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.

LOVE

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LOVE             “WORTH CONSIDERING               11/29/22

John 10:10 The thief does not come except to steal, and to kill, and to destroy. I have come that they may have life, and that they may have it more abundantly.  John 21:13

So Jesus tried to draw Peter into Agape,  But Peter replied with Philia…  and finally Jesus had to settle with Philia as Peter was not yet up to  Agape.  (Total commitment and devotion is Agape,)   Philia is a (deep, personal affection,  close friend.)  So I guess we can also settle for Philia as second best,   but the Body of Christ when completed will be glued together with Agapi Love and totally into (feeding HIS lambs.)  So if you are not yet into learning how to feed the “LORD’S” lambs, you have some growing room yet to grow and to experience.

The Ancient Greeks’ 7 Words for Love (And Why Knowing Them Can Change Your Life)
Eros, or sexual passion. …
Philia, or deep friendship. .
Ludus, or playful love. ….
Storge, familial love, unconditional.
Philautia, or love of the self.
Pragma, or longstanding love.
Agape, or empathetic, universal love
So, the next time you talk about loving someone—as a friend, as a lover, as a human—consider keeping in mind the Greek words for love so you can articulate more precisely the unique shades of the single emotion. …

At 90 now, sort of difficult to go from point A to B.   Even to get out of a chair is a test.  This morning I had a tree trimmer cutting back a tree from Sunshine Tree Service.   In the process the Lord gave me the impression to give him, the owner,  a bit of Sonshine.  “IS THAT YOU, LORD?”  Thought it was???   The ministry business cards are in the box over the printer,   The tracts are in a box next to the annex and the Jesus Book that seemed to be what the LORD wanted to give him ????  So where is that book?   So I managed to get off of my butt, find the cards, find the tracts and finally found the Jesus Book and got it together and then slowly walked out to where they were dumping the chips from the tree in the garden.  He rolled down the truck window on the way out, so I asked him if he would like a little Sonshine to go with the Sunshine and spelled it out for him.   He gave me a really big grin and accepted the gift and went on his way..  Probably only in eternity will I find out what happened with all of that.  But I know that being obedient gave me a wonderful feeling of peace in serving my LORD, at least in thinking it was of the LORD.  Of course we find out by doing.   

We tend to use the word LOVE a lot and we are use to the context telling us to what degree.   So if we say,”I love you,” to a wife or I love my new shoes, we quickly understand the difference.  But with the ancient Greeks, they had a word for about anything.  That is one of the reasons that the translators had a difficult time with translating the New Testament from Greek into English.  In fact a few words they did not even translate like baptism and bishop as it would conflict with the 1600 meanings of words and could have caused the translators a bit of pain.  Also translators were limited to trying to understand what God was meaning like the word believe that we use a lot for everything, but really,  in the Greek of the scriptures it  mean to “trust in, rely upon and cling to” like sitting in a chair.  When you set in a chair you totally trust the chair to hold you up or you will not sit there.  So when we “believe” in Jesus it has the same meaning.  But most Christian that I know have not truly learned to totally trust in Jesus and are more into a Do It Yourself Program and trying to build their own chair. In fact, I understood the other day that only about 25% of evangelicals now believe the Bible to be accurate and of course even less than that for the liturgical folks who believe they can write their own Bible.   So the Evangelical’s tend to become indulgent, the Liturgical’s tend to become sanctimonious and the Pentecostal’s tend to become a carnival. Which underlines how much we need each other in the LORD’S   LOVE, HOLINESS & POWER in Agape Love in order for the world to really see Jesus as LORD.   I was taught in the beginning that just accept Jesus as my Savior and ask HIM to forgive me and then get baptized and it was a done deal.   For me that lasted about 9 months with the kids in highschool calling me deacon but due to lack of growth and spiritual nutrition my house of cards totally came apart.   Nearly shot myself after during wreck.  But only had a 22 so thought better of it as could end up in the hospital for life and that could be worse.

