all traditional junk, but there was a certain feeling out of it that I really liked as a kid and later on that little light got me to Jesus and HIS salvation.   So in your pride don’t put out the little lights but simply add what fuel you can to make the little flames become the fire of God in hearts to serve the King of Kings and LORD of LORDS with all you have which, by the way,  is the first of the Ten Commandments.

So of that light, what do I remember.   First memories were of family Love,  joy and peace where everyone was focused on the season.   I remember making vanilla ice cream out of snow, vanilla , cream and sugar.   I remember finding a Christmas tree in the fence line of Picketts’s Farm next door and getting my little hatchet at 8 or 9 and very carefully cutting that tree down and removing it’s branches from that clutching rusty fence.   Then dragging it home in the snow as proud as punch.  My dad opened the door from me and that beat up sorry looking Christmas tree, and gave me the appropriate hugs and thanks.   And then Mr. Pickett’s knock on the door with his hand out for $5 for that junk of a tree.   Dad paid and smiled,   don’t remember seeing that tree again after that…  But any other time and it would have been my hide.  I remember the toys and the stuff back over the seasons of my life and through all of the dark clouds I still remember the touch of God’s Love through my family which was reserved for this time of the year with Mary and Jesus on every corner as a boy and with little understanding at all.  So it seems rather than being smug about knowing better, it would be to the LORD’S Joy that we gave ourselves to Love, Peace & Joy of the Season and as much as we can try to help the light and fire even burn brighter and more full of Jesus Truth and HIS joy of life. 

So find some one to give an extra bit of special love to that can not be returned to you.   And this is a perfect opportunity to use some of my own advice.   It is so easy to say Bah Humbug! and be like Scrooge in the Christmas Carol because I can think,  “I am just too old and caught up with my own stuff.  After all who knows exactly when Jesus was born, anyway ?”   And/or that it is so full of pagan stuff is just too offensive to my weak faith to endure.   Now I an not suggesting that you go get one of those plastic green things called a Christmas Tree or such.   But neither burn them ether.   Just allow the Love, Peace and Joy of Jesus to flow during this season in which so many doors are open.   I have been upset with Spectrum for many years now.  But talked to a young man there, this morning and the Love, Joy of the season was obvious and the Lord’s peace came into the conversation and I was set free from being upset with Spectrum…  P.T.L.   And there are others on my list that I need to let go of and let the flow of Jesus wash me totally clean.  Listening to the above Christmas Carols as I write and deeply feeling HIS presence that all that our Creator God wants to give us comes through repentance to make room for HIM, and then to Love, Honor and come to Obey HIM as really our  LORD….  The hymn just came on “Fairest Lord Jesus” And when I was about 12 my Aunt Tilly,  dressed me up and had me sing that hymn for her woman’s club at church.  I really did not enjoy the experience at the time, pants were way too short.  But that hymn has been a great friend to me every time I hear or sing it and is full of love and Jesus..  So much of what we do or go through today may not be comfortable now but by and by, when the filters are removed it will bring us great joy.   I can remember another season when I was very lonely on Christmas at a military academy and on a back porch of the mess hall where I was a paid waiter.  I thought I was alone and was singing “Silent Night” And someone mentioned near by, “What a lovely voice.”  It made me cry as I needed love so badly at the time.  I was not a Christian but could feel the draw of the Holy Spirit.   Many times in my life I have felt HIS touch and it is so worth going for.  There is so much freedom in HIS loving Truth & Light,   seems there is no end to it.  Why has it taken me so very long to come to this place?   I pray that the Love, Joy and Peace of the Lord that I send with this little note makes this season of HIS birth remembrance more real for you and yours.       Yours,   in HIS great Love and wonderful Grace & Mercy,   Ken<><   www.OhanaChurch.Life

FREE WILL 2

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FREE WILL             “WORTH CONSIDERING”                         12/19/2022

Free-will: A voluntary choice or decision, (I do this of my own free-will.)  2.  Freedom of humans to make choices that are not determined by prior causes of by divine intervention.

