Ken Blue Ministries

By Ken Blue

At age 31, I began a pastorate where I would serve for the next 39 years. I never gave thought to my own mortality. Although I was a young man, I could tell something was wrong. After an examination, the doctor said to me, “I don’t have good news for you. You have cancer of the colon, and it has eaten through the colon wall.”

That was devastating news. I had just completed five years of Bible College, we had five children, and I didn’t have a dimes worth of insurance. The doctor said we must operate immediately. Eighteen inches of my colon was removed. He said there was no assurance that all the cancer was removed. So, the news was not that reassuring.

For the next five years, I went in for regular checkups to insure that the cancer was not returning. After five years the doctors said, “I have good news for you. You are cancer free.” What a relief it was to hear the good news!

The other bad news is we are all terminal. We all have an appointment with death. Age is not a factor. It can come at any time. However, there is even worse news than death. Jesus said, “But I will forewarn you whom ye shall fear: Fear him, which after he hath killed hath power to cast into hell; yea, I say unto you, Fear him.” Luke 12:5. The bad news is that you and I are sinners by choice, and the consequence is physical, spiritual, and eternal death. I could have refused to believe what my doctor told me; still the cancer was there. Likewise, one may deny and ignore the bad news about death and thereafter, but the facts remain, we are terminal.

Now for the good news, and you don’t have to wait five years for it. It has been available for over 2000 years. The first of the good news is that God loves YOU. There are so many verses on this point; it is hard to know where to start. The verse that has meant the most to me is Romans 5:8. “But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.” Now, that is great news! However, if you reject the bad news, the good will have no meaning for you. God loves you. Jesus died and paid for ALL your sins. His resurrection is proof that God is satisfied with the payment for your sins, His Son made.

What should you do? I beg you to read, believe, and act upon the following cure from the Great Physician. “But what saith it? The word is nigh thee, even in thy mouth, and in thy heart: that is, the word of faith, which we preach; 9 That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved. 10 For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation… 12 For there is no difference between the Jew and the Greek: for the same Lord over all is rich unto all that call upon him. 13 For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved.” Romans 10:8-13.

I had to take by faith what my doctor told me about the bad news and the good. Likewise, you must take by faith what the Great Physician tells you. Please read it, believe it, and be saved today.

If you will trust Him, please let me know so I can rejoice with you. You are terminal, but there is good news!

By Ken Blue

“Not that I speak in respect of want: for I have learned, in whatsoever state I am, therewith to be content.” Philippians 4:11. “But godliness with contentment is great gain. 7  For we brought nothing into this world, and it is certain we can carry nothing out. 8 And having food and raiment let us be therewith content.” 1 Timothy 6:6-8.

I write this article with some fear and apprehension. Job said that which he feared had come upon him. I want to have the contentment Paul had, but I do not want to attend the same school that taught him that priceless quality.

It is not my intent to minimize any adversity you have, or may be experiencing. As I write, I have been confined to a wheelchair for about six years. I suffer from a disease known as ALS. I only mention this to assure those who suffer pain; I suffer with you.

There is a wonderful lesson to be learned from what Paul is telling us. The first is he had LEARNED to be content regardless of his state, or circumstances. Likewise, we too must first be in a state of adversity before we can learn contentment. What was it that Paul had that gave him such contentment? What were those lessons?

Paul had a relationship with God. He knew that God loved him and would never leave him. He could look to past experiences and be assured of God’s ability to care for him again.

Another thing that helped Paul was his attitude toward material possessions. He knew what was important. Most people get their security, joy, self-worth, and identity from what they possess. You will never learn contentment until you suffer loss. This may involve the loss of a loved one, a job, a house, your health, your friends, your money, or your country. You can’t keep it, and you can’t take it with you. Thus, if we are godly, and have food to eat and cloths to wear, we should learn to be content.

Let me leave you with a truth that you should replay every day. “What shall we then say to these things? If God be for us, who can be against us? 32 He that spared not his own Son, but delivered him up for us all, how shall he not with him also freely give us all things? 33 Who shall lay any thing to the charge of God’s elect? It is God that justifieth. 34 Who is he that condemneth? It is Christ that died, yea rather, that is risen again, who is even at the right hand of God, who also maketh intercession for us. 35 Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword? 36 As it is written, For thy sake we are killed all the day long; we are accounted as sheep for the slaughter. 37 Nay, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him that loved us. 38 For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come, 39 Nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.”  Romans 8:31-39. Read it, reread it, believe it, and learn contentment.

By Ken Blue

I understand how an ignorant, uninformed, and superstitious world could fall victim to this nonsense. However, how any Bible believing Christian could be influenced either way over this matter is mind boggling. Christians do not have one verse in the Bible hinting at when the rapture will take place. This is just another replay of Harold Camping’s deception.

Pastors who hint that December 21 is an important date for the world are simply striving for sensationalism and seeking a following. Like Y2K, and Camping’s false prophecies, this too will come and go. No one knows for sure when the rapture will occur. People ask me, “Are you a pre-trib believer?” I tell them that I am. However, if it happens at the middle of the tribulation, I will be a mid-trib believer. And, if it happens at the end of the tribulation I will be a post-trib believer.

Christians should stop searching for signs of the rapture. We should spend our time getting to know Christ, winning souls, and serving through the local church. The only sign given to Israel was the sigh of Jonah. The major sign given to Israel is when the Antichrist is in the temple at Jerusalem.

Prophecy is an interesting study, and I love to study it. However, we need to exercise great caution when trying to place emphasis where God has not placed it. The often repeated warning by Jesus to Israel was about deception. We must study prophecy, but we must use common sense when interpreting it.

So, let not your heart be troubled. It will not be the end of the world, and no one knows if  the rapture will occur December 21. Have a great Christmas and happy New Year.

By Ken Blue

“And as the toes of the feet were part of iron, and part of clay, so the kingdom shall be partly strong, and partly broken. 43 And whereas thou sawest iron mixed with miry clay, they shall mingle themselves with the seed of men: but they shall not cleave one to another, even as iron is not mixed with clay.” Daniel 2:31-43 .

In previous articles, I pointed to Scriptures that confirmed that the ten horns and the ten toes are but different symbols of the same things. They represent ten nations that will form an alliance and surround Israel. From these, the Antichrist will arise. He comes from Syria.

However, there is something about these that Daniel describes as an incompatibility. It is stated that the feet and toes are partly iron and partly clay and will not mix. We should keep in mind that the nations in that part of the world have been ruled by a dynasty of kings. These were not elected nor appointed. They ruled with an iron fist. This has been their form of government for centuries.

The West has democratic governments, and their officials are elected by the people. In the last few decades the West has attempted to force a democratic form of government on people who do not want it. If one understands Islam, he will realize that democracy for them is impossible.

I believe the iron is the autocratic government and mindset of the people in those nations. The clay is the inserting of democracy by the West. These two are incompatible and cannot coexist. Thus there will be constant disunity within each of the ten toe/horn nations. The Antichrist will find that he too must rule with a rod of iron. However, his rule will be a brief one.