Most folks are mostly taught about GOD’s LOVE and that is MOSTLY accurate.   But today very little is taught about how upset GOD is about what had to happen to Jesus for our Redemption and even more than that HE has great WRATH stored up for those who have rejected HIS Salvation and have rejected Christ Jesus as LORD and have made a garbage dump out of HIS Creation.  He has endured this for the sake of the very few who would exercise their free will and head for HIS light to be gathered into HIS Eternal family to eventually made into HIS image and likeness.  This was the original vision and intent and HE never changes HIS mind.

The word WRATH is used 194 times in all,  149 in the O.T.   As it is used to note the Great Tribulation of 7 years perhaps the Holy Scriptures may give us a heads up on the meaning as per Isa.28.9-20

Because they have forsaken me, and have burned incense unto other gods, that they might provoke me to anger with all the works of their hands; therefore my wrath shall be poured out upon this place, and shall not be quenched.2 Chronicles 34:25

The increase of his house shall depart, and his goods shall flow awayy in the day of his wrath.  Job.20:28

That the wicked is reserved to the day of destruction? they shall be brought forth to the day of wrath.  Job 21:30

Kiss the Son, lest he be angry, and ye perish from the way, when his wrath is kindled but a little. Blessed are all they that put their trust in him.  Ps.2:12

Thou shalt make them as a fiery oven in the time of thine anger: the Lord shall swallow them up in his wrath, and the fire shall devour them.  Ps. 21:9

Behold, the day of the Lord cometh, cruel both with wrath and fierce anger, to lay the land desolate: and he shall destroy the sinners thereof out of it.  Isa.13:9

They shall cast their silver in the streets, and their gold shall be removed: their silver and their gold shall not be able to deliver them in the day of the wrath of the Lord: they shall not satisfy their souls, neither fill their bowels: because it is the stumblingblock of their iniquity.  Ezek.13:15

That day is a day of wrath, a day of trouble and distress, a day of wasteness and desolation, a day of darkness and gloominess, a day of clouds and thick darkness, Zep.1:15

Neither their silver nor their gold shall be able to deliver them in the day of the Lord’s wrath; but the whole land shall be devoured by the fire of his jealousy: for he shall make even a speedy riddance of all them that dwell in the land.  Zep.7:12

But when he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees come to his baptism, he said unto them, O generation of vipers, who hath warned you to flee from the wrath to come?  Matt.3:7

He that believeth on the Son hath everlasting life: and he that believeth not the Son shall not see life; but the wrath of God abideth on him. John3:36

But after thy hardness and impenitent heart treasurest up unto thyself wrath against the day of wrath and revelation of the righteous judgment of God;  Rom.2:5

Much more then, being now justified by his blood, we shall be saved from wrath through him.  Rom.5:9

Let no man deceive you with vain words: for because of these things cometh the wrath of God upon the children of disobedience.  Eph.5:6

And to wait for his Son from heaven, whom he raised from the dead, even Jesus, which delivered us from the wrath to come.  1 Thess. 1:10

For God hath not appointed us to wrath, but to obtain salvation by our Lord Jesus Christ,  1 Thess.5:9

 And the kings of the earth, and the great men, and the rich men, and the chief captains, and the mighty men, and every bondman, and every free man, hid themselves in the dens and in the rocks of the mountains;16 And said to the mountains and rocks, Fall on us, and hide us from the face of him that sitteth on the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb:  17 For the great day of his wrath is come; and who shall be able to stand?  Rev.6:15-17

And the nations were angry, and thy wrath is come, and the time of the dead, that they should be judged, and that thou shouldest give reward unto thy servants the prophets, and to the saints, and them that fear thy name, small and great; and shouldest destroy them which destroy the earth.  Rev.11:18

And the nations were angry, and thy wrath is come, and the time of the dead, that they should be judged, and that thou shouldest give reward unto thy servants the prophets, and to the saints, and them that fear thy name, small and great; and shouldest destroy them which destroy the earth.  Rev.14:10

And out of his mouth goeth a sharp sword, that with it he should smite the nations: and he shall rule them with a rod of iron: and he treadeth the winepress of the fierceness and wrath of Almighty God.  Rev. 19:15

In Isaiah 28:9-18 the Bible teaches how to interpret the Holy Scriptures and it is not a matter of personal interpretation.    Yours, in HIS great love,   Ken<><    www.Trinity-Aloha.org

COMMITTED,   “WORTH CONSIDERING”    5/9/19,    Well worth considering.  Blessings,  Ken<><