So in the Bible does God have free-will, it would certainly seem so.  So when God created the angels, it sure looks that way as well.  Ezekiel records though prophesy in Ezek.18:15 that it seems that lucifer also had free will and influenced a third of the heavenly angles to follow him into pride and rebellion.  He had been appointed the anointed cherub that was watching over what God was creating on earth. (verse 14)  And so he decided he wanted to have earth for his own possession.  And as the gifts and calling of God are without repentance, lucifer thought that he could steal it. (Rom. 11:29.)  But lucifer underestimated God and God gained the totally an undivided support of Gabriel and Michael along with providing the resistance that we would need in order to have a fast spiritual growth factor in our creation.  Free-will is the necessary factor for love, humility and obedience to be real and valid.  Otherwise we would just be  robots following a program.  God’s original purpose was to make man in his image and likeness, Gen.1:26.  God would like to be a Father to a family of children that love and obey HIM because they want to.  Of course to test that free-will there was a (NO!) Tree in the garden with all of the other YES trees.   That tree was left for lucifer..  Free-will is not functional without choices.  So as the story goes, Adam and Eve allowed pride and rebellion to take root in their heart and they were disobedient and spiritually died as Jesus shares with us in John 3:16. But in the fall of man, he was also left with a promise of redemption in learning to walk by faith.

And for this training in humility and obedience to be without any manipulation there must be no empirical  knowledge of GOD at all.  God wants every soul that decides to want to be in HIS image and likeness to decide so out of their own free-will.  In that way God’s heaven and family will be full of souls who really want to be there. and bring joy and peace with them, no jails in heaven..  Of course Jesus was also tested  even with horror and a very painful death HE never allowed pride or rebellion to make HIM disobedient..  So HE was the 1st one to make it through and make a way for all interested to submit to HIM as LORD and bring them with HIM into the Kingdom of God.

So we also need to learn how to hear God’s voice and keep his covenants: Derek Prince: does an exceptional teaching about this…  Derek was/is as anointed  prophet of God.   I had a very painful broken tail bone healed under his ministry.    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eU1GK-ta510  

So today the darkness is getting darker, for sure.   But the light is getting brighter, for sure.   And though we have inherited Adam’s fleshly impulses, Rom.8:13-14,   “For if you are living according to the [impulses of the] flesh, you are going to die. But if [you are living] by the [power of the Holy] Spirit you are habitually putting to death the sinful deeds of the body, you will [really] live forever. 14 For all who are allowing themselves to be led by the Spirit of God are the children of God.”

So every day was are experiencing a spiritual gym where it either kills us or makes us stronger spiritually.  And where we end up at our graduation (death) is where we will spend your eternity, as we are an eternal soul in a temporary body at this time. So about rewards:  1 Cor. 3:10-15.   According to the [remarkable] grace of God which was given to me [to prepare me for my task], like a skillful master builder I laid a foundation, and now another is building on it. But each one must be careful how he builds on it, 11 for no one can lay a foundation other than the one which is [already] laid, which is Jesus Christ. 12 But if anyone builds on the foundation with gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, straw, 13 each one’s work will be clearly shown [for what it is]; for the day [of judgment] will disclose it, because it is to be revealed with fire, and the fire will test the quality and character and worth of each person’s work. 14 If any person’s work which he has built [on this foundation, that is, any outcome of his effort] remains [and survives this test], he will receive a reward. 15 But if any person’s work is burned up [by the test], he will suffer the loss [of his reward]; yet he himself will be saved, but only as [one who has barely escaped] through fire.

So Jesus is the Stone of Isaiah 28:16,   “Listen carefully, I am laying in Zion a Stone, a tested Stone,  A precious Cornerstone for the [secure] foundation, firmly placed.  He who believes [who trusts in, relies on, and adheres to that Stone] will not [b] be disturbed or give way [in sudden panic].”    So it is up to you to set Jesus as LORD in your life and begin a spiritual relationship with HIM.  Then out of love for HIM what you do for HIM will be rewarded by God.  In fact you will only be able to keep what you do send ahead.  The thief on the cross is a good example of God’s loving grace.  He never was able to do a thing, not even get baptized.  Yet he confessed his sins, submitted to Jesus as LORD and believed in the resurrection and got in to God’s Kingdom that very same day.  And Jesus said, simply, “Today, you will be with me in paradise.”  So God honored the faith of the thief as righteousness and Jesus brought him home.  The Thief,  in the very last few moments of his life, exercised his free will to repent, believe in the resurrection and make Jesus LORD and was saved.   Of course death sometimes is unexpected so best not to wait and perhaps hardened by this world.   And also best to send some stuff on ahead for the Glory of The King and to enjoy in eternity

