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Well I guess I should explain the title just a minute because it can be a bit misleading if taken at face value. What I am really saying is that the rib taken out of Adam to create Eve, and the sword that pierced Jesus side breaking not one rib is one story about fulfilling a prophetic word spoken by king David, and God pointing out the future of mankind which is that it is not good that man be alone. So just a sideline being a bachelor or player is usually played by those who are actually lonely inside and know not how to stop being alone. They are not good being single nor are they good even if they drive a Bugatti up Mulholland Drive. A woman completes a man. Let’s support this revelation before we get too deep too fast:

Gen 2:21-22 - 21 And the Lord God caused a deep sleep to fall on Adam, and he slept; and He took one of his ribs, and closed up the flesh in its place. 22 Then the rib which the Lord God had taken from man He [a]made into a woman, and He brought her to the man.

Oh the coolness as Adam was made from a pile of dirt, and then only after he was made, was a woman was taken from his very side and made. Neither had a belly button, and but what is stranger is the fact that Adam received the breadth of God straight from the mouth of God but the first woman did not come into the earth the same way. I don’t know, I am just trying to take this message one way and it seems as though it may be going in another. It is probable that she too also needed the breath of God but I don’t want to assume that just because God was silent on the matter. And but he may not even been silent on the matter but she may have been made alive differently than Adam considering how she came into the world. The bible doesn’t say that but it is just me wrestling with God on the matter. Now let’s stay in the boat and go with it shall we? 

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All of the little and large lies have a purpose which is to train you how to differentiate the lie from the truth. And your conscious is there to help you. But then the whole of truth is that there is also an enemy to the truth and but to make it more interesting it comes born in human form. It is a spirit and but takes up residency in a human host. Let's remind my Christian learners of that story before getting on with this story after all you need to know this story so that you don't shout me down when you hear the rest of it.

 Tic toc time to take a walk:

John 8:44 - 44 You are of your father the devil, and the desires of your father you want to do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and does not stand in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaks a lie, he speaks from his own resources, for he is a liar and the father of it.

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Let’s hit it:

          Phil 4:4-8 - 4 Rejoice in the Lord always. Again I will say, rejoice!

5 Let your [a]gentleness be known to all men. The Lord is at hand.

6 Be anxious (3X) for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God; 7 and the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus. 

And I cannot but help to think that if we do the following it will because of two things, the first is that we have conquered anxiousness, and the other is that by doing these things it will keep us from falling into that pit again. 

8 Finally, brethren, whatever things are true, whatever things are noble, whatever things are just, whatever things are pure, whatever things are lovely, whatever things are of good report, if there is any virtue and if there is anything praiseworthy—meditate on these things.

So now besides all of the great stuff in that scripture, I must define another word that meditate has triggered in my mind. And I need to do so because I think that that there is a great misunderstanding about the word that is so similar to this word meditate that people have been convinced to throw the baby out with the bathwater. Now but there is a path that can lead a person to meditate on the wrong things right (Pro 23:7)? Yes, but knowing what we should be thinking about and what we should not, we can manage those thoughts. Let’s look at meditations twin brother - D-Com please:

Ruminate:

verb (used without object),ru·mi·nat·ed, ru·mi·nat·ing.

1. to meditate or muse; ponder.
2. Psychology. to obsessively revisit the same thought or theme over and over again.

verb (used with object),ru·mi·nat·ed, ru·mi·nat·ing.

1. to chew again or over and over.
2. to meditate on; ponder.

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Well so this is a fishing story of stories. Yes, it is based on the fact that even though I caught it and placed it in my freezer it still got away. Yup, it is the one that got away story; and but now it didn’t break the line as there was no fight left in it, it was in my freezer. So now but how it got away is less of concern than why it got away, and but I say that this can happen to anyone regardless of fishing skill level. Because this fishing story can be applied to anything that we do that God disapproves of. Yes, at some point in your Christian maturity God is going to stop letting you off the hook so to speak.

Ha, growing as a Christian means that you will know when you are about to disappoint God and that in doing so you will get an alien reaction. Yup, you will always be presented with a way out but as us humans go we often overlook the way out and head towards the door of temptation to get what we want:

James 1:13-15 – 13 Let no one say when he is tempted, “I am tempted by God”; for God cannot be tempted by evil, nor does He Himself tempt anyone. 14 But each one is tempted when he is drawn away by his own desires and enticed. 15 Then, when desire has conceived, it gives birth to sin; and sin, when it is full-grown, brings forth death.