So later at age 23 I ran into a young man of 19 who had really make Jesus LORD & SAVIOR.  I had never found anyone like Floyd Aires before.   So went through that door again after really messing up my life.   But finding that Jesus certainly is the door and the way to GOD the Father as through a narrow straight road called sanctification.  Or the process of being conformed into the image of being like Jesus.  My personal road had been rather rocky with a lot of battles that I did not always win due to Adam’s left over Junk still in me and this world.   The Scripture that comes to mind is.   1 John 15-20:   “15 Do not love the world [of sin that opposes God and His precepts], nor the things that are in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him. 16 For all that is in the world—the lust and sensual craving of the flesh and the lust and longing of the eyes and the boastful pride of life [pretentious confidence in one’s resources or in the stability of earthly things]—these do not come from the Father, but are from the world. 17 The world is passing away, and with it its lusts [the shameful  pursuits and  ungodly longings]; but the one who does the will of God and carries out His purposes lives forever.18 Children, it is the last hour [the end of this age]; and just as you heard that the antichrist is coming [the one who will oppose Christ and attempt to replace Him], even now many antichrists (false teachers) have appeared, which confirms our belief that it is the last hour. 19 They went out from us [seeming at first to be Christians], but they were not really of us [because they were not truly born again and spiritually transformed]; for if they had been of us, they would have remained with us; but they went out [teaching false doctrine], so that it would be clearly shown that none of them are of us. 20 But you have an anointing from the Holy One [you have been set apart, specially gifted and prepared by the Holy Spirit], and all of you know [the truth because He teaches us, illuminates our minds, and guards us from error].

It is my prayer that if you have read this you will give it the thought that it needs to change you, especially those of my biological family.   Really want to leave no one “Left Behind” as according to 2 Thess. 2:7-12 there will not be a second chance to change your mind once the door is closed.

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 and obey are members.

CHURCH & HEAVEN

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CHURCH & HEAVEN               “WORTH CONSIDERING”              11/25/22

This is an attempt to give us an idea about heaven that I thought was a good effort.  But heaven is not in sitting on cloud 9 playing a harp.  In fact, Heaven is way beyond our ability to even comprehend.
Hope Through Prophecy,  PO Box 2022, Priest River, ID 83856   (An attempt to give us an idea.)
https://www.facebook.com/watch?v=629044245181604

So lets start out with what the church is to be like and then get into what is about heaven.   The Church is the key to the door into the heavens part.   And church is not really as what we now see around us.

In my book “Key To The Kingdom” (available on Amazon.) I do an intense study on what the Church (bride, body of Christ, Rod of Iron, wife) of Christ Jesus is to be and look like.   You can also find the book  among the links at the bottom of the Home-Page of: www.OhanaChurch.Life    if you like more details.   And I truly hope you do spend the time finding out what the target looks like as we can never learn to hit what we don’t practice aiming at.  So the prophesy of what the church would look like started with GOD (The WORD) sharing with Moses how to build the Tabernacle in the wilderness,  Exodus 40 and this was all prophetic of the Church in Acts 2:38-47.  I hope you get your Bible and read this as it is the heart of what we are supposed to be doing today.  We have never been given the authority to change the simplicity of this union between GOD & MAN.  In fact in Acts 5:16 the power of God became so evident that everyone who came, in need, to Jerusalem was healed and set free of demons due to the loving faith and unity factors.  As we consider the Tabernacle and the Church we find the following 7 steps of ascending into the presence of GOD.

1.    It is all about Jesus as LORD and nothing about denominations or so called  leadership.
2.    It is all about GOD’s TRUTH and nothing to do with the vain traditions of men.
3.    It is all about  fellowship in sharing love & unity with each other.  Acts 5:12
4.    It is a reminder memorial of what Christ Jesus did for us in love, of being the “Lamb of God.”
5.    It is all about bringing our Prayers & Petitions collectively to our Heavenly Father.
6.    It is all about ministering to each other in the Holy Spirit.  James 5:16
7.    It is all about finding God in Christ Jesus and being healed, delivered & perfected for eternity,  Isa.61.