Looking for a real relationship with Jesus through the HOLY Spirit.  Want to walk in God’s Kingdom of Love, Holiness and Power?  You are going to need to toss out all of the vain (prideful) religious traditions that we believe in that have no Biblical support what so ever.  The church today is harmless and comfortable.   The Early Church was exciting, powerful, (2 Tim.3:5) & even dangerous.  Look what happened to some folks that only were a little hypocritical by today’s standards, Acts 5 & 1 Cor. 11:17-21.  In 1 John 4:17 we are clearly shown what a Christian is supposed to be like:   “ 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. 18 There is no fear in love [dread does not exist]. But perfect (complete, full-grown) love drives out fear, because fear involves [the expectation of divine] punishment, so the one who is afraid [of God’s judgment] is not perfected in love [has not grown into a sufficient understanding of God’s love]. 19 We love, because [a] He first loved us. 20 If anyone says, “I love God,” and hates (works against) his [Christian] brother he is a liar; for the one who does not love his brother whom he has seen, cannot love God whom he has not seen. 21 And this commandment we have from Him, that the one who loves God should also [unselfishly] love his brother and seek the best for him.”

Yours, in HIS great love and wonderful Grace & Mercy.   Ken<><    www.OhanaChurch.Life

There is but ONE Church on earth with Jesus as LORD;
And all who Love, Honor & Obey HIM are eternal members.

GOSPEL SIMPLICITY

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GOSPEL SIMPLICITY            “WORTH CONSIDERING”       12/13/22

“Blessed and happy and favored are those whose lawless acts have been forgiven,  And whose sins have been covered up and completely buried.  “Blessed and happy and favored is the man whose sin the Lord will not take into account nor charge against him.”  Rom. 4:7-8 (AMP) ( 63 AD )

“He (Jesus) was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon him; and with his stripes we are healed.  All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned every one to his own way; and the Lord hath laid on him the iniquity of us all.  He was oppressed, and he was afflicted, yet he opened not his mouth: he is brought as a lamb to the slaughter, and as a sheep before her shearers is dumb, so he openeth not his mouth.   He was taken from prison and from judgment: and who shall declare his generation? for he was cut off out of the land of the living: for the transgression of my people was he stricken.”  Isa.53:5-8 ( 700 BC )

“Yet it pleased the Lord to bruise him; he hath put him to grief: when thou shalt make his soul an offering for sin, he shall see his seed, he shall prolong his days, and the pleasure of the Lord shall prosper in his hand.  11 He shall see of the travail of his soul, and shall be satisfied: by his knowledge shall my righteous servant justify many; for he shall bear their iniquities.  Therefore will I divide him a portion with the great, and he shall divide the spoil with the strong; because he hath poured out his soul unto death: and he was numbered with the transgressors; and he bare the sin of many, and made intercession for the transgressors.” Isa. 53:10-12

“Because if you acknowledge and confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord [recognizing His power, authority, and majesty as God], and believe in your heart that God raised Him from the dead, you will be saved. 10 For with the heart a person believes [in Christ as Savior] resulting in his justification [that is, being made righteous—being freed of the guilt of sin and made acceptable to God]; and with the mouth he acknowledges and confesses [his faith openly], resulting in and confirming [his] salvation. 11 For the Scripture says, “Whoever believes in Him [whoever adheres to, trusts in, and relies on Him] will not be disappointed [in his expectations].” 12 For there is no distinction between Jew and Gentile; for the same Lord is Lord over all [of us], and [He is] abounding in riches (blessings) for all who call on Him [in faith and prayer]. 13 For “whoever calls on the name of the Lord [in prayer] will be saved.”  14 But how will people call on Him in whom they have not believed? And how will they believe in Him of whom they have not heard? And how will they hear without a preacher (messenger)? 15 And how will they preach unless they are commissioned and sent [for that purpose]? Just as it is written and forever remains written, “How beautiful are the feet of those who bring good news of good things!”  But they did not all pay attention to the good news [of salvation]; for Isaiah says, “Lord, who has believed our report?” 17 So faith comes from hearing [what is told], and what is heard comes by the [preaching of the] message concerning Christ.”  Rom. 10:9-17

