Today’s Scripture    (Received today from a church in Texas.)
And so we know and rely on the love God has for us. God is love.  1 John 4:16, NIV

Sometimes religion tells us, “Clean yourself up, then God will love you. If you fail to do what’s right, if you don’t perform correctly, God won’t have anything to do with you. If you’re good enough, if you measure up, then God will help you.” That’s not real love; that’s conditional love. Real love is not about your performance, what you do or don’t do. It’s about who God is, and what He’s already done. Nothing you can do will make Him love you more.

When you know that God is love, and you rely on His love for you, you’ll go to Him with confidence. You’ll pray bold prayers, you’ll ask Him for your dreams, you’ll believe for your health to turn around, you’ll expect new doors to open, you’ll move up to the next level—not because of who you are, but because of who your Father is. When you receive His love, you’ll quit trying to be good enough. You know He’ll go out of His way to be good to you.
    
A Prayer for Today
“Father, thank You that You love me because You are love, that it’s not just what You do but it is who You are. Thank You that I don’t have to clean myself up to earn Your love or get You to love me more. I receive Your love and rely on You to show out in my life. In Jesus’ Name, Amen.”

Ken’s Comments,   So GOD is Love, but is that all that HE is?   NO !  GOD is LOVE, of course but HE is also HOLY and POWERFUL.  He totally destroyed all of the civilizations of Noah’s day, saving only 8 souls.  He cremated Sodom and Gomorrah and instructed Joshua to kill every soul and animal in Jericho except for Rahab.  The 10 commandments is not Thou shalt not kill but (murder.)   And the ultimate judgment of the fallen angles and fallen man is outer darkness for eternity with no possibility of redemption.  So are you on God’s good side in loving HIM in humility and obedience or are you on HIS bad side in rejecting Christ Jesus as LORD as HIS salvation for you?  So YES, GOD is LOVE and in HIM is no darkness at all.   But you better believe it that our Creator God is also balanced and is storing up a great WRATH for those who have ignored His salvation in Christ Jesus and what God’s Prophets and Apostles have brought to us to help us gain the victory over the World, Flesh and the enemy.  God has allowed evil to exist as He knew that we would need a spiritual gym with some weights in it in order to get spiritual muscles.   That is why God allowed lucifer to destroy Job’s health, family & wealth.  He allowed it in order to deal with Job’s fear as in Job 3:25.   Interesting to note here that nothing happened to his wife, as Job was not fearful about her in a negative way.   Fear is Faith going backwards and fear causes that which you fear to find you out.  A good verse on this is: 1 Tim. 1:7-8, “For God did not give us a spirit of timidity or cowardice or fear, but [He has given us a spirit] of power and of love and of sound judgment and personal discipline [abilities that result in a calm, well-balanced mind and self-control].  So do not be ashamed to testify about our Lord or about me His prisoner, but with me take your share of suffering for the gospel [continue to preach regardless of the circumstances], in accordance with the power of God [for His power is invincible],     So how do we go from where we are to where we need to be as Real citizens of God’s Eternity?   And I use the word real as many think that they have changed their citizenship but really,  they have not,  Isa.28:9-20.  They are still self centered and in love with this world.

First we must find God’s vision for us and then His Church and Biblically confirm it until we have no doubt that we are on the narrow way (road) to receive that Holy Vision which Jesus also talked about as in Heb. 12:2, “  [looking away from all that will distract us and] focusing our eyes on Jesus, who is the Author and Perfecter of faith [the first incentive for our belief and the One who brings our faith to maturity], who for the joy [of accomplishing the goal] set before Him endured the cross, disregarding the shame, and sat down at the right hand of the throne of God [revealing His deity, His authority, and the completion of His work].   Peter puts it this way, “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 as we find promises & vision for us and decided to go for it then we tend to toss the stuff that tends to hold us back.  And proverbs puts it this way,  “Where there is no vision, the people perish: but he that keepeth the law, happy is he.”  So really what is your vision and spiritual purpose of life?  Why did God create you?  How do you fit into the Body of Christ, 1 Cor. 12.   Or are you so absorbed in being self centered that you don’t have time to even consider such things.  Of course when you life is over you will have eternity to consider what was really important in your life.  Had my 11 yr old  great grand daughter just ask me how you can know someone is saved or not.   I told her it is not about good or bad it is about adoption.  That we are born into this world as the children of this world and the children of Adam who died spiritually in pride and rebellion.  And we were born spiritually dead but God, our Creator, in HIS great love sent us an invitation to be able to change citizenships to the Kingdom of God and to be spiritually born from above by our Creator if we want to, as in John 3.   So what family do we belong to?  She left happy.

