Tag: Triune

Where Are You Hiding Your Valuables?

September 3, 2026

Matthew 6:19 tells us not to store our treasures here, but to put them in Heaven. How much do you have in your 401 (k)? Did I just say that? My treasures are not to be bankable. As that famous philosopher, The Gambler, said, “Never count your money when you’re sitting at the table. There’ll be time enough for counting when the dealing’s done.”

We need to ask, “What is valuable to you?” I am not thinking of what is usually thought of as valuable. As I answer this question for myself, I encourage you to make your own list. First on my list is my family, and I believe the best way to protect them is by leading them in their faith in Jesus.

The same idea goes for my friends, and most of them are in the group that is in the third place: people I love. The problem is that Jesus said that we should love our neighbors as we love ourselves. Then He went on to tell a story that most of us have heard of that explains who our neighbor should be. (Luke 10:25-37)

Have you heard of the Good Samaritan? Samaritans were hated by the Jews. They were half-breeds. They were from different countries and nationalities. Do any of these descriptions fit those that you do not like? As Christians, we are told to love as Jesus did. For many of us, we do not even know what love is.

It is not liking someone a lot or something that the other person must earn or deserve. Love is what nailed God to a cross to save us from our rebellion. Love is giving yourself for others. It is what the Samaritan did for the injured Jew. He did what was needed despite who they were.

We should value all our relationships whether they are personal, business, or family. Jehovah created this universe so that He could create us to be in relationship with Him. Many wonder why a perfect deity would want to create such an imperfect world with sinful creatures such as humanity.

After we fouled this planet up, Jesus came to die for us. He took three years as an itinerant teacher, re-educating all who would listen about how the Hebrews had corrupted the meaning of the law and prophets. This teaching is one of the valuables that are stored inside believers.

Another thing that is valuable to me is you. You are not just a reader. You are a human being that Jehovah loves. You are important to me because you are special to Him. We like to quote John 3:16: “For God loved the world so much that He sent His only Son so that anyone could be brought to repentance.”

This is how the apostle John interpreted what Jesus did. He did not understand that Jesus was the I Am and not another entity. Jesus said, “I and the Father are one.” Don’t ask me to explain that statement because all I know is that they are two parts of Yahweh, who is a triune being just as we are.

We are to hide these things that we cherish in the place where Yahweh resides outside of time and space. We call this place Heaven, and Jesus tells us that if we are one of His disciples and a follower, when our bodies fail us, he will come and get us so that we will reside with Him. I hope to see you there.

©Copyright 2026 by Charles Kensinger

God

March 17, 2026

Over fifty years ago, I had a problem with the church I attended. My problem was not with Yahweh. The people in this body of believers had fired another pastor. I was tired of them. I was not sure that I could believe anything that they had taught me for the previous ten years or so.

I asked Jehovah, the I Am, to reveal himself to me. He did, and He led me back to that congregation through the new pastor they called. Then I was called to full-time ministry and became a workplace minister. When I married my wife, I joined the church she was at.

Jesus has proceeded to show me that He is the Son of God and who He, the Father, and Holy Spirit truly are. We refer to them as a triune being, just as we are made of three different parts. This is what Moses meant in Genesis when he wrote that God made mankind in their own image.

I do not understand why I was never told this in any of the church classes I had growing up or any of the Bible classes I took in college. We were told that this was a trinity and not a triune being. As a writer, I am amazed that some of these ThDs did not take enough English classes to learn the difference between these two words.

It is more understandable that many pastors and evangelists, without even a bachelor’s degree, will argue with me when I try to correct their misuse. It’s like knowing proper English makes me a heretic. I am reminded of the Catholic Church officials who tried to excommunicate Galileo and others for showing that the Earth orbited the sun and not the other way.

God is omnipotent, omnipresent, and omniscient, or, for the non-theologian like me, all-powerful, all-present, and all-knowing. He did create everything in the universe, and before that miracle, nothing existed except the triune God. I do not have enough faith to believe in the Big Bang or any other theories that believe an accident caused the entire universe.

For me, I must acknowledge that Jehovah created the universe, including our and other occupied planets, by His intentional action. The books of the Bible include stories that confirm many aspects of this creation and development here and in near and far space.

Criticizing myself or Christian scientists by calling us ignorant and unscientific simply affects me as the kid on the playground did when he called me a sissy. I have grown up, but I am not so sure of the detractors who refuse to acknowledge scientific theory when it comes to the beginning.

I believe in one triune God and that He told Moses His name was I Am. I believe He sent His Son to teach and die for us. I also believe that their spirit has been sent as our comforter and educator. This is the God I believe in. Believe in your own or believe in none; that is your business.

©Copyright 2026 by Charles Kensinger