What is the benefit, my fellow believers, if someone claims to have faith but has no [good] works [as evidence]? Can that [kind of] faith save him? [No, a mere claim of faith is not sufficient, genuine faith produces good works.] If a brother or sister is without [adequate] clothing and lacks [enough] food for each day, and one of you says to them, “Go in peace [with my blessing], [keep] warm and feed yourselves,” but he does not give them the necessities for the body, what good does that do? …James 2:14-26.   “Whereas Israel, [though always] pursuing the law of righteousness, did not succeed in fulfilling the law.  And why not? Because it was not by faith [that they pursued it], but as though it were by works [relying on the merit of their works instead of their faith]. They stumbled over the stumbling Stone [Jesus Christ]. 33 As it is written and forever remains written, Rom.9:31-33  “Behold I am laying in Zion a Stone of stumbling and a Rock of offense;  And he who believes in Him [whoever adheres to, trusts in, and relies on Him] will not be disappointed [in his expectations].“I will make justice the measuring line. And righteousness the mason’s level; Then hail will sweep away the refuge of lies And waters will flood over the secret [hiding] place. “Your covenant with death will be annulled,  And your agreement with Sheol (the place of the dead) will not stand;  When the overwhelming scourge passes through,  Then you will become its trampling ground.”“As often as it passes through, it will seize you;  For morning after morning it will pass through, by day and by night, And it will be sheer terror to understand what it means.”  For the bed is too short to stretch out on,  And the blanket is too narrow to wrap around oneself [and likewise all their preparations are inadequate].   Isaiah 28:16-20

So very simply, your eternal destiny is sealed here on earth by your faith that Christ Jesus in your LORD and HE provided the “WAY” to deal with all of your sins before Almighty God.  That our Creator God is dealing a death blow to your self centered ego and pride so that HE might form the righteousness of Christ Jesus in you by faith and humility and not hold you accountable for your sins.  Like a good father teaching a child to walk, it is not in how many times you fall down as long as you are trying to learn to walk.   His only option for you is for you to learn to walk no matter how much damage you do in the process in pulling on the table cloths with broken dishes.

John teaches it this way:   1 John 1:5-10:   “This is the message [of God’s promised revelation] which we have heard from Him and now announce to you, that God is Light [He is holy, His message is truthful, He is perfect in righteousness], and in Him there is no darkness at all [no sin, no wickedness, no imperfection]. 6 If we say that we have fellowship with Him and yet walk in the darkness [of sin], we lie and do not practice the truth; 7 but if we [really] walk in the Light [that is, live each and every day in conformity with the precepts of God], as He Himself is in the Light, we have [true, unbroken] fellowship with one another [He with us, and we with Him], and the blood of Jesus His Son cleanses us from all sin [by erasing the stain of sin, keeping us cleansed from sin in all its forms and manifestations]. 8 If we say we have no sin [refusing to admit that we are sinners], we delude ourselves and the truth is not in us. [His word does not live in our hearts.] 9 If we [freely] admit that we have sinned and confess our sins, He is faithful and just [true to His own nature and promises], and will forgive our sins and cleanse us continually from all unrighteousness [our wrongdoing, everything not in conformity with His will and purpose]. 10 If we say that we have not sinned [refusing to admit acts of sin], we make Him [out to be] a liar [by contradicting Him] and His word is not in us.

Yours, in HIS great Love and wonderful Grace & Mercy, Ken<><    www.OhanaChurch.Life

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

OBEDIENCE & HUMILITY

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OBEDIENCE & HUMILITY                “WORTH CONSIDERING      12/8/22

As I was praying about what subject the Holy Spirit wanted to write on last night I also received this from George this morning on the same subject.  So if you have time, take a look.   Each Day now George sends this overview of world news out, which for me, is most helpful.  (See below.)