The early Christians would go to the local Synagogue and evangelize among the Jews and invite them to a House/church at sunset on Sabbath evening which was the 1st day of the week in Jewish culture.  And after the meal would possible make a break for those who wished to go home.  Then they would proceed with the “Lord’s Supper” with those who stayed for the rest of the evening.   And they would continue with the gathering until the Holy Spirit was finished.  Some times that would be way late into the early mornings.   But unless the LORD build the house, they labor in vain (pride, uselessness) of them who build it.  Psalm 127:1.   We have been trying to build big houses for the LORD but not directed by the Holy Spirit.  So then most gifts and offerings have been tied up in supporting buildings & clergy rather than being used for evangelism and helping the poor.   The U.S. is obvious of this fact, we have denominations of division and church building everywhere and very little power of the Holy Spirit in helping folks to be healed and set free of demons and filled with the HOLY SPIRIT.  In Paul’s letter to the church in Corinth 1 Cor. 14:26-33 as follows:   “What then is the right course, believers? When you meet together, each one has a psalm, a teaching, a revelation (disclosure of special knowledge), a tongue, or an interpretation. Let everything be constructive and edifying and done for the good of all the church. 27 If anyone speaks in a tongue, it should be limited to two or at the most three, and each one speaking in turn, and one must interpret [what is said]. 28 But if there is no one to interpret, the one [who wishes to speak in a tongue] must keep silent in church; let him speak to himself and to God. 29 Let two or three prophets speak [as inspired by the Holy Spirit], while the rest pay attention and weigh carefully what is said. 30 But if an inspired revelation is made to another who is seated, then the first one must be silent. 31 For [in this way] you can all prophesy one by one, so that everyone may be instructed and everyone may be encouraged; 32 for the spirits of prophets are subject to the prophets [the prophecy is under the speaker’s control, and he can stop speaking]; 33 for God [who is the source of their prophesying] is not a God of confusion and disorder but of peace and order.  As [is the practice] in all the churches of the saints (God’s people),

So as you consider the above instructions by God’s apostle to the Gentiles, has it ever been your experience in “going to church?”  This can only work in smaller groups as a work of the people who are full of the Holy Spirit in the Unity of the Faith and in the Bond of Peace.   We find the same concept in Paul’s writing to the Ephesian Church in Eph.4:11-16 for the perfecting of the saints.  So we actually need to find unity in the loving Truth of God so HIS power and once again flow.   So we need to change our concept of the meaning of CHURCH to be according to Holy Scriptures rather than the traditions of man.  And we can not learn to hit something that we don’t practice in aiming at.  Here at the Church of Jesus at the TrueVine that is what we are doing.  And even the Children are enjoying and want to come.  More like show and tell about Jesus.  And we now  meet on Friday evenings at 6 for a shared meal and 7 for Bible Fellowship at this time.

Heaven,  Obviously Jesus is LORD here and with us in the Holy Spirit, John 17:20-26 but Jesus also tells us in HIS Father’s House there are “Many” places to live.   So we could be only one of HIS many creations through the  universe.  But we probably have the only lucifer and are the only spiritual hot house in the universe.  So we have the challenge of being “perfected” in Christ Jesus in LOVE with a Free Will and a total desire to live in loving humility, obedience and righteousness by choice.  So I suspect that if there are other creations, that they know little about what we are learning in being perfected in Christ Jesus.  And it seems to me that our Heavenly Father wants to permeate all of HIS whole creation with the example of that loving humility, obedience and love of righteousness in Christ Jesus to the rest of HIS creations by example and loving power rather then by painful experience.   That is why in Christ Jesus HE is making us into Kings, Priests and Ambassadors.  2 Cor.5:20, Rev. 17:14, 20:6,   Luke 19:17.   Notice in The Revelation of Jesus, chapter 21,  that in Verse 20 that upon completion of the 7,000. years of this dimension of time that GOD converts all of the matter/energy of this world and possibly the sun and moon into a new creation as in verse 1, the sea is gone, and it would seem that the sun and moon is also gone in verse 23.   And the dimensions of New Jerusalem (City of Peace) is 1500 miles at the base and 1500 miles high as in verse 16.   So it appears that this City becomes home base for GOD the Almighty, Christ Jesus, the Word of God and the Holy Spirit as also the Church.   And notice that in verse 24 nations who make Jesus LORD will bring honor and glory to GOD in righteousness to this new Heaven.

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

There is but ONE Church of Christ Jesus as LORD, all who love, honor and obey are members.

SOCIAL CHURCH

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SOCIAL CHURCH        “WORTH CONSIDERING”    11/24/22

Due to Covid 19 big changes have been experienced by the so called CHURCH.   Many have closed their doors and have a FOR SALE sign on the front lawn.   And interesting search on Google, I did it, amazing what is now up for sale across the country.   