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Well so I think I should inform you that there will be a lot of scriptural references in this message. Normally I include the scripture in the message so that you have some context and support of the message. However, in this message it has developed quite interestingly, in that a particular paragraph might contain five or more scriptural references, but if I were to stop to read each scripture we would totally lose the paragraph. So it is intended in this message that you look up the scriptures to see that what I am saying is fully supported from the bible. Why Ken is this so important. Well, in this case it is because as you look up the scriptural references I believe you will be stirred to look up similar scriptures and in doing so there will be a release or impartation into your spirit whereby you will believe and act on the supernatural power that God has given you. We are to be supernatural Christians turning the world, our own little world if that helps, upside down. You should have a reputation of operating in love, serving, and preaching the gospel in power (1 Cor 4:20, Rom 15:18-19, Matt 22:29, Matt 9:8).

 So but we will transition from discussing the power of God that you may have and operate in, or not, and in truth probably not, and then transition to staying away from getting under someone else’s power. I.E ending up under their thumb.

 Let’s go…

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Hey Ken shouldn’t this say the life that ends before “it” dies? Yup but nope. You see the message is for you and is intended to teach you how to check your own Christian effectiveness pulse and see if you are alive to all things God or if you gave up on Him and His pre-paid by Jesus package which has all of the instructions you need to be more than a conqueror in Him (Rom 8:37). Right? 

I know how could any Christian be living outside of their calling and purpose and consider themselves alive in Christ (Rom 6:11)? Oh, now you’re meddling Ken. Nope, I am just like you, destined to attend the same after-life on earth meeting as you will be, and I think it is better if you and I chat about your earthly Christian death before you or I have to explain it to Jesus. Again, better you and I have this conversation now so that you can change the outcome with Jesus at your future predestined date. Yes, even your death is predestined. 

If you think He will be tolerant of laziness, purposeful ignorance I.E. not reading your bible, or wants you to tell Him the story about how you a Christian had lived your life with one foot in and one foot out, then no doubt you know a Jesus I do not know nor have read about in my bible. Oh I know this just got real, but God gave us each other because we all have blind spots, and no matter how much anointing you have, you will still need others from time to time to point those things out hiding in them thar blind spots. I know that I have them and therefore pay attention to what others say when they think that they see something. No, not everything others say will be spot on but some of those things will be and they will be warnings and corrections sent by God. 

Wow Ken I heard you were a straight out of the gate Paradise Podcast Preacher teacher but this stings a bit. If it doesn’t you are either already dead and desensitized to the things of God and unable to hear or see Him, or you are still alive enough to change course, or to get on course, and/or to be encouraged to continue down the course as you are. The sting is a form of hope, and it is for this reason we are embarking down this trail and not climbing up a tree. 

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Why is this a gift and how can it make our lives more in line with Gods? That is that by being patient we are acting and behaving just like God does towards us and the rest of humanity. Yes from the beginning of time until the very end of it. You see we will not need patience once we are living in our salvation and everything it represents. So but now I must first define it as there are a lot of words in the definition of which if I had the time I might do as I have done in the past which is to define everyone one of them. But, yes but in this case I should ask that you D-Com the definition of patience and any and all of the words that you do not completely understand so that you have a thorough understanding of what this gift means:

noun

1. the quality of being patient, as the bearing of provocation, annoyance, misfortune, or pain, without complaint, loss of temper, irritation, or the like.
2. an ability or willingness to suppress restlessness or annoyance when confronted with delay:

adjective

1. bearing provocation, annoyance, misfortune, delay, hardship, pain, etc., with fortitude and calm and without complaint, anger, or the like.

 This is like the fullness of the Gospel short of love, although that may not be true because you will need to conquer you in every way, all of your wild and immature behavior that will rise up to defend itself when trouble shows up. Look, we haven’t even got to the 25 bible examples of how patience was used or how it is offered to us as a commandment that we ought to be patient. 

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I wanted to open up with a perspective about sin that, when we catch someone in a Hanus crime such as a great big biblical sin, especially by those that openly confess that they don’t believe in God, and yet but believe that they know anything about someone else’s sin as they themselves  blaspheme the Holy Spirit, that God sees it differently than you do. Look at why God selected king David:

1 Sam 13:14 - But now your kingdom shall not continue. The Lord has sought for Himself a man after His own heart, and the Lord has commanded him to be commander over His people, because you have not kept what the Lord commanded you.”