So lets talk about that difficult word    :OBEDIENCE    Not a word we like to consider as a thought from the past or present.  Our Adamic nature would rather rule in hell than serve in heaven.  But obedience to God is for our protection and support and a must for gaining eternal life.   The Bible teaches us to make Jesus LORD, not just Savior.

Our Creator God in HIS great love for us is bent on trying to help us become OBEDIENT in HIS love for us and desires to make us in HIS image and likeness, if we are up for it.  But mark it down, HE is not going to allow HIS universe to be contaminated by the pride and rebellion now found on earth that has made it into what it is.  God gave the world to Adam in the beginning and Adam gave it to lucifer. Roman 6:16,    And, “Do you not know that when you continually offer yourselves to someone to do his will, you are the slaves of the one whom you obey, either [slaves] of sin, which leads to death, or of obedience, which leads to righteousness (right standing with God)?”

So as an overview of the Word of God.  In the Bible we find that children are to be obedient to their parents.  That the wife is to learn to submit to her husband and to be an example for him as to how He is to be submitted to the Elders God has placed in HIS Church.  And the Elders are to learn to be obedient to each other as the Holy Spirit speaks through them so that the Holy Spirit can build the Church of Christ Jesus and not denominations.   And the Holy Spirit is submitted to Christ Jesus as the Word of God, And Christ Jesus is totally submitted to God The Father Almighty.

And if you don’t learn right away that Obedience is set in place for our protection and learn to be in a place of Holy Spirit submission then you will learn by painful experiences along the way in pride and rebellion.  So let us take a walk through the Holy Scriptures on the Subject of OBEDIENCE if you have the humility for it, because God resists the proud but gives grace to the humble.

OBEDIENCE              Word Obey used 197 times in our Bible.
    Children:               Luke 18:15-17,   Prov.13:24,   Eph.  6:1-4,   Col. 3:20,
    Wives                    1 Pet. 3:1, 3:7,    Eph. 5:22-24,   Col. 3:18-19,    Prov. 31:10
    Husbands              Eph. 5:25-28,   Col. :18-19,    1 Pet. 3:1-7,    Heb. 13:17    
    Deacons                Acts 6-2-7,   1 Tim. 3:13,   Titus 2:4-5,   Col 3:22
    Elders                     Phil. 2:12,   2 Thess. 3:14,   Heb. 13:17,   1 John 3:24
    Holy Spirit              Gal. 3:2,   Acts 8:19,   Acts 7:55,    Rom. 8:13,   1 Cor. 2:13
    Christ Jesus            Phil. 2:9,   Heb. 5:7-9,   John 5:30,   Luke  22:42,   Matt. 7:20-22
    Father Almighty    Heb. 1:8,   Heb.  1:3, 12:2,   James 4:7,   1 Pet. 3:22,      

My mailing list is about 236 souls now, and I enjoy the time I have with the Holy Spirit in writing to you.  But I would guess, no more than about 10 of you will take a serious look at authority with a few of  the obedience scriptures that the Holy Spirit has set up for the Body of Christ, 1 Cor. 12 .  Or to catch a vision of and be willing to come under Holy Spirit obedience to do what HE has been trying to instruct you to do as a Christian as to lifting up Jesus as LORD.   I had a minister write me from Africa yesterday wanting to join my church????   I really don’t have a church nor a church membership.  It is my vision for Christians to be members of the Church of Jesus in Love, Honor and Obedience.  Then  unity is a joy and together in the Holy Spirit we just might get something done that lifts up Jesus as LORD to draw souls to HIM.   In the New Testament in most places it would mention that the Church of Christ Jesus was meeting at someone’s home.   The home or the building or the organization never became the Church.  The Church of Christ Jesus is universal.  Also ministers rarely teach concerning the obedience factor.  So really we are rather illiterate concerning obedience and discipline that the Holy Spirit is trying to bring us into.   Even so called good Christians are often totally ignorant of the commandments of Christ Jesus and lean into “Greasy Grace” that GOD is permissive and forgives easily.  He does, if it is a heartfelt repentance.  But if it is just a head trip we will find ourselves repenting for the same issues over and over again and wonder why God does not help us.  As lust when it conceives brings us into sin and sin when finished  separates us  from God.  If you are walking in Pride and Rebellion in some area of your life, hearing the Holy Spirit is going to be difficult.   And you will go no further in your spiritual growth until the issue is finally dealt with in repentance, restitution and heart felt sorrow for the sin with a willing heart to not do again.  Then God will step in and fix your shield of faith so that it will stop all of the fiery darts of the enemy.  But our Adamic nature tends to do the same stuff over and over and over expecting a different result and it is insane as GOD never changes HIS mind and never has to as HE has perfect foreknowledge and perfect timing.  Either we learn to do it HIS way or we waste our lives on eating junk food.  1 Cor. 3:12-15.