A survey was made of evangelical churches and they came up that only about 1/4 of the people now believe that the Bible is the Word of God.   So we are now having a lot of folks that think they are Christian and going to go to heaven based on what they want to believe rather than the Truth that our Creator God has sent us through HIS prophets and Christ Jesus as LORD.  

So it would seem that we have an emerging  “Social Church” making up their own doctrine but we also still have a “Biblical based Church” which is seeking to find God Truth from the context of the Holy Scriptures.  Over the years, I have learned that God’s Truth is the only thing that works and to be sure I have to know it for my self from the Bible.  As the transition that GOD wants to take us through, as Jesus taught, is straight and narrow and only a few will find it.   So now in the world there are many lovely pastel’s to select from.   But only God’s Truth is the perfect white light with the perfect balance of all of the colors that we can see.  And God’s perfect Truth is the only truth that the Holy Spirit can confirm with God’s Power.

Many so called church’s today are only a church of words and theological thought and few have any faith at all for God’s Supernatural Power to be present.  But actually we were encouraged by Jesus to learn to do what HE did,  and HE told us that we would even do greater things than HE did, 1 Tim.4:13.  And Jesus came to make it possible for us to discard the Adamic nature of pride and rebellion and find in HIM the heavenly nature of loving humility, obedience and power.  There are so many places in the Bible which tell us one thing and our traditions in church do another.

We are at a time in world history that we need to really know what GOD said as to the TRUTH as we are getting very close to the end of this age, Luke 21:24: “And they will fall by the edge of the sword, and will be led captive into all nations; and Jerusalem will be trampled underfoot by the Gentiles until the times of the Gentiles are fulfilled (completed).”    In my life time I have lived through WW2 and the captivity of the Jews and saw Jerusalem become again the capital city of Israel and the Jews return to the land.  So we are well into the birth pains now for the completion of the “Body of Christ” HIS “Rod of Iron” to assist Christ Jesus during HIS 1,000 reign as the King of Kings and Lord of Lords.  Rev. 20:2-5. Time will then cease and there will be a new heavens  and a new earth of God & family.

And so,  what are we doing wrong so at to limit the Power of God from touching those in need?  This is some of the list that I am working on:

The Lord’s Church is an interactive forum, Our vain traditions have made it into a money pit theater.
Church is to be of and by and for Jesus as LORD,  with the people in loving unity, 1 Cor. 14:26-30
The church does not use tithing, God wants 100% of the time and resources from HIS people as given in faith.
The gifts and offering that are freely given should go for the Gospel & the poor, 2 Cor. 9:7
No scripture found for using ministry funds for anything other then evangelism and helping the poor.
No Biblical support  for supporting the vain traditions of having a paid clergy.
Only Men can teach Men to be righteous and holy before the LORD, 1 Tim.2:12, 3:2
No scriptural support for divisions of any kind.  no agree to disagree.  John 17:20-26
Jesus alone to be lifted up, as Lord & Savior.  Eph. 4:11-16.    Not a denomination nor a gifted minister.
No support for building buildings as a church, House Churches only found used in New Testament.
No sharing of a Christian home for other than Biblical doctrinal positions.  2 John 1:10
Only the Bible can be used in context to find God’s Truth.  God is not the author of confusion.

And this is just a beginning list of where seems we need real change,   Paul gave a very accurate prophesy concerning or Latter Day church, 2 Tim. 3 which also includes: 2 Tim. 3:5, “ traitors, reckless, conceited, lovers of [sensual] pleasure rather than lovers of God, 5 holding to a form of [outward] godliness (religion), although they have denied its power [for their conduct nullifies their claim of faith]. Avoid such people and keep far away from them.”

Jesus said this about it in Mark 7:7   “He replied, “Rightly did Isaiah prophesy about you hypocrites (play-actors, pretenders), as it is written [in Scripture],   ‘These people honor Me with their lips,  But their heart is far from Me.  ‘They worship Me in vain [their worship is meaningless and worthless, a pretense],  Teaching the precepts of men as doctrines [giving their traditions equal weight with the Scriptures].’  8 You disregard and neglect the commandment of God, and cling [faithfully] to the tradition of men.”