CALEB’s SECRET

by David Wilkerson    Caleb, whose name means forcible, fortitude, is a type of one who   clings to the Lord! Caleb was inseparable from Joshua, representing   one who continually walks with the Lord through all the distractions of life.    Caleb had accompanied the spies over Jordan, where the Holy Spirit   drew him to Hebron-"the place of death." Abraham and Sarah were   buried there, as were Isaac and Jacob and the patriarchs, and years   later, David's kingdom would begin there. With awe Caleb climbed   that hallowed mountain and faith flooded his soul. He prized that   sanctified place and from that time on, he wanted Hebron for his   possession.    It was said of Caleb that he "wholly followed the Lord" (Numbers   14:24). He never wavered to the very end and at eighty-five years   of age he could testify: "As yet I am as strong this day as I was in   the day that Moses sent me: as my strength was then, even so is   my strength now, for war, both to go out, and to come in" (Joshua 14:11).    In his old age Caleb waged his greatest battle! "Now therefore give   me this mountain [Hebron]..." (14:12). "And Joshua blessed him,   and gave unto Caleb...Hebron for an inheritance..." (14:13). "Hebron   therefore became the inheritance of Caleb...because that he wholly   followed the Lord" (14:14).    The message is glorious: It is not enough to have died to sin-to   have entered fullness sometime in the past. The need is to grow in   the Lord to the end! To keep your spiritual power and strength   without wavering. To "wholly follow the Lord" even in old age!    Hebron-Caleb's inheritance-means a company associated!   Associated with what? With death! Not only the death to sin in   Jordan, but living in a place of death. Living with those who are   associated with the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ! "Give   me this mountain," Caleb had prayed. In other words, "Give me this   walk of death to self!" It was here that Abraham had built an altar   to sacrifice his son and it was here that Caleb and his tribe would   live, constantly associated with that altar of living sacrifice.    Caleb's wholeheartedness for the Lord produced a holy fire for God   in his children. While the children of the two and a half tribes turned   away and embraced the world and its idolatry, Caleb's family grew   stronger in the Lord!    God´s desire for all of us is that we enter a place of rest, joy and   peace in the Holy Ghost. That requires following him "with all thy   heart...and with all thy strength" to the very end (Mark 12:30).

Matt.11:11-13, I assure you and most solemnly say to you, among those born of women there has not risen anyone greater than John the Baptist; yet the one who is least in the kingdom of heaven is greater [in privilege] than he. ¹² From the days of John the Baptist until now the kingdom of heaven suffers violent assault, and violent men seize it by force [as a precious prize]. ¹³ For all the prophets and the Law prophesied up until John.  

John 8:31-33: ³¹ Then said Jesus to those Jews which believed on him, If ye continue in my word, then are ye my disciples indeed;³² And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.

Spirit of Jezebel,  by Dr. Michael L. Brown
The biblical figure Jezebel died 3,000 years ago, but her spirit lives on today, and in fact, is at war with America and the American church.  The Jezebel’s spirit is active in America .  Jezebel was the most wicked woman in the Bible, a powerful seductress who killed the prophets, led Israel into idolatry and immorality, and emasculated men. She was seductive and was determined to snuff out the voices coming against her, because these voices were calling out for repentance.

“In 21st-century America, Jezebel is not a person, but it’s as if her spirit is alive again,” Brown says. “The influence of the same demonic force is being felt in the massive increase of pornography and sexual temptation, the militant spirit of abortion, the rise of radical feminism and most importantly, in the attempt to silence prophetic voices. Just as Jezebel clashed with strong men almost 3,000 years ago, the demonic spirit of Jezebel is powerful in America, and it is going after the church.”  

Jezebel’s War with America seeks to accomplish the following:     The Jezebel spirit is at work in the 21st century through sexual immorality, abortion, radical feminism and even the fascination with witchcraft and sorcery just as the biblical Jezebel was on a collision course with Jehu, this spirit is on a collision course with President Donald Trump.

Yours,  in HIS great love and wonderful grace and mercy,   Ken<><    www.Trinity-Aloha.org

Today’s Scripture
“Oh give thanks to the Lord, call upon His name; make known His deeds among the peoples.”  (Psalm 105:1, NASB)

Proclaim His Greatness
When someone gives you a meaningful or costly gift, how do you show your appreciation? Do you tell them how grateful you are? What do you do with that gift? When it’s something you are truly thankful for, you openly and proudly display the gift. When others see and admire it, you probably tell them where it came from and about the generosity of the giver. In the same way, we should give thanks to the Lord and constantly show our gratefulness and appreciation for all He has done for us by displaying the gifts He’s given us. We should also display the characteristics of our heavenly Father. We should display His likeness. We should have His eyes, His mouth and His mannerisms, too. We should display love, peace, joy, kindness and hope. We should live our lives in such a way that our very actions declare His greatness and cause others to take notice. Declare His greatness by living a life of gratitude to Him and let the whole world know what He has done for you!