I might get one or two notes back each time I publish one of these teachings so I really wonder if they are needed at all?   Being 90 now does slow me down a bit.  So if you don’t want this e-mail please let me know.  But I hope to help you come into a deeper walk in the Holy Spirit in the Truth of God.   And if you study through John 17:20-26 you will see the vision of our Lord for you and HIS support and love for you.  He has done all HE could do to keep you from getting lost.  But you need to get GOD’S TRUTH from HIS WORD, not from all of the divisions that call themselves churches.  Many tend to teach what folks would like to hear in order to keep the church bills paid as noted by our Lord in Rev. 3:14-22 ( This is the Prophetic judgement of the last church, the 7th church before the Rapture)  and 2 Tim. 3:5 relates to this last church as well.  Of course, as I was teaching some of my Great Grand Daughters today, If what Jesus says to do and any earthly authority says otherwise,   you need to go with what Jesus says,  every time.   1 Sam. 15:22-23

Also if you are interested in Spiritual Growth, Goto: www.OhanaChurch.Life   And at the bottom of the home page click on the link “Worth Considering” and you will find a good search engine for any subject in which you may have an interest.

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

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

Worthy Brief – 12/8/22 by George Baltimore   “Worth Considering”   
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KINGDOM OF GOD

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KINGDOM OF GOD         “WORTH CONSIDERING”         12/7/22

lucifer wanted his own kingdom, Ezekiel 28:12-19,   Adam tried out the same thing in Gen.3:17 and even tried to blame God for giving him Eve who tipped the scales. and all through the history of man we all have seemed to want to have our own kingdom, no matter how small.  “Better to rule on earth then to serve in heaven.”   IT IS HUMAN to stand with the crowd; it is divine to stand alone.  It is man-like to follow the people, to drift with the tide; it is God-like to follow a principle, to stem the tide.    It is natural to compromise conscience and follow the social and religious fashion for the sake of gain or pleasure; it is divine to sacrifice both on the altar of truth and duty.

“No man stood with me, but all men forsook me” (2 Timothy 4:16) wrote the battle-scarred apostle in describing his appearance before a civil court to answer for his life of believing and teaching contrary to the Roman world.     God’s absolute, revealed Truth has been out of fashion since man changed his robe of fadeless light for a garment of faded leaves.

Noah built and voyaged alone. His neighbors laughed at his strangeness and perished in style.
Abraham wandered and worshiped alone. Sodomites smiled at the simple shepherd, followed the world’s fashion, and fed the flames.  Daniel dined and prayed alone. Elijah sacrificed and witnessed alone. Jeremiah prophesied and wept alone. Jesus loved and died alone.  And of the lonely way His disciples should walk, He said, “Straight is the gate, and narrow is the way which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it.” Matthew 7:14.     Of their treatment by the many who walk in the broad way, He said, “If ye were of the world, the world would love his own; but because ye are not of the world, therefore the world hateth you.” John 15:19.

The redeemed children of Israel in the wilderness praised Abraham and persecuted Moses. The people of God in the days of the kings praised Moses and persecuted the prophets. The court of Caiphas, the high priest, praised the prophets and persecuted Jesus. The church of the popes praised the Saviour and persecuted the saints.    And multitudes now, both in the church and the world, applaud the courage and fortitude of the patriarchs and prophets, the apostles and martyrs, but condemn as stubbornness or foolishness the same faithfulness in standing for truth today.