Paul shares with Timothy, 2 Tim.4:2-4:   “preach the word [as an official messenger]; be ready when the time is right and even when it is not [keep your sense of urgency, whether the opportunity seems favorable or unfavorable, whether convenient or inconvenient, whether welcome or unwelcome]; correct [those who err in doctrine or behavior], warn [those who sin], exhort and encourage [those who are growing toward spiritual maturity], with inexhaustible patience and [faithful] teaching. 3 For the time will come when people will not tolerate sound doctrine and accurate instruction [that challenges them with God’s truth]; but wanting to have their ears tickled [with something pleasing], they will accumulate for themselves [many] teachers [one after another, chosen] to satisfy their own desires and to support the errors they hold, 4 and will turn their ears away from the truth and will wander off into myths and man-made fictions [and will accept the unacceptable].

Today, in 2022, we are finding this error and vanity of words, all around us.   And we find many in denominations that are seeking to be lifted up in the “Lord’s Glory” for personal gain. of to build their own ego.   The church of Christ Jesus is without walls and a place where Jesus is LORD.     Acts 17:11:   “Now the Berean’s were more noble and open-minded than those in Thessalonica, so they received the message [of salvation through faith in the Christ] with great eagerness, examining the Scriptures daily to see if these things were so.

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 are members.

TRINITY OF GOD

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TRINITY  OF GOD                   “WORTH CONSIDERING”               11/20/22

Jesus,   Yeshua,   YHWH  – ALMIGHTY FATHER, WORD, HOLY SPIRIT, –  ONE GOD…

The Logos is God, begotten and therefore distinguishable from the Father, but, being God, of the same substance ·   Logos is the Greek term translated as “word,” “speech,” “principle,” or “thought.”  So God “The Word” anointed Jesus for HIS powerful ministry.  So we need to know that the Word of God was upon Jesus, Isa.61;1 ,The Spirit of the Lord God is upon me,   Because the Lord has anointed and commissioned me To bring good news to the humble and afflicted;  He has sent me to bind up [the wounds of] the brokenhearted,  To proclaim release [from confinement and condemnation] to the [physical and spiritual] captives And freedom to prisoners,  And as in John: 1:14   And the Word (Christ) became flesh, and lived among us; and we [actually] saw His glory, glory as belongs to the [One and] only begotten Son of the Father, [the Son who is truly unique, the only One of His kind, who is] full of grace and truth (absolutely free of deception)“ So Jesus, (Yeshua) during the life time of his testing was the “Son of Man.”   Then in HIS resurrection He became the Word of God as merged for eternity.  Notice that Isaiah was clear that the anointing was upon Jesus, Not that Jesus, prior to testing,  had become the Word of God.

In several accounts in the New Testament we see that Jesus was anointed of God and full of the Holy Spirit but he was still the ”Son of Man”and being man was being tested until HE died.  Heb.3:14.  So every word that Jesus spoke under the anointing of the Word of God who in Gen 1;26 was doing the speaking in creation.  In the foreknowledge of God, (Almighty Father, Word & Holy Spirit) knew all about Jesus as already conceived in the beginning blueprints.  But with HIS birth the Building was Started for redemption and  for the Church.  The Church is now being  built upon the Word of God from Pentecost till now through the Holy Spirit who was sent by Christ Jesus, the Word of God .

One of the best examples of the Word being on Jesus was in the Garden.   Luke 22:41-43, “And He withdrew from them about a stone’s throw, and knelt down and prayed, 42 saying, “Father, if You are willing, remove this cup [of divine wrath] from Me; yet not My will, but [always] Yours be done.” 43 [a]  Now an angel appeared to Him from heaven, strengthening Him.  And then again as Jesus was dying: Matt. 27:46,   “Now from the sixth hour (noon) there was darkness over all the land until the ninth hour (3:00 p.m.). 46 About the ninth hour Jesus cried out with a loud [agonized] voice, [a]“Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani?” that is, “My God, My God, why have You forsaken Me?” Also prophesied in Psalm 22:1, “My God, my God, why have You forsaken me? Why are You so far from helping me, and from the words of my groaning?”  God can not be tempted and God can not die.