A Prayer for Today
“Father in heaven, I commit to You every area of my life—my mind, my will, and my emotions. Reveal to me anything that isn’t pleasing to You. Show me Your ways so that I can walk with You and live righteously in every area of my life. In Jesus’ Name, Amen.”

My Thoughts:  Of course “GLAD TIDINGS”….  IT MUST BE CHRISTMAS already   ????  
But then one of the first thoughts that I had as a new Christian was the realization that I had been given the Glad Tidings of the Keys To The Kingdom of GOD.  And that they were free,  And that I could give them away to all who would listen and save them from an absolute horrible darkness for all of eternity. 

In the Navigator Fellowship that I attended in 1955 the Holy Scriptures were plastered on little cards everywhere.  I still have my old leather Nav. Pack of Scriptures to work on memorizing.  And they are still available:  https://www.navigators.org/   We, as Christians, need to realize that the ministry of reconciliation has been given to us by GOD to help reinforce our faith and to gently make us feel like family.  That our Heavenly Father has trusted us with the Keys To The Kingdom to give away as often as we want.  Problem is that we are severely attacked by the enemy when we do.  And often our own family gets embarrassed when we do. 

Tried to share those “Keys” with my mother back in the early days and she would not talk to me about any thing concerning Jesus for years and years.  She said, “After all I have done for you, you think I am going to hell?”  Of course my efforts were loving and well intended but not very wise in the Holy Spirit as I look back now.  But I did find out that she was banking on her good works (with her own evaluation) and not to Jesus and was missing the flight.  But like the thief on the cross, just before she died, my then wife Ann,  led her in the sinners prayer and I sure hope she made it?   We have souls and family around us every day,  where will they spend eternity?

So let look at some scripture to confirm that we are responsible for sharing the Gospel.

Let the redeemed of the Lord say so, whom he hath redeemed from the hand of the enemy; Psalm 107:2

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)?   Rom.10:14  AMP

And this gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in all the world for a witness unto all nations; and then shall the end come.  Matt 24:14 

But all these things are from God, who reconciled us to Himself through Christ [making us acceptable to Him] and gave us the ministry of reconciliation [so that by our example we might bring others to Him],  2 Cor. 5:18  AMP
 
Preach the word; be instant in season, out of season; reprove, rebuke, exhort with all long suffering and doctrine.  2 Tim.4:2

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.”  Matt.28:19-20.

²⁶ If anyone serves Me, he must [continue to faithfully] follow Me [without hesitation, holding steadfastly to Me, conforming to My example in living and, if need be, suffering or perhaps dying because of faith in Me]; and wherever I am[in heaven’s glory], there will My servant be also. If anyone serves Me, the Father will honor him.  John 12:24-26.

(PREACH:  We are all called to share the Gospel of Christ Jesus as a messenger.)

IMAGE of GOD,    “WORTH CONSIDERING’    5/3/19   (Across my desk this morning.  Another beautiful morning,  Temp. 77, Humidity 76%  clear, blue and beautiful.  Our Property backs up to thousand’s of acres of forest jungle still in an Hawaiian Kingdom Trust. 

Today’s Scripture
“For we are God’s handiwork, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do.”  (Ephesians 2:10, NIV)

Created for Greatness
It’s easy to go through life thinking that we’re average; we’re ordinary. “There’s nothing special about me. I’m just one of the six billion people on earth.” No, when God created you in His image, He put a part of Himself in you. You could say that you have the DNA of Almighty God. You are destined to do great things, destined to leave your mark on this generation. The truth is, there is nothing average about you; but too many times, we don’t realize who we are. We focus on our weaknesses or what we don’t have. We focus on the mistakes we’ve made or the family from which we’ve come. We end up settling for mediocrity when we were created for greatness!

If you’re going to break out of average, you need to remind yourself every day, “I have the DNA of the Most High God. Greatness is in my genes. I come from a bloodline of champions.” If you’ll have the attitude of a champion, you’ll live the life of a champion and boldly embrace the blessings He has in store for you!

A Prayer for Today
“Father, thank You for preparing me to do the good works You have prepared. I am not average. I am not ordinary. I am created for greatness, and I belong to Almighty God. Thank You for Your faithfulness in Jesus’ name! Amen.”  
My Thoughts:
Actually, yes and no…   Adam was a Son of God as also Jesus is a Son of God.   But due to the pride and disobedience of Adam he lost out on that GOD potential and died.   And then we were all born in the image of fallen Adam and born disconnected.  We find this in 1 Cor. 15:22 and originally Adam was made a living soul but died, verse 45.  But the 2nd Adam (Christ Jesus) came as a quickening spirit.   He (Christ Jesus) came to give us the way to gain back that original vision of GOD and to be made in HIS Image and Likeness.  So we have this potential but the process is straight and narrow and few there be that find it.  And as GOD never changes HIS mind that potential is still in each one of us so that who-so-ever will may come and drink of the water of life freely,  Rev.22:17. 