In other words,  have we  agreed to change our citizenship from this world in being self centered into becoming a true citizen in the Kingdom of God and Jesus centered or not?   All we have to do is ask Christ Jesus to forgive us and to make HIM the LORD of our lives and center in HIM instead of ourselves. In old Hawaii the word was “Hanai” or to be taken from one family and placed into another.  And it was often done as one couple would have too many kids and another couple would have too few or none.   We have been invited to change families, have we done it?

So in the last chapter of the Book of the Revelation we find these words: “The [Holy] Spirit and the bride (the church, believers) say, “Come.” And let the one who hears say, “Come.” And let the one who is thirsty come; let the one who wishes take and drink the water of life without cost.”  So it is really up to you to find the great and precious promises in scripture for your personal vision and to use your time on earth to grow spiritually into the person that would enjoy living with a Holy God in a totally righteous Kingdom of loving  fellowship.  If this earth is representative of our potential future, we have a lot to look forward to in eternity in creative light.  So have you taken the time to really change your citizenship?  It is not automatic….

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

The inheritance in the will or the New Testament of Jesus (Yeshua) is through Abraham’s son Isaac,  the son of the promise by Faith.  Abraham was the 1st to catch on about faith.  And the promises that God gave him will be fully realized in the 1,000 yr. rule of Jesus (Yeshua,)  son of David,  LORD.   

At this time the Lord has commissioned us to be about gathering and building the “Body of Christ Jesus”  1 Cor. 12 – 13 – 14 as HIS Rod of Iron (O-O bar) for the rule in that day of Peace in serving our LORD.   

God family is being gathered in on the “Faith” of Abraham,  not by genealogy.   God has no Grandsons.  Faith is the substance and evidence not genes.  God’s Faith is what holds all matter together.  Our Creator is trying to help us to learn how to walk in HIS “Faith.”  The family of God is being created in real faith.

Best to stick with what Jesus appointed for us to do for HIM as HIS disciples.  We need to find, polish up and confirm the Truth that Yeshua/Jesus came to give us and to make disciples for HIM that follow HIM, not us.   And to look for HIS return for us as HE carefully instructed us to do.    

Rod of Iron     “Context without context is pretext.”
Psalm:2:8-10 “Ask of Me, and I will assuredly give [You] the nations as Your inheritance,
And the ends of the earth as Your possession.‘You shall break them with a rod of iron;
You shall shatter them [in pieces] like earthenware.    Now therefore, O kings, act wisely;
Be instructed and take warning, O leaders (judges, rulers) of the earth.

Rev. 2:26-28:   “And he who overcomes [the world through believing that Jesus is the Son of God] and he who keeps My deeds [doing things that please Me] until the [very] end, to him I will give authority and power over the nations; 27 and he shall shepherd and rule them with a rod of iron, as the earthen pots are broken in pieces, as I also have received authority [and power to rule them] from My Father; 28 and I will give him the [a] Morning Star.”

Rev.12:4-6:   “And his tail swept [across the sky] and dragged away a third of the stars of heaven and flung them to the earth. And the dragon stood in front of the woman who was about to give birth, so that when she gave birth he might devour her child.  And she gave birth to a Son, a male Child, who is destined to rule (shepherd) all the nations with a rod of iron; and her Child was [a] caught up to God and to His throne. 6 Then the woman fled into the wilderness where she had a place prepared by God, so that she would be nourished there for a thousand two hundred and sixty days (forty-two months; three and one-half years).”   (If you read on you will find: Times, Time and a half or the other 3 ½ yrs.  Making up the 7 yrs. of the Great Tribulation. ) So the Rod of Iron is with Jesus before.