Many have been taught that Jesus was God during his days of testing, No, HE came for a new beginning as a second Adam not to be diverted by lucifer or forfeit  his Spiritual Life.   Rom.5:15, “But the free gift [of God] is not like the trespass [because the gift of grace overwhelms the fall of man]. For if many died by one man’s trespass [Adam’s sin], much more [abundantly] did God’s grace and the gift [that comes] by the grace of the one Man, Jesus Christ, overflow to [benefit] the many.”   So we see here the type of the lamb being fulfilled that Able was taught to offer for sin.   In fact the whole Bible carries that theme from beginning to end.  And that is the primary purpose for all of the Prophets even unto John the Baptist.  And Jesus called John the greatest of the prophets.

Along with these thought Hebrews 2:15-18 adds a lot of understanding.  “Therefore, since [these His] children share in flesh and blood [the physical nature of mankind], (That is us.)   He Himself in a similar manner also shared in the same [physical nature, but without sin], so that through [experiencing] death He might make powerless (ineffective, impotent) him who had the power of death—that is, the devil—  and [that He] might free all those who through [the haunting] fear of death were held in slavery throughout their lives.  For, as we all know, He (Christ) does not take hold of [the fallen] angels [to give them a helping hand], but He does take hold of [the fallen] descendants of Abraham [extending to them His hand of deliverance].  Therefore, it was essential that He had to be made like His brothers (mankind) in every respect, so that He might [by experience] become a merciful and faithful High Priest in things related to God, to make atonement (propitiation) for the people’s sins [thereby wiping away the sin, satisfying divine justice, and providing a way of reconciliation between God and mankind].  Because He Himself [in His humanity] has suffered in being tempted, He is able to help and provide immediate assistance to those who are being tempted and exposed to suffering.

Jesus, as the Son of Man, was upon earth exactly like us, except for not having a sin nature.  Every thing that HE did HE told that we can do if we learn from the Holy Spirit,  how to do it.  John 14:12: “I assure you and most solemnly say to you, anyone who believes in Me will also do the things that I do; and he will do even greater things than these because I am going to the Father.”  Paul tell us to leave any gathering that does not exhibit the power of the Holy Spirit in confirmation of the message being given, 3 Tim. 3:5. It is God’s healing and deliverance that the world needs to experience to draws souls to Christ Jesus as LORD.  So much of my life has been painful and wasted due to my lack of securing God’s Truth and Walking it OUT.  It is only HIS Truth that HE can confirm in power.  I am now going through the Word of God to refine HIS Truth and in humility seek HIS help to learn to become fully obedient in LOVE.  We have been given HIS wonderful and loving power but we are yet really dumb about knowing how to use it for HIS glory and for lifting up Jesus as LORD.   We experienced little of the kind of UNITY in LOVE that Jesus prays for us to learn in John 17:20-26.  We are full of vain (prideful) traditions) Mark 7:6-8.  “ He  replied, “Rightly did Isaiah prophesy about you hypocrites (play-actors, pretenders) as it is written [in Scripture],  ‘These people honor Me with their lips, But their heart is far from Me. ‘They worship Me in vain [their worship is meaningless and worthless, a pretense],Teaching the precepts of men as doctrines [giving their traditions equal weight with the Scriptures].’You disregard and neglect the commandment of God, and cling [faithfully] to the tradition of men.”  Change in not easy but a must if we plan on living with our Creator God in the family of God.  Remember,  the 5 foolish virgins did not make it even though they were virgins, think about it.

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 truly Love, Honor & Obey HIM are eternal members.

AGAPE, GOD LOVE

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AGAPE, GOD LOVE               “WORTH CONSIDERING         11/20/22

Probably one of the most difficult concepts to learn about from our Holy Bible is about   GOD’s definition concerning LOVE.  In our English speech one can say, “I really love cigars” and turn to a wife or children and tell them I really LOVE you.  So we depend A LOT upon the context to really fill in the missing spaces.   Other wise  communications really breaks down and a wife and kids could think that a cigar was what dad was thinking about when he said he loved them.

