A dead man walking!

Though I am dead, I still walk, talk and sing praises to God my King.

When he died, I was there with him on that cross, reconciled to God and not

to ever suffer loss.

That day I died and no longer live for sin and pride, for it is Christ who lives in me,

which I cannot hide.

A new life has begun; this hidden treasure within me is the glory of God given to

me through his Son.

This is the same Shekinah Glory of God that was in his Temple in the Bible we do

read but when Jesus died, from that Temple the Glory did leave.

Now God dwells in Temples not made by hands, they are believers in Jesus, found

in all lands.

All these dead people walking and talking but it is not them but Christ who lives to offer the world Eternal Life which only he can give!

For ye are dead, and your life is hid with Christ in God. Colossians 3:3 KJV.

I have been crucified with Christ and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. The life I now live in the body, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me. Galatians 2:20 NLT.

We now have this light shining in our hearts, but we ourselves are like fragile clay jars containing this great treasure. This makes it clear that our great power is from God, not from ourselves.  2-Corinthians 4:7 NLT.

However, the Most High doesn’t live in temples made by human hands. As the prophet says, Acts 7:48 NLT.

And what union can there be between God’s temple and idols? For we are the temple of the living God. As God said:

“I will live in them
and walk among them.
I will be their God,
and they will be my people 2-Corinthians 6:16 NLT.

Author Ken

June 2013

How long Lord?

How long before you cause this evil world’s sin to cease?

When will we see your Christ’s rule of this world, bringing us much Joy and peace?

As a young man many years ago, a different Nation I did see,

we all sang America the beautiful, my country tis of thee!

Truly our Land was filled with liberty, purchased by great men

of valor who defeated our enemies as the entire world did see.

Morality then was something to uphold, those who did practice sin, never wanted their story told.

Today the Gates of Hell have gone forward, the evil ones, their works we do behold.

Much evil has rushed in like a flood, Satan has offered many pleasures beyond measure, and he has become very bold.

He says; your sins prove you belong to me, a small price I require,

it’s just your soul, a small matter to you I see.

Not everyone is caught in his web of deceit, true Christians will never bow at Satan’s feet.

The judgment of this world and Satan is near, the sign of the Son of man in the sky will appear, the Great Tribulation upon those who hate God will be something great to fear!

Before the Great Tribulation takes place, his Bride the Church, will rise to meet their Savior and King in the skies.

We will live and reign with him in his 1000 year Kingdom on this earth, what a blessing it will be, all because of the new birth!

*He is like a roaring Lion, looking for someone to eat, those without the Lord Jesus, Satan they cannot defeat.

Stay alert! Watch out for your great enemy, the devil. He prowls around like a roaring lion, looking for someone to devour. 1-Peter 5:8 NLT.

The “Good News” is Jesus defeated the Prince of this world at the Cross. All those who call upon him through believing will be saved and translated from Satan’s Kingdom to the Kingdom of the Lord Jesus. At the Last Supper the Lord prayed a special prayer for all believers. He asked that they be kept safe by the Father and that the evil one not touch them, both prayers were answered!

“I am no longer in the world; and yet they themselves are in the world, and I come to you. Holy Father, keep them in your name, the name which you have given me, that they may be one even as we are. John 17:11 NASB.

I’m not asking you to take them out of the world, but to keep them safe from the evil one. John 17:15 NLT.

Every believer who comes to Jesus is a gift from the Father as Jesus himself proclaimed!

“All that the Father gives me will come to me, and the one who comes to me I will certainly not cast out. John 6:37 NASB.

Author Ken

April 2013

Gravity, magnets and other invisible things!

How does gravity hold us down, with our feet planted on the ground?

How do planes and birds in the air do fly, this too I wonder why?

Two magnets that face each other draw close as a little kid I did discover,

turn them around and they will repel each other!

*God’s laws are always sound, one holds us up, the other pulls us down.

We know we cannot defy God’s law, when we stumble and fall, we will hit the

floor!

Look to Jesus, he is the way, the truth and the door!

*Though God is invisible we can see his infallible laws that rule our creation.