Wanted, today, men and women, young and old, who will obey their convictions of truth and duty at the cost of fortune and friends and life itself.    (Unknown Author).     “Jesus also, that He might sanctify the people with His own blood, suffered without the gate. Let us go forth therefore unto Him without the camp, bearing His reproach.” (Hebrews 13:12-13).

We are told that being on top is safe.  So when will we come to understand that there is but ONE GOD.  And HE has ordained HIS Kingdom and only one has proven to be certified as KING.   And all other kingdoms belongs to the dark side as the kingdoms of this world.  That we can either serve God’s chosen KING for this world and  for eternity or we can seek to build our own little kingdoms in this world which will only end in darkness for eternity.

    Kingdom of God.    We have been invited, while  physically alive on earth to enjoy becoming involve in building that Kingdom of GOD.   When Jesus instructed his disciples to pray this was HIS second concern after keeping The Heavenly Father’s name HOLY.  HIS instruction was to then to pray for: “Thy Kingdom Come, thy will be done, on earth as it is in heaven.”  This is a study on Authority and I am also open to suggestions and/or questions.  Buy there are so many who think of themselves as being OK due to a selective,  do good,  self centered righteousness, emotional, self judgment that have neglected to verify the things that they believe by the Word of God.  In talking with the Lord this morning, HE is saying to me that what He wants to perfect in each of us is really more important than anything on our little list to do in this world.  That HE so longs for us who are HIS to come aside and find time for HIM.   That HE knows all about the thorns but it is the rose that HE is perfecting not the thorns.  He is about the process of helping us find righteous and to be tender to the Holy Spirit who can be with us for eternity.  James caught that thought in the heart of HIS message in that it is not about the works but about the faith behind the works done and about us learning to control what we say to agree with GOD’S Word rather than agree with the world’s point of view.  But if we don’t spend time with HIM and with HIS Word how shall we be able to train our hearts and words in life to reflect HIS Truth and learn to live in HIS eternal spiritual world and not make another big mess of HIS universe as we have done on earth with free will?

So it is not about what we do but more about who we are in doing it.  Either we are in pride following the darkness of this world or in humility seeking the Light of God.   When the physical eventually decays and returns to the dust, what will be left?   We live in a temporary body with the world on one side and the voice of the Holy Spirit on the other wanting to build the spiritual Kingdom of God in you and me.  So who are we listening to?   Only what the Holy Spirit wants to build will have any eternal value.  Have you found out how to know what the Holy Spirit wants to build in you?   The Holy Spirit has a plan for our lives in which to bring us into the Joy, Love, Power and sound mind of God.  But it all starts with making Jesus LORD, really the boss or master of our lives.  From there HE can then  move into the Truth that God has given threw HIS prophets of old and made available to us in the Holy Scriptures.  “Faith comes by hearing and hearing by the Word of God.”  You will only get to keep what you allow to change in you through the Holy Spirit and send on ahead, 1 Cor.3:11-15.  (Please stop and read this, brought me to Jesus in 1955.)  From there then HE then begins to speak to our hearts and we can know it is HIM due to the Truth of HiS Word..  Enjoy Michael W. Smith   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OyZ0EyVGmNA  

We need to saturate ourselves in the Truths of John 17:20-26 & Eph. 4:11-16 and ask God to perfect the Holy Spirit in us so that we become a copy of HIM and Christ Jesus as per Gen. 1:26 as this is God plan for us as we are in HIM.  And GOD has given us one life in which to decide if that is what you really want.   And there are no jails or bathrooms in heaven.  If you don’t want to go there to live in righteousness with HIM,  this is your time in which to decide for your eternity.  But if interested, you should check in soon, things are moving rather quickly now through Biblical Prophesy.

Go to: www.OhanaChurch.Life and to the link at the bottom of the page: “Worth Considering” you will find a search engine to find what you are interested in to help in your spiritual growth.

Yours, in HIS great Love and wonderful Grace & Mercy, Ken<><   www.OhanaChurch.Life

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

LIGHT

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LIGHT                “WORTH CONSIDERING”                 12/1/22

I usually do a couple or more studies  “Worth Considering” each week and let our house church  pick out what they want to get into or perhaps even something else,  1 Cor. 14:26 -33+++   and see what the Holy Spirit does with it.  Sort of like spiritually,  priming the pump.    Link to my teachings “Worth Considering” can be found at the bottom of the Home-page:  www.OhanaChurch.Life  Nice search engine to find what ever you want to consider.