The Greek language was a lot more expressive, they had many words for love.   Sex as in marriage was  eros,   It was life giving love.   I am sure you know what sexual love is all about.  And in having 8 kids my friends were always wanting to make sure I was up to speed on the knowledge.   That Greek word eros means in English,  intimate love.   Then there is the Greek word ( storge ) for family affection, meaning beloved or dear or prized as a long term good friend with care , respect and compassion.   Then there was the Greek word Philia for Brotherly Love  that unites.  However, what our Creator God has in mind for us to know about and to learn to walk out with Him is the kind of love where you would lay down your life to help or save another person as Jesus did for us.  John 3:16.   Rev 12:11 takes us to that place in the ultimate victory over lucifer, We let lucifer in (in Adam) and in Jesus we get to boot him out.  Our Creator is in the process of creating an Agape Family for HIS home.

Agape (Pronounced: Uh-GAH-pay) is the highest of the four types of love in the Bible. This term defines God’s immeasurable, incomparable love for humankind. It is the divine love that comes from God. Agape love is perfect, unconditional, sacrificial, and pure.

Jesus Christ demonstrated this kind of divine love to his Father and to all humanity in the way he lived and died: “For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.” (John 3:16)

Following his resurrection, Jesus asked the apostle Peter if he loved him (agape). Peter replied three times that he did, but the word he used was phileo or brotherly love (John 21:15–19). Peter had not yet received the Holy Spirit at Pentecost; seems he was incapable of agape love. But after Pentecost, Peter was so full of God’s love that he spoke from his heart and 3,000 people were converted.

I was watching a WWI flick the other night and a guy did exactly that on the battle field with bullets like cord wood and the Holy Spirit really touched me that I truly needed to grow more.  If it had been me, I would not have done all that to save that worthless guy.   Next day at a restaurant  for lunch the janitor was very crippled yet doing a very special job of keeping the place.  Some kids had spelt juice under a table, very very difficult for him to get down and clean up but he was totally committed to doing a 1st class job, no matter what.   The Holy Spirit then told me to go talk to him and give him the 34 healing scriptures that I knew where to find.   So I got out of my seat and tracked him down and told him what a good job he was doing and how I appreciated his work ethics.  We talked for a minute and then I pulled out a tract with directions on how to find the 34 verses on healing that a person had used in the 1970 to be healed of terminal cancer.  The expression on his face totally changed, he gave me a really big grin and wanted to make sure that he could find the scriptures clearly on the web.  And as I set down I felt a touch of God’s Agape Love as an overflow of what the man had felt as God really did love him and that he was not forgotten of God nor just a crippled  janitor in a quick foods restaurant.  I also felt that I had a lot more to learn about God’s Agape Love that HE wants us all to have and give away for HIM.   So let’s try to digest just a few important teachings from our Holy Bible on the subject.   The Bible is a LOVE letter of God’s LOVE to and for us and all we can share it with.

1 Cor.13:1-3:   “If I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, but have not [a] love [for others growing out of God’s love for me], then I have become only a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal [just an annoying distraction]. 2 And if I have the gift of prophecy [and speak a new message from God to the people], and understand all mysteries, and [possess] all knowledge; and if I have all [sufficient] faith so that I can remove mountains, but do not have love [reaching out to others], I am nothing. 3 If I give all my possessions to feed the poor, and if I surrender my body [b]to be burned, but do not have love, it does me no good at all.”

Eph. 3:17-19: “ so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through your faith. And may you, having been [deeply] rooted and [securely] grounded in love, 18 be fully capable of comprehending with all the saints (God’s people) the width and length and height and depth of His love [fully experiencing that amazing, endless love]; 19 and [that you may come] to know [practically, through personal experience] the love of Christ which far surpasses [mere] knowledge [without experience], that you may be filled up [throughout your being] to all the fullness of God [so that you may have the richest experience of God’s presence in your lives, completely filled and flooded with God Himself].”

Phil. 4:8: “Finally, believers, whatever is true, whatever is honorable and worthy of respect, whatever is right and confirmed by God’s word, whatever is pure and wholesome, whatever is lovely and brings peace, whatever is admirable and of good repute; if there is any excellence, if there is anything worthy of praise, think continually on these things [center your mind on them, and implant them in your heart].

John 4:16-20: “We have come to know [by personal observation and experience], and have believed [with deep, consistent faith] the love which God has for us. God is love, and the one who abides in love abides in God, and God abides continually in him. 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. 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.

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

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