Rev.19:14-16:   “And the armies of heaven, dressed in fine linen, [dazzling] white and clean, followed Him on white horses. 15 From His mouth comes a sharp sword (His word) with which He may strike down the nations, and He will [a] rule them with a rod of iron; and He will tread the wine press of the fierce wrath of God, the Almighty [in judgment of the rebellious world]. 16 And on His robe and on His thigh He has a name inscribed, “KING OF KINGS, AND LORD OF LORDS.”

The Commission of Christ Jesus to HIS Church:
Matt. 28:16-20:   “Now the eleven disciples went to Galilee, to the mountain which Jesus had designated. 17 And when they saw Him, they worshiped Him; but some doubted [that it was really He]. 18 Jesus came up and said to them, “All authority (all power of absolute rule) in heaven and on earth has been given to Me. 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, 21 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.  22 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; 23 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. 24 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 (power) which You have given Me, because You loved Me before the foundation of the world.  25 “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; 26 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.”

So we are living in a temporary dimension of time in in a temporary body with the opportunity of Eternal Life.   Our Creator is offering us an eternity with HIM if we will come into humility to learn how to live in HIS Righteousness and Love, in HIS way…   He is not going to allow HIS universe to be contaminated by the rebellion and pride that we find now on planet earth.   So then, how shall we live?

Yours, in HIS great love and wonderful grace and mercy, Ken<><   www.OhanaChurch.Life

What is your life? You are a mist that appears for a little while and then vanishes.  James 4:14,
    
Does Eternity Really Matter?    (Received today,  from a church in Texas)
Every day is a gift. The longer I  live, the more I realize how valuable each day is. We’re not going to be here forever. It’s easy to live uptight, frustrated, and worried, but in the big picture, most of the things that are upsetting us don’t really matter. Is it worth losing your joy over bad traffic or something someone said that was offensive? If you found out you only had a day to live, you wouldn’t even pay attention to many things that upset you now.   If you let a grouchy boss or a bitter relative keep you from being happy, it’s your fault. You are as happy as you want to be. You have to put your foot down and say, “This is the day the Lord has made. I’m not going to let what people do or don’t do, what they say or don’t say, or what I have or don’t have keep me from being happy. I’ve made up my mind. I’m going to enjoy this day.”    A Prayer for Today:   “Father, thank You that this day is a gift from You, and I’m not going to live sour and defeated. Thank You that I have the power to not allow what others say or do or what I don’t have,  steal my happiness. I’ve made up my mind that I’m going to keep my joy. In Jesus’ Name, Amen.”
    
A few days ago I entered into another decade at 90 yrs. old.   And totally realizing now that being happy or full of the Holy Spirit in God’s Peace, Love and Joy is totally a personal decision.  There are many things in my life at this point in time that I could use to become unhappy and hateful but I refuse.  Mostly it would be a pride reaction if I did.   It would be to try to save my life and really in the end, loose it.  Jesus taught about it this way, “Then Jesus said to His disciples, “If anyone wishes to follow Me [as My disciple], he must deny himself [set aside selfish interests], and take up his cross [expressing a willingness to endure whatever may come] and follow Me [believing in Me, conforming to My example in living and, if need be, suffering or perhaps dying because of faith in Me]. 25 For whoever wishes to save his life [in this world] will [eventually] lose it, but whoever loses his life [in this world] for My sake will find it [that is, life with Me for all eternity]. 26 For what will it profit a man if he gains the whole world [wealth, fame, success], but forfeits his soul?   Or what will a man give in exchange for his soul?  Matt. 16:24-26.   (Our soul is created to live for eternity.)

John shares about it this way:   “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.  (Will be granted a new eternal body for the soul to live in.)