 You can miss both easter eggs if you are not careful in your reading or listening to that verse. But not today because I will show you where they are at. But first I must fetch the scriptural basket to catch these eggs:

2 Thess 1:8 - 8 in flaming fire taking vengeance on those who do not know God, and on those who do not obey the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ.

 Egg number one, “a man after His own heart”, as compared to “those who do not know God.” If you are inclined to be after the heart of God then you will “know” Him right? So king David desired to know God to which Paul stated in 2nd Thessalonians that it was one of the criteria to avoid the vengeance of God. We will get to why that is an important position to take with God in a minute. The second egg is that God saw that David was a good listener, and we can see this by understanding that God would not replace a commander who did not stay with what the Lord commanded him, with another person who would have had the same issue. And we see the fullness of the second egg because in Thessalonians Gods vengeance also applied to the non-listener as well as to those who did not or do not know Him. 

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Now these three, Judgement, Condemnation, & Conviction can be considered train-wrecking power words by our misunderstanding of them. Each has a place in ministry be it making disciples or equipping the saints for the work of ministry or as Timmy states in:

2 Tim 3:16-17 - 16 All Scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness, 17 that the man of God may be complete, thoroughly equipped for every good work.

Now if these three are used incorrectly, like a knife, gun, pen or our words, they can inflict such pain as to turn someone away from even the idea of living with a God defined as love. No but imagine what I just said here. They would be so injured inside that they would decide, even if for a moment or week or years, that living in hell apart from all-things God, that this is a better option. And but for the uninjured we could see the absolute ridiculousness in it, but it is not so for the injured. We could even say for the offended. 

This is why I think God dropped this message in my heart. Maybe it’s because I needed to process through it myself. But no one that I am aware of has God precisely dialed in as we ought. 

So the word accusation is a stopgap that someone uses to resist the Holy Spirits work in their lives. Accusation never did raise up a disciple of God but of the other guy. Now you might think this is a strong leap out of the gate but if you find yourself in a defensive posture in every conversation that has to do with your speech and actions, then you are not receiving the help of God but are pushing His love of correction away. Yes, He states rod of correction in one place but then also states in another that He corrects those in whom He loves. And you might say, there you see Ken, all corrections, rebukes, and disciplines should be brought to me like God would bring them to me. And but though this would be ideal, the real issue is not the delivery but your openness to grow and to be a disciple that is willing to change. You either do or don’t period. I know that’s as straight as I can say it, but there are way too many of us playing games, self-assured in our open rebellion against all things God, that He will accept us and our modified version of what it is to be a Christian. Yes, you have to modify your Christianity if you operate from a spirit of accusation. So now we need to D-Com some words so that we know what they mean, not what we think they mean but what they really mean. It’s like knowing what kind of ammo you are using when hunting, and not just grabbing any-ol-thing and launching out into the wilderness. 

Accusation:

noun

1. a charge of wrongdoing; imputation of guilt or blame.
2. the specific offense charged:

 Imputation:

verb (used with object),im·put·ed, im·put·ing.

1. to attribute or ascribe
2. to attribute or ascribe (something discreditable), as to a person.

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John 14:12 - 12 “Most assuredly, I say to you, he who believes in Me, the works that I do he will do also; and greater works than these he will do, because I go to My Father.

 So again the title of this message is “Doing The Works of Jesus”. Hum Randol why did Ken bring un the title again? I think he is trying to tell us to hold on because this is a separator or disruptor type of message. What do you mean, is he trying to create division. Oh no you will have to read his 4th book coming out in 2024 titled for now, “The Sword That Rightly Divides Rightly.” Wow, that’s a really weird name for a book title. You must know Ken very well. Ha, but no this message will allow you to learn whether you are being effective as a Christian or if you are being lazy or somehow you fell in love with god ignorance and just decided to ignore all things God because He is a good God and requires nothing from nothing. Ah, I can hear Ken saying that yes we were at one point in time nothing, but now we are god-kids restored to the Father who gave us the Holy Spirit that we would wage war and get to know Him at all, yes, all costs and to listen to what He asks from each and every one of us. We have been given authority, in other words, or in addition to those words Ken has already spoken of, to do all that Jesus did and more. So a little more and then we get to it.

 Let’s look at another supporting scripture as to why we read the bible and attend a church that is equipping the saints for the work of ministry and making disciples, and teaching those of faith to teach others also:

2 Tim 3:16-17 - 16 All Scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for     doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for [a]instruction in righteousness, 17 that the man of God may be complete, thoroughly equipped for every good work.

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