But the WAY from where we are to being like CHRIST JESUS will take your total commitment,  Amplified Bible:  John 12:24-26….^{………..24,}    I assure you, most solemnly I tell you, Unless a grain of wheat falls into the earth and dies, it remains [just one grain; it never becomes more but lives] by itself alone. But if it dies, it produces many others and yields a rich harvest.  ²⁵ Anyone who loves his life loses it, but anyone who hates his life in this world will keep it to life eternal. [Whoever has no love for, no concern for, no regard for his life here on earth, but despises it, preserves his life forever and ever.]²⁶ If anyone serves Me, he must continue to follow Me [^[a]to cleave steadfastly to Me, conform wholly to My example in living and, if need be, in dying] and wherever I am, there will My servant be also. If anyone serves Me, the Father will honor him.

And Jesus prayed for us to be successful:  John 17:20-26…²⁰ Neither for these alone do I pray [it is not for their sake only that I make this request], but also for all those who will ever come to believe in (trust in, cling to, rely on) Me through their word and teaching,²¹e. 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 and be convinced that You have sent M^{e  22} I have given to them the glory and honor which You have given Me, that they may be one [even] as We are one:²³ I in them and You in Me, in order that they may become one and perfectly united, that the world may know and [definitely] recognize that You sent Me and that You have loved them [even] as You have loved Me.²⁴ Father, I desire that they also whom You have entrusted 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 [Your love gift to Me]; for You loved Me before the foundation of the world.²⁵ O just and righteous Father, although the world has not known You and has failed to recognize You and has never acknowledged You, I have known You [continually]; and these men understand and know that You have sent Me.²⁶ I have made Your Name known to them and revealed Your character and Your very ^[a]Self, and I will continue to make [You] known, that the love which You have bestowed upon Me may be in them [felt in their hearts] and that I [Myself] may be in them.

Jude gives us a quick look at what happen to souls if they reject the love and the grace of GOD in HIS loving restoration attempt:   Jude 11-16….¹¹ Woe to them! For they have run riotously in the way of Cain, and have abandoned themselves for the sake of gain [it offers them, following] the error of Balaam, and have perished in rebellion [like that] of Korah!  ¹² These are hidden reefs (elements of danger) in your love feasts, where they boldly feast sumptuously [carousing together in your midst], without scruples providing for themselves [alone]. They are clouds without water, swept along by the winds; trees, without fruit at the late autumn gathering time—twice (doubly) dead, [lifeless and] plucked up by the roots;  ¹³ Wild waves of the sea, flinging up the foam of their own shame and disgrace; wandering stars, for whom the gloom of eternal darkness has been reserved forever.¹⁴ It was of these people, moreover, that Enoch in the seventh [generation] from Adam prophesied when he said, Behold, the Lord comes with His myriads of holy ones (ten thousands of His saints)  ¹⁵ To execute judgment upon all and to convict all the impious (unholy ones) of all their ungodly deeds which they have committed [in such an] ungodly [way], and of all the severe (abusive, jarring) things which ungodly sinners have spoken against Him.  ¹⁶ These are inveterate murmurers (grumblers) who complain [of their lot in life], going after their own desires [controlled by their passions]; their talk is boastful and arrogant, [and they claim to] admire men’s persons and pay people flattering compliments to gain advantage.

Most of the divisions in Christianity are teaching what makes their particular division sustainable. And it makes the real depth of the Truth of God is hard to find today,  it is so well watered down and sugar coated to make it more palatable as to hardly be effective at all.   Often  we understand more Truth that we are effectively using,  this is normal.  It take time for the heart to learn what the head is learning.  We may have tried many time to make Jesus LORD in our heads prior to making HIM LORD in our hearts and really beginning to be on the road to sanctification and ultimate salvation.  It truly is a walk of Heart faith.  And Heart faith comes by ingesting the WORD OF GOD in the HEART,  not just the head of understanding.  Heart Faith changes life actions,  head faith does not.  Heart faith brings maturity and reproduction in kind.  Head faith changes very little.  Faith without works is dead, being alone.  James 2:17.

Yours, in HIS great love and wonderful grace and mercy,   Ken<><    www.Trinity-Aloha.org   (Bible Fellowship this evening at 6 w/pot blessing at 85-4554 Mamalahoa Hwy.   Capt. Cook, HI 96704….   ken@trinity-aloha.org)