For in him all things were created: things in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or powers or rulers or authorities; all things have been created through him and for him. Colossians 1:16 NIV.

For ever since the world was created, people have seen the earth and sky. Through everything God made, they can clearly see his invisible qualities–his eternal power and divine nature. So they have no excuse for not knowing God. Romans 1:20 NLT.

“I am the door; if anyone enters through me, he will be saved, and will go in and out and find pasture. John 10:9 NASB.

Author Ken

May 2013

His wounds are healings in disguise!

God’s word says; Faithful are the wounds of a friend. I know Lord, that you will be with me, even to the end.

When I rode my bike this morning, the birds were singing, my wife was yawning.

As I peddled on my way, I thought, what a beautiful day. I had no idea of what this morning would bring, from out of nowhere did the Hornet sting. Under my sunglasses it had crawled, much panic to me it did bring!

Down from my bike I fell, broken sunglasses and bruises as well.

Questions then filled my mind; I knew it was not an accident, so it must be a sign!

I prayed to the Lord with a sigh, did you allow this little sting because of a beam in my eye?

I have examined myself and found, there were some areas God revealed to me that were not sound.

*I remember hearing; “Practice what you preach”, also listen to what you teach!

**I learned a valuable lesson that day, God’s correction will bring you back to the godly way!

I know all the trials I go through are working something special within and whom the Lord loves, he corrects and delivers from sin.

His Rod and Staff truly comfort me as brother David did say, I am the sheep of his fold, his righteousness I process every day.

*Teaching is a gift of the Holy Spirit. Paul the Apostle told the Evangelist Timothy to pay attention to his own teaching because he was a vessel and the teaching was from God through the Holy Spirit.

Not many of you should become teachers, my fellow believers; because you know that we who teach will be judged more strictly James 3:1 NIV. God examines more closely the teachers of his word and will chastise those more severely if they are not careful for the truth and the “Rightly Dividing” of his word, false teachers (Unbelievers) are cut off.

**because the Lord disciplines the one he loves, and he chastens everyone he accepts as “his son.” Hebrews 12:6 NLT.

If God doesn’t discipline you as he does all of his children, it means that you are illegitimate and are not really his children at all. Hebrews 12:8 NLT.

No discipline seems pleasant at the time, but painful. Later on, however, it produces a harvest of righteousness and peace for those who have been trained by it. Hebrews 12:11 NIV.

Wounds from a sincere friend are better than many kisses from an enemy. Proverbs 27:6 NLT.

Blessings to all on this our Lord’s Day!

Author Ken

April 2013

Jesus, the only sinless one!

*He was not of the seed of Adam; he was born of the Holy Spirit, in love from above.

In God’s creation, all creatures, plants and man reproduced by their seed and only after their kind! (Genesis 1:12)

Descended from Adam and Eve, today this remains the same we find.

How can Jesus identify with us and yet be born without sin? It is because Adam’s seed was not found in him!

From a woman’s egg in the womb does a male or female fetus grow, which one it will be is determined through a man by his seed, did you know?

To be the descendant of the promise through Abraham and David,

he had to be of Mary’s flesh, and this was to be, as the scriptures do show.

Thus he could not sin, because he did not have our fallen nature within!

Satan tempted him and it was tough but it only proved that Jesus

was a diamond in the rough.

After the tests Satan did leave defeated, he had enough.

Who is this beautiful man from Galilee, he is Jesus our Lord and

Savior, the sinless Lamb of God sent to die for you and me.

*I dedicate this poem to my brother in the Lord Larry and his wife Samantha. It was Larry who told me many years ago how he wrestled with Jesus not have the fallen nature passed on to all flesh through Adam and Eve. The Lord spoke to him in his mind; he told him that Jesus was not of the seed of Adam. This is what inspired my writing of this poem. The first Adam failed; the second Adam Jesus, could not fail having the God nature within. This is the “New Creation”, the New Man, God the Son, who is immediately given to every new Christian upon belief! This is the continuing work of the Holy Spirit in regeneration.

Peter said to them, “Repent, and each of you be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins; and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit. Acts 2:38 NASB.

Author Ken

April 2013