So from our Creator’s point of view we are living in a temporary time dimension with an eternal soul in a temporary body to learn how to truly love HIM, ourselves and each other and to submit to Jesus as Lord in order to secure a new eternal body that is not locked in time.   In other words unless we decide to change our citizenship from this world to the Kingdom of God,  our eternal soul will not be given a new body.   And Jude relates to what it will be like to be an eternal soul without a new body from God:    “Woe to them! For they have gone the [defiant] way of Cain, and for profit they have run headlong into the error of Balaam, and perished in the rebellion of [mutinous] Korah. 12 These men are hidden reefs [elements of great danger to others] in your fellowships when they feast together with you without fear, looking after [only] themselves; [they are like] clouds without water, swept along by the winds; autumn trees without fruit, doubly dead, uprooted and lifeless; 13 wild waves of the sea, flinging up their own shame like foam; wandering stars, for whom the gloom of deep darkness has been reserved forever.  Jude 11-13:   As also Jesus taught: “I say to you that many [Gentiles] will come from east and west, and will sit down [to feast at the table, and enjoy God’s promises] with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob in the kingdom of heaven.  12 While the sons and heirs of the kingdom [the descendants of Abraham who will not recognize Me as Messiah] will be thrown out into the outer darkness; in that place [which is farthest removed from the kingdom] there will be weeping [in sorrow and pain] and grinding of teeth [in distress and anger].”  Matt. 8:11-12.   And also taught: “For to everyone who has [and values his blessings and gifts from God, and has used them wisely], more will be given, and [he will be richly supplied so that] he will have an abundance; but from the one who does not have [because he has ignored or disregarded his blessings and gifts from God], even what he does have will be taken away.   And throw out the worthless servant into the outer darkness; in that place [of grief and torment] there will be weeping [over sorrow and pain] and grinding of teeth [over distress and anger]. Matt.25:30    Peter also taught about it: “These [false teachers] are springs without water and mists driven by a tempest, for whom is reserved the gloom of black darkness.   For uttering arrogant words of vanity [pompous words disguised to sound scholarly or profound, but meaning nothing and containing no spiritual truth], they beguile and lure using lustful desires, by sensuality, those who barely escape from the ones who live in error.  “But when the Son of Man comes in His glory and majesty and all the angels with Him, then He will sit on the throne of His glory.

So really,  the use of fire in the Holy Scriptures is metaphorical so as to convey how painful the experience would be to be found, not worthy of receiving a new body.  Fire would have no effect on a spiritual soul.   But Jesus came to save us from is being an eternal soul, with total recall of the life lived, of being totally alone in absolute darkness for eternity.  And if your minister is not also inclusive of these truthful warnings you are not being given the total truth of God in which to make a valid decision for your eternity.  Our Creator God is not going to allow the destructive Pride & Rebellion of earth to contaminate HIS timeless Holy universe.  Only those who find humility and obedience in Christ Jesus will live with their Creator God for eternity in LIGHT.  All who have rejected God’s Light & forgiveness in Jesus will be consigned to utter darkness for eternity.   I did not say this,  Christ Jesus did.

Out Helper [Paraclete], the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in My name, He will teach you all things, and bring to your remembrance all things that I said to you.”  John 14:26

The Lord gave us His promise to send us a helper — the Holy Spirit. The word for “helper” in the NT Greek is “paraclete.” This word has more meaning than simply “helper” — it was also an ancient term used in warfare. When Greek warriors went onto the battlefield, they went out in pairs, so when the enemy attacked, they could stand back-to-back, covering each other’s blind side. The battle partner in Greek was called a “paraclete” — he was there to watch your back!   The Holy Spirit is more than our helper and comforter – He’s our battle partner who covers our blind side and protects our well-being.

You’re not in this fight alone. The Lord has given you a ‘paraclete’ to go along with you. Don’t grieve Him – listen carefully – let Him lead as you fight the good fight of faith, and don’t worry about your blind side — He’s got your back!  George Baltimore,  <worthybrief@worthynetwork.com&gt;

Also that is the basic responsibility of a wife as well.  A Christian wife should also have her husbands back.  Her life is designed to be a living example for her husband to learn how to serve Jesus.  1 Peter 3