So today, this is a study on Light,  As GOD is LIGHT and in HIM is no darkness at all….  So in the Rapture, we all need to get  ready to make the change to be able to make the jump to God’s  light speed.  But personally, I feel I am still in the rub-a-dub machine to become like Jesus.   When you take the teachings of Jesus as real and apply them it is amazing what happens.  Heb. 13:2,   2 Tim.4:3  As for me,  Jesus is LORD,  and I still have a healthy faith in seeing HIS Church perfected on earth prior to going home.  I see this as the ultimate victory of our LORD over the powers of death, hell and the grave as HIS victory in us and for us.  In the Rapture the Church goes home in Victory as a perfect match for HER KING of KINGS.   So we gets new bodies,  rewards and add our  faith to the war in the heavens and boots lucifer and his minions out of the heavens to earth by mid tribulation,  Rev. 12:11…   But we really need to get real about John 17:20-26 to be able to help in this great victory of our LORD.

“I have given to them the glory (POWER) and honor which You have given Me, that they may be one, just as We are one;  I in them and You in Me, that they may be perfected and completed into one, so that the world may know [without any doubt] that You sent Me, and [that You] have loved them, just as You have loved Me.  Father, I desire that they also, whom You have given to Me [as Your gift to Me], may be with Me where I am, so that they may see My glory which You have given Me, because You loved Me before the foundation of the world. “O just and righteous Father, although the world has not known You and has never acknowledged You [and the revelation of Your mercy], yet I have always known You; and these [believers] know [without any doubt] that You sent Me;  and I have made Your name known to them, and will continue to make it known, so that the love with which You have loved Me may be in them [overwhelming their heart], and I [may be] in them.”

We need to bind together into the Word of God as did the Early Church and bring that loving unity, light and power forward into being a new wine and a new wine skin for today.  So we have the choice of being full of Jesus or of being full of yourself.   If we allow ourselves to be full of Jesus we can change the world.  Of ourselves, no room for Jesus.

So please read the following scriptures on LIGHT and consider until you understand the meaning.

And God said, let there be light and there was light: (1).   Arise, shine: for thy light is come, and the glory of the Lord is risen upon thee (2).    Awake thou that sleepest, and arise from the dead and Christ shall give thee light (3). This is the message which we have heard and declare unto you, that God is light, and in Him is no darkness at all (4).   He that doeth the truth cometh to the light, that his deeds may be made manifest, that they are wrought in God  (5).  If we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ His Son cleanseth us from all sin (6). This is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil (7).   For everyone that doeth evil hateth the light neither cometh to the light, lest his deeds should be reproved (8). But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should show forth the praises of Him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvelous light (9).  Thy Light shall break forth as the morning, and thine health shall spring forth as the morning, and thine health shall spring forth speedily: and thy righteousness shall go before thee; the glory of the Lord shall be thy reward (10).  Ye are the light of the world.  A city that is set on an hill cannot be hid. (11).  The night is far spent, the day is at hand: let us therefore cast off the works of darkness, and let us put on the armor of light (12).  The city had no need of the sun, neither of the moon to shine in it: for the glory of God did lighten it, and the Lamb is the Light thereof (13).  And there shall be no night there; and they need no candle, neither light of the sun for the Lord God giveth them light: and they shall reign for ever and ever (14).

1. Gen. 1:3,  2. Isa. 60:1,  3. Eph. 5:14,  4. 1 Jn. 1:5.  5. Jn. 3:21    6. 1 Jn. 1:17,  7. Jn. 3:19,  8. Jn. 3:20,  9. 1 Pet. 2:9,  10. Isa. 85:8, 11. Matt. 5:14,  12. Rom. 13:12, ,   13. Rev. 21:33,  14. Rev. 22:5,         Eph.4:11-16 (covers it all.)

Yours, in HIS great LOVE and wonderful Grace & Mercy,   Ken<><   www.OhanaChurch.Life

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