At the present time, most of the Western Nations are all working together for a reset of the worlds finances and remove all debts.  This would be another step closer to the 666 in  Rev.13:18,  Rev. 6:5-6.  this would be the ultimate control of the worlds finances and individual liberties by the NWO, antichrist.  So,  personally,  I see us beginning of a time of severe spiritually shaking to get all of the dead leaves off of the tree (like in the fall) so the True Church of Christ Jesus can get ready to GO HOME ! ! !  Jesus is LORD and this world is passing away.  It was designed to only be temporary.  The most important thing for us to learn is to be close to the Holy Spirit.  It looks like we are coming now to the  “End of The Age of the Gentiles,  Luke 21:24.   And it looks, for sure,   like we are heading into the birth pains,  Matt.24:8  (In the Greek,  “Sorrows” is birth pains.)  So we are now watching the Body of Christ as a baby getting ready to be born into God’s eternity and to be eternally joined to Christ Jesus as LORD.  We are headed into “Sorrows” not the Great Tribulation.

And into God’s Judgment,   “For the time is come that judgment must begin at the house of God: and if it first begins with us, what shall the end be of them that obey not the gospel of God?  1Peter 4:17.  And we are seeing this happening today.  1/3rd of so called Christian Ministers today believe that only good works are needed as the way to heaven.  And big ministries are falling apart.  Buildings are being left empty.    I checked it out,  Amazing how many church buildings are now up for sale.  There is something in the wind,  I am sure that you feel it as I do.  Our Lord Jesus was very careful in instructing us to be “clean in HIM“ and not to only outwardly appear righteous unto men, and also to not to be full of hypocrisy and iniquity,”  Matt.23:28,  Matt. 25:1-13.   So you might want to read again,  Matt.24-26,  Mark 13 & Luke 21 as 3 views of the same prophesy of Christ Jesus concerning the time that we are now entering.  ” Looking diligently lest any man fail of the grace of God; lest any root of bitterness springing up trouble you, and thereby many be defiled;”  Hebrews 12:15,   “And then shall they see the Son of man coming in a cloud with power and great glory. And when these things begin to come to pass, then look up, and lift up your heads; for your redemption draweth nigh.  Luke 21:27-29.

I believe in a Pre-Tribulation Rapture or snatching out of the Church,  1 Cor.15:51-58  with the completion of the man child,  Rev. 12:5  (The “Rod of Iron” is the Church)  So this verse concerns the Rapture and the rest of Rev. 12 covers the 7 years of the Great Tribulation,  Rev. 12:6 & 14.       Rev. 12 is a time line chapter for the whole 7 year great tribulation.   Like all parts of the Bible you must use Isaiah 28:9-13 as a guide for God’s Truth in the collection of our 66 different prophetical writings.

Jason & Alisha and 8 kids,  are now living here,  makes quite a loving and peaceful BIG family.  they really needed to leave HOVE, lots of drugs in that area.   And with the sale of their home they will have the funds to build a couple of mini homes on the FireGate lot a few doors north of where I live.   All of the stones are now removed from the Tomato Patch and new tomato plants are going in.    Open house on 9/24 at 2 for my 90th birthday,  LORD willing and the lava don’t flow.

I am enjoying my age now and I have prayed much to go home in the Rapture, that great victory of Jesus over death, hell and the grave that Jesus and HIS CHURCH and HIS apostles have told us about.  So I hope to still be around as our LORD returns for HIS CHURCH.   But the LORD does not actually return to rule and to set up HIS Kingdom until after the instant destruction of the world’s armies at Armageddon.  And then those still alive on earth will enjoy a 1,000 years of peace.  So as you look around and get an overview of today’s events with the unity of Russia, China and Iran (Persia)  forming a new common market.   You can really see things starting to line up.   So we may not have much time to get our lamps full of oil and our lights on for HIS coming.  Matt. 25:1-13.   Convert it literally, 50% who thought they were ready were left behind of the virgins.  With the sower Parable where 75% of the seeds of God were lost and again 67% of the plants died.  Only 33% produced fruit and survived.  So straight is the Way,   Matt.7:14   So are you on the “WAY” ?      So the Big Question ?  Are we living Jesus centered as per the Bible or are we living self centered as per our own personal interpretation of the Bible.